89AKurt

Micky Mouse Club

Thank you Tom. It's a risk to share the process, and expose my human side, safer to just build and then TA DA! post in Under Glass. Thank you. Not much "Bondo" used, and in this case experimented with glazer putty.

Thank you very much! I sort of went crazy on it.

Cool idea. Of course I love the subject. More power to you!

box with trap

rodent on steroids

Appreciate you following at the time. Thank you too. You're doing a fine job on your project too, don't manifest less diligence, it's self defeating. I see deficiencies, but can't obsess and redo everything, that guarantees not finishing a project.

Does calling a project DONE qualify for posting here? ? Now for some non-model related stuff to accomplish, such as cleaning the house. ?

Got the munchies? ?

Kitbashed the Tamiya Porsche 911 Speedster with the Hasegawa VW 23 Window Microbus. The Porsche donated the engine, wheel/tires, 3 seats, dash, console, mirrors, and lights. Another kit, a Fujimi Porsche 911 donated the roof (thus added 4 windows), which was a recent inspiration that helped restart this stalled project. Over the years have developed techniques, and got detail parts that are an improvement, such as 100 year old pocket watch fusee chain. I screwed up a few things, but seat-of-the-pants engineered my way out of the disaster, which is a reason there are 15 operable parts. I have scale kit boxes, and a Coke cooler to add still, will take studio glamor shots then. Utilized another hobby, woodworking, to make the surfboard. Glued Maple and other exotic wood together, to make a classic board, added a kevlar-fiber fin in keeping with the theme of this project. Started Jan. 2003, after 300 hours finished 4/18/20 (17 years). 15 operating features (other than rolling wheels, and steering): 1. Opened driver door. 2. Opened right door. 3. Opened left side door. 4. Opened right side door. 5. Opened back door. 6. Opened engine lid (waste of time since failed with fiber optic lighting idea). 7. Opening top (911 roof). 8. Back seat left and... 9. Back seat right recline. 10. Captain chair moves: a. reclines. b. arms move. c. swivels. d. removable. 11. Little table: a. lifts up. b. rotates. c. folds. 12. Sliding floor. 13. License plate slides down. 14. Backup camera screen folds. 15. Backup light hinged, serves as cargo light too. Time to celebrate bringing this back from the dead! ?

Thank you. No rest for the wicked. Hope you are well, trapped in Canada or down here now? About to the end of this build! Considering this stage of detailing the interior done, have a few more things to fabricate. I searched for electric only steering racks, but all I found were electric power-steering units. Some of the rear steer rack & pinion units were for pickups. I know this is hardly a replica, but think it conveys the concept of remote steering, can be either hydraulic or electric. I had incorporated the 911 turn signals into the bumper, the placement is intentionally in sync with the door, and the curve is close enough. Holiday sticker that is hologram printed was cut to fit, stuck onto aluminum tape which holds in place. The exciting part, the VW emblem. The Hasegawa kit has it molded on, I hate that, paint never lays down right inside, and how do you polish the paint, etc.? I made an RTV mold before grinding it off, this is a resin copy, painted with Alclad 'stainless steel'. And good thing I used the Testors canopy glue, popped out of the tweezers when I was placing it. Since I started this 17 years ago, acquired the Tamiya Beetle mud flaps from my GSL Beetle project, put at the front to protect the sliding floor. ? I have also developed the food can lid with aluminum plate C-channel technique, first tried on my Mazda Miata Monster, to make the air dam. Had another screwup, lost one of the taillight lenses that came from the Tamiya Isuzu Vehicross that I built years ago (where the gas cap came from that I make copies of). Stupid me, after cutting off the sprue, was thinking how a good modeler doesn't lose parts, then two minutes later I noticed one was missing, turned the room upside down for over an hour. ???☄️ They were the perfect vintage lenses. Hung it up for the night. Next day I of course looked around again, no dice. So I made new lenses from sprue, and Replicas & Miniatures of MD photo-etch rings. Original idea for Alteza style on the left, new on the right. P.S.: battery box in the engine bay for abandoned fiber-optic part. Since there are no backup lights, I could have made Bosch rectangular units as used on VWs and Porsches, but instead seat-of-the-pants engineered a unit that swivels down, using the remaining lens. It can serve as a cargo light too. Aber photo-etch hinge was used. Added the Desert Scale Classic license plate, retracted down for show parking in the top photo. Surfboard barely fits, added carpet at the corners of the wheel wells. There seems to always be a part that is.... [enter sear words]. Finished the last seatbelt parts, for the front seats. Made retractor parts, mixed in Detail Master buckles (the backwards "GM" ones ?) for the floor mounts, Studio 27 set is used. Double checked the backup light. Polished the paint, lots of touch up paint all over the place, especially around all the windows and door jambs. Wish I did a better job painting the yellow, should have done one more coat. But considering I was stoned when I built it originally, and have been on the wagon the whole time I've built this, I think it's an accomplishment to say.... IT IS DONE!

