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That's a good looking group of models, you've done some nice clean work here!
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No, that was me having a brain fart. NNL East in Wayne, NJ is about the same distance from me as the show you mentioned in Chadwicks, but for some reason my brain got caught on "Oneida St" and typed that as the city instead. That said, thanks to the magic of New York's bizzaro road system, the city of Oneida is about the same 2-hour drive for me as both other cities mentioned. ?
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Nice clean job on this, it looks great!
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Thanks for the info, I didn't know about that one. The next show on my radar was the NNL East, it's about the same distance from me as Oneida.
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Which show is that?
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Looks good, nicely done! I have one of these in the stash, seeing this makes me want to break it out (not that I don't already have too many projects on the bench...)
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Thanks, I'll have to look for that one. I kept running into Rustoleum cans being good for only one or two models before the nozzles fail, so I had pretty much stopped looking at their colors. But I've never tried the ones with this style nozzle, it might be an improvement from the last ones I used. Even if the fail rate holds, it'll be worth it to get this color.
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Some great progress, guys - the Ferrari and Riviera are looking fantastic! What color did you use? That looks pretty darn close from here! Given what the 1:1 Riviera interiors look like as the wood de-laminates over the years, the chipped white edges are probably the most accurate way to go here. The closest I found was the one lone hubcap in the Hogan's Heroes Jeep, I think left over from its time as a courtesy car. It's not 100% accurate, but with a decal added to make the vent holes it was close enough for me. On my own build, I finally got the interior stripped and repainted. Most of what you see here is Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black, with Molotow for the chrome bits and Tamiya Flat Aluminum for the door inserts. The gauge decals were destroyed when I stripped off the old paint, so I made new ones based on a spare set I had from the Revell '59 Corvette kit. Still a few more details to paint but it's getting closer!
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Thanks, guys!
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Awesome job on this!
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Nice clean work on this, it looks great!
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Still my favorite Mustang, beautiful job on it!
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Thanks, guys! I have other projects that are fighting me, so I really needed one that was an "I gotta get something done" escape ? You got it!
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Thanks, guys! I made my own, the only difference is I used "1A" as a phonetic Easter egg (One-ay = Hon-ey) ?
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AMT Shelby Cobra 289 kit built as the car driven by Anne Francis in Honey West. WIP thread is available here. There are a few things I'd do differently if I were to build it again, but for a quick & easy project I'm happy with the results.
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Beautiful job on this, it looks super clean!
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On the home stretch now! The body has been painted, and other than a couple of dust specks to be polished out I'm pretty happy with it: I also have the engine complete save for the battery and a few minor paint details... ...and the dashboard is finished. The casting on the gauge faces was nice and sharp, so I decided to go with paint instead of decals. I did make a new steering column, though, since the one in the kit was more oblong than round. Next: steering wheel, pedals, levers, and seats (all painted and drying now). Then I'll need to scratch build the phone, since I don't think anything in my parts box is quite close enough to the look of the one in the show.
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Thanks guys! That Elan was an old Gunze kit so it had the usual quirks but went together nice overall. As for the Cobra, the gills are now in and setting. Tomorrow morning I'll give them a final light sanding and then wash the car in preparation for paint. How much I get done is going to be heavily dependent on what the weather does, since we're expecting a wintery mix starting tonight.
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TV "Star"cars that never were kited
spencer1984 replied to ranma's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
AirTrax has a nice looking P1800S available in resin -
TV "Star"cars that never were kited
spencer1984 replied to ranma's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Not in styrene, but there was a resin option The current GMC "Deserter" was released as the Fall Guy truck: I don't think MPC had an official Charlie's Angels kit (Revell had the license at the time, and used it on their custom Chevy Van), but they did release this: -
Thanks, guys! I've started in on the body: removing the mold lines, deepening the door seams, and roughing in the fender gills. I got that one covered!
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This is brilliant, probably the best use of one of these old Palmer kits!
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Nice work, Sarge's truck is looking great! Not only the warring details between stunt vehicles, but the fact that usually none of them match the vehicle's description. I usually just try for something that "seems right."
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The engine is now installed, and I've started attaching the exhausts. I'm using the kit-supplied parts as far as the mufflers, then everything after that will be aluminum tubing. I also started work on the interior tub. The inside was painted flat red, then the firewall was glued in place, the seam filled, and the outside was painted silver. The dash is semi-gloss black with Molotow chrome accents, and gauges will be done with decals.