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    24 Hour Lemans Build - Revell C6R

    in Model Cars

    Posted · Edited by seeker589

    Great build! Thanks for sharing!

    I have to ask what model this is based upon? Manufacturer?

    Also - were these "gills" molded into the body or did you make them this way?

    They add a gread deal of interest - it is a very intreguing detail.

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    The New Phonebook is here!The New Phonebook is here!

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    I am a little disturbed. Only a little - I'm not losing sleep or anything.

    Why is it that when anything scale made of metal is published in Model Cars Magazine - people come out of the woodwork with complaints about how it shouldn't be there - Yet when some of us detail our plastic models - we use photo-etched parts made of metal and it is OK?

    Please keep an open mind. The examples and techniques used in articles you don't like may just may inspire and influence your next build.

    There is room enough for all of us here.

    Air compressor

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200354872_200354872

    Great compressor for the price, and it is quiet. The tank will help with ripples, that you would normally get with a tankless air compressor.

    I concur with this recommendation. I purchased this exact unit and am very happy. It is quiet. When it starts - it doesn't make me jump. It doesn't run constantly due to the tank. I don't have to turn the TV up. It is much quieter than my dehumidifier. Its about as loud as an refrigerator compressor.

    Hope this helps

    What do you see as the most common problems or errors in our model builds?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by seeker589

    Now you did it....

    Hemi orange is a different color than the other orange color used on the big blocks Mopar's and later 340's... And the air cleaner lid on 6 BBl's is a different shade too.

    Use Chebbie orange and a public lynching is DEFINITELY in order. hangman.gif

    I know how the Mopar Oranges are different and I know how difficult some Mopar people are about it. My buddy painted his 440 Six Pack R/T engine and headers White as well as the inner fender-wells. You have NO idea how much that increases the visibility at night at a small town local drag strip or especially on the side of the road!

    I needed an orange for a 440 Six Pack I am building - I had Testors "Competition orange" - Guess what I used? I claim artistic license!

    What do you see as the most common problems or errors in our model builds?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by seeker589

    Sorry - I have to claim artistic license. I'm pretty sure Tom Daniels did when he designed many of his kits that are now considered icons of our hobby.

    What about Ricki Couch or Winston (Spelling may not be correct - heck the people I'm referencing may not be correct) their builds were EPIC.

    If a builder wants to paint his undercarriage bright pink - I'm pretty sure they can - it is their model. Now if they enter it in a contest and don't win and then have a tantrum about it - then there is a problem.

    On to the pet peeves that everyone wants.

    Stance is everything! - what-ever the suspension travel would be in scale. So it would ride like a buck-board - I ain't driving it - I'm looking at it on a table or shelf.

    Steering columns that are in impossible angles and could never connect to the steering box in any way - and it is very visible especially on a hot rod or roadster with opening doors.

    A builder using tons of aftermarket parts on a model - but the model isn't that great. Stance is off, wheels aren't square, colors are not complementary to each other.

    Builds that confuse themes. A drag car with BBS wheels - for example. Chrome wheels on a 90s and later road race car.

    Rub-on tire decals on tires the manufacturer never made! 14 in wide Tiger paw slicks? Really?

    Rub-on tire decals that don't follow the proper contour of the tire. When you do it- it highlights the mistake! I'd rather see NO lettering detail.

    Wings turned backwards.

    Panel seams made too dark - almost like the door jambs were painted black right up to the edge.

    Wide tires not sitting flat on the table.

    A pro street car - untubbed with tires that aren't more than 10 inches wide - slicks or not. People do race their pro street cars sometimes.

    "Chrome" Centerline auto drags.

    Chrome brake discs.

    Roll bars being called roll-cages without a halo bar or forward down bars(at the A-pillar - attached to the floor in the drivers and passengers foot-well)

    Rule of thumb - you sit in front of a roll-bar and you sit inside a roll-cage.

    Lastly - roll-cages built with NO consideration of stresses and sheering force. Consult a rule book - go to websites of vendors of 1:1 scale bars and cages - like Alston, S&W Chassis works, or even photos taken on the web. There has to be photos of a build similar to yours SOMEWHERE on the web. The web is huge!

    I'm really glad someone didn't start extolling the virtues of the perfect Hemi engine orange. It's Orange!

    As long as they didn't paint it tangerine - there would HAVE to be a Hangin'.

