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The tires fit a little loosely, a little of flash on the brass radiator, headlights a bit fiddly to put together.
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Thank you for the comments guys. Nope the tires are molded in white.
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Hello everyone. I finished up ICM's 1911 Ford Touring car. It is a great kit that has great details but also has its few flaws. The paint is Tamiya lacquer and the model is out of the box. Since you're only able to build the model with the top up, I used the folded roof from the AMT T kit to replicate the roof so the interior is able to be seen better. Here is the completed car:
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Just finished this little Subaru. It's the Hasegawa '68 360 kit. I've always loved the 360 but I love the 360 Cabriolet more. A lot less common than the normal 360 hardtop. The model is painted with Testors colors. I didn't like the kit's whitewall decals so I painted them on. The model is stock accept for the roof. I cut up some leather to replicate the folded rollback convertible roof to let some sun in!
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Very beautiful model! I'm a huge fan of these early cars. (BTW the title says 1985 )
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Sprayed the tires with some white Tamiya surface primer to give them that natural rubber look these tires had in the '00s and early '10s. Next up is giving the body parts some color.
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Why of course you can
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Okay, got the motor finished and wired up. Its a pretty hefty piece once assembled. More to come!
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Thanks guys, and I think like you Tulio. I prefer stock Ts over modded.
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Spectacular model Leslie. The kit version i have does not come with the closed roof, only the open roof.
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Hello everyone. I found this Entex kit at my local hobby store for $60. I'm a big fan of these old brass era autos. The kit features the 1910 Thomas Flyer Model M 6 - 40. Possibly the best Thomas ever built, it had the companies most powerful 6 cylinder engine (64Hp @ 1500RPM) and highest price tag. Surprised I haven't seen any of these cars built on this forum. I've seen many Mercers (which I eventually want to build) but not these Thomas's Anyways, I started getting the engine assembled. The cylinder heads were put together along with the brass priming cups. Before the heads were mounted to the block, i installed the valve springs. Finally the flywheel was installed. The car on the box art is green but I feel that RED what look good on the car. Along with natural rubber white colored tires
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Just a stock AMT T. Nothing special i just added some wood grain to the wheels and some brass details to break up the black paint.
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This model I got from amazon for $8. It is an Arii kit. They are a Japanese brand and this kit falls under their 1/32 Owners Club series which includes many unique vintage Japanese cars. Anyways, the Carol was Mazda's second passenger car and the 360 model was powered by a 360cc water cooled inline 4 motor that made about 19 Horses. The model is box stock except I just added some styrene rod to the sides to replicate the chrome trim that was supposed to be on the car. It took about a week to build and it was a fun quirky build.
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I've been searching for a model kit of any scale of the 1886 Benz motorwagen. This car is legendary. It's the first patented automobile ever. I know there is a kit of the 1886 Daimler (the 4 wheeled one by minicraft) But I cant find a kit of this car. I can only find diecast models of it. Does anybody know where i can find one?
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Nice work so far! Are you going to used the stock Volkswagen motor from the kit, or are you going to use another?
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I assembled the wheels and tires. I didn't like the stock tires that came with the kit so I used amt parts pack white walls.
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I detailed the center dash. This is my first time attempting wood grain and I feel it came out Ok ?
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Thanks for the great answers guys? I really do appreciate it thank you.
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Sorry if this was already spoken before by someone else. However I need some help, I have been soaking a styrene spoon that was painted and cleared with testers one coat lacquer for about a week in purple power inside a lidded metal pot and no paint has come off whatsoever. I stored the pot in my garage with is like 55 degrees (Fahrenheit) so it's probably too cold. I painted the spoon back in march this year and bought the purple power in June I think. I moved the pot into my basement which is like ten degrees warmer but can anyone tell me why this isn't working?
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So I finished the motor. I used some 0.015mm copper wire for the spark plugs and fuel line. I painted the spark plug wires dark blue and the fuel line a silver metallic. I also added a throttle spring that was part of a filament from a light bulb.
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Ok, I've been slacking off with this for months. But in the last 2 weeks I got quite a bit done. I assembled the engine. I'm not adding spark plug wires but I am most likely going to add wiring to plumb the carberator.I painted all of the interior parts tamiya racing white and bright red. I'm starting to detail them by adding bmf, flocking, and detail paint.I added the exhaust to the chassis. I still need to assemble the suspension, driveshaft, etc.I've been working on the body since there is a lot of mold lines and I need to fill in sink marks with putty.
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Nice beetles. I love the finish on them.