The whole Trucks section was gone. I searched and found my VW Microbus thread, but no comment box was available. *EDIT* That was last night, it's working now!

mutants with Godzilla

What happened? I was going to post on my WIP, no comment box at all! Can't quote anyone either.

Just because I'm a glutton for punishment, I like the Detail Master set. But it is a pain to get the disk to stay glued on when you play with it.

keg chilling, invites

Only because I don't have that kit, don't know how to answer. It would help to have at least one picture. There are several designs for hood pins, that's why a picture would help. I've used Detail Master's set, which you do drill a hole for the pin. The 959 Paris Dakar I built had a totally different design, and discovered the instructions were wrong, no hole. There is another design that is simply flat, no drilling.

Cool, another Classic era Chevy pickup build. Cool subject, appreciate all the effort you spent to create this. Is there a sled in the future?

Looking really good!

Those Fujimi wire wheel sets are gold-plated. That's why I bought a whole Fujimi Daytona kit. Now I need to keep an eye out for decent tires for that model.

You can see why I shelved it for a long time. Windshield, and third brake light are done. I have made 3 cardboard patterns, and still needed to adjust the windshield glass edges. Again, used the headphones package clear plastic. Have glued in all the kit glass. I had considered making the front door glass slide, and side windows with hinges, but I kind of want to finish this. Made two masks for the inside of the windshield, painted flat black, along with wipers and Beetle mud flaps which I discovered in the parts box. Third brake light is made from a toothbrush. It's what a Ford Econoline van has, but has a backup camera included. Used Testors canopy glue, works awesome. Headlights painted Alclad chrome. It was bugging me that the steering was so lame, made up an electric rack and pinion unit. I couldn't see how there could be a shaft that bends two times after looking at the real thing, and read a forum where someone was having issues with their Bus. It 's just eye candy. I'm glad this came together well, I didn't have this "glass" back when I built it, or the glue. I've seen street rods with mitered V windows, and with modern glue-in windshields, this seemed like a slick solution for a brick.

Update from Arizona. We are free to a point, of being able to go out. I am still working, always have from home office, so no difference, and clients aren't letting Fake News scare them out of building. The big difference is getting something like a thumb drive, showing up at Best Buy and seeing the door barricaded, one employee masked and gloved, to drop-off products to people who ordered online. Office Max was open, but all employees were suited up. I just want to go for a long drive. https://www.foxnews.com/auto/cannonball-run-record-empty-highways-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR1OAyTgkFY5OpQQWMnwS3Kwtf4nIhJeo-pGhv4O9kkyfam_Nrz7kiq71Is

stuffed with firecrackers

Reasons I chickened out finishing this little monster, was painting the interior, and all the window trim. I did just a little airbrushing of the door speaker boxes, so the paint stage inside is done. Next was the speakers, wine bottle foil cones, mylar sticker for the center, then photo-etch grills, which are really nice parts. The side door handle was for the outside. I have the Porsche mirrors, which I screwed up and need to repaint but no big deal, thought having a backup camera serve as a rear view mirror would be trick. Made it moveable, aluminum newspaper printing plate wrapped around really thin guitar wire, with a food can lid for the screen. Yea, painting all the trim, used acrylic paint, dipped the brush in water and wiped for every window. Need a neck massage. ? Craft paper is glued in with Tacky glue. When I originally built this, had glued in plastic strips around the glass, so it just snaps in, no glue required. But now there is interference with the new fusee chain, so need to do something, need sleep.... ?

Okay, this is getting personal... ?