THORDOOR220
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On 8/11/2018 at 10:11 PM, ZTony8 said:
...to a Gordon-Keeble ( look it up)...
Those look like interesting little cars, a mix of elegance and aggression. I wonder if anybody makes a model kit for one.
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That's kinda what I was thinking, too, since it'll be in a small glass case (when I buy one anyways). Maybe put a wrench or two on there somewhere, like it's getting worked on. And I have to do that with the hatch on my foxbody, and used to with my explorer as well. My nova has wound springs, like in a wind up watch, that hold the hood up, and those work well. I've seen people 3D print stuff like that that works well, but so small, I'm skeptical....
Anyways, I'll probably go that route. It would be cool to be able to close it, but I don't exactly play with my models, so it might be unnecessary. Maybe I'll make some with my GT350 kit later on, I don't think that has them either.
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Alright, guys, I want your opinions on something. So I found these hood hinges in my parts box, off of a 66 chevy, and decided I'd use them instead of try to make my own. It just hit me that with these, the hood is going to have to stay open. So my question is, should I use them and keep the hood open (I won't need the wire prop rod at least), or go without them? The alternative to those would be make some, which I thought about trying to use mirror tape for it since that's stiff, but I can't seem to find a small enough spring to hold it open, so are there any designs similar to stock where they would be functional? I've seen them with shocks instead of springs, so thought about doing that and use a prop rod, acting like the shocks are worn out. I'm not quite sure what I want to do, what do you think? Here's pictures of it with the hood open vs closed, in case that helps.
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13 hours ago, jaxenro said:
Definitely something you couldn't do today I could imagine going ten feet down the road and being pulled over. Times were different back then the drinking age was 18 and once or twice I remember getting pulled over where the cops just sent us home after we had been bar hopping up in Massachusetts (we lived in Connecticut). Basically they took two drunk 19 year olds and pointed us to the highway to get out of their state. It makes me cringe thinking about it now
It would be a model, for that reason. My 1:1 cars I like to be 2 things: nice and fast. I wish you could get away with things like that still though, people getting offended and BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH just kinda ruin the fun. But I don't think this is the best place for potentially political conversations, so I'll leave it there.
13 hours ago, mustang1989 said:Man there's some good ideas at work here with this build. Learning a lot here!
Hey, me too!
I like to look through the forums a bit every day to see what other ideas I can 'borrow' as well, or at least use for inspiration. There's a lot of builds on here to thank for many of the ideas incorporated into this build, as well as some of my personal experiences. Figure if I keep this pace, I can maybe have a running 1/25 scale car by this time next year!
...Alright, maybe that's a *bit* far fetched. It would be cool though!
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4 hours ago, MeatMan said:
Very nice build! I've got to work on weathering!
Definitely do, this is the first car I've weathered and it's easily become my favorite part of the build. I don't know what makes it so entertaining, but I love it.
1 hour ago, jaxenro said:Interiors too clean. Should be some squashed down McDonald's bags and a few empty beer cans and bottles kicking around the back floor. Least that's how I remember them from the later 70's. My first car was a yellow 1972 Cadillac Calais and I remember we used to take the labels from the Budweiser bottles that had floated loose in the cooler and line them up on the fenders like kill markings on a WWII fighter plane. Had both front fenders and the rear quarter panels covered at one point.
Just kidding about the interior I love what you did with this one
Actually, I would agree that it's too clean. I'm working on weathering it, and I likely will add in some old receipts and such floating around. You can't see the dust all over as much in the picture, but I'm not quite done anyways. I'll finish that when I get the seat belts in (hopefully next week?). I also made a driveshaft and added the parking brake cable, but I'll show pictures of that later. Here's interior as is at the moment.
