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  1. Thanks Joe! A little more progress… Printed up some license plates, plus some door handles and window winders: My old printer had died and this was first test with the new one - figured I may as well print something I can use. Still getting it dialed in as you can see from some of the failed parts, but I’m getting there with it… I need those window cranks and door handles because I’m adding some detail to the door cards - they’re pretty flat and unexciting as they come out of the box, which is ok unless you’re dumb and you make the doors open ? I’m not done with these yet, but I added some half-round bar to somewhat match the doors on a 1:1 ‘55, although I went with a much larger size bar than would actually be correct because I want them to match the look of the kit bucket seats which have pretty large pleats: Next think I wanted to tackle is the airdamn on the front…the box art looks like this: But the kit piece looks like this: A little chopping and reshaping got me this (standard kit part, top): Which, when installed, looks like this: Way better! I’m pretty much at the point now where I can start painting some stuff, or at least getting the body ready for paint…shot a little primer tonight so I can see how much more work I need to do before I can start laying down some yellow: It’s not terrible, at first glances, but not ready for color by a long-shot…but considering how much I’ve messed with this body I’m pretty pleased…sure did take a lot of work to get from an out of the box body to one that looks the same but has open doors ? Next project, besides lots more sanding and priming will be the engine…the kit small-block is pretty blobular, but I found a decent 3D file and scaled it to match the kit engine: If nothing else, this’ll be WAY easier to paint…need to figure out the trans though still… Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!
  2. I guess this would qualify… https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvpUaZtA3ts/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
  3. In good news (hopefully), I saw it posted on Donn's Youtube channel that someone had spoken to his nephew and he's still with us. Not sure who this 'RW" person is who seems to be so misinformed though. And that obituary thing is just creepy...
  4. Your screen flickered and it turned out to be the memory stick? I didn't try a different one, but I ran the screen test and it flickered repeatedly then WITHOUT a memory stick plugged in, so I was pretty confident it was just the screen had outlived it's useful life...
  5. What a cool project! And nice work on the files! Do you have them for sale anywhere?
  6. The screen on mine started flickering and I was getting partial prints, extra stuff printing on the plate that shouldn’t have been there…Anycubic said it was the screen, which was $70, and with some Amazon credits they gave me lately it was only $40 more to just replace the whole thing. I’m sure the old one is fixable, and I probably will, but I didn’t mind the idea of having a second machine anyway…
  7. I wore the old one out…so I got a new one:
  8. I have never used Tamiya leaf, but it’s a really convincing finish! Is this the rattlecan version or something airbrushed? I really enjoy your projects, and this one’s no exception - clean, methodical building and plenty to learn from your work ??
  9. This is such a great thread - I’ve picked up so many tips, and the craftsmanship demonstrated here is really inspirational. Im excited to see that paintjob come together too!
  10. That’s a great start - one of my favorite altereds! I’ll be following along!
  11. Thanks Daniel! I’ve been enjoying seeing your work! A little more progress…mocked up the interior, complete with the kit roll cage: Aside from the weird way the seats attach (or don’t, very well) the bar thickness on that cage bothered me, so I made one out of a thinner diameter styrene rod: Thanks to perspective, it’s not immediately obvious that the new one (front) is much better than the kit part, but I think it looks more in-scale with it in place: I also cut the mounts off the kit bucket seats and replaced them with some plain old styrene square bar for easier installation when it comes time to put this together… In other projects, drew up a license plate in CAD - the number is the same as the one on the Badman box art: I worked my 3D printer to death so I didn’t get chance to print one yet…but I have a new one coming… Next job on the body is to figure out the glass situation…the kit glass still snaps right into the body and fits, despite all my cutting and gluing I’ve been doing, so that’s reassuring. Obviously, with the opening doors, I need to open up the one piece glass too…started with the windshield: I inserted a little styrene bar into the roof for the glass to snap into, and it’s a pretty good fit right out of the gate: Same trick with the rear glass - cut away the portions I didn’t need and added some styrene for it to snap into to aid in assembly after all the paint is done: That kit glass is REALLY thick, but the windshield especially has got some curves to it that I wouldn’t be able to reproduce with acetate sheet, so I’m kinda committed to using this…I’m gonna sand out some ripples in it and thin the edges as best I can…hopefully when it’s tinted and installed I’ll be able to make it look acceptable… Thanks for looking - just a mini update before I forgot what I’d done…more soon!
  12. Another one for my VW collection…I didn’t have a Hasegawa bug yet, and this one ended up being free after Amazon offered me a refund AND to keep the kit after screwing up delivery…
  13. That's a great choice too - I have one of those also, and the tank means you don't have to listen to it chug chug chugging away constantly as you work, like the tank-less version. The one without the tank fits under my little bench better though, so that's what I use 99% of the time ?
