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  1. absmiami
    Anyway - time has not been kind to the Hill 49. So ive decided to dispose of this treasure - with or without a proper burial - not sure …. By the way - that goop in the picture with the kit wheels is what’s left of those magnificent kit tires - so heres a tip - DO NOT -store old Tamiya kit tires in a plastic bag in an unheated garage - this is what you get if you do - maybe ill try some with my ice cream tonite …
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    Of course Tamiya would soon produce a kit of the B spec 49 - but 14 yr olds arent very patient - so i set about creating the 49 B - and as you can tell - this was my first attempt at making a large scale race car - it didnt help that Tamiya supplied plug wires that scaled out to about 1.5 inches ! And yes i wired it to run on a battery set in a casing where poor Mr. Hill’s feet were supposed to go - the electric motor fit into the engine - which is partly why the engine was so inaccuate - I actually got mine to run - really !
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    Of course none of this would deter a 14 yr old fr convincing his parents to buy the kit - first available in the US through Auto World - mail order - thats right - mail order - and i think the decal sheet was produced seperately for the 68 Hill car …
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    The Lotus 49 debuted in ‘67 Tamiya jumped at the opportunity to make a 12th scale 49. The first kit was produced the following spring - just as the 49 sprouted wings and cigarette sponsorship - and sadly - Clark had perished in an FII race …
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    A brief interlude ill call this Requiem For A Lotus:
  6. absmiami
    oh you could make that - just had a look at it on the Worthpoint site ... And I'm daring you to put an engine into it ... apologies to Todd fr Canada for stealing his thread !
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    Yup. There needs to be a Fisher rule - everyone needs to post their builds on his rare kits …. Thanks ans well done …
  8. absmiami
    Never ever - well not quite - years ago Bill Jorgensen did a 25th scale resin kit - it was curbside - good luck finding one. Nice job on this rare kit - and dont feel bad about the poor fit of the body - no one else got it To fit - i should know - i tried and failed when this kit first came out …
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    I swear to God - back in the early eighties - when Pocher went belly up - some of their kits ended up on goodwill store shelves - I bought a Rolls Royce Sedanca kit from the South Miami store for a silly price - silly low - and built that sucker. - it still sits in a display case in my office …
  10. absmiami
    So this is the finished Gladiator - constructed in two months - the struts are peices of nickel that were filed flat - you see - i actually can finish a model - just took lots of cursing - and i didn’t leave the house - or sleep …
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    Paint is mostly Tamiya - with some Alclad here and there - the markings were a mess - mostly because i had to make some if my own and i applied the various markings in the wrong order - oops -
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    I spent alot of time on the instr panel - dont know why - you basically cant see it - but i opened the doors and added some detail there …
  13. absmiami
    The true details set had a not so good sheet of instructions and a whole bunch of tiny parts - it went together but needed some carving And Mods to wedge into the fuselage halves …. I replaced the radiator with something that actually looked like a radiator and jammed the cockpit into the fuselage …
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    This is sort of a time lapse deal …. I finished thr Gladiator fri nite - about 8 hours before the group gathered for the display at the IPMS show - 17 planes - all way better than mine -
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    Now i havent built an airplane model in - oh - 55 years …. But I adopted the Roden Gladiator - figuring hey - how hard could this be …. So without a great deal of clear thought - i bought the kit Off the shelves of the last remaining hobby store in South Miami - and made an on line purchase of an old True Details cockpit set …. And of course i had no idea what i was subjecting myself to …
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    I’m the token model car builder in my local IPMS chapter. Last fall they organized a group display for an IPMS event in Pompano - the plan was to do a Battle of Britain display - 1/32 scale - and as members signed up for specific builds - no one seemed to wanT do the Gloster Gladiator - which of course was a biplane with great history …
  17. absmiami
    Ive had a two month fling with a Gloster Gladiator … please forgive me …
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    And one more
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    There is no FREE time … this IS time well spent …
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    Yup
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    Nice !!
  22. absmiami
    Another thought - what if you trimmed this in copper or gold instead ?? ???
  23. absmiami
    Consider masking and airbrushing “chrome” instead of BMF …. You’re a good enough painter to pull it off …
  24. absmiami
    Bruce Canepa’s website has all the pix that you will need …
  25. absmiami
    And when youre ready for another reveal - are the plug boots 3 D printed ? And who did the 3D printed engine. Was it you or your Dad ??? Ive got two if them - and and and …
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