    What do you see as the most common problems or errors in our model builds?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    In some cases, that could merely be accurate modeling. I've seen more than a few new cars with mis-matched panel paint density. B)

    David G.

    I have seen alot of this! I saw a vintage Corvette (survivor - not restored) with various amounts of paint coverage (some gel-coat was visible) and paint consistency the ranged from perfectly smooth to orange peel that looked like sandpaper. All on the same Car!!!

    Painting Cars 1/32 scale to 1:1scale

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by seeker589

    Well...That was most interesting...I guess i would have to say that "YES" One could get stellar results painting with the roller...But i have to ask why spend all that Time and Trouble..well at least in this case..for he has been at it for almost 4weeks...Just went over and talked to him..and well i must say it looks alot better..But Still?..

    Just seems to me prep the truck /car and get a Paint Gun..and Spray (Paint) the darn thing in just hours and Be DONE B)

    To paraphrase the great Burt Reynolds:

    For the challenge, the money(or lack there-of), and for the fun.

    Or - He just wanted to. Imagine the conversations he'll have with people!

    What are the laws regarding spraying a full sized car at home in your area? I know it is kinda frowned upon here in my neck of suburbia - but people do it anyway. Is his house attached to his garage? Spraying - and the fumes - could strain the best of relationships. I wanna spray - but can't due to my garage being under the kids' bedrooms. Over spray becomes a big problem also. My former employer had to pay for buffing or full paint jobs when the spray booth wasn't closed properly while spraying a fire truck. DuPont Imron is really stubborn - it sticks to everything!

    I know I would try to find a booth or rent space in someone elses - if I really needed to paint a 1:1 car.

    knowledge base

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Then again, maybe if us newbies didn't ask a bunch of questions, nobody would have anything to do!

    You are very correct, Sir! Every time there is a question asked - even the ones that come up again and again (like painting, airbrush and paint booths) gives us all another opportunity to share our knowledge including new findings. Other board members can always just move on or post a link to the previous thread. Please be helpful.

    We are an open forum - there will be all degrees of building skill and computer skill and intellect and patience. One thing I really love about this hobby is how kind many of us can be - but there will always be difficult people in all arenas.

    Painting Cars 1/32 scale to 1:1scale

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    A few years ago either Hot Rod Magazine or Car Craft had a multi page article on painting a Ford Falcon with a roller. I came out pretty good - but you need to let it dry - which takes days and days. That and you have to be really good with wet-sanding and a buffer. Do some web searches - it is popular.

    I've seen cars painted with spray bombs that looked pretty good. Spray bomb camo jobs are popular here - lots of hunters.

    I would also be very fearful of a professional shop using a roller when they have all the resources to thin what-ever paint they are using and spraying it in their paint booth. Maaco and Earl Sheib is more professional!

    I have wondered about using Rust-oleum thinned with lacquer thinner sprayed with an airbrush to paint black model parts. I'm fearful of paint build-up and the fact that it is oil-based. I would like to find straight enamel (not oil-based) or straight lacquer.

    knowledge base

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by seeker589

    ...but the sad fact is that modelcarsmag.com has a TOTALLY USELESS search function.

    Sorry, but I HAVE to disagree on this one. Totally useless?

    After you do a search - you still have to sort and find the right info - wheather you are searching Google, dogpile, altavista or MCM search.

    I find that the time spent while using the MCM search is almost equal to using a general web search. At least at the MCM site you are guaranteed the meat of the subject will address car building and you have a established source to answer questions.

    When I want more info I use both MCM and general web searches.

    Another 24

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by seeker589

    I REALLY need to learn German!

    This race is turning out to be a very big thing with hardcore grassroots racers due to the net.

    SpeedHunters.com has some really great photos of the 24 hours of the N-ring qualifying and also of the Pike's Peak Hillclimb.

    Body types

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Hardtop: No casing around the door windows and NO B-Pillar

    Coupe: No casing around the door windows and a fixed B-Pillar

    Sedan: Cased door windows and a fixed B-Pillar

    Convertible: Usually either a coupe or Hardtop body modified by removing the hard roof, with a dropping/stowing roof

    Roadster: a 2dr that has NO provisions for storing a down-top but was built as an open-roofed car

    OK

    I have an Acura Integra. It has no casing around any of it's four doors but it DOES have a fixed B-pillar.

    Is it a coupeish sedan? Or a Sedanish coupe?

    Now I have a complex - the car is as much of a misfit as I am! Like I need more anxiety!

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