  14. I use that same airbrush, and I like them. I can get decent quality finishes with mine, I think: I would buy that same airbrush with a better compressor, like this: https://www.amazon.com/Timbertech-Airbrush-Compressor-AS18-2-Decoration/dp/B07VSFZVRH/ref=sr_1_5?crid=EDZFMAKJPLSQ&keywords=airbrush+compressor&qid=1692043091&sprefix=airbrush+compressor%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-5 In fact, that's exactly what I bought, and it works well for the majority of my projects...not the fanciest setup, but user friendly and not super expensive
  15. That’s a good tip - thanks Dave! I’ve never stepped foot inside one, but there is one nearby to us…will be worth a visit if they have a decent selection of Atlantis stuff…
  16. I’ve got their other Mack truck (the log hauler, compete with HUGE styrene logs), but I’m sure I’ll end up with this one too…
  17. And the next one coming down the pipe:
  18. I’ve wanted one of these, for the truck mainly, for months and months. I don’t know what it is about that truck, but I really want one on my shelf…
  19. A little more progress…there’s so much bodywork to do on this before I can start getting to the primer stage but it’s gotta be done (and all of my own doing…) First job this weekend was making vent windows. Luckily, the 1:1 parts are pretty simple, but they’re small enough that I didn’t want to use styrene in case they moved or got damaged too easily…used some brass strip and round bar and got a start on them today: I bent that lip on the bottom edge of each of them to fit the curve of the upper part of the door, so I have a nice secure gluing surface…I got lucky with the sizes and they fit pretty well right out of the gate: And hopefully, they’ll be tough enough to not fall apart or get ripped off too easily: I can add some additional detail to these too, now that I’ve got a solid base to work with…plus I’ll need to get some windows in there, obviously… @TransAmMike had raised the point of the firewall being a poor fit, so I checked mine…guess I got lucky again because mine fits ok, although I don’t like those holes you can see on either side: A little styrene strip and some sanding fixed that little issue tho: Way better: Speaking of holes, now I opened the trunk, you can see a bunch of negative spaces that should’ve be seen, so I made a ‘floor mat’ from some patterned styrene sheet: Looks like this, in place: A lot of these gassers would run a big heavy truck battery in the trunk, apparently, to help put more weight over the rear wheels, so that might be a nice detail to add back there - plus seeing as there’s a stock fuel tank in there, but no filler on the rear fender anymore, adding a filler neck would be smart. The box art shows a Moon tank out front, which mine will have too, but for actual street cruisability I think having the rear tank functional too would be a good move. I’m trying to focus on getting everything related to the body handled before moving onto the next steps…I did start a related side-project though to display with this build…back to removing molded-in exhausts! Oh, and I added some bracing to the inside of the trunk lid…not super accurate to a stock 1:1 trunklid, but it looks like the aluminum bracing on some aftermarket fibreglass pieces that I found online so that’s what this one is now… Thanks for looking…more soon, soon as I’ve done more!
  20. Carvana offered to buy my car I wonder if I could maybe get $560 out of them?
  21. Thank you so much fellas - appreciate the kind words! I have a plan…kinda ?. Need to figure that firewall out soon, I guess… Tiny midweek update… Removed the kit cowl vent and the molded in wipers, and installed my opened-up 3D printed version: I printed it a little ‘deeper’ than it needed to be so I could carefully shape the upper arc of it to match the body - it’s pretty close I think (but all those vents need cleaning out again ??) This kit comes with chromed headlamps, but I want real ones…found some suitable substitutes in the parts box: Opened up the body to receive them…looks WAY better I think! And I wanted to figure out placement for the hood pins…the kit has them molded in, so I drilled through where they should go when I was messing with the hood and then discovered they don’t align with ANYTHING under the hood whatsoever, just fresh air. Made some mounts for the pins to attach to: I would’ve preferred the front ones to be WAY further back and to mount to the back of the core support, but that’s not where they are in the kit hood, so…. Those oversize brass tubes are just there for helping me locate the holes…need to make some hood pin posts somehow I guess…they’re going to be a little awkward to make in scale I think but I’ll figure something out. Just a quickie update - thanks for looking y’all! And if anyone has a lead on 1/32” brass square tube or rod, I’d love to hear about it… More soon!
  22. Scale Auto used to only allow 3 pics per post, even if using your own hosting (which I think was the only option anyway). I once had a project where I was trying to describe a particular process, and needed a 4th image for it to make sense, so I just photoshopped 2 images into one individual .jpg, reduced the size to maybe 800 x 600, and did the same for images 3 and 4. When I hosted the images on Fotki, obviously they were two images with two unique links but in a way that allowed me to display 4 images for my how-to post without any additional drain on their bandwidth, the way I figured it. I got banned for 30 days for attempting that bit of clever thinking for "circumventing the rules". Of course, I could've posted two separate posts with the information spread across two posts and been just fine and dandy, but that seemed inefficient... Say all that to say, I'm thankful for the easy and flexible hosting options this site offers! I LOVE being able to just click and upload my stuff, and know it won't (hopefully) disappear at some point like all those Photobucket images did a few years back.
  23. This is a really stunning build Tomasz! I've got one of these on my t-build list, and if mine approaches yours when it's done, I'll be pleased. I remember watching 'Red 5' growing up, in both F1 and his short-lived foray into Indy with the Newman/Haas and this is a fine tribute to the driver the tifosi named 'The Lion'. I love all the little details - one that jumped out to me was the temperature gauge decals on the brakes, but there's hundreds of little details to spot. GREAT build!
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