RockinRoller

Hi, visit the original car at Dezerland/Florida in 2023... didn´t know that it was the real thing when I stand in front of it! But I took pictures... The AMT kit had many issues... OK - not really because it was meant to be a fun project for the kids back then. AND it needs to be "buildable"... for us aduld modellers it is sometimes a shame when things are so much details got lost in this process. But it stands for what it was -> a fun project that reflects the correct "Zeitgeist" as we say in Germany. I tried it more than 2 times to build that Drag-U-La the right way... everytime it ends up half done in the box and got traded/sold. I think sometimes we must let things go their way they meant to be and get things done. Hope you understand me...;-) Nice work, nice ideas in craftmanship and solutions!!! Greetings from Berlin/Germany Oliver

Hi Colin, sorry for that late response - I had a little troubled year here with some kind of health-drama inside family - but everything is getting better/well each day by day! So I wasn´t much into kitbuilding... OK - that´s a lie... but first 6 months was very busy here! I looked inside my old ebay-buyings: "1/25 3D print Resin body Pontiac Grand Le Mans Sedan 1976 with OEM wheels" was the name of that auction, but the store is closed now! BUT - you find very much on ebay today... like brown - very nice resin-printed version! And that´s what I´m into for nearly half a year - 3D-printing (letting someone printing). I´m nearly at the end of the line of what I ever wanted to have! Praise this new technology!!! Everything is possible now we once dreamed about! I for myself let a 3D-sculptor create the famous Street Hawk - Bike for me! It takes 5(!) years... Greetings from Berlin/Germany Oliver

Time goes by so fast... I already destroy mine a bit... but here are the promised pictures of the 3D body I got from Ebay. The scale... hmmm, can´t tell... a 1967 Impala (AMT) chassis fit right under it with minor cutting:

Thank you all very much... it looks better when you see it with the natural eye in a normal distance! To be onest it was not easy to "polish a turd" (quote - junkjard-owner in the movie Christine)... these kits are a hell to work with... thick material, all softener long gone from plastic, lack of detail... I´m nt 100% satisfied with it, but it was the best I could do to it. That´s my honest feelings about that build. Got the missing sideview mirror from a friend now... so it can be completed soon! Thanks again! Oliver

Done - started in 2009 (I guess) January 2023 its done... OK... still missing the driver side mirror. But I will find one. Started with an mexican AMT 1976 Camaro Kit from Ebay without T-Tops! Undercarriage is from the 70 1/2 Camaro. Interior custommade from sheet, selfmade decals (printed by Decalprint.de) selfmade PE-parts for bee otch refresher. Bumpers shortened, rubber bumpers are black electrician-tape (Coroplast) secured with second-glue, rear tires are cutted viny BF_Goodrich tires - widened by glueing two-together an cast them in resin. Taillights made from two pieces - foiled with bare-metal foil and airbrushed with Tamiya clear paints. Tamiya primer, paints and Mr.Hobby /Gunze Topcoat. Stripes are airbrushed by myself. Rust and weathering by AK-rust set... sealed with Gunze topcoat-flat. Try to replicate every piece of weahthering as correct as possible. Use white pigments for weathering the stripes and create the DVD-shaped imprints on the hood. Greetings Oliver

Hello evryone, is this project still alive? The "new" 3D-printing possibilities made many things possible over the last months... I saw things available in scale I waited a long time for. Rims, figures engines... whole models. There is also a 1977 Le Mans available from guy on ebay. Ordered one and will take pictures when it arrives. It is my first 3D printed 1:25 scale car model... so I´m very interested in how the surface will be! Greetings Oliver

I did the decals for my project some years ago... I would be very interested in 1-2 copies of that kit!!! -> o.scheitza@gmx.de COUNT ME IN! Need deposit? Contact me... Greetings Oliver

It seems to me, that car appeares in many b-movies and series!!!n CHIPS, Corvette Summer... notice that hybrid shaker/ dual scoop hood!!!

