Allan31

Great looking 356. Welcome to the forum, please post your Lago in the WIP section as you work along.

Thanks Peter, I will do a proper tutorial and explain it all, works great.

I had not intended this to be a tutorial, it was posted as an answer to an inquiry about MV headlights. I will do a proper tutorial demonstrating the process.

Hey Bob, That is the UV light for curing the resin on its side.

I inquired after MV products headlights and what are we using now a days. Daniel Himmel mentioned a dapper block, something I had never even heard of Amazon delivered shortly thereafter. To make the headlights, you will need: Dapping block set, punches, clear UV cured resin, food tray aluminum, all available on Amazon. You'll only need one or two sizes for the headlights, I'm thinking I can now finally do those nifty screened intake covers on the F1 cars. The punch set will also come in handy for sheet styrene and any number of other things. I'm thinking the clear for instruments on dashboards but the minor heat might be a problem. Follow manufactures cautions, liquid resin can be hazardous. Aluminum from a food tray, rolled foil is too thin. I pick the shiniest side then rough the other so I don't screw it up. I chose as a test to replace the badly yelloed lights on the Fisher 917LH. I removed the lights and matched the sizes with the punches. I punched out enough for several sets Placed in the block and a #14 dapper gave me a good lens. Mount on something not too sticky. Apply drops of resin in each lens then a couple of minutes under the UV light. Ba-Da-Bing, Ba-Da-Boom.... These are exact duplicates to the MV lenses, I'm thrilled......

Thanks Maxx, sounds like we have the same books!!...

Thanks Misha. You're right of course, I'm discovering a lot of building time wasted on things I or anybody else will never see. Not so quick and easy.... I build "curbside" Thanks Rich. We put down real wood floors throughout the house. The carpet you see are rubber mats that protect the floor from the occasional lacquer spill. I have used them for years, the carpet pile is very short, besides, what would a model room be without a "Carpet Monster".

Welcome Chris, pics of the display case please? I need one.

Welcome Shaun, lots of talent to learn from here, enjoy.

Welcome William, love the RSR.

10543, I'm 17 minutes from Lime Rock, I'm there often. Sadly so many hobby shops are now just RC centers but the best one stop shop I know of I listed below, check their hours. good luck HQ Hobbies 394 New Haven Ave, Suite #1 Milford, CT 06460 (United States of America) Phone#: +1 (203) 882-1979 Email: hqhobbies@gmail.com

Retirement is excellent !! Finally time to pursue all our hobbies, I highly recommend it !!! I'm a Ford guy as well but will build anything as long as its a race car. Welcome to the forum from snowy Connecticut.

The problem is..... This Porsche requires 2 of the engine grills on the engine cover, pretty much everything else only had one. I was able to find one for not so crazy bucks but often they are about $100 for some season. Having them already cast into the body would have made life so much simpler. Maybe I will make a mold....

The problem is..... This Porsche requires 2 of the engine grills on the engine cover, pretty much everything else only had one. I was able to find one for not so crazy bucks but often they are about $100 for some season. Having them already cast into the body would have made life so much simpler. Maybe I will make a mold....

Cool. I was there.

Jeff Edmondson, MRRN, Teapot Graphics, wow. All names I grew up with years ago. I still have every issue of MRRN in a slip case somewhere. We moved into our new digs in November and have yet to unpack that box. I'm pretty sure I have all of John's kits, most of the UMi kits, some built, most not yet. I'm glad I found this place.

Thanks Gary for your informative post on 550's. I have had this in the stash for years and could not remember how/when/where it came from. I can only think I ordered it when I got his TV Batmobile. Fujimi Porsche on the way.

Nevermind. It's a Jimmy Flintstone 550 and I need a way-too-expensive Fujimi kit to complete it Thanks Gramps.

I just found this thread. I have been looking for a replacement for the MV products headlights of yesteryear. Don't know what he used for the clear but years later many of my car models I can't even put out as they look so ridiculous with brown/amber lights. "Straightliner59" says he uses a Doming block to form curved aluminum for the reflector part. I didn't know any such thing as a Doming block existed but now I have one. I did a quick test this morning with 5min epoxy for the clear. The epoxy is wrong but the concept will work. I ordered a clear UV cured resin kit that specifically says it is yellow resistant. Yea, we'll see. That is arriving Monday, thank you Amazon. I will post pics of my experiments when I can. hope this helps.

This has been in a drawer for forever. I don't know where/when/how I got it or who kitted it, any thoughts?

You are a better man than I. I will use the the Italeri pretty much as is. i am a big fan of K.I.S.S. unless it's REALLY offensive to my eyes.....

Nice work Rich. Great cars, this is my attempt done years ago starting with the olde Heller kit. I think this was my second model ever after returning to the hobby in the 80's, not completely accurate either but looks good on the shelf. I have the Tamiya 1/12 for when the eyes get worse. Missed the Glen in the 60's, started going in 73, been going ever since.

Nice work. At that scale and size, there are no short cuts.

So.... After 9-10 months of furiously building a 1 to 1 scale house, packing, moving and unpacking, Su and I are finally into our new home. I'm told the unpacking part can go on for years. I'm thankful for a full basement. This will be a test build to try out my new model building station. I was graciously allowed to have my model building area incorporated into our office area. I finally have set up my trusty old oak teachers desk with all my building supplies in the (I think) best ever set-up. The wooden paint rack to my left holds all the little Testors enamel bottles with everything else in easy reach. For the first time ever I have a real live paint booth over my right shoulder. I'm still figuring out how to vent it outside. Airbrush and compressor are hidden on the window sill behind the seat back. To the left of the model building area, I have set up my office desk with desk-top computer. I can now see reference photos on the screen without having to print them out. I strongly suspect I can participate in various zoom meetings with camera off and still build. ( snicker....) I wanted something easy and quick to build (think white) so I could test out my new digs. To that end I'm building the #45 Porsche that raced at Le mans in 1970. It also will allow me to add to my growing collection of cars that appeared both in the actual race and the Steve McQueen movie "Le Mans". My intension some day is to have them displayed lined up with a background of the pit wall. The real car and the reel car both appear in the movie. They did a pretty good mock-up of the car for the cameras, only difference I can see is the race car had the extra headlights mounted on the bumper and the mock-up has them on the hood. Reel car also has a Porsche banner added under the door. Real car has bumperettes. Fujimi Porsche 911S in 1/24 scale. 1969. #45 driven by Claude Laurent and Jacques Marche. Apparently the car finished the race but covered insufficient miles to qualify in its class. Decals are from "Le Mans Decal" in Spain. They are good, not Cartigraph but usable. They offer 100's of markings and are often the only available decals for any given car. https://www.lemansdecals.com/tienda/en/17-le-mans After market headlights. Add interior roll cage, race seat and belts, standard Fuchs wheels, kit tires. Simple. Since switching over to acrylics (kicking and screaming), I've yet to paint a gloss car so this is another test. After not building anything for so long, I feel a bit rusty and not sure where to start. I'm sure it will come back to me once I start nipping sprue.

Perfect Bill, THANKS!! Ordered on evilbay and should arrive by Monday. On another note, how do I add a signature block to my posts, can't figure that one out.