OldNYJim

I picked up an AMT Viper kit to build a while back, and immediately put it on the shelf for a couple of years to see if it’s undersized wheels would grow a little to a more acceptable size. Unfortunately they did not, so I ordered a Revell snap-kit Viper to poach the wheels from…and actually, for a snap kit, it doesn’t look too bad of a kit in it’s own right. Not as detailed as the AMT kit, but decent…so now I gotta find wheels for THAT one too ?

That said…the current iPhones have 3D scanning capability, so whilst it would be a challenge to scan a real vehicle and quickly make something usable, a simple part is (in principle) something you can do right now. Getting set to upgrade my cellphone here shortly so I can experiment - I have some rare kit parts that I want to try and scan and duplicate, see how the process works. I can see small 3D scanners being the next avenue that the makers of the printers start to perfect, and then things get REALLY interesting

Interesting - thanks for the reply Tim! Appreciate you bringing this product to our attention - it looks really cool!

This thread piqued my interest in trying a set of these - found a good set of 50 that had great reviews on Amazon for $10 shipped. Excited to need a hole someplace that there isn’t one already!

Awesome! Thank you!

Did they include plug wire in the kit? NICE! I assume that's what that is

Oh wow! Beautiful!

I’ve been excited for that one too - good news!

Drastic Plastics? https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/ Or maybe Scalemates? https://www.scalemates.com/

Wonder if there's a way to wall mount that - any thoughts on if that would be possible Tim?

Love that 1:1! If you're building something along those lines that's gonna be a nice looking project!

Plot twist: the Cessna was 1:48th scale

Thanks Paul! Thank you! Honestly, painting flames this way is kinda designed to minimize that edge by needing a really minimal thickness of paint, so I don’t suffer TOO MUCH from a pronounced edge. That said, it doesn’t hurt to level things out I’m sure! Mostly, I’m just shooting multiple really thin mist coats of clear and sanding in between multiple times because I like to gradually build up the clearcoat (especially over metallics, to make sure the clear doesn’t ‘drag’ the flakes and ruin the look) and to make sure I’ve got plenty of material to polish it out really nicely at the end. I could probably just lay down multiple coats a few minutes apart and achieve a similar result and not spread it over the course of a week or so…but I’m in no mad hurry here ? Tiny bit of progress tonight - some more work on the interior parts. Nothing super exciting, just Testor’s leather brown with pastels, sealed with a misted-on coat of hairspray. Still learning the secrets to impressive leather…I’ll likely mess with these some more before they finally get installed More soon!

Could be - I haven’t been by recently to see if they restocked, or what happened to that rack of supplies

Of course, he might open the box, decide it IS ‘trash’ (in his opinion) and wish he hadn’t…but I’d rather make my own mind up rather than just believing whatever some dude on Facebook or Youtoob or whatever said… Back on topic, where I work we use a lot of automotive paint, usually custom mixed to some not-off-the-shelf color. We’ve been having real difficulty sourcing paint for the last few months due to a nationwide toner shortage (according to multiple vendors that we deal with). Without the primary toners, you can’t mix the paint. That said, I’m sure the companies who are big enough to get preferential service (eg; the HUGE paint manufacturers and distributors) will be able to get what they need, but this is definitely an issue we’re seeing lately.

Watched this over the weekend and really enjoyed it: The sound is a little shaky at times (they need a better mic that isn’t so directional, it seems) but it’s WELL worth a watch if you want to see some world-class craftsmanship (and jaw-dropping paint). I watched it three times and got inspired and I’m not even much of a lowrider guy! And those display cases! ?

Where are you getting the bodies from, and what material are they? The best 3D prints I’ve seen are done so nicely that those step lines are so fine and subtle it shouldn’t take much more than a decent primer and some 400 grit to clean up some problem areas…but some of the worst ones I’ve seen (and own) and gonna take half a can of filler primer and a couple of scoops of Bondo… Curious to see what you’re up against…

You’re not even going to open the box and see if you agree with what you heard? Don’t believe everything you hear or read…

Thanks for the nice comments everyone! Yes sir! It lays down super thin, and is really opaque so I like it for when I’m doing a black paint-job. Just shoot whatever clear you like over top and it looks a million bucks! They really didn’t need too much clean up - at least, to my eyes. I brushed them with a soft toothbrush to clear any sanding dust and general matter out of them before priming and they looked pretty straight and clean! Not a bunch of INTERESTING progress to report this past few days - been prepping, priming and painting a bunch of parts ready for further detailing and then assembly: Spent a lot of time the past few days messing with the frame - those reveals will be really visible seeing as this car is neither channeled nor running fenders…took a few rounds of priming, sanding and reprinting to get where it was straight enough for my liking (still in progress in the pic below, but getting closer…) Used Createx black on the frame too, to match the body, and painted the radiator shell, lights and dash too whilst I had the airbrush loaded: I’ve been using some old-stock acrylic gloss on some of these parts where I don’t really want to have to polish them if I don’t have to (primarily because it’s tough sanding a frame without burning through on an edge somewhere, however careful I try to be…). This stuff is pretty thick, so I can lay it on nice and wet without it sagging and that helps with what I’m trying to achieve here… And finally, every night this past week I’ve shot another coat of lacquer on the body, wet-sanding in between coats and then shooting another layer on the following night. It’s almost ready for polishing! More interesting update soon - I’ve got a BUNCH of parts here ready for assembly now - exciting!

Oh really? Huh! They certainly attract some interesting cars for a little local show!

It’s Cars & Cawfee season again! It was a busy one too…some cool stuff to see…more pics here, for anyone curious…

Saw this today - thought of this build!

Thank you so much everyone - Joe especially for the quick response and doing some legwork I hadn’t got around to yet myself! Appreciate all your helpful comments fellas! Looks like I got my lead! And @StevenGuthmiller - thanks for finding a pic of a car in that color combo! I’d been googling for pics of Coupes specifically - should’ve widened my net a little I guess…but that’s a beautiful car! Confirms what I hoped about just how nice that combo would look together!

Did anyone actually see one of these yet? I’m going to assume there were some unforeseen production delays (supply chain issues maybe?) but I don’t recall seeing that anyone has managed to get a hold of one of these yet…