oscarhardwick

No idea as to if there are more to come. That said when i was out today (buying a few model bits I might have you know), one of the guys in the shop opened up a box to let me have a peek at what the kit looks like, And i must say the kit looks great and I only hope they make more of these re-created classics Oscar.

Ok... this car is recent to me, my first ever car at the age of 15, needs minor work although I have pleanty of time in which to be doing it Its a 1975 (we beleive - last known year of manufacture) Merlin 2 plus 2 with a 2.0L over-head cam ford pinto engine. So soon as i sort out my camera I have about 50-100 photos which i shall put into an online album. thanks all, Oscar.

Hello all, I doubt that greater number of you will remember me, Im the young one from the united kingdom. Anyway, Early last year we decided to sell our house and move, so everything was boxed up and put away, only now are things starting to get into motion for this happening, fortunatley we are looking to upsize our house, and with this upsize will come a garage which has already been deemed as my work station, gaming area etc... Anyway, Alot has happened in the 6 or 7 months that i have been away, Amongst the more interesting are the fact that at the age of 15 I have come to own my first car, which is to an extent pointless as im 15, but it needs work something to pass the time I guess, also, in more recent months my mum has fallen pregnant and so the pitter patter of tiny feet is expected soon All good news really. I imagine that i will be back to modelling in the next 4-8 weeks dependant on how moving actually goes, if it goes at all, and should it not, I am at my end with the limited space I have so will just save up some money for a shed thanks for reading through all, Oscar.

Welcome to the kitchen... Oscar.

Can anyone advise me of a good clear spray to give my models a nice finish. thanks, Oscar.

thank you all very much for the help, I will put it to good use tomorrow, although I think, bar the bonnet maybe, i will leave the paint as it is for this build, I will use Mr.Obssesives advice on the dodge once i start it. thanks. Oscar.

how would I go about doing that? Oscar.

Thanks, i guess its ok... the most work on the paint from now will be fixing the mess up on the bonnet... or just doing a race version and covering it up. I dunno, also, any advice on that symbol... i am clueless with it. thanks. Oscar.

Hya all, Im finally posting up the start of my new builds... I am starting on the revell ferrari 250 GTO. Which i will follow up with a revell monogram dodge charger daytona '69. Anyways onto the pictures. - engine built up waiting some detailing. - sprayed up waiting a gloss finish. on another note... what is the lighter on the screwdriver sybmol thingy -- Please comment and critisize, also, I am painting the daytona humbrol midnight blue. Thanks all, Oscar. P.S: updates when i do them.

Thanks again, um... how much would it cost to have one of your chassis to be built and sent to the UK along with a super 16D engine from you? thanks, Oscar.

Thanks mate... that does answer all of my questions... and I am (to a certain degree) interested in a built up chassis. Buuut, mt dads work envolves using a soldering iron on a regular basis... but i have no idea of what the type of solder is etc... i will search for those items a bit... i imagine that finding them should be easy enough... but i cannot find the S16D motor to save my life, so some further guidence on that would be great. thanks, Oscar.

Well, ive been looking into it, and it looks great, not only that but i am near to the drag strip at brooklands. So, lets get going. I was thinking to do a 1/24th shelby GT350 drag car using a S16D motor. But, I have no idea about buying or constructing a suitable chassis, would anyone be able to advise me on that or link me to a shop. Also, does anyone know of a UK shop or a shop that ships to the UK that stocks the S16D motors? Also... would the revell shelby gt350 be suited to a slot drag? And finally, what should i do about rims and tyres for this build? thanks all. will start it once i figure out what im doing, Oscar.

Humbrol No 220 Italian Ferrari Red Acrylic Acrylic Modellers Spray 150ml (AD6220) 75584 £4.29 Antics Sprue Cutter () 23177 £2.00 Italeri File Set with 3 grades of Files (50521) 40939 £1.65 Revell/Monogram 1/25 69 Dodge Charger Daytona car Kit (85-2824) 65960 £14.00 1 Humbrol No 15 Midnight Blue Acrylic Modellers Spray 150ml (AD6015) 2962 £4.29 Expo Red Sable Paint Brush 00 (41317725 ) 21842 £1.75 Revell 4 Gloss White 14ml Paint Tinlet £1.75 should be fun when it arrives... fingers crossed by thursday... with an intact box, unlike this example Oscar.

thanks mate

well, the charger kit and the GTO kit were both bargains, both at £14 or $23 ish. And on the subject of sprays... do they work nicley enough to make a nice model?

