OldNYJim

I’d be interested to see examples of this stuff in action too!

My last couple of kits have come in those white plastic padded envelopes that Amazon uses. They're not really strong enough for the job, unsurprisingly…

The body doesn’t look THAT great either, what with those big panel gaps and misaligned hood. That said, the Willys pickup kit kinda has some similar issues and I have two of those in the queue here, and I’ll be picking up a couple of Henrys too I’m sure…

I think so! I’m more about the classics myself too, but it was an eye catcher anyway - and I liked this little air intake scoop thing that they’d made at least:

This is looking GREAT! Looking forward to seeing the body in color too! Seeing the body in primer, I can really appreciate all the neat custom touches…makes me wanna build another one of these!

Way cool! Thanks for the explanation Joe! It’s looking great!

Thanks everyone! Still messing with the interior - made floor mats (so that white carpet doesn’t get ruined immediately ?) and fitted the window cranks and seat: And got the body in clear ready for the next step - it occurred to me today that my mother in law is visiting for two weeks and I figure she might not enjoy enamel fumes…so it was now or later on that… The sparkles really pop in the sun, even before clear, but even better after! And a little vid to show off that pearl flake - more soon! IMG_8565.MOV

Cool build! Even after googling I’m not totally sure what a Volks-sled is - like a lead-sled, but a Bug?

Some cool stuff from the local Cars & Coffee this morning - some highlights below and more pics here. We had tornado warnings yesterday and a straight week of thunderstorms so not a HUGE turnout, but still some cool old stuff, and a bunch of modern tuner stuff with wheels that look like they rub the wheel arches ?

I love it! It’s cool to see someone going to all the extra effort on an oval racer build like this that ISN’T a NASCAR! Very cool!

I’m excited about the Henry J, but I’ll take a T-bird too! That box art is great!

Thanks everybody! Been plugging away at this one slowly, but not on anything interesting enough to justify an update ?. Last couple of weeks casual progress…sanding off the flat ol’ window cranks and door cranks and scratchbuilt new ones: They could probably use some more shaping and messing around but they’re a world better than the almost non-existent ones in the kit as it comes: Shot them with black lacquer and some Spazstix and they’re drying overnight awaiting installation: Meanwhile, shot the interior with Createx pure white and some minty green acrylic artists paint for a reverse-two-tone take on the standard white and green 57 interior: Then added a slightly off-white carpet with embossing powder: And then started adding some of the chrome trim with silver wire I picked up at Hobby Lobby: Im still putzing with that to get it perfect, and cleanly installed - I need some kind of wire-straightening tool to make it easier! I’ve been getting the ends stuck down on each piece and then feeding in a little drop of glue and working along the middles gradually…need to keep practicing at that… The rest of the interior and also the motor are going to be a nice pearl white, in keeping with the fairly simple color scheme but without having it look too boring…prepped those parts and got them in pure white ready for pearl coats tomorrow: And finally, the I’m not really focusing on the underside of this one too much - but the bits that will be visible are going to be another shade of minty green: Plenty still to do, but I’m havin’ fun doing it! More soon!

Geez, that chrome sprue was all kinds of messed up. Nice colors tho

Thanks for all the nice comments everybody! I bet you could achieve something similar with gently laying lacquer over enamel - and I've found that Future over Tamiya GLOSS acrylics (not matte) will spiderweb and crack like this too after a week or so. Lots of fun ways to not get paint right to our advantage

Well, that’s certainly interesting

Looking great John! Have you got a color scheme in mind for the tins?

Nice 'junk'! Awesome paint skills

Really impressive scratchbuilding - working with brass isn't as easy as it looks, but the results are definitely worth the effort! Looking forward to seeing more!

"Bono, my tires are gone!" Great scratch building and modifying skills on display here - really impressive work! Love seeing it come together!

Ohh, this is going to be cool! I’ve been wanting to build one of these myself. Great start - and you’re right, those wheels look great!

I’ll give it a try! Thanks George!

I’d take both of those! What scale is the midget racer? Anyone know?

Look at that Willys in the background! Doesn’t even need ramps to unload if off the trailer! ? Love that funny car version - would definitely buy a kit of that on it’s own!

I’d seen that stuff and wondered how it lays down - I imagine it lays down pretty thick? Looking for a nice off-the-shelf enamel clear for those deep shiny paint jobs…

Thank you sir! Wrapped this one up today, mostly…this being a snap kit it practically falls together. Got engine built, and the major assemblies together: And whilst the glue was drying on the lights and door handles and other delicate little bits I ran to Michael’s and grabbed a little wooden base and these bits from the model railroad stuff: I painted the wooden base with primer, then some crackle medium and finally acrylic paints, masked out some road markings and added the green bits (which I then airbrushed with some brown colors to deaden them up a little: This little base fits the car perfectly! Next up, cut a mask to lay some lettering down on the road there: Painted it white: Then cut another mask, and shot some red over THAT, followed by some freehand misting and a few splatters: And that’s about a wrap on this one! Could’ve gone more detailed but I really just wanted to get this idea out of my head and onto my shelf so I could stop thinking about it! Thanks for following along!