Also, that idea with the Budweiser labels? Beautiful
I don't think I'll be doing that with this car, but before too long I want to build a beater out of a 2nd gen camaro, and that is most definitely going to be on the fenders lol
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17 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:
Here's some 'stock image' photos of vehicles that I would love to own some day :
Have one of those novas, I've had it for a couple years. The catch? It's STILL a shell. I really need to get it done, it'll be fun when it's done
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1 hour ago, Richard Bartrop said:
I believe the word you're looking for is "distinctive", though I don't think I'd turn up my nose at any of the other offerings so far.
Yeah, that might be a better word. It's certainly unique either way, and it would be a head turner for sure
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While reading Quick GMC's comment, i though about something. What about taking the most common responses here as products, and then have a 'by request' section on a website? Where someone can put what they want made specifically, maybe a reference image if they have one, and how many they want. You would have to go back and forth a bit (email?), but you could charge a little more for these kinds of things, and it would give a little variety for the machinist as well. The more popular special order items, depending on what they are, could also be thrown together into little 'packs', like Detail Master's Interior Junk sets. Obviously it wouldn't be photo etched (unless he figures out how to do it), but a similar set of items that work together could be good
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Before I start, I want to ask, how long does it usually take for Detail Master stuff to ship?
Here's the interior as it is, and I finished the bumpers (besides license plates). The headlights look pretty fake, unfortunately. The interior is turning out good though. You can't see it very well in the pictures, but the gauges are all painted in by a toothpick. None of this is finally assembled (besides the steering wheel and dash glass), and the shifter isn't present in the pictures either. I was going to make my own seat belt hardware, and found it more difficult than anticipated. So I have that and some floor mats coming from Detail Master, which is why I'm asking about shipping times. The model is pretty much on hold until those arrive. Once those get here, it's just the belts, assembly, and dirtying it up a bit. Still have to make a driveshaft, but I have an idea for that, and I want to make hood hinges yet (not your traditional model ones, more like the real ones, but I can't seem to find a small enough spring so there will likely be a prop rod still). After that, I think this build is about done.
Oh, and since I was bored today, I decided to make a little manual and a model box to put in the car somewhere. I might yet do keys in the ignition as well, we'll see. I stole the model box idea from someone else on the forums (I forget his username), I thought it was a cool idea to have the model's kit in the back seat. Same with the keys idea. I thought about tools in there on the floor too, I guess it depends on how much time I want to spend making them (I'm too cheap to buy the Interior Junk sets from detail master apparently).
Hope to get my stuff soon so I can continue. Till then, maybe I should start another....
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2 hours ago, Casey said:
I'm not specifically asking about this particular time, but in general, do you usually compose the body of your message elsewhere, then copy and paste it into the reply box here on the forum?
Nope, I type it here
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On 8/8/2018 at 2:06 PM, Richard Bartrop said:
So many to choose from, it would have to be the Lamborghini Espada. Performance, utility, and concept car looks, all in one drop dead gorgeous package.
That is one goofy looking car. I have to say, I kinda dig it.
As for me, I don't want any original car that is expensive or well sought after. I'd love to have a replica GT40 mk1 or something, but nothing original. You can't ruin a replica.
Also, I second the XB Falcon. Great car I think
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3 hours ago, Jantrix said:
The Revell 29, 30 and 32's Model A's and B's. Ther'es just so many ways to do them and they are really great kits with easily interchangable parts.
I have yet to build a model A or B. I want to do those and a tudor or two eventually. Good to know who makes the good kits. Cool builds by the way, particularly the second
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1 hour ago, Alan said:
Yes, do you realize how many hours would be involved machining all of that one set at a time ? You have to be realistic about this stuff ....... To get something like that is unlikely
Yeah, that's a good point. Doing it once and casting it in resin would be cheaper than billet stuff, but I know he wants to do machining work. Although he could cast it in aluminum if he had to, that's relatively easy. Still metal, but not machining....
It seems drag racing wheels would be good, or wheels in general. High demand. And I like the pulley idea, that would be great. Just need to figure out belts
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No, I still had it in my clipboard from copying and retrying before so I was working with that
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1 minute ago, Alan said:
There is a $500 set
For scale suspension??
