89AKurt

I have a soft spot for COE Cannonball trucks! Look forward to seeing what you do with this.

I have spaced getting pics downloaded much less posted....... my haul from GSL. I sold more kits than I bought. Thought I might as well get the 500K, it's the first Johan I ever got, believe it or not. Never seen the Lexus before at swaps, got the second one, just for the engine. The Soarer was part of the deal, plan to unload that. Got the Porsche 550 A 1500 RS Spyder resin during the auction, I need to learn what that is! Can't have enough paint or wires. I better not do that..... ?

watch the heels

enough for diving

Well deserved!

History Hits: NASA’s Hot-Rodded Pontiac Convertible Wouldn't that make a cool diorama?

Handmade, like a model, only full size!

Inspirational!

Model Factory Hiro large scale costs about that. What one item would cost $7K today?

Since I butchered the Monogram kit, I noticed the attention to details. Very well done! The leather straps are a nice touch.

I feel like digging out the kit (and engine) from my stash and look at it, thanks. ?

Thank you! Good to see you at the shows, and help me with the parking routine.

trying to think

Glad to have met you! That was a tough class.

Pleased to say this received 3rd place in the Specialty category at GSL! Stopped at Paria ghost town for some glamor shots, to finish off this build (unless I add something, also note the bumper guard had fallen off, and it still got an award).

no more bungee

Your effort is appreciated!

Thanks for going to this effort!

Thank you very much! If I had picked one of the many pink nail polish colors, I would have to agree. The dash has real plywood, I got this Scale Equipment Ltd. decal some time ago that is almost a perfect match. But I didn't use as a decal, instead glued on with Testors canopy glue. Made paper patterns first. Since my fingers had rubbed off some of the plating on the center hub, and the back wasn't plated, painted the wheels with Alclad polished aluminum. The tires have become somewhat hard and were a loose fit, glued on with canopy glue. I thought about using the Porsche 904 left-over parts gas cap. Made the license plate mount. Took most of the day to get just the interior done. The photo-etch toggle switch bezels were enough to drive me nuts, lost one, so I made the last one a little different. The Ken's carpet had zero adhesive, so I peeled off the backing and glued in with the canopy glue. Gauges are from a decal sheet I found online. Made the shifter part, still need to make the tiny shift lever or use the kit part. Added aluminum tape door trim. Glued on the Ferrari center caps. Got the teeny tiny decals on the brake calipers, horse on the plenum, flags on the ash tray. It was 4:30 when I decided that it was stupid to try and finish tonight, and take tools to GSL and finish in the motel room, so I gave up. Haven't even started packing yet, and needed to do a load of laundry, and eat, and inventory models for the swap meet. So this is how far I got. There should be mesh in the hood intake, but I like how you can see the engine, but it shows I got it off center. I know it's going to be a PITA to get all that photo-etch on, stupid to rush it. Getting the windows in will be fun. Still need to make turn signal lights up front, back-up lights, side lights (there are tiny resin parts, but I don't know), reflectors with 2 photo-etch rings each, the cool grill with an aluminum surround, retractable antenna (there is no photo-etch radio face), B-pillar photo-etch rings, glue the wood rims onto the steering wheel, intake tubes, radiator hoses, seat belts, sun visors, wet-sand and polish the body, find the MONGREL license plate used on another Ferrari resto-rod, put in the fire extinguisher that didn't go in the GSL Model A, more photo-etch and the Crazy Modeler script, strip and improve the bumpers. Yea, I was going to get all that done in 24 hours, with the 9 hour drive, and registration, right....... ??

