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Well the clear did not work - dash Gave the apple green pearl parts a good sand with 3200g sanding cloth and mixed up some Tamiya acrylic enamels as the base colours were avaialble. Main mix was 50/50 silver and light green with a bit of white to lighten the colour and some gold to give a bit of yellow colour and thinned with lacquer thinners. Body got about 5-6 coats of this and now s in the process of being clear coated with Tamiya X22 thinned with LT Colour is quite like the apple green pearl but as a metallic but maybe a bit brighter Also worked on the Moebius tyres that had slightly off centre tampo printed white wall. Paint mix was about 50/50 satin black and a dark gray The wheels and tyres have now been assembled so will move back onto the motor whilst waiting for the clear to harden up. The painted parts are curing in my hot box so will be left there for a couple of days before the colour sanding process starts and masking for the interior colours Thanks for looking
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Your roaster turned out OK for what you describe as a challenging build The only thing I don't like this 34 roadster and it's companion coupe kit is that the body scales out to closer to 1/28th as Revell shrunk the body to fit the shorter wheelbase Model T chassis. The chassis is the star of the IMO and lets face it Lil John Buttera started the whole billet craze
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Step by Step box-stock build of the Monogram Uncertain T:
bill-e-boy replied to tim boyd's topic in WIP: Model Cars
That's a cool artticle Tim. Good to see to it surface again with the car going through a resto I believe There was a clone made down here in NZ a few years ago that ended up on the US show circuit and is now back in NZ. The clone was based on the model as the original was still in hiding at the time. -
After all the hard work you did it all came together in the end. I followed the build thread with a lot of interest as I have built one that came out so so as it was in the days before we had access to BMF so trim was hand painted - always iffy. I also have a couple in the stash so seeing this may nudge a build. The work you di to get the front sheet metal and chrome looking good really paid off The final stance is spot on as out of the box it is a bit high. A superlative build IMO
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1952 Hudson Hornet Convertible two-tone (1/25 Moebius)
bill-e-boy replied to e30lover's topic in Model Cars
As everyone above has said this is one impressive build. Perfect colour choice and application and a very clean build. You must be very proud of it -
Nice build of a nice kit - like it
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NICE. This has turned out rather nice Bob. I like the overall old timey look and the colour suits it well.
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Grotheer Cable Chrysler 67 Belvedere
bill-e-boy replied to gtx6970's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
This is looking good Bill I like the wrinkle paint effect you have on the valve covers - how did you do that please -
Yup
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Coming along nicely Bob The mock up prior to paint looks mean. I bet in real life it would be fairly loud with no mufflers too LOL
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My how time flies by. I have been busy with work and life over the last couple of weeks but have found some time to sneak away to my modelling bench I sanded the body back with 320g and tried a new bottle of paint, and it has lumps too although not as bad as the first bottle. Oh dear. I have now filtered the paint, and the lumps are now smaller but they are still there - I will see how it responds to some clear but I fear this is heading toward a dunk in the tank Words have been said, and they weren't Oh, Jolly, Gosh While I ponder the paint results I have been getting some bench time on the motor and wheels. The inner rims are the inners from an AMT 34 PU that I cut the wires away and then cleaned up in the lathe The fronts were a little wide so I cut them back with my razor saw to fit the tires. The wheels are the wire wheels and rear tires are from a Moebius 500B and the fronts are parts box specials for a bit of tire rake. All cross plys to go with the old timey build theme. The wires have been treated to some Tamiya "Panel Line Accent" give the wheel some depth The motor is turning into a real multi-media fest with kit trans, most of the motor resin with bit of syrene rod for pulley shafts and some tuned ally for the distributor body. The cap has been drilled out for plug wires with a 0.45mm drill bit and painted SG black A mock up of the motor with the generator and pulleys to check alignment. And a quick mock up to show off the bling 8BA flathead with Thickstun head covers, Offy (I think) 3x2 manifold and wired distributor. Lots more bits to add yet and I have to fix the clash with the genny and the dizzy.
