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Everything posted by mrmike
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Since I am on a sports car fling, my new project is one that I had started on about 3-4 years ago. The '68 Corvette ragtop roadster! I don't remember how I ended up with the kit, but I really wasn't a fan of the large hood bulge. Years ago, I was talking to the late Barry Fadden about this kit and how I didn't like the hood and he offered me a regular performance hood from an AMT '71 454 Corvette and I tried it on the body when I got home and it did fit, but it was a little short. I have been working on this hood for a while and I may have it were I want it to be. I was originally going to paint this '68 Vette with Model Master Nassau Blue Metallic Lacquer, but I kept imagining a dark green and I settled on Model Master British Racing Green Enamel. Now, my luck with old Testors/Model Master enamel spray paint is not very good, so I will try my best with what I have and if this doesn't work, I will have to find an alternative. This Vette will be built kind of stock. The tires I might use are from the Monogram '55 Chevy Street Machine or the AMT Pad Printed Goodyear tires. More Corvette to come...
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Other than a coat of clear over the air cleaner, the Roadrunner 440+6 is now complete! And, the hood even closes completely, too!
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Some progress on the 71 Roadrunner. I messed up the air cleaner paint and so I repainted it. The decal I will be using and a closeup of the engine compartment. More Roadrunner to come...
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I have been thinking about my Roadrunner lately and I have decided on making a change. I am changing the induction system from a single 4 barrel carb and manifold to a 6 barrel induction system. With a careful removal of the 4 barrel intake, carb and air cleaner, I smoothed out the engine top, and painted the 6 barrel carbs, intake manifold and air cleaner. Now for some assembly. More Roadrunner to come...
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Thanks Anton! A fairly easy kit to assemble. Now to paint it. Pictures are coming soon!
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Thanks Curtis! Now to paint the body of my AMG GT. A basecat, a midcoat and the clear. This will take a while!
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I started assembling the chassis with the engine, radiator, rear differential and the exhaust system. I painted the suspension plates and the disc brakes. More AMG GT to come...
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The President of my Model Club gave me this Gravity Tri-Coat Solarburst Yellow paint for a good price. Thank you Paul! I didn't have any Gloss Black Lacquer paint for the wheels, so I used Testors Enamel Gloss Black paintI hope it doesn't let me down! I painted the chassis with Tamiya Matt Black. Now to let this all dry. More AMG GT to come...
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Thank you Mario, Helmut, Carl and Eric!
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I had stripped the wheels of chrome in prep for some Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black paint. The grille and the exhaust tips got a coating of Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black and taillights got a coating of Tamiya X-27 Clear Red. More AMG GT to come...
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Thank you Lee! This is the Revell kit.
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Thank you Glen, Ray, Curtis, Larry, Trevor and Eric!
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Thanks Douglas! A friend of mine has offered me an actual Mercedes tri-level paint in Solarbeam Yellow. This is a base coat, mid coat and clear. I will have to check it out first.
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My newest project is the M-B AMG GT. I've had this kit in the stash since 2017 when I went to my first NNL East show in Wayne, NJ. This is planned to be a box stock build. My paint with be Tamiya TS-16 Yellow with a Tamiya TS-65 Pearl Clear. More AMG GT to come...
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I have finished my Original Mini Cooper and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.
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This is my Original Mini Cooper. I guess that the year of this car is around 1964 and I built it box stock and out-of-the-box. I used Tamiya TS-26 Pure White for the roof and Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red for the body and Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear over everything.
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Thanks Carl! Filling the gaps with the red Sharpie worked and I am very pleased! Tomorrow I'll polish the paint!
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Thanks Dann! To fill the gaps where the paint ran away, I found a red Sharpie that is close to the Pure Red I used and sharpened the tip and I traced the door openings. Now for a polishing with Novus 2 to see what I got.
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I clearcoated my Mini Cooper and I am for the most part, not happy! I washed, air-dryed, primered and painted the Mini and when I clearcoated the body, the paint ran away from the door edges. Arrgh! More Mini to come...