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Big day, body got painted! But first, needed to make the hood hinge and prop rod. The hinge is 100 year old pocket watch fusee chain, scribed a groove in the hood to glue it into. Filed a groove in the steel lip, made a block with a hole, so when I do the final install I just need to glue the chain in there. The "latch" is a rare-earth magnet glued at the lip, steel plate recessed into the hood. The prop rod is inserted into an aluminum plate, wire insulation is used to hold the wire in place, yet move freely. Another aluminum plate part is glued to the hood, with a hole for the wire to go in. Then I could paint the body! This Finger Paints nail 'polish' seems to be high quality, the pearl is extremely fine, and it laid down well with about 50% thinner. Put in the pickup to cure. I made sure the sun didn't hit it. Made the chrome parts, starting with the door mirror. It's Corain®, chucked into the drill press. Roughed out using the Dremel, then used a small file and sanding sticks, finished with fine steel wool. Then I used the Dremel again to almost cut off. Before cutting off, drilled the hole for the wire. Flattened the mirror face with a rough sanding stick to get the angle. The standoff is plastic scrap, drilled all the way through for the wire. I make door handles this way, mirror image, then saw apart. Drilled for the wire, which I cut long so they can be held. Been using the spoon to test, and I mean with a thick coat, to see if there would be any negative reaction, and also can touch and hold to determine if the paint is cured enough. Sprayed Splash paints 1K clear. I use this tea ball to wash tiny parts before painting. Testors semi-gloss black. I looked at doing tan, brown or dark red, but I noticed the arm rests, dash, center counsel are always black, and I didn't care to do a bunch of masking. Made a holding jig for the dash at the last minute, screwed through a steel plate into the back of the resin block part, so I shouldn't screw up the paint when detailing it. Also sprayed the AK Interactive black base. Took a shower, to give this time to cure. Sprayed the AK Interactive chrome. I'm now pissed off, should coulda woulda sprayed primer on the bumpers, would have noticed all the flaws. For some reason it didn't come out as good as before. I could strip and start over, but in 2 days I will be driving to SLC. My resin copy gas cap really sucks too, should probably turn a Corian cap. Oh well..... ?

attorney with balls

Thanks! Your image didn't show up, but I searched and found what you're talking about. I had done the red stripe detail on this 275 GTS NART, but the sticker undid itself, so I removed it.

I've seen others mention such a primer. Does it come in cans, or in a spray can where you puncture the hardener before using? If there were details such as grills or mesh, wouldn't those get filled too? Like I said earlier, someone had this color, and it looked good to me. At least it's not Pepto Bismo pink. It's also part of the utter sacrilege that I'm doing. Wet-sanded the Tamiya primer first thing today. Then sprayed a second coat. Then put in the pickup cab. Sprayed the brake calipers. Note to self, mask the white plastic area so the black paint does not make it more difficult to get an even shade!!!! ? How I do carbon brake disks, paint flat black, then a soft pencil lead "drawn" on sideways (not point down). Engine assembly. Something I did not plan on, the fuel injection part is glued to the plenum (pin pointing to), which I will make out of aluminum rod, needed to make an aluminum plate locator thingie. This kit is woven together. I made it more difficult with the modifications, such as having to get the shock, half shaft, hub, and A-arm glued together at once. Otherwise, Revell did a good job engineering this kit. The mufflers were fun too, since I cut the pipe during the narrowing of the chassis. Going to keep the aero belly pans removable. Brush painted the oil filters, and the silver fins on the top of the engine. I have used wine bottle foil before, some brands are better than others, there are all plastic covers that suck, and I haven't looked for real lead caps, I should hunt for that. This one worked nicely, using Cedar sticks. I cut the piece large, then after getting close to shape, trimmed with scissors, worked a little more, trim until I got it. After they were glued on, removed the tub and gooped glue and baking soda underneath. Unsure how I'm going to finish this area, another thing to think about when going to sleep. A favorite detail I love to do, exhaust tips. ? Like some other things on this particular build, wasn't sure how I was going to do it, until it was assembled. Solder used for the pipe, cleaned up with steel wool, won't paint, and it bent easily. Stainless steel tubing tips, cut and finished with the Dremel cut-off disk. Cut notches in the body. Also had to grind out the inside of the body more (it's been like carving a Jack-o-lantern). Something that I'm glad I did, was use screws to hold the interior in the body. I had the body on the paint stand, in the pickup cab, the body got spread out a bit, so having positive mounting points is the key with such a project. I would like to wet-sand the body tonight, but I better let it cure a few more hours.

I know right? Nobody is more crazy to stitch a full chassis under this either. ?