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If you are using an airbrush you can tint the primer to any colour you want. I tinted some white to pink under a red top coat
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It is well worth it. I baulked at the initial cost way back but the benifits just far outway the cost IMO. The use of an airbrush opens up new frontiers the easiest of which is custom mixing of paint colours. No longer do you need to rely on what is available in the rattle can range. And anyway you look at it we all spend quite a bit of our budget on paints whatever the way of application is
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Good save for your build with the spare body - looking good I have used an airbrush since the mid 70's and actually hate using rattle cans on models - just can't get the hang of it. Rattlers are ok for implements and fab jobs in the workshop though - easier to lean than a spray gun. Airbrush cleaning is a chore but cleanliness is next to Godliness they say
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The dark green stuff is done. I have moved onto the body and chassis. Base coat is Tamiya Titan Gold X31 And am now onto the colour coats. Paint is SMS Pearl Apple Green acrylic lacquer. I have having some issues with lumps in the paint that suspect are clumps of pearl. I have shaken the paint and have had a go with my Trumpeter stirrer. I want to buils up some more colour coats before I hit with some sanding - 3200g most likely Bit hard to see in the pix but the colour is almost like flip flop paint which is the pearl affect that I know does not photo well. There will be many more coats to build up the colour I am after. The gold is very prominent at the moment
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Well we are off to the paint shop. Spent a good hour and a bit wet sanding the body with 800g. hand were all wrinkled up by the time I finished. Under the pink was a rough white under coat so that took some effort to get smoothed out Look Ma no pink left - well not much anyway All the stuff in the hot box has had a coat of Tamiya white undercoat and the small stuff has had an additional coat of champagne gold as a base color. The body and parts along with the chassis has had the undercoat sanded with 1500g on its way to be ready for colour The champagne gold is the base for this The stuff painted green will get a couple coats of clear tomorrow and the body parts and chassis will get some champagne gold base for its colour - I will let the cat out of the bag them for colour choice Thanks for looking
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Unfortunately Norm does not send overseas anymore from what I have I can gather. I have a nice little stash of his products some of which I considered for this build. I have a feeling that some of the parts I am using for this build have originated from Norms catalogue. The flat motor and all of the go speed gear is resin but I don''t know who was the caster was as there was no packaging with the stuff I got Time to kick it into life. I recently finished my 32 3W that I chopped way back in 97 when the kit came out. It too went through a couple of theme changes but none included fenders. We all have projects that sit around for way too long to be completed
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How many models are you working on at one time?
bill-e-boy replied to rossfox's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
This is similar to my strategy of using my build time. One main project and a side project that will become the main project when the first is completed then start another side project. Then along comes a dead-lined group build and it all gets pushed to one side. Some projects get started and put to one side if there are too many issues or inspiration. I recently finished a build that I started in 1997 and had one revisit since then. Great to see it on the shelf. Any more than two projects on the shelf and I find that I lose impetus on all of them so the needs to be some discipline to keep the build numbers down. I think I have only two or three stalled projects, so I am quite driven to complete builds once I have started them Lots of builds going on in my head all the time though The discussion on paints is for anther thread but I do use a lot of Tamiya LP paints these days -
Wel it is "radical" and I am glad that the meaning fits. Thought long and hard before I started with "suicide doors"😁 Look forward to seeing some colour
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I have one (Dispae) and the grits that came with it only go down as far as 400. Way to coarse for colour sanding prior to polish
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Best kit based Blown 392 (early) Hemi?
bill-e-boy replied to cobrafia's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
As good as it is it is not blown The Revell parts pack blown 392 hemi is very good There as some 3d prints that look good too -
This move is very radical. May need some time to let it grow on me. Normally a chop will give the effect of longer doors but both is like I said radical especially with the wedge section. Suicide doors?? blue tinted windows, white interior, loud colour like a bright bright metallic (or pearl) blue and an Ardun with modern injectors - lets start dreaming. I saw somewhere an Ardunised Lincoln V12 - will that fit?