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Lovely job you've done on that one Tom. Great colour and detailing, I'd be very happy to have that in my cabinet.
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What did you see on the road today?
Spottedlaurel replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Not quite today, but recently: A 1973 Wartburg! One of a few low-price, Eastern Bloc cars sold here at the time. I don't remember any of these from when I was young although I do recall various examples of Moskvich, Skoda and Lada. I didn't know what it was until I looked online, apparently a 1951 Alvis Three Litre TA21. I liked the timless quality of the setting, apart from a few details it could have been at any time in the last 70 years. Also interesting to see what we were getting as a largish luxury car at the time, compared to 1951 cars from the USA. 1972 Volvo with a lot of patina. I've seen it in use a few times. And a rather smarter 1976 244. 1990s sporty stuff. -
Turned out very well, it looks great. I'll have to look out for one myself.
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That looks amazing! The detailing around the windows works so well and really elevates the look of it.
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The 2022 Cannonball Run Year of Birth Build Thread
Spottedlaurel replied to disconovaman's topic in Community Builds
My AMT '70 Challenger arrived yesterday. Need to have a bit of a play with it over Christmas to see how the V10 might fit and what wheels/tyres will go with it. Got to work out how to give it a reasonably subtle look, more resto-mod than pro-touring. Maybe brown/bronze paintwork? -
Nice one Dominik! Imagine it at 1:1, it certainly makes a statement.
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That looks fantastic, well worth the effort of tidying it up after all those years.
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Great to see this one progress in such a methodical way, it's coming together very nicely.
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Potential entry for the CBR 2022 Buildoff: With a Viper V10 engine and 'box, subject to a trial fitting session.
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Nice work Steve. You've captured the subtly different look of the V8 very well, great period colour too!
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That's fantastic! The detailing on the engine has worked very well.
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Great to see them all - fantastic quality and an interesting variety. There are one or two that I missed first time around, like the wonderfully realistic looking Impala(?) convertible.
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Call me crazy...roof swap on '53 Vicky
Spottedlaurel replied to customline's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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A nice little selection there. Is the Isuzu as nice as other Hasegawa kits?
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Stunning! The overall look, colour choice, quality of build etc all come together perfectly.
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I'm not sure if this is a rebuild, a refurbishment or a restoration?! Anyway, I'm putting it back together after many years of it being dismantled and scattered amongst various parts boxes and drawers. It's all the fault of @disconovamanAnthony is starting to document the build a similar Monogram '57 in the Replica Buildoff Community Build, mentioning that he got his in the mid '80s as his first-ever kit. It reminded me of the '57 I built about the same time, maybe one of my first dozen or so kits. It can just be seen here around 1986/87, in my teenage bedroom alongside the Camaro High Roller: It was brush-painted with black Humbrol enamel and I used most of the custom parts including the hood scoop, bucket seats, rollcage and raised rear end. At various times it had the ex-Corvette America wire wheels and slicks on the rear from an ill-fated NASCAR build (which as an aside is what I'm going to re-do for the Replica Buildoff). At some point 30 or so years ago it went into the parts box and didn't resurface. The wire wheels eventually ended up on a Maserati 3500 GT, and the hood scoop on a Dodge Monaco. Sorry if this is getting complicated...... In the meantime I built another Monogram '57, taking a rather different direction! The Camaro glimpsed above donated its running gear to that one, leaving me quite a few parts which I'm hoping will be enough to rebuild the original version. The paintwork isn't actually too bad. A bit thick in places, and there are a few specks of dust, but I'm hoping some sympathetic wet sanding and polishing should get it looking decent again. If I strip it and start again it won't have the same personal attachment. Mercifully I was reasonably restrained when it came to attaching the glass, with no glue smears or fogging to worry about. It just needs a good clean and polish. I'll use foil on most of the brightwork this time, although what I did originally seems to have held up pretty well. I'm not sure if it was Humrol silver #11, or a Tamiya silver paint pen. I know I used the #11 on some of the engine/gearbox, and I wish the modern stuff had the same effect. I'm aware of one or two missing pieces like the headlight lenses and grille badge, but I'm sure they'll turn up or I can adapt something else. I don't know yet what wheels I'll use - I do have the 5-spokes around still, but as they got replaced at least once then I might continue the process of experimentation and fit something else. I need to finish off one other build first before I can allow myself to get into this one too heavily, but I'm hoping it will be a quick, rewarding project to do over the Christmas break. It won't be perfect, but it'll be great to see it in one piece again!
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Spent a few minutes last night sifting through boxes, amongst remnants of the NASCAR Regal I want to recreate for this build-off I managed to find all the important pieces of the '57! I won't clutter this thread up any further, I'll start a WIP on it in due course - could be a fun Christmas holiday project. Back on topic, I'm looking to start the Regal over the forthcoming break too - I need to finish one other kit first. I might struggle to do much on the bodywork in the near future, but there are plenty of other things I can get on with.
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Really nice work, the detailing is so sharp. They look great!
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It'd be a challenge, but I'll give it a look over Christmas and see if I can find enough parts to make it vaguely complete again.
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Great to see your progress on this Luke. About the same time as I built mine then! I'm fond of the Monogram '57 for that reason, and have built another since. My first one was brush-painted black Humbrol enamel, and I still have it in parts. I look forward to seeing yours progress. I've got one more build to get off the bench, then I can start my replica project.
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Tamiya Eunos Roadster (Mazda MX-5/Miata)
Spottedlaurel replied to Spottedlaurel's topic in Model Cars
Thanks all for the comments! If I'm sufficiently patient I can generally get the rest of a build to go OK, but painting of the main body colour is still a black art to me and one of those things where I feel I'm only one step away from disaster. That rarely happens nowadays, I'm basing it on things that went wrong 30-35 years ago, but all the same I never take it for granted. The British Green isn't a colour I'd rush to use, but having seen 1:1s ith the tan interior I knew it was a combo that would work well here. I didn't quite resort to that,but I wasn't far off ? Perhaps the ideal combination would be the Tamiya kit with the bonnet opened-up and fitted with the Revell engine? -
Nissan Leopard / Skyline GT-R CBR 2021 Entry
Spottedlaurel replied to Spottedlaurel's topic in Model Cars
Thanks Roger. I'm not sure if I'll attempt something like this again - I think there was a fair degree of luck/chance in how this worked out and that might not happen next time! P.S. Hope all is well with you in your area of Kentucky. -
The 2022 Cannonball Run Year of Birth Build Thread
Spottedlaurel replied to disconovaman's topic in Community Builds
Nice one, thanks Steve. Good to know it's feasible in 1:25 styrene. After I typed that I found images of 1:1 examples that had been converted. -
The 2022 Cannonball Run Year of Birth Build Thread
Spottedlaurel replied to disconovaman's topic in Community Builds
As Snake say it's the old Monogram kit and it's pretty decent, I finished-off the same Revell issue last year: I lowered mine and fitted alternative wheels and tyres along with some brake discs. I may have had a bit of glass/interior fitment issue, but I don't remember doing anything too complicated to get over it.