Csaba aka felhasznaaloo

Very nice progress! Looking fwd to updates.

Nice progress. I am doing something similar, not this nice, on my Bullitt build.

Wow. Nice little details. I'm always surprised how much detailing stuff is available that I'm not aware of.

Will be watching this build, as an XJ owner...😉 BTW more and more Jeep kits are now available in 3D printed full kit format, if you don't mind the price.

Thank you. Glad you like it.

Thank you!

Thank you. Looking forward to seeing yours.

I don't think so, I plan to build a General Mayhem though.

Hello all. When I started out model building, in 2012, I asked my first questions, shared my build progress, and made a few modeling friends on the Scale Auto forum. I was surprised back then how many people generally contributed to that forum. Now/here I get the feeling this is a nice little club with just a few faithful patrons. Much less scary 😉 Teeny tiny update here. Both bodies are now prepped for painting the color, apart from some masking/salt application on the survivor car. Made / modified mirrors and sun visors while gathering courage for the painting 😁 (little scared I'll screw it up).

Nice save on the figure! A lot of work, but looks like it paid off. Great photography, too!

Very nice progress David, makes me want to build this thing. About the driver figure not fitting. I only built 1 model that came with a figure, and what I noticed was the seat cushion AND the driver's /rider's butt BOTH need to be in a " flattened state" to have correct geometry there. In my case only the figure's bottom was flattened, not the seat (so the model - a motorbike - can be displayed without the rider.) In your case, similarly, the seat is not "pushed down" by the driver's weight, so to compensate, I would say at least half the figures thigh's underside has to be cut away. And the legs shortened, as it seems from your photos. The figure seems a little out of scale to me, but not sure. Keep it up, Csaba

A little update: almost forgot to replicate the front side of the radiator, which was necessary since I did not cut an opening in the radiator support. I used a piece of tulle(?) ribbon and heat shrink tube slices on both sides. I also made "cheating hood hinges" out of beercan material ? and some coil spring from a 4-color pen. These hinges will not operate properly - did that on my '70 Dodge Challenger build, not this time. So the hinges will just sink into the engine bay when the hood is closed, and will rest on a pair of flanged studs at each side when the hood is up. Managed to blue tack the hinges in the lowered position, then glue the hood onto them on one model so far. Also had highland green paint custom mixed without the metallic flake, and semi gloss 2-part clear to go with it, though haven't tested them yet.

Update: grills are in. Cca 1/32" square mesh in double layer, overlapped with half a square. Built crude overhead consoles with map lights.

Maybe. Painted over with the darker unstirred paint, the metallic flakes still show through when you look at it in direct sunlight.

Did a paint test with the highland green colors I bought years ago for this project. Gravity "GC-2191 Ford Bright Highland Green" has a blue-ish but otherwise nice dark tone to it. Zero "ZP-1205 Dark Metallic Green 1968 Ford Mustang Bullitt" is a greener, lighter color. Both have way too much metallic "flake" in them. Tried using them unstirred, but that makes both of them very dark. I might buy automotive paint custom mixed without the "flakes". Edit: my phone's camera makes very grainy pictures, so that is a factor to the photo, on top of the metallic paint.