Cpt Tuttle
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Nice, I have some similar plans for a Revell 56 I've got.....
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Great eyecandy. And I admit that I very often skip engines myself.... Too much fiddling with detail you'll never see anyway. Gluing hoods shut often overcomes fit issues by keeping everything in place. Yes, I am a bad person.
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I can honestly say that my inspiration for this has been quite non-existant, I thought of building it as a quickie during the summer, but well....summer ended a long time ago.
Old annual I guess, crude detailing that I felt no urge to improve, poor fit and not really exciting to build, but I have started to like 69-70 Fords as I have grown older (as a kid I thought that they were ugly).
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I like it, since the idea of phantom models and alternate timelines is always spinning in my head, lol.
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Interesting project, loving the look of an in-progress repair.
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Wow, I sort of get a little 90s flashbacks from the graphics, and I only mean that in a positive way when they are this tastefully done. I like it.
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A bit wide for the era but at least not 50s wide.... But this time, the shape of the sidewall dictated how wide it should be, freehand painting whitewalls ain't easy.
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Looks better with whitewalls and I guess that there is no doubt that it is purple now, lol. -
I remember some reviews from the 80s in a magazine where they compared it to the Monogram T-bird, they were "a bit" salty about the AMT kit then....
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As a huge enthusiast of prewar luxury cars, this will be interesting to follow.
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We had a brown 1947 Plymouth when I was a kid, the memories of that one makes me appreciate brown colours on cars from this era.
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Hehe, it will probably get a little bit higher because it actually IS standing on the frame there. But still low of course.
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A quick project I hope to finish before I get back to work in August. Low, purple and Keystones, can't go wrong with that.... (Yes, it's purple even though my camera seems to think that it's brown)
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Door cards with diamond tuck pattern was cut out of a MPC Switchers tub, feels like a must have when running this style.
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Probably the hemi out of the MPC 1967 Charger.
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Partsbox rods are the best for sure! I like how it's going so far.
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Looks good, I love the sponge rubber around the air filters.
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Didn't even know it came as a kit, will be interesting to follow.
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Interesting tip, thanks.
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I found a 1951 Chevy dash in my mailbox, but the plastic must have been brittle since this happened.
Then I glued it together again but it seems like I forgot most of the parts.
This is not the first hot rod I build with a sectioned 51 Chevy dash and it will probably not be the last one either. If I built a 1:1 scale hot rod I would probably use one too. I think that it is so beautiful yet simplistic looking with the waterfall radio grille and the round dials.
I found some unknown spare tire cover in the parts box so I started building some minimalistic cycle fenders for it too. Many people seems to think that real hot rods are fenderless, but I like the looks with cycle fenders up front and bobbed rear fenders. -
Fun little project. Seeing this makes me think that the current Wrangler is actually a little bit like a modern day Jeepster........
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Well, that's a good question actually, and it's what have scared me away a bit from doing the other side, I know no better method than trying to measure with my eyes and do things carefully, and I guess that with my bipolar disorder I have to pick the right day, not one when I am down in the dumps and can't concentrate, or one when I think that I am Superman and tries to do everything as fast (but not good) as possible....
But they say that handbuilt cars are never completely symmetrical, and that was probably even more true about some early custom builds.... -
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On 4/11/2020 at 5:52 PM, Tom Geiger said:
Someone on another board asked for suggestions on detailing the lights. The front corner lights are also white so my approach works for both.
I would cover them with BMF and then a white wash so that the detail is still metallic. Once dry, give them a coat of canopy cement for depth.I have done something similar to chrome lights and it turned out OK.
Volvo F12
in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
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AMT Volvo F12. Not a kit I have seen very often so it will be interesting to try to build it up.
Some gradient striping from yellow to orange to red was my idea behind the paintjob, with a black "base" so let's see how it turns out.