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Very nice! Please post more pics. Is that the AMT kit?
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X3! That`s about as perfect as they come. Your finishes are spectacular!
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Since the year is about to wrap up and I am seeing the year end threads again, I thought I would post mine. All Nascar this year for some reason. I may have a completion or two to add soon if I have time.
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Excellent work! I really like the Camaro. I don`t remember seeing a thread on it. Which kit is it? Can you tell us more about it?
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1. Proportion issues, especially when it comes to tires and wheels. / 2. Not a "design" issue, but there are some subjects I`d really like to see that seem to largely ignored, and have been for quite a while.Subjects from the 70`s and 80`s are few and far between. I mean, why can`t we have a convincing and very nicely detailed `70-`73 Camaro, or `71-`72 Chevelle? Or a whole host of mid 70`s - early 80`s Camaros and Trans Ams? Yes, the real 1:1 were pretty weak at the time, but the `79 Camaro outsold every other year Camaro. Same goes for the Trans am, which to my knowledge, had it`s best sale year in `79. I`d also like to see some Mustangs from that time period as well. And we still don`t have a Firehawk.
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Very nice, clean restoration. That engine looks flawless. Nice work on molding the part as well! I had to do something similar, but much simpler that what you had to do on yours. While I was restoring my `85, I lost one of the fender moldings. I took the one from the other side, made a mold, and cast the other one and even made a few spares.
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Revell Visit to November GTR meeting test shots
Hawk312 replied to Exotics_Builder's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
WHOOOOAAA! That is a cool little truck. I know the 1:! is black, but that would look really good in any color. I will have to get a few of those! -
little Motor Kar Company chrome plating
Hawk312 replied to Ben's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I`ve had trouble in the past getting my resin parts chromed. Usually, they come out badly "pitted" and discolored, though I have had a couple come out nearly perfect. I am using the cheap Alumilite kit, so I am not sure if that is an issue. I don`t use any mold release agents. Has anyone been able to get consistent results from any plater? Thanks! -
Excellent work! I really like the color. I posted it`s twin in the In Progress section.
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VERY nice work!! I obviously love the color too. Hey look, it has a twin!! I think I used Model Master Custom Lacquer Dark Bronze Metallic for mine.
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Very nice! I built one almost just like that one a while back. It could almost be it`s twin.
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The green one above looks great!! Have you looked at Rustoleum Meadow Green? The color reminds me of the older Turtle Wax cans. Valspar Luscious Green also looks close to me, but maybe a little light. I have used both (Valspar and Rustoleum) on my Lowes Skinner and Wheaties Earnhardts cars with success.
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I do a little with RC. I have several Sandhornets (Sand Scorcher body with Hornet chassis) and a Midnight Pumpkin or two. One of them has a 4800KV brushless setup, and I was running it with a 3s lipo. It pretty much just careened out of control until it hit something...not much steering. Anyway, try this one: http://www.rctech.net/forum/ It`s a pretty busy forum, especially the for sale section. I also like the Tamiya forum: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/ Hope this helps!
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Revell kit, Slixx (body) decals and again the awesome Power Slide tire decals. LOTS of artistic liberties taken again. As you can see the decals gave me a little bit of trouble, not because they were brittle this time, but because they were large and covered alot of area and bends. If I am going to keep building these, I need to get some setting solution. The kit itself went together very well this time, unlike the Lowes build. I used Duplicolor "Flash Red." I really like this color because it is a very deep "red" red...that is, it doesn`t seem to shift to Orange as much as other reds. But what do I know. Like an idiot, I put one front wheel on the back and vice versa. :idunno: Let me know what you think.
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Why no kit plating chrome?
Hawk312 replied to JollySipper's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Lots of great stuff here. I thought I already replied, but this is one of my favorites. I forget the underlying blue pearl color, but it was topped with 3 coats of red clear and lots of clear on top of that.
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Revell Harvick kit with Slixx (body) and Powerslide (tires) decals. *LOTS* of "artistic liberties" taken, so it isn`t totally accurate. I basically took my favorite details from all the Lowes Monte`s as well some of the newer cars, and applied them here. First, some of you may have seen my other thread looking for the correct "blue." I tried a bunch, Rustoleum Deep Blue and Navy Blue, Krylon Navy Blue, etc. but none matched. After talking to Lowes support, I found that Valspar "Royal Blue" was actually the *EXACT* color for this car. And it`s $3.99 for the big spray can to boot! Sooo, this was actually painted with Valspar Royal Blue enamel, Rustoleum Marigold Yellow enamel, and Rustoleum 2x clear enamel over all of it. I am still surprised it actually worked. To top it off, it rubbed out incredibly well. Now, this project fought me to the end. When I first sprayed the yellow, it looked as though someone threw sand on the wet paint. I actually sanded it off with 220 and started over. The decals were extremely brittle. The red and yellow stripes on both sides tore at several places. The drivers side rear "Lowes" decal is actually several pieces. And of course, you can see the rough edges and the crack on the hood. The decals for the rear lights were a lost cause, so I freakin painted them on. And finally, after it was all assembled, I found that the chassis was somewhat warped, enough to make the stance very unbelievable. I actually sliced off all the wheel mounts and mounted the wheel hubs with CA glue directly to the spindles. The color is hard to capture. It is just a small shade darker in real life. Sorry for the picture quality. These are straight from my cell phone.
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A couple disclaimers first. In my 35+ years of building, I have built 2 stock cars from memory. One was the Mountain Dew Regal kit back when it was still new on the shelves (like `83 or 84`ish). The second was the Rick Mast Remington Thunderbird back in the late 90`s. So, I don`t have much experience building these. The other disclaimer is that I built this the way I like it from some of the reference pictures I had, so some details may not be accurate. But hey, it`s my model. Anyway, pretty much box stock with Power Slide decals. The decals are very opaque! The paint is Rustoleum Chevy Orange Engine Enamel if you can believe it, from the can. I *really* like this color and this paint. It went on very nice, and is very "orange." My Tamiya orange is going in the trash after using this. No clear coat this time. Sorry for the picture quality. These were just taken with my phone. Let me know what you think.
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Nice work so far! To answer a couple of your questions, you can see the stock ride height on my GT 500 below. No adjustments were made to the ride height. To my eyes, the kit appears to be maybe an inch to high. But that is just my eyes. For the wheels, I used Testors Gunmetal Metallizer, which was a bit darker than your pics, which is what I was going for. I would think maybe Stainless Steel would be closer?