Soooo I designed the new door-decal... it will be in reflective/chrome-like finish and the Letter above in a kind of orange... will need a printed out color-sheet from the printing service to decide. You can see the misalignment on the 1:1 car... beltline with HIGHWAY PATROLE letters - try to catch that also.

Yes... the fact is, that it is a fictitious vehicle like most of the cool movie-cars/vehicles. AND THANK YOU!!! I never noticed that it is a six-star!!! My first drawings for the decals are 10 years back... time to get it corrected for print! Already draw the Nevada-Seal inside... tooks hours, but it´s done. That was the hardest part. Until then... Oliver

I started this inside another Topic here: "anyone ever built the cannonball countach kit" (Screenshot from TV) (Source: IMCD) (Source: IMCD) My decals I made years ago... another user told me that it was a Nevada Higway Patrol Vehicle. For me it was always hard to see what is the right logo or even some small details. I will correct my drawings. The kit will be the AMT or MPC 1:25 Firebird. The stock "Turbo" hood came from (*not so) reliable resin years ago. (*This company seems out of business and got plenty of money from me without delivering anything) Some details here: - white spotlights - white oversprayed(?) t-tops - yellow-gold flat "highway Patrol" on doors with a "gold-metal-chrome" star under it Hope I can make a start here soon... Greetings Oliver

I struggled with that star door logo a long time... you can´t see it clear any time. I guess it should get it´s own Topic ->

Thank you Bill! ?

So sieht´s aus... ?

I stop making engines for cars that look better with closed hood... another thing is, that every kit I build with superdetailed engine bay stand in the showcase with closed hood... Aaaaand in case of much less freetime it helps to get things done building them with patience but not getting lost into tiny details and loose the mood for building a kit. We had a phrase here: "Die Kirche im Dorf lassen" / free translated: "To let the churchhouse inside the village" ☝️ But I once collected all the parts for it...

Same kit waits here... by the way I have another project with it: Made the decals for it with Corel Draw. Hood came from Reliable Resin! For those "side actors" are the more interesting projects for me... Greetings Oliver

Made the Bee-Otch air-refreshener as a photoetched part and I made decals for it. The disco-ball will be a small pearl I guess. Made the whole interior also with Yellow/Silver and carpet... will make mor photos soon!

On the bench for years... ? Still looking for good aftermarket taillights... and time to finish! Greetz Oliver

The Cannonball Countach is hard to match with all the details!!! Have a look: http://www.thepetrolstop.com/2012/02/cannonball-run-lamborghini-countach.html

Hi, I already post that in another topic... Here: If someone is interested, I have some sets to sell - rockinroller@gmx.de:

Thank you very much!

Hello alltogether, want you like to know that I done a final casting run together with Scaleproduction - they are available again: rockinroller@gmx.de Greetings Oliver

Hi, my name is Oliver and I´m a kibuilder, movie-toy collector and car-guy from Berlin/Germany. I stopped building models 7 years ago, when I bought a house and got married - also changed the job to a kind of self responsible kind. ? Another thing was a new projet - a 1947 Fleetline Aerosedan I restore/mild-kustomize since 5 years: A doughter was born 3 years ago and more busy times started... so things slowed down a little and I bought a Black Pearl (Amati/Hachette / 1:48-50 scale) wooden model kit and a studioscale Millennium Falcon (DeAgostini / 1:50 scale). To start with some practising I choose a tank project I always wanted to do, to look how I can get into weathering and stuff again, to get the Millennium Falcon done good: German "Beutepanzer" WW1 - Tandpole (1:35) (Airbrush, Preshading, AK-Colour-sets, Pigments, Chipping, Washing... handpainted signs & graphics) Also my first try with figures like that: Here are some of my older kits: EARLY one... 1:25 scale sculpedfor me -> no available @ pimpmybatmobile.com Early one: Beer... but some might notice the mushrooms between the legs! Custom Corgis... Another thing are some custom projects like the Batman & Robin figures above, the Supernatural Figures and the Supernatural Impala I made in resin: Greetings Oliver