ismaelg

It is FINISHED! First workbench activity in 6 years!!! WOOHOO!!! Presenting the Jet Threat II Grand Sport Couldn't help it and scratchbuilt a card stock parachute for it.... What do you think?

Hello Mark, Hope you remember me I can't believe I've been out of the hobby for about 6 years. But I just found this topic and couldn't help but to sit down and read each and every post from start to finish, 45+ pages. Impressive work as usual. Really refreshing. I brought back great memories about how much fun and rewarding scratchbuilding is. I just hope I can find the time to get back to it. At the same time you are both inspiring and raising the bar.... Looking forward to more updates and eventually see it finished.... Best Regards!

A base coat of Corvette Arctic white lacquer was applied. After dry, careful masking was done with Tamiya tape and Corvette Admiral blue lacquer was airbrushed. Yes my friends, this will be GRAND SPORT JET THREAT II The raw metal engine and chassis were polished and polished and polished...... and polished...... and I continue to polish them....... Red hash marks and ultra thin white stripes will be attempted with decals. That is next..... Thanks!

Thanks! No pics today but the body received a coat of Corvette Arctic White. This is the base for the........ secret scheme I'll tell you later on.....

Thanks! I just opened a thread in the diecast section about this warm-up experiment...

Hello, It's been about 6 years and counting since I last worked on a model car. I'm not back yet, but in the meantime, I started fooling around with this about a year ago. But first some history behind it: As many others, I grew up playing with Hot Wheels. I'm not ashamed to admit that to this day, I still buy them as I have been for almost 40 years Back in December 1979, while in fourth grade, we had a Christmas secret friend gift exchange at school: The teacher had our names in a bag and you pulled one. You had to buy a gift for that person but it was a surprise until the last day. I think there was a budget cap of $3 or so.... Anyway, I received 2 Hot Wheels that for some reason became my all time favorites to this day: a Tricar X8 and a Jet Threat II. I played with them a lot. After wearing them down, they were painted (more than once) with brushed nail polish among other abusive things. I still have them both and they are part of my history! When eBay came along in the late 90's, it became a source of older Hot Wheels. Long story made short I now have dozens of Jet Threats and Tricars among many others. Last year I found this little puppy on eBay. It was almost left for dead so I had to rescue it. It has seen better days so I thought, why not taking it apart and rebuild it? Took it apart and seems it did a lot of off road in the past. The raw metal turbine and chassis were a bit pitted. The body was stripped. The chassis and the turbine are in the process of polishing. They are not getting back to mint condition, but I'll try to get them as good as I can. The body was sanded smooth and primer was applied. Then sanded again and applied more primer and re-sanded until the body was as smooth as it could. Keep in mind this is 1/64..... Took a year between disassembly and primer..... Stay tuned as a color scheme has been planned and is in the process. will post more as it progresses..... Thanks!

Hello gang! Just a quick note to say hi! Many of you may not remember me. I'm Ismael "the Corvette guy" Gonzalez and I used to be very active in the hobby and this forum. I can't believe it, but it's been 5 years since I worked on a model, almost 6 years since I last worked on a model car.... Life has been really busy and it seems will continue so. So no, I'm not back in the hobby yet... However, a year ago I took apart a very worn Hot Wheels car and last week (almost a year to the day) I sprayed primer on it. I know that doesn't count much but who knows? I may paint it in the next 3 years! Just wanted to say hi to everybody! Best Regards!

Just to be clear, do not confuse a turbocharged engine with a turbine engine. Those are two completely different things. A turbine engine is a gas turbine that drives the shaft i.e. a helicopter or an air compressor (jet) A turbocharger feeds compressed air to a regular reciprocating engine. Automotive turbocharging has been around for decades, while turbine engines have never been more than experiments. The only "production" turbine engine powered land vehicle that I know of is the Y2K motorcycle, powered by a Rolls Royce helicopter turbine. Thanks,

Hi, IIRC, Granatelli's car was a '79 Corvette. It was done over a decade after the Indy race car so it was not really a test car, but an "oddity" of a custom car. I've never seen the kit in my hands, but I've seen pictures of the box. It seems to be a very crude representation of a turbine engine. Just a cylinder with a square vent on top. If you do a search on eBay for Testors corvette it may pop one or two. The kit itself is... well, nothing to write home about. It was related to Lindberg and USAirfix. Thanks!

Thanks everybody! Kris, I just ordered 2.... Thanks,

Hi, Thinking on an upcoming project, I need a Turbo 400 Chevy transmission. Any resin caster out there doing a nice one? Or what kit can it be sourced from? Thanks,

Thanks gang! I'm getting a ZR1 kit to get things rolling.....

Hello! I know, I'm 2 years behind.... While I was away, Revell released the ZR1. ( I had started converting a Z06 before, the best way to ensure a kit release ) Of course I HAVE to get it. The forum's search feature has not been helpful. How's the kit? How are the tires? Tires are undersized in the Z06 and I wonder how they are in the ZR1. If not up to specs, any suggestions? Also, which SMS carbon fiber decals to get? Geez, I have a lot to catch up! Thanks,

Hello everybody! Wow time flies! Many new faces here! For those who don't know me (or don't remember) I'm Ismael "the Corvette guy" I can't believe it's been almost 3 years! I used to be very active in this forum and the hobby in general. For whatever reasons, I faded away from the hobby. I thought it was just a slump but it's been almost 3 years. For a moment I even thought of getting rid of all my stuff. I can't really say I'm back, but I'm warming up. Now I feel like a complete newbee. I don't even remember what I have or how to do what! I hope it will come back. So forgive me if I start pulling very old progress threads of old projects. Hope to be back soon! Regards,

Hi, I've been away from the hobby for a while but I want to wish all of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope to get back to the hobby soon. If anyone is interested, I'm very busy working on my camera museum, its blog and restoring antique cameras. Vintage Camera Museum It is in spanish but I'll eventually make a mirror image page in english. I'm also about to launch a camera recycling program. If you have old cameras don't discard them, donate them to the museum. Happy Holidays!

I think it is a model but some very different reasons..... (photographic reasons)

AMC Matador. Matador means killer in spanish. When I was a kid there was one in town and we joked about the designer been a "killer" of the brand for doing one of the ugliest cars ever made....... I find curious we have Toyota Highlander, Mitsubishi Outlander, Chevy Uplander and Land Rover Freelander

I'm sitting here trying to come up with words but I can't find them. Let's just say this is most likely my favorite concept model car of all time......

WI-Fi? Didn't you see the big spool of cable at the airport plugged to the plane? It should last until about the Bahamas Then the fun begins, reeling it back for the next flight

Glad to help! Looking forward to see it finished! Thanks,

"View new posts" is the only way I browse this forum. Well, maybe only 99.98% of the time......

For aircraft models, both military and civilian, Aircraft Resource Center forums are great. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php I'm ismaelg over there as well.... Thanks,

I have used plain Testors gold for small details. I haven't tried it but maybe mix gold with a hint of black? or maybe dark brown?

That is so nice I'm almost in tears of joy.... LOVE IT! We need to do a meeting of Gurney Eagles....... Regards,

Just got back from the show. WOW! We definitely outgrew the place. We need a bigger venue. Not only there were many models, but the quality was excellent as well. Sorry I had to leave a bit earlier, before the awards ceremony was finished. My kids are sick and I'm dealing with that now. Thanks to all who participated! Great to see all of you again. Gregg, Thanks and always a pleasure having you here. BTW, It's amazing what a roll of unmarked, non-sequenced 20's can do! Check pictures 162-166 Will write more later.... Regards,