The Creative Explorer

Thanks guys! @John; Yours makes me almost quit mine, dang it looks good. But of a complete different level Another small update, there is not so much happening, I haven't lost the motivation, but I did lost speed and I keep waiting on stuff. I am now waiting on special paint for the wooden floors. We'll start with the floor, the side and bottom were removed, to give me the possibility for weathering it just like the uniforms. I have been given it a lot of thought, but I decided to make a diorama, never done that before really and just fiddled a bit. I also decided to call this project: Der Fliegender Fuchs, which mean the Flying Fox, after Edwin Rommels nick: Desert Fox. The idea is to make a car/ww2 equivalent of the Flying Dutchman, where Rommel haunts the desert and appears from underneath it. I started to fiddle with toothpicks first, but way to unstable Then I used a brass rod and it worked perfect. I got a piece of waste-laminate and glued watered newspaper to it, on top I put some tissues and wetted them with a mix of white-glue and water.

Aer you sure they just don't ignore you?

I know I want it, didn't even know it was going to be released

Well, it is not thát bad, but the chrome does look bad. It doesn't have that crisp chrome look, but it looked from a few decades ago. A bit grainy, not very shiny. The wheelcaps are even mattish, it's just a big dissapointment from this kit, but it could be just my kit that had bad chrome, in that case I'll write to Moebius, maybe they can help out. Except for the moldline issue, I think the rest of the kit is pretty good.

I just got my first Hudson kit a couple a days ago and when looking eagerly through the box, I found that my chrome is quite dissapointing. It has that AMT from the '70s look to it. Where the bumpers are pretty much ok, the wheels and some other prominent parts look to have dust or sand underneath the chrome-layer. Are there more that have had the same problem?

Pro: it is one of only 4 1/16 nascar items from the eighties ear Con: It's AMT Aside: it is a nice kit, a bit crude, but all the parts are there and can make into a nicely detailled Nascar Racer. If you are familiar with the AMT 1:25 Nascars: it is basically the same, but bigger. And being the same is in this case not a bad thing, even the 1:25 versions are nicely detailled. If you are into this kind of car: go for it; with a bit of effort you build a nice model. I am not into Nascars, but I still like this kit, I even have all 4 versions (2 Thunderbirds and 2 Pontiacs)

Thanks Luis! I see no reason why not haha, drop the car on the floor, add those feelers and presto!

The little ornament on the grille And a dryfit of the soldier, I think the look of the soldier in the car is right, just like the car completely busted up

hehe thanks guys! @Tony; I think it is too late for that, went crazy already! After I painted all the bones, I started detailpainting the figures The face got some more darker colors and starts too look like a proper skull After that I started working on their clothes, I used the same technique as the convertible roof, but where that was 1 piece, the suit of this soldier was 6 and made it a lot more intricate. But I think I managed to make something plausible for a weathered suit. Does anybody know if they German Soldiers in the dessert also used their Nazi-armbands?

If you want to paint stripes on cars; don't use film or stencils. In the case of frisket, applying is quite hard compared to masking tape and stencils will not give you that sharp line if it has even the slightest bulge or round shape. You can't beat masking tape for stripes.

Shippingcharges were ok till mid 2007, then USPS decided to cancel International Surface Mail, everything had to go by airmail. But nowadays with the weaker Euro, the costs are not that interesting no more, only if you ship in bulk.

Well, eh...too bad That is the best thing of the internet, we have now friends all over the world. And sometimes it is hard to get something from eBay, due to people that for some unreasonable reasons, don't ship overseas. Fortunately, we have friends all over the USA, that buy for us and kindly kick it out of the country. Why would you be upset at all, that if somebody bought a kit, shipped it to their USA home and then pass it on to their friends? Isn't it their business, something you don't have anything to say about at all?

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Thanks guys! @Jim & Cranky; I meant more like cars from the '40's and '50's that had been made into a lowrider by the 80's and 90's. But like I said; I didn't and don't have much knowledge about those things, so, please correct me if I am wrong I do thank you for the info, I like to read about those things!

The skeletons needed a bit more detailling, before I could provide them some appropriate clothing. I started with removing it's ribs Before and after picture And made new ribs out of metal-wire Then the skeletons got painted (a bit too yellow, not sure if I am going to leave it like that or not) In the upcoming days, I am going to work on their clothing. And for Voyager a picture in daylight. You can see it is not completely uniform.

Thanks guys! I guess I must've lost this topic and have not seen the replies: My apologies. Well, After the Chevelle, Pfalz and the Impala, I found some time to finish this one, it isn't finished, but I am going to work on that. One thing that bothered me much, was the convertible roof. It was just a neatly folded roof placed. I decided to make a frame and make a worn-out cloth roof. After I managed to do that, I painted it silk-mat black. Here's a picture with the original part left to it. The chrome wheelcover got it's decal and some flat-clear paint. I guess I need to at a bit of rust to it. Detailpicture of the hood

it's a 3 hour drive, maybe i need to go there this or next year. I've heard of it before, but never had the drive to go, but it does seem nice, especially all the little details.

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Thanks Jim! To be honest; I didn't know where to go with those feelers. I have never used them in a build before and I had to google quite a lot, I didn't even know they were used on late '50's cars other than lowriders. I found a lot of different information; -I've seen them on all 4 corners of the car -I've seen them behind the front wheel -I've seen them on both corners on the passenger side So, while googleing, I found a picture of a '59 Chevy who had them on both sides of the car, in front of the front wheel, I thought to go with that. I am really not sure whether it is correct or not, but the main thing in the end is; I think it is plausible and I like the look haha. (p.s. I reread the message and it sounds a little bit that I am stubborn and cocky, but I am not. My english prevents to use the words better, I do appreciate the feedback!)

The metal rod bends easier and when I have the shape I want, I get some black insulated wire and replicate the metal rod. Then I added very, very thin metal rods for the antenna's and I am done And while I was busy with the rods, I also made me some Curb-Feelers, I thought it would give the car a very nice touch.

And some pictures of the finished interior I added wires to the alternator and made a metal rod as a guide for the coolant hose

I think this might be my last update, the Impala nears completion and it will be just a few tiny little parts that has to be placed, before I can call it done. It was a kit with mixed feelings, although; when I am honest, most of the downside was created by me, changing the kit. haha. I finished the dashboard by spraying the dash in the contrast-color and the steeringwheel in the body-color. The headliner was airbrushed and placed. These next 2 pictures don't really show it, but by using clear-glue (Humbrol) I made small lenses for the dials. The springs from the hood-hinge were removed and detailed with a somewhat course scratch spring

never received that pm, weird

I had a similar conversation with a Britt a week ago, it seems all your imported parcels will go through tax and processing. Over here, there is a chance it can get caught by customs. Over all the kits I have 'imported' (more than 100), only one box got caught. When ordering 1 or 2 kits at a time, I basically know for sure, that I don't have trouble with customs. And I don't drive through Bünde often, but when I drive by, once or twice a year, I try to stop at them. I believe 12 or 13 euro for the latest Special Edition kits I use for us shopping, modelexpress, amazon, modelroundup and towerhobbies.

did you ever got the manual i send you?