The Creative Explorer

Guys, I do appreciate your input, but I have to leave the copyright in. I made it as unabscure as possible and even though it is visible, I think it is barely visible. Look at the last picture, it is hardly visible.. It's just that I am tired enough of people stealing my pictures, that I feel forced doing that. Any other solution is too easy erasable. Sorry guys

Exactly, and the more I think of it, the more and more I like it. I got to some more working on the E-type's body, I did some more dryfitting and ended the evening with spraying a light coat of primer on the parts. I also made the box-frame in which the engine sits, as that needs to go in color as well.

During the last few days of building, I decided to make the most intricate E-type I've seen so far. I know it is a bold statement, but I see a lot of shortcuts when it comes to the E-type and I have the intention to go all the way. I am good motivated and work does progress, albeit slow. There is a lot of pewter that has to be cleaned and prepped before primer. I folded and dryfitted the panels in the hood Because the body parts have been glued together, I could also work on the seams on the back It also required the underside of the doorpanels to be scribed again, I used a ruler for a straight line And I added to little strips in the hood, where the hood parts were riveted together in the factory One thing that was bothering me, was a not so good formed bulkhead in pewter, it wasn't very clean cornered. I did some long time of cutting and had a better looking firewall.

Ok, I was in the assumption you already build it, but I do know what the box-art of the Gunze looks like. A bit simple, I think I like the Airfix even better than that of the Gunze, less clinical. @Monty: I give it a very small chance it is going to be red. I was strongly thinking of BRG, but in the last past days I am growing very fond of a pale yellow. @Gary; sorry, but it is going to stay right there. I had it happen a few times people 'stole' my pictures and claimed it be theirs, I had my name in the top left or right corner and they just clip the picture. I think this solution is hardly intrsuive at all and not really bothering, unless you focus on it.

I like you didn't go the easy way with the black everything, this has more punch to it.

Some colors I am thinking off: British Racing Green Opalescent Gun Metal Pale Primrose

Thanks! @Bill; do you have any foto's of yours? And I agree with you about the body seams, it is so crucial to get rid of them. @Carl; I was thinking of British Racing Green, but somehow I am also interested in a mellow yellow.

Co; I didn't know you were there too! You should've said something buddy. Were you there all weekend or just one of the days? If you can; get rid of that '69 Daytona as fast as you can; it is horrible by any standard. And get instead a Revell Monogram Daytona, they fit a whole lot better.

One of my projects for this year is going to be a E-type. You just can't beat the beauty of that car. I have build the Revell convertible before, but that one wasn't so good. I was able to get my hands on a couple of HighTech series from Gunze Sangyo and they promise to a bit more intricate. A lot actually, but most importantly; the shape of the body seems to be quite good. As usual, I started with the body work, These are the parts that needs to go in color I made it myself a bit more difficult by glueing the top and lower body together, already. This way I can get rid of that hideous, but unavoidable seem between the top and lower body. For size comparison, I put a Starliner next to it.

Tony, I know exactly what I am starting ;-) The prestige series of Pocher ar big diecast models, I agree with you on that. But even if you build them box-stock, they are very nice. However, If you think outside the box and enhance the parts where Pocher shorted, one can build a very nice, museum-like, model. And that is my plan. Even the Pocher Classics are basically snap and screw together kits, but fill the screw hole, glue the plastic and it can be made very nice.

A little preview of the kits I am going to work on this year. I am not expecting to finish the Pocher within 2-3 years, but I will give it a start. The Jaguar and the Starliner will be build as stock cars with enhanced detailling, the Stuntvan is a glue bomb and will need a lot of restoration, after that, it will be a blank canvas for a extricate paintjob.

These are my purchases from yesterday, I thought it was about time for a upgrade. So I went to the airbrush store and got me some new toys. I got me myself this beast: A Harder and Steenbeck compressor, 12 gallons of air per minute, 5 gallon tank, 4 connectors, 2 pressure regulators and 8 bar of pressure maximum. I also got another airbrush from Harder & Steenbeck, next to my 2 Evolutions, I got me a Colani, which can be used for the bigger scales. A Sandblaster for when things go wrong Ofcourse new hoses And a new mask

My first and best find was this 1/8 Pocher Ferrari F40 in the rare K57 version, It is started, but it can all be undone without a trace and got it for a ridiculous price, compared to what it is worth.

