The Creative Explorer

I really like the diorama, the waterfall does look like a waterfall and it looks right. But the jeep looks out of place, it is way too clean, there is not a speckle of dirt on the tires, nor the rest of the car, which destracts from the really nice diorama.

It is time, time to take a second take at the Aventador. Reviewing it for the IPMS, I built it box-stock, no alterations. This time, I am going to built it my style. But I am not going into extreme detailling. I will alter parts, replace some, scratch some, but will not add any (way expensive) upgrade parts or transkits. The paint is going to be changed as well, I have a nice idea. Where I usually going for custom, Lamborghini did it already for me in one of their special editions of the Aventador. I've never seen nor heard anything about this particular edition, but searching through internet I stumbled upon it. I'll show later what I have in mind. First some shots in-box: And today we start! Beginning with the interior; I found some heavy mold lines and got rid of them, making the parts appear a whole lot nicer. Thankfully, Pocher put the locatorpins on non-visible sides, so that makes it easier. But the plastic Pocher uses, is hard and not very modeller-friendly. I also filled the pedal holes for the LHD version It took me 3,5 hours to sand these parts..... This is how the interior looks box-stock, pretty grimm and without a lot of depth. Into the paintbooth and adding a coat of primer, And finishing with some earth-tones for the interior, I faded a bit with the airbrush to get some depth into the seats and leather parts. And this is the interior after some basic-painting. I'll add some more details and washes later.

Seriously.......? that is very, very cheap. I wish I was in the neighbourhood of an Ollie's.

What I am more amazed about; who in the right mind bid 175 dollars for such a thing? To me it seems a joke, like they bid for fun on it. And what I am also wondered; how high is that freaking reserve?

Even though you are right, I also agree a little bit with Skip. It just doesn't really fit in the picture. By all means; it is YOUR display, so you do whatever you want haha! But I think a E-type, Mini, some Lotusses, London cab and that sort (sixties cars) would 'fit' a little bit better.

This topic has taken me by the heart and unfortunately I can not donate the cash I would like. But I have been thinking this over and over and I think I found a solution to help out maybe. Let me know if this is ok: I just recently started casting a couple of v8's; I would like to 'donate' 10-15 engines, which means sell them here at the board and donate everything, but the shippingcosts, to help Harry out.

Dear Harry, I am trully sorry to hear that you are diagnosed with Cancer, it always hurts to hear that someone you know well has a bad diagnose. I can not imagine how you must've felt when finding this out. But I do believe you to be a fighter and have a positive attitude, I think that those 2 things will help more than we think in getting better. I hope you will defeat this and get out of it stronger. Get well soon Harry! We are not done with you yet! (when it comes to such delicate subjects, I feel that my English is not always as it should be, so if there is any doubt in the way I put things, go for the positive meaning, sorry)

jup, that;s the one and I think he concludes it well....

Ask CrazyCrank, I think he is using one, I believe I saw it in his project topic in the Big Boys section, about a Bugatti.

Isn't that the ship from the Sahara movie? after a little searching, something called a Ironclad or CSS Texas?

Finally, after a busy period, I was able to re-start the bus project. Last night I started a little bit with the trailer and with that still in the development-stage, I took up the transporter today and started working. I don't much big work needs to be done, but to me, I think it is best now to finish the lower floor and go from there, that will include detailing and weathering, even before the construction work is finished; means challenge haha. The kit I got for the trailer was partially started, therefore it has some paint on it, this is how it should be And this is the first step; putting the saw to work First I thought to leave the chassis like it was, letting the wheels stick out, but it looks odd and decided against it, giving me a lot more work.... Some rough idea's The original chassis Cut in two pieces And shortened 65mm Putting it on the floor Drew the cutlines And voila; more pieces to the puzzle Today I started on the bus; started the weathering Adding some furniture Some washes More washes And even more washes I also gave the furniture a worn or used look.

