89AKurt

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No worries! I just did it. ? That's one of those details that is easily overlooked, by the manufacturer, and the builder. It just bugged me to see what should be a grill, not black. It also does not violate the Box Stock rules, such as adding lights.

Thanks for posting the video! Right off the bat, missing square Cibie driving lights. I watched to see if the hood grill is supposed to be black, the instructions do not show, now I know it needs to be painted. I guess that's why I didn't bother doing research, my OCD would kick in. I had the electric heater on low setting overnight, so the yellow paint was cured. Masked and painted the gloss black Needed to mask the front compartment to spray flat black. I did under the chin spoiler too, to help hide the overspray. ? The instructions did not indicate what the inside of the doors should be, made the assumption the same as the rest of the interior. So all airbrush painting is done (but now need to do hood grill for my OCD). Have some touch up brush painting, then decals!

I remember reading about it in Road & Track. I might even have one or more magazines featuring it. Love the Fujimi Enthusiast Series kits too. Very cool subject, will be lurking!

This is in April. (P.S.: I grew up in Tucson) http://www.desertscaleclassic.com

Think he flew in one, not that time, for a burro eradication mitigation mission. He was a Park Ranger at Grand Canyon.

One would really want to spend many hours adding details. Not this time. Thanks mann! Thanks, I still should search for video or photos. Tires would still be trashed. Site is super slow again....?

Hey, that's pretty cool! Never heard of that kit manufacturer. Appreciate Bill Engwer's comment too. Here is another picture (got 4).

That's fantastic! Did a great job shrinking your truck down. I've been tempted to get one of those kits, but I'm a '68 Chevy pickup owner, so have that to duplicate.

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Made some progress today, namely painting the second color on the body, and I can't rush that! Masking wasn't too tedious. Thought the instructions had an error about one mirror being black and the other white. Then I noticed the final panel for the decals shows the passenger as white, so had to scrape/sand off the black and paint white. Gave me the chance to also paint a couple of the Ferrari NART parts too. After that, I unmasked the body, and discovered some overspray, grrrrr...... Time to fix the tires. Pet peeve, why do all rally kits have slicks? How stupid is that anyway? I know there are aftermarket tires now, but didn't wish to splurge on this model. First thing was to make a jig for the tires, used the drill press, sanding disk, Dremel, wood chisel, calipers, crosscut saw, to make the Corian "wheel". Rummaged through my bolt/nut stash, so it could be put in the drill press. Matched the kit wheels but slightly larger and kept the surface rough. Made a scrap wood handle, screwed the bolt into it after grinding a taper on the end. Used two nuts, and a washer, so it would turn easily. The most critical tool is the gun stock checkering rasp, which was C-clamped to the metal sander table. Used a propane torch to heat up the file, then I rolled the tire across it. This was one of those moments, which could put a project into the graveyard. ? Almost screwed one tire up, but it will look really low on air. Next step was using very course emory cloth to rough up and remove the squished out part. The Heller rubber is more rubbery than AMT/Revell, but not as real as Tamiya rubber. It's certainly not accurate, but goes with this kit. ? When the mud weathering is done, think it will be convincing enough. This kept me awake last night. ? Next thing is to mask and paint the black, then decals, then the fun part.

I was afraid of that, curbside, have enough of those, in fact thinking of starting one tomorrow just for kicks. We should start a cigar thread! ? Have banned tobacco decals as part of the discussion. ?

I was pondering getting the Tamiya R5 Turbo, is is any good? Those are good cigars, did not buy a whole box. Watching paint dry...? How did you guess? ? Yea, it's a sad kit, no handbrake either, that's like part of rally racing. No brand on the decals, just BBK-DCV003, think found on eBay. There is! P.S.: Website or computer super slow this morning, outta here!

I avoid clickbait sites myself. My dad took some pictures of this helicopter, is it on the list?

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cane and beet

I like it! What is Rauhwelt, looks like a cigarette brand design.

Heller 1/24 scale Renault 5 Turbo Group 4 rally represents the 1982 car of Jean Ragnotti and Jean-Marc Andre. Instructions say they won with treaded rain tires, but the kit comes with slicks, which is a pet peeve of mine. I'm spending my Christmas holiday building at a remote location (undocumented wife's house on the other side of town), picked this kit because it has few parts, and should be a good warm-up for doing the Audi Quattro. It's typical Heller quality, parts are well molded with little flash and mold lines to clean up, fit so far is very good, but detail is minimalistic. If one wanted to detail this, many missing details are begging, but I'm doing Box Stock. North windows are excellent daylight, view is nice. ? Swept tools off the bench into a cigar box, no paint, no Dremel, no specialized tools brought along, using only superglue. Engine is basic, don't think the turbo is accurate, moving on. Sink depressions and ejection pin marks got filled with superglue and baking soda (from wife's pantry ?). Exhaust tip is drilled with knife. I *had to* fill the void under the intake plenum, would really have to look for it after it's assembled. Cool feature of this kit, the round pins go in square holes, almost as good as snap-tight kits (better than AMT Batmissle), so I could mock up the complete assembly, then dismantle for painting. Found some sink marks on the doors, filled with superglue/baking soda. The mirrors needed the same treatment. Ready for paint: I went home, and painted all I could. Masked and sprayed the light grey, last color for the day. I skipped painting primer, started with gloss white on the body. Good thing I'm not at home to risk touching the body and screwing it up. ? The kit has almost no dash detail, just circles with no detail or decals! I added the aftermarket gauge decals, added a clock on the block that should be the rally chronometer that really needs something! The funny thing about this kit, the doors open, so you can see the seats are molded with the floor and have giant gaps that are toy-like, no dash detail, no pedals, no seatbelts, etc. ? The interior is assembled! Tried out Alclad 'white aluminum' for the engine, intake and wheels, the heat shield is chrome aluminum, exhaust is Testors flat aluminum and steel. Plan tomorrow is to mask and paint the yellow on the body. Don't think I should push it for painting black too. Have an idea for making tread on the tires, planned to rough up anyway, and am going to weather for end of race look. Race to New Years, 5 days. ?️

tainted with arsenic

Stellar builds! You do really clean work, love the oil cooler. Favorite subjects too, especially the Evo. I've worked a few rallies, they always dominate if the driver is worth his salt. Keep the shiny side up!

of the organ

Thanks! I need all the encouragement to get over the hump on this. ? Fixing another pet peeve, headlights with pins. Seems like the diameter is a bit small, but not worried about it. It's the pin in the lens, going through the flat chrome part that bugs me. Drilled shallow holes in a Corian chunk that are slightly smaller than the inside of the ring, to press polished thick aluminum foil into. Then used the Dremel to open up the ring, also sanded down the back, so there is a tiny lip inside the ring that's very thin. Glued the foil reflector on the back. Tried something different this time, poked a hole for a lightbulb, which is stretched clear sprue, which was glued on the back, then carefully cut off. Put superglue on the back, added baking soda. Glued some foil on the back over the sprue, then more superglue and baking soda. This is to prevent denting the foil. Cut off the pin from the lens, first used the Dremel, then shaved with the knife, but still needed to sand and polish the back of the lens. I've been using Elmers clear glue for the lens. Also opening up the bucket so the unit sets in better. Not sure if it's worth the trouble.

in disharmonic convergence

when in tune

I'm not going to sign up just to make one comment, not currently an IPMS member anyways. But you may take my idea. One corner can have a black and white pair of this.