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Seems a fun project!

Some painting on the interior. Luckly I saw a Legacy Wagon that is like Ron's one, it was parked a the grocery store, and I was able to snap some photo.

Thank you Sam! Slowly I keep working on it.

Not much progress on this kit as I wanted, but I'm still working on it. These photo etch can be used on the Lamborghini Huracan and the Huracan Performante. I don't know if they are designed for the kit I have, since this kit is more a snap kit style. Here why I said that I'm not sure if the photo etch are made for this kit, the fitment is good, but the plastic grille is quite thich.

More progress! The boring part was to carve all the wood grain, on all the pieces. Time consuming but as you can see, it helps to simulate the wood. I will add also a wash later. The interior, is pretty much completed, no I dea where all the parts came from, as far as kit. But they works good for this project.

Sometime you see a picture online, and you want to build it. I saw a picture of this vehicle, and here I am, with another project on the bench... Not knowing exactly what the 1/1 vehicle is based on, I use a El Camino SS kit, from AMT/ERTL. Here the start, the boring part to build a rolling chassis, I did make new springs for the rear. Now into more interesting stuff, in building the structure of this vehicle. Little bit after I toke this photo, I removed the two diagonal piece on top of the fire wall. I'm not sure if the wheels and tires are from the El Camino kit. When I got this kit the box was open, and some parts were loose. Test the fittment of all the parts to make sure the tires will be touching the ground. Later I will add the rest of component in the engine bay, and add a was all around, wheels/tires and under chassis.

Anyway... I think scratchbuilding is different than 3D printing. Scratchbuilding is more something that you born with it, like singing. Not all the people can build something from scratch, or with raw material, and like singing, you can teach a person how to sing, but will have more difficult that a peson that sing naturally. In the other hand everybody can learn how to use Rhino, Blender etc, and 3D print an object. Don't let me wrong, 3D printing is great, is great to have this tecnology. I notice that sometime is faster and cheaper scrtachbuild an object using raw material, that 3D printing. The cool thing about 3D printing is that you can have multiple object printed a the same time (depend of printer size) . Instead to have one and mold it and cast it. Scratchbuilding a the end will always be different that 3D printing, but both are a breat combo for our hobby.

Pretty good idea to have a survey! Still workin, well I did it now. Sorry I saw the post late.

Agree with what the article says. I always supported the idea that an hobby can help a person keeping a good brain. Years ago I visited a elderly place, we had a uncle there. I notice some people staring a the TV, play some games, without much enthusiasm. After asking the staff, I start to bring some model car kits, you know those kits that at one point or another you get... Immediately I saw a spark on the eyes of some people. Was nice to see no matter if men or woman, building cars, play with them and tell some great stories, people drag racing in the 50's, traveling with family, first car, etc... I saw a massive change in this. People from staring a the TV to enjoy build a model car and interact with others telling stories about his Pontiac Chieftain, and that was the best car he owned. The flip side, yes there is one. Is that some people are not lucky to get old and have a 100% functional body. I build scale models for living so I sould be super smarter? No. But I think do a job in my case, or a hobby that a person enjoy is very relaxing. I know there are moment that you have to rebuild something, but a the end the planning, the thinking the enjoyable moment of the construction, and the final product, it is worth. At leat for me.

I just got this kit, I think it came out in 2021, new tooling kit. It is a snap kit and the body parts already match the color of the real car. I remember when it came out, they had in display two models, one painted and one clearcoated but the difference was minimal. A cool thing about this kits is that the windovw have a light tint. I can post photo later. Also it is possible to adgist the height of the car. I like it slammed... The real car is made by Liberty Walk, and there are plenty of photo online to build this kit as replica. I still have to decided what way I'm going to choose. I'm waiting for some detail up parts for it, I though they were going to send me the Aventador kit that I already had detail up parts... No big deal at all, a free kit is a free kit Last but not least, in the box there was stickers and a plastic bag!

