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  1. absmiami
    love this car - I think I may have photos of it from the Amelia Island concourse maybe [?] four years ago ...
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    Whilst I ponder the airbrush mystery- I’m brush painting some tamiya flat aluminum onto the interior of the body shell - sneaking around the chassis tubes by covering them with strips of 3M parafilm. Working so far ...
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    The second coaT of primer is on got rid of most of the pinholes - glued on some body fasteners - will scrape the finish paint coat off them - but this should be cleaner than gluing them on after the color coat - have always been a fan of Veber’s photo-etch fasteners. He had them done years ago by Fred Holtzberg (?) in New York - he was best .... using the 20th scale finishers - seem like the correct size - ten total. Some light sanding and I’ll be ready for the color coat. Once I figure out what’s wrong with the airbrush - it’s either the water trap or the compressor - dunno ...
  4. absmiami
    Seat time ... the merit kit seat has the correct shape but has nothing resembling seat cushions - so these were made from sheets and evergreen bar stock - .020 thick. Shaped with sanding sticks , an xacto blade, sanding drums , files etc. the evergreen was glued to the seat with liquid glue ...
  5. absmiami
    Well. they have arrived ....
  6. absmiami
    So the body panels are aluminum - the undersides are probably unpainted - so I’m thinking that I should paint the underside a shade of Alcad aluminum and then spray the paint finish on the surface with no masking and just allow a little overspray on the underside alu finish - thoughts ?
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    Why does it seem like it takes more time to correct things than to make things ? Puttied some of the joints to clean them up ....
  8. absmiami
    Drilled and ground a recess into the nose for the badge which will be an 096 disc - either the nickel that is pictured or perhaps an aluminum disc - using a hand punch the other shots show some grinding and finishing for inside surface of the eng cover and the nose - trying to remove most of the tool marks and divots from thinning the panels and I’m smoothing the interior seems a little. Judges rant... judges don’t know much - but they can spot a seem from the other side of the contest hall - so here ya go, judges - best I could do. There. I feel better now ../.
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    ?
  10. absmiami
    Carpet in the - presumably- shared work space - not good - what would happen if you casually informed the spouse that you were removing the carpet ??
  11. absmiami
    SUSPENSE
  12. absmiami
    Oh dear ... mad mike is at it again ... incoming ...
  13. absmiami
    Really like this. I know that it is a difficult build. Its been so long since I’ve done a modern ... but this has got me thinking about that Tamiya original teile SCWC Mercedes kit that is sitting on the shelf ....
  14. absmiami
    Noticed the forum category for comp cars that are non drag related - if the board wants this build to migrate there - that’s ok i won’t pout ... well maybe a little ...
  15. absmiami
    Was wondering whether it was sold in smaller tubes than what I saw on amazon - 14 oz ? Too much - assuming it does not have long shelf life ...
  16. absmiami
    Thanks but I always worry about what’s round that corner .... bondo morning .... blending the lip for the windscreen and correcting some flaws on the engine cover has anyone tried the 3M acrylic glaze putty ???
  17. absmiami
    Me too inquiring minds want to know - which medium did you try ?
  18. absmiami
    Beaches still closed. But there is lots of sanding to do... 2 part bondo finishing putty. I think #108. Just the stuff on the shelves at your local hardware store. Pinholes be gone (?!?). Also adding the lip for the windscreen...
  19. absmiami
    Fire extinguisher found another stash of floquil in one the deepest recesses of the workshop - nice surprise - including a jar of red unopened from maybe ???? 25 yrs ago ???? Very flat - so topped with some Tamiya clear and the decal made on my printer mite try a redo of the markings with a strip of white laid over the markings and then a second decal over the white ....
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    Herb Deeks’ kit came with these white metal spinners for the wheels - temporarily glued to the end of a toothpick and sanded/finished with the Foredom drill and drilled for rivets ...
  21. absmiami
    Tried some oil based Sharpie black on the sway bar - looks ok - shiny - needs a short while to dry the suspension uprights were brush painted with some floquil - brushes on nicely - wish I had a bigger stash of these paints ...
  22. absmiami
    It’s primer nite some pinholes here and there no big deal ... bondo tomorrow ... the chassis will remain primer gray -‘Tamiya - I’ll brush paint the interior aluminum finish on the body panels
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    A hobby store? what’s that....?....
  24. absmiami
    So Gramps46 did you know that there was a bar in Wynwood in Miami named after you ?? www.gramps.com one of my favorites … I miss it …. ……….
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