Greasefinger
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Very nice choice of colors and clean build. I tried to check your gallery also but couldn’t get the link work%?
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Thanks - kiitos!
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Well done! The colour looks like Gravity’s Chevrolet Black Rose which painted my C7. The bright lighting shows the metal flakes nicely.
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The Ferrari 250 GTO is a grand tourer produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964. The 250 GTO was designed to compete in Group 3 GT racing, where its rivals would include the Shelby Cobra, Jaguar E-Type and Aston Martin DP214. A total of only 36 was produced and each of them still exists. The GTO is now arguably the most valuable collector car in the world. This Fujimi kit was a pleasure to build. Lots of small parts, but everything fit together well. The hardest part, and also most visible in the finished model, were the headlight bezels. I used Fujimi´s own photo-etch bezels which had to be formed carefully to match the body shape. The car body was painted with Tamiya Pure Red from the can. Chrome trim around windows is BMF. The model was built in 2024. I´d say the best looking Ferrari ever made, perhaps the best looking car?
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Well done and looks just like the reference!
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Thanks. But I´d rather have them in my garage 😀
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Chevrolet Corvette was the first car I decided (in 2020) to build every generation available of. After Revell´s release of the C8 it was finally possible to build all of them. So these models represent practically all main versions of Chevrolet Corvette - from the 1953 C1 to the 2020 C8. As the photos reveal, build quality varies somewhat which is a good enough reason to start over from C1 some day..
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Very good looking chrome. Are you going to seal the chrome before assembly with any clear coat?
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I have occationally used metallic sprays like Tamiya TS-83 as a barrier for automotive paints to prevent the paint melting the plastic. They might help stop the orange bleed through also. You can of course prime the sealer with the ordinary primer.
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What would YOU like to see as a model
Greasefinger replied to JeroenM3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Lincoln Continental Mark V (1977-1979) -
Thanks, I guess you mean this one? That's certainly very nice, unfortunately beyond my skills.. AMT wake up..
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Been looking for a 1:24 or 1:25 scale kit of the classic yellow american school bus (like in the picture below). Considering it has become a symbol of American life like Mustangs, Corvettes or Peterbilts, I'm surprised I have found only some diecasts. Interestingly, Zeropaints do have a color called "American school bus yellow" in their catalogue. Now only the bus is missing. https://www.zero-paints.com/American_School_Bus_Yellow_Paint_60ml--product--7627.html Thanks for any info.
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Sanding down TS primer.
Greasefinger replied to D.Pack's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
That’s interesting. One would think quite the opposite would happen. Any idea what causes loss of gloss with sanded primer? -
I was thinking the same possible explanation. But as for sanding the overspray, wouldn’t that leave scratch marks that clear coat or another colour coat wouldn’t cover?
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Thanks for watching!
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Very nice car and perfect build. Did the kit have the metal BelAir emblems for the fins included?
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Definitely!😄
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This Jo-Han kit was originally released in 1965, the same year The Beatles released the album Help!. My kit was a rebox from the 70´s (according to Scalemates). Johan has also released two other versions of the 1931 Cadillac, Town Brougham and Sport Phaeton, all with V-16 engine. I do have the two in the stash waiting. The model was built out of the box in the summer of 2023. Despite it´s old age the kit was very accurate but did have quite a bit of flash in the sprues. Building the model was quite straightforward although the instructions were a little different from what we are used to today. Biggest problem was deciding on the color, I finally chose this Tamiya Haze Grey (TS-32). In the finished model there is an operating rumble seat, a small locker for a golf bag on the side, opening hood and posable wheels.
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For the gauges I drilled a hole for each gauge, then cut the pictures of the gauges from the kit package cardboard (they were quite the right size), glued them to the back of the dash and covered the holes with gloss lacquer to make the gauges look more realistic. The bezels were made of 0,25 mm metal wire. They are not perfect but good enough for me.
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Thanks. I also had trouble with the exhaust pipes, but after some sanding of the pipes’ top end grooves and using some power they finally settled in to the locator points in the engine. That was actually the only part of the kit that did not fit like a piece of cake. The windshield in my kit was scratched so I had to build it from thin clear plastic. Fortunately the frame was in the kit, couldn’t scratch build that.
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Very clean work and perfect, not so common, colour for the period.
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Thanks for looking!
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Perfect, the car and the build.
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Designed by Ferdinand Porsche the Mercedes-Benz SSK was a roadster built in years 1928 to 1932. A total of 33 SSKs were built during its production span, of which about half were sold as racing cars (Wikipedia). This Lindberg kit is originally from 1966 and the one I built a reboxing from 2006 (Scalemates). The kit itself was of good quality. According to reference pictures the real car didn´t have whitewall tires which the kit strangely had. Exterior color (inspired by member Joe Lange) is automotive paint, interior Tamiya XF-93, dashboard is Vallejo woodgrain and clear orange and most of the chrome is Alclad.
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Very nice interior, may I ask which paint did you use or is it a custom mix (have to get that myself if available)?