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11 hours ago, BDSchindler said:
This is a long shot but what about suspension kits both racing and hot rod. All the pieces machined to specific year make model to replicate 1:1 custom kits like below from Heidts for 69 Camaro/Firebird
or Hotchkiss
I second this. However, perhaps build only a few 'universal' kits that can be relatively easily modified to fit a large range of cars. That way you don't have to make so many variants, it would make things simpler. You could have one for older pony cars (firebird, camaro, cuda, mustang), one for mid sized 60s cars, one for full size, one for 21st century builds. It would come down to fewer suspension kits, but all can be made to work (especially considering most people buying aftermarket model parts like that are likely okay with the idea of fabrication). Just a thought.
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The packaging does look good, but there is the name issue. Perhaps you could clear it up with somehow making it clear that this is billet parts, not resin? I think the name is entirely up to him, but I would at least modify it to avoid confusion.
As for parts, those do sound look good ideas to me. Personally, I would like to see more wheels out there, and perhaps carburetors. There's too few from what I've found. Tire's also seem relatively limited, though I know he isn't doing rubber (yet...?). Small gauges of difference sizes and intended placements could be something simple and quick that people might buy, too. I have a lot of things I would like to have from aluminum (engine blocks, heads, and internals would be awesome, I would definitely pay for things like that simply to have a tiny engine
), some of which I can't even get to work with my 3D printer. I look forward to seeing his company (hopefully) grow, I would be a customer I'm sure. I wish him well!
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Just tried adding the next line, and rather than the usual 404 error, it simply said that it was too long since the reply was posted.... Here's the original reply it wouldn't let me post before.
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I wondered where you disappeared to, I've been looking for updates. There was another project I was looking at that seems abandoned now, makes me sad to see people abandon their projects like that.
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21 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:
That is a nice one!
If I used the same criteria, mine would either be a Johan '62 Chrysler 300 convertible, or an AMT '62 Ford Sunliner.
Steve
How did you do these tops? I've always wondered how people made those and vinyl tops...nice cars btw!
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See, Ford is what even Mopar guys look up to
Nice builds guys. I'm seeing some I wanted before, and quickly wanting more. If I didn't have a long build list already, I'm certainly getting one....
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I just tried, and it wouldn't post here either. Not the whole post, not just that line.
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4 hours ago, Styrofoam04 said:
I didn't realize that, always thought it was one then the other. Either way great work
I didn't either, not at first. I had it pointed out to me by a body guy that it's the easier way to do it. And thanks
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6 hours ago, Styrofoam04 said:
Really love the weathering. The stripes are a little too clean. you might want to sponge dab some of the base coat to show weathering through the stripes
That's not a bad idea, although stripes aren't always painted on top like that. I've seen cars more often where the stripe color was painted, masked, and then body color came last (before clear). At least for cars that were repainted, that doesn't seem to be how it's usually done from the factory. That's how I painted my model, which is rather evident in person. I didn't do a super great job of evening out the paint. I might do it anyways, we shall see.
I like to look through the forums a bit every day to see what other ideas I can 'borrow' as well, or at least use for inspiration. There's a lot of builds on here to thank for many of the ideas incorporated into this build, as well as some of my personal experiences. Figure if I keep this pace, I can maybe have a running 1/25 scale car by this time next year!
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I have to agree with that, it is kinda fun just looking through and figuring out what you can do with it (which is always 'anything', but there's always something to give a little inspiration leaning towards a certain build).
I have yet to build any Tamiya kits. I've heard they're mostly curbside kits, and being a sucker for detail, I like to build the Revell and AMT kits. Painting is fun and all, but it's a little more satisfying fabricating little details that most people won't see, but you know they're there. Although I have a couple curbsides to build yet, so if those go well, I might give them a shot