89AKurt
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Another reason regarding wire wheels, use flat photo-etch or kit wheels. In this case stayed with plastic wire wheels. I'll fake it until I make it. Thanks. Good answer below. Thanks for the answer, wasn't sure how to answer it anyway. ? I went to the auto paint store and got high quality "slow" lacquer thinner just for using with nail 'polish', but also use it for all the other enamels. No worries posting the picture, that looks fabulous! Between you and Duke, I have to step up my game! Started the brake fluid remediation task. ? Posting pictures would be like rubber-necking a wreck on the highway.
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Never heard of UT Models. That's really cool! Well done.
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Determined to not abandon this project. ? Worked on microscopic details that could be overlooked, but I think adds to the overall picture. Detail Master battery hardware, wire salvaged from electronics, aluminum plate, guitar string. I know the red wire isn't proper ? but adds interest. The hold down must be a box frame, but the short sides are smaller than the long side which is the aluminum bent to an angle, so a faked it. ? Radiator drain petcock is aluminum that is bent.
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You say that only because it's not flaming RED. ? I'm happy with the color, but since I'm going to start over, could use a little less black to the mix. Good thing I got a big bottle. ? That almost looks brown, like the Testors brown metallic. Wanted to successfully get something done today, so put together the Fujimi Daytona tire/wheels together. One of the center pieces needed flashing cleaned off, scraped and sanded down the minimal ejection pin marks, sanded the tread a tad, clamped each step just to ensure all is well. Took some shoulda-coulda-woulda pictures.
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andrews_544@hotmail.com That's what I kept with the parts. ?
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Oh kill me now.... this is why I prefer doing beaters, I *could* change course and make this a barn find after doing this. ? The trick with spraying nail 'polish' is using more than the normal amount of thinner, and flooding it on just enough to lay evenly. But when you do just a little too much, it crazes and wastes time. ? Also wiped some globs done on the first pass, which took away the base color and resulted in another ?. But am happy with the color! One reason I like nail 'polish' is the scale pearl/metallic, hard to tell in photographs. Anyway, if you blur your vision, it looks okay. But think this is going to get thrown into brake fluid and start over, no point sanding. Climbed onto the pickup to take pictures on the roof because the sun has gone down. ? Screw up on the fender. Crazing: On the hood, not direct sunlight: Taken with the flash: So close. ?
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I wouldn't mind doing this, but have to hold myself back from everything that is desirable, especially modern cars. Great choice of details, love those money pits. Pulling up a chair to cheer you on! Someone in my town owns this one, among other nice cars.
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Oh no, even I won't do a RED interior! ? I find it amusing every car has black armrests, everything else such as parking brake boots are matching colors.
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I know right? ? Just needs some white spear pin striping. Would look good on your Invader. ?
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How cool is that? He built models while on tour, to decompress. Traveling around the world, dropping into hobby shops, and having the money to get whatever, I'm jealous. ? -
Purple People Eater paint is on. ? Since I'm very pleased with the Tamiya primer, it dries quickly, sands really nice wet and dry, and the second coat hardly needed refinement, so I proceeded to the base color. I would like to think, after decades of painting, that my ability to mix colors somehow works out, have no formal training, know what a color wheel is but not how to use it, much has been experimental wild-a$$ guessing. I custom mixed gloss black, gloss white, and Insigna Red, and came up with this purple, which would be cool on another car. ? After squirting the car, did a test shot on the knife, and am happy enough with the result, that is just one coat, hope that I can get away with wet-sanding the first color, and spray a second coat to get a little more red. ?
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Ain't that the truth! My last score was the MFH Lusso, ordered and waited a couple months through Spot Model, then read they were discontinuing road Ferraris. I've been waiting over a month for Ukranian resin Audi engine, finally got email that it's processing, so feeling lucky. When I read your comment, pulled out the conversions I got awhile ago. You're in luck, Ron Andrews does a resin conversion.
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Checking in. That sort of photo is invaluable for doing such a project! The oil cooler would be easy to add. Like the twin turbo plumbing that you have done. The cage looks really good, I'm sure it's stronger than my aluminum rod version put in Porndy ?, had to be really careful. This is just making me want to ditch other projects I committed to this year. ?
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for the losers
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I picked one up awhile ago, have an idea for the bike, which will take more work to modify than building the car! ?
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Hey that's AWESOME! Well deserved. I have a WIP Bus that needs to be exhumed, good inspiration for me.
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Came out really well! I went to the effort to make an arbor, how did you attach to the Dremel? Please post on my Photo-etch disk brake turning topic too. ?
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high to understand
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I missed the beginning chapters. Looking really good! What was your trick on the brake disks? I did it too, just wanted to see your method.
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☺️ Aw shucks, thanks Dann! Made the fire extinguisher, the Hobby Design kit is really good, first one was for the Porndy. The photo-etch is very crisp, and the pin and tag are microscopic! All those tools towards the front were used. Started on wire and hose task for the engine. Drilled plug holes, oil vent tubes. Added the lower radiator hose pipe on the radiator, and a drain pet cock. Hose clamps are aluminum tape. Also wet-sanded the body, and sprayed another coat of the Tamiya primer, light coat where I didn't got through. Decided to remove the raised front badge, since the aftermarket badge is designed thick to eliminate the need for the raised spot, which makes it difficult to get a smooth paint finish. Also did two test shots of the nail polish over silver, and flat red, don't like the result at all! No pictures.
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during good weather
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That's a beauty!
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That looks great, for a beater. I got hair spray from Dollar Tree, it said "perfume free" but it was enough to drop a horse.
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registering new voters
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Biggest pet peeves on builds.
89AKurt replied to LL3 Model Worx's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
This tip was worth dropping into this topic! A pet peeve, molded on window cranks on the door panel. I figured out how to cut off, then remount and they can turn. So the peeve is technology, apparently the video on the iPhone can't get downloaded. ? Saw previous comments about photos on the messy workbench, guilty. ? At least they are in focus!