Some of you might have known Ron, some of you maybe are goint to hear about it for the first time. Ron for different years was the president of the Scale Auto Builders Association, club here in Portland, Oregon. Last August he passed away. Ron's was a funny person to be around, never complained about major stuff, above all what tlife trow at him in the last years. Alwas move on and build models. Ron will be missed. All his models and parts were sold, the built models via silent auction during the Model Fest contest and show. The parts and unbuilt kits were sold in late September. All the money were given bact to Ron's family. I was able to acquire few things, and between those things there was this Aoshima Subaru Legaci in 1/24 scale. I gave him this kit back in 2016, a that time he was driving a Subaru Legacy, the red one on the cover photo. I toke that photo when he was leaving a car show in North Portland. He liked to go to car show to display his model cars. Ron start to work on this kit, but never get arount to complete it. One time his excuse was that the instruction where in Japanese... I told him, well is a Japanese car... LOL! Well now it is time to build Ron's wagon, I think he will be happy and a great way to remember him. Here Ron goofin around about the tiny trophy, at the OSSM sow and contest. I start to work on the interior, the dashboard was swapped with one with the steering wheel on the left side.

Thank you! Now it would be impossible to race this way. Thank you!

Thank you! I was hoping to get it done sooner... Thank you! Years ago I almost went with to visit his collection. The person invited me was a member of a Lotus group. Unfortunately I didn't go... Thank you! Thank you! I know the feeling, I have so many projects waiting... I start to work on the Lotus in 2017, on and off, building other models meanwhile. But yeah, 5 years ago...

Thank you! Mostly because not a lot of people could afford a F1 car...

I know, but I saw different photo of cars and racecars transported like that and even worse (Cooper). Also it was in the early 70's... Imagine a the race track with all the (full size) transportes this one pull up. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I had to build it, Pete was a famous race car driver arond the PNW. Thank you! True, here another one with the 49B in the Gold Leaf livery. This is when the car was restored. Thank you! Thank you! As close I could replicate it. It was difficult to find reference photos. Also find a color that match the VW Lotus white 282... The Revell VW I used and the transkit are for a VW t2 post '73, that had to be converted to a pre '73... Over all a lot of fun! Thank you! Thank you! Now it's crazy compared with the 70's... Each team has 3 semi, and the trailr can be transorm in double decker.

Finally I finished this one. I always been facinated about Pete Lovely and his short racing career in F1. I couldn't resist and build his VW transporter.

I use duplicolor regularly mostly paint. Few time only I used their primer.

The interior is pretty much done, I will add some items on the seat, but later.

I don't know why they don't show up, I will repost them. is going to be stock, this time.

looking good!

Dashboard painted, washed and put the decals. A lot of decals. Paninted and washed the underchassis and motor, added brake line and other wires.

Nice save on this model, love it!

Thank you James!

Thank you Jim!

Did you see it at the Pacific NW Model Fest? Next time let me know, I would love to put a face behind a name! Thank you! Thank you Mike! Yes, laser welding. I made all the bags using the same process, and is a pretty simple/basic tecnique. First I decide the design of the bag, lol. After using wire metal I bend it in shape. I did the tw faces first, in the case of teh cilindric bag, the faces have round shape. After I cut few piece of wire to give the dept. The rest of the process is to put all together. It can be done with soldering, or even glueing, also can be done in plastic (small round rods). But since I was using wire metal, and have acces to a laser welder, I prefer to use it. Is super clean, and fast. To make the side bag on the rear fender, that is the biggest bag of all, it toke me less than a minute to laser weldit together. A the end you have a cuboid frame object. After I cover it with fabric vinyl, and detailed. The cool ting to do a frame structure in metal, combined with a flexible material on top, is that you can bend it easyly without the worry that it can break. All the bags I made I had to adjust them so they can have a more organig posture on the bike. Thank you Christopher! Thank you Chris!