Hello all, Yep, its my birthday today... I guess the good thing is im still too young to think about getting older. Anyway, I got up this morning, got a few prezzies, namely the revell ferrari 250 gto and paints from my grandparents. I was looking through the contents (which scrub up very nicley) and then it hit me... I have nothing to remove the parts from the sprue, no files, and no airbrush... now, i dont know what you will think of this decision, but i have chosen to not use an airbrush for the time being, only because i am used to a good 'ol spray can... and humbrol do a ferrari red spray anyhoo. So, i went onto Antics.co.uk as its supposedly a good UK model shop... I dont really know for myself... wonderland models got my GTO to the house in 2 days for only £3 P+P. But, i have placed and confirmed an order with antics... and it is as follows: Humbrol No 220 Italian Ferrari Red Acrylic Acrylic Modellers Spray 150ml Antics Sprue Cutter Italeri File Set with 3 grades of Files Revell/Monogram 1/25 69 Dodge Charger Daytona car Kit Humbrol No 15 Midnight Blue Acrylic Modellers Spray 150ml Expo Red Sable Paint Brush 00 Revell 4 Gloss White 14ml Paint Tinlet All of this added up to £34.23, or as the bulk of this forum is from the US, $56.19. Now, from what it looked like... this was a good deal, a revell daytona kit, a couple of sprays, clippers, files, paints and paint brush incl. P+P. But me being a complete newbie to this... I've got a couple of queries. Will just applying a spray and then a gloss be ok for the cars bases? Also, is the daytona kit any good? And finally is a humbrol spray the right way to be going? well... i think thats all folks. thanks. Oscar. P.S; thanks for the PM george53

Well... Thank you all for your words of wisdom, all of it has helped me through a fustrating first build. I say it was fustrating, but it was'nt unexpected at all, the airfix starter kit... not that good, the paints that came with... again, not that good. So, albeit with its faults... and a hefty amount of them, my navy blue TR4A is within a spit of being finished... Buut, im returning for some further advice; the car seems to be very dusty and a bit :S now the paint is dry, I imagine it will just dust off but is there anything that I can do to stop the car from collecting dust again and to give the paint a bit of a shine? Also... I had the idea to use a games worshop black wash on the metalic parts... is this a good idea? Thanks all... Will hopefilly have some pictures soon. Oscar.

I am in awe of that build... its so crisp and clean, and I love it to a huge extent without even being a hotrod fan!!! Amazing, will only hope to see more of the same. Oscar

Wow thank you all for the advice, links and pictures, helps give me an idea of where to go, Im thinking that it is going to be worth buying tools for spraing the cars the colour that I want although I will see how the triumph goes today. Also... for the time being... I will just keep to what comes in the kits, so as I can just get my skill up a bit before I go delving into projects. But on the topic of projects, I had a good idea which I will share with you guys, about 20 years ago my dad was doing drag racing, on both bikes and cars, not at the most professional level, but still. At one point he had a austin mini drag car, which wasnt the normal, Under the old shell and body was a rover V8 with a turbo on it with a renforced chassis underneath... so my idea was to build a tribute to that car and how much fun it must've been at the time. Anyways, thanks to all for the help. Oscar.

Thank you... will search the gto now, also, would you have any links to somewhere selling these resin engines, also, what sort of glue would you use on resin and will many of these companies ship or operate in the UK? (me and my questions ) Thanks all. Oscar.

thanks for the fact response and thanks for being so welcoming, and... I dont think this will be a good car, maybe 'rustic' will be the best way to put it But thanks for the tips george53. Oscar

Hello, I am oscar, from the sunny UK and I am new to plastic car kits. (sounds a bit like a self-help group intro ) Well... I have always been into cars, played all of the gran turismos, gone to a few car shows, I go-kart etc... etc... Just recently though I realized... there is not one thing in my home that shows this general passion for motoring, I had a few ideas... maybe a few die-cast bits and bobs, ebay, but, I just didnt feel that I would get anything out of it. I then remembered about how 2 years ago i was painting warhammer and winning a few junior painting and modeling competitions, so, first thing that came to my mind was plastic kits. Me being new to it all I could only think of airfix and then later on revell and Tamiya. So, on my table meets craft-bench at the moment is an airfix 1/32 triumph TR4A in the process of being painted... I know now that i will never buy an airfix car again as it just fits together badly to be kind. That said, its coming together... albeit on its 3rd hand painted coat of a navy blue shell. But anyways... its a nice car and will hopefully end up as a nice car worthy of my window cill. Anyway... that makes up the intro of me. Now to that question... I have been browing this forum and everything seems to have a custom engine in... where on this planet do you find these... I have found about 2 at a scale too big for the 1:24 scale I plan on building. Also, it is my birthday next week and for it my grandparents have ordered the revell ferrari 250gto 1:24 and all of the correct paints and a good primer, is that any good and will it be suitable for an advanced beginner? I think thats all of me waffleing on for the time being. Thanks all. Oscar.