A very nice find; mint in box, (will be build) This Bora was new and complete, but had another Dino 206GT inside the box, and that for 10 Euro's Christmas gift from Mother-In-Law Christmas gift from wife These kits are bought last weekend at the modelshow in Belgium/Jabbeke

This is not really of today, but over the last few months: Renault 5 Rally 1/8 '32 Ford 4 of the cars modelkits (1/43 and fun) 1/8 Corvair trike, I bought it for the engine, to be used in the next Kubelwagen 1/8 Citroen Traction Avant (Heller) A very beautiful, but extreme difficult kit:

Cheaper doesn't always mean you pay less..... I definately understand you, don't get me wrong. But with paint, it is not the wisest thing to do. Especially not when you go for specific colors. I would get it in 3-4 times, sure you spend a few more dollars, but it will give you the room to change and less chance of paint go bad.

Reading the German text, it has the manufacurer name on it. the Real one.

I wouldn't get all the paint at once, order only for a few models ahead. You keep the paint fresher and still can change the choice of paint if that happen.

I'm sorry Skip....it can be worse....I started the 1/16 Citroen DS from Heller the day we moved into our new house. It was going to be my first project in this house, but it is still laying around. I think we moved in in may 2010. So there you go. The Porsche is just a what slower project and I haven't giving it full on dedication, maybe I will later on, but till then it is just a side-project. Soon I'll be starting the Pocher and even though it will be full-on dedicated, I don't expect to finish that one within a year, I hope within two years. I estimated to take a year for the chassis and engine and a year for the body and interior with all the modifications.

No, but I work on it on and off, this isn't a project one has to force, I work on it when I have the right motivation and inspiration and even though it is somewhat sidetracked, it will get finished.

Sorry Rick, but it is going to be a FHC. I see what you guys mean with the height, but I want to keep the original Duvall windshield and try the streamline look they had in those days, perhaps I will raise the cowl a little bit. The design is not yet set in stone. I have been working a bit on the preparations some more. It seems that I have most to all parts to finish at least the first 3 pages and i'll see from there where I go. Probably won't really start until after the Belgium show, mid March. @Skip, thanks for the link for the manual, that one is just soo much better. I can actually read the numbers now

Thanks for all the info guys! I will send you a pm shortly Skip, I could use as much info on this thing as I can. Harry built a very nice Merc, my goal is to trump him Hey, we can all dream right? I am planning to a quite stock build, however giving it my own twist. I have no idea how I am going to do it, but I do know it will be a bit different than all the other Pochers. Since I can care less about value, there is nothing holding me back on doing this. Except for the vast amount of work. But since I pulled the Kübelrod off, I guess I can tackle this. I just made a quick rendering of what my vision is, be aware that it is not definitive nor representative, but this is where I stand at the moment. I am not going for aftermarket stuff, simply because I can't afford it. the kits has to provide it or the junkbox.

Well, I finally made the decission. I have prolonged it for a long time and had no intention with building it for at least a few years and until I finished the Testarossa, but I am in need of a challenge. I am working on 4 1/24's at the moment and I miss the passion that I had. It is just not satisfying. Therefore I decided to finish them and in the meanwhile start preparing on my biggest challenge yet, the Pocher K74 or Mercedes Benz 500/AK. I bought this kit for a fairly decent price, but it was somewhat started, basically the first 2 pages got done and I got that easily undone in 10 minutes. Now I need to redo and fix the flaws. I have not the original manual unfortunately and the ones I could find online are not that great when printed, so I decided to donate to Paul and get his DVD. I think it is a welcome addition, the last thing I want to do, is screw up this kit. So far I have sorted the parts for the first 2 pages and got them separated. I hope to start in march on the engine and I'll see from there where I go. Haven't really thought of a paint job, but it will be definately a two-tone, with hopefully a refreshing color scheme.

What I don't get is how much financing goes around with buying cars in The States, it is so normal to buy a car one can't afford, put a finance on it and 'buy' it. Over here in Europe, they have financing too, but I think less than 5% of the car buyers actually use that. Personally I never loaned money for a car, I think it is simple; if you need to finance, you can't afford. And next to that; no matter how good the rates are, with financing you always loose money. Why not save money till you can buy a car? I know the banks over there suck big time, but still....

Thanks guys, glad to hear you like the car. The intention wasn't co create a factory stock car, but mildly custom. I shaved the doors, omitted the running lights ( I basically do that on every car I work with, they are soooooo ugly) and a nice paintjob. The kit is actually a California wheels and came with those wheels, but also with decals for the hoses. Which was a nice suprise and more kits should have them. My origininal intent was to build with the chrome shroud, but when working on the engine, it just didn't look so good. there was too much chrome, so I cut it off the airfilter and as bonus I could show my wiring. I didn't do the firing order exactly like it should be, but there is enough randomness in the criss-cross to make it look assumable. Since it is a model, I am not that attached to strict-factory, I can add my own swing to it and that freedom for creativity is what I like in modelling