It took me a little while, but the kind of trailer is a A-frame drawbar trailer. :-)

Thanks guys for the positive response! @Jairus; where did you got those figures from? I really like them and they look quite british, could be a nice touch to this project. After I stopped working on this project in early march, I wanted it to finish it for the Jabbeke show in Belgium and I started to notice that I took shortcuts and did started to rush, I put it next to me and it has been there ever since. I did manage to finish the Turbine car and I am now in the middle of my engine-casting project. As soon as I have that good on the rails; I'll start to tackle this huge project again. But I do have a update: I bought another (the third, can you believe it?) London bus, It was partially started, so a bit cheaper. But when I saw the ad, I directly got an idea for it; I want to make a trailer for my transporter. A trailer with on the upper deck some spare parts and on the lower deck it will have a workshop/tooling area, where the side will fold open, to make it to a roof where it can be worked on dry. It will be difficult and comprehensive, but I think it will be a nice addition. This will give some of a idea:

I seriously didn't expect that, I've seen the ad in Scale Auto for a while and when it dissappeared, it didn't dawn on me that they would go belly up. I'm sorry about giving the wrong info, should've checked I guess.

Whenever I come accross the EM-kits I just buy them within reasonable money (which is below 25 dollars). They have been sold quite a lot for a long time and still being reissued by Fujimi for nice prices. Regurarly. I love the old box-art a whole lot better than the new ones, they are/were so beautiful, true art. And you are doing a nice job on this beauty, even though it might be a tricky kit, it is very pleasing when finished.

Bridgetown hobby's on Sandy Boulevard in Portland is a nice one and there is Tammie's hobbies in Beaverton. But Rodney should know the best places over there, his forumname is Rodneybad

I build this during the 24hrs of Le Mans, The Dutch IPMS hosts annually a 24hr event where participants (at home) build a model during the 24hrs. Due to a very busy schedule and being a bit sick, I only had about 10 hours to finish this model. I didn't had much time for detailling as I spent a majority of the time working on the paintjob. I couldn't find a nice livery that participated in the 24 hrs and decided to go with the Andy Warhole artBMW. I did everything by airbrush and tried to recreate a hand-painted livery.

It's been a very long time since I finished a 'normal' build, but here it is after 1,5 years: The Turbine from Jo-Han. A very interesting, yet challenging kit. I bought it as a gluebomb and had to pull some overnighters to get everything back to a decent shape. But I am very suprised by the level of detail and fit from Jo-Han. I would've thought it was much worse.

Thank! I did not know modelmotorcars, but looking at that, I find them a bit on the expensive side. Scaledetails had some nice stuff for nice prices. @Cato; funny story: I sold a rare Bandai kit on eBay (first time I used eBay to sell, since it didn't sell here in Europe). Got it sold and shipped it almost instantly to a adress in Florida. As soon as I came back from the post office, I got a e-mail from someone in the UK, he didn't notice I lived in The Netherlands and asked if I could ship it to him in the UK. His name was Peter Doney, so I googled and found out he was linked to a Pocher Parts site. Funny enough, I sold that Bandai kit for the funds to buy me a Pocher Alfa, appearantly it is a "Boyd Model", but had some missing parts. Now we are talking about getting me some missing parts.

Does anybody here know what happened to Scaledetails.com or with Stephane? The website seems to be down. I recently got myself another Pocher (appearantly a 'Boyd' Alfa Romeo), but ofcourse, has some missing parts that I need to get.

Hello Ian, It is a not so good kit, but not too bad either. The molds are vague and not so crisp. It is definately a Protar, but it is a good base for starting a bit more detailled built. I put the pictures on my own website and I am not sure why the pictures don't work no more. I have to look into that.

No engine at all, curbside model, but with potential under the hood. I fitted mine with a straight six KPG-C10 engine

Gregg, what is the status with Zinio? Is it still in the plans?

Yes, you can't make a modelkit without that seam. They couldn't even make the real thing without that seam, each E-type had to be finished.

I know I will be getting a few Estafettes