Darin Bastedo
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While I must admit, the people taking pictures of the test shots made this very, very hard because the angles are mostly ones that 1:1 cars never get photos taken, I just see some pretty big differences...People keep talking about not "sweating the little stuff" but to me there are some pretty obvious shape differences in the body itself...not little trim or window-shape (or whatever) gaffes that every model has, as does this one.
Again, apologies as the years aren't all the same, and it wasn't easy to find photos taken from anywhere near the angles any of these test shot pictures were.
What I'm seeing is a body that is much less rounded and flowing, with much more severe angles and less tapered curves than the real car, which also appears taller, skinnier side-to-side and as a result boxier to my eyes. That coupled with the less-gentle than the 1:1 curves...especially right around the front and rear of the car...make it appear like an early 50s Ford with Hudson trim on it.
I see more "shoebox" than "bathtub."
I'm sure this will get the "you're just complaining blah-blah-blah" responses that are a requirement to maintain your board membership here when test shots are shown. Not that some others don't, but unlike the vast majority of builders out there, I really do buy most of the new issue kits as they come out...with my own money. It is a shame when you can see one shaping up to be a lot less than it could have been.
Ask yourself this: How many reissues did the Polar Lights '65 Coronet see? What about the Trumpeter kits? Speaking as someone that bought the Trumpeter kits-all of them but the Monte Carlo, all of the Polar Lights kits, and has built several of them, they were largely disappointments. It was funny...when the Polar Lights '64 GTO was being shown in test shots, anyone that said anything was run out of town on a rail...but when I posted my built one here in April? All it got were "gee that thing looks off! What's with the banana shape and smooshed front end???" comments. Some of the same people breathlessly praising this one savaged the Trumpeter '60 Pontiac...after praising the test shots as the model gods' gift to the hobby. Maybe saying something now can get some changes made that will help this kit look better.
If you guys think this looks great, then I hope you buy a lot of them. I was pretty sure I was going to want at least one of every variation they came up with, and probably more. Based on this, I'll get one...maybe build it, maybe not. I'd be tempted to wait on the NASCAR version to see if the decals disguise some of the shape issues, but I'll probably jump on the first issue to ensure I get one if later versions fail to materialize.
I think I'm seeing what you are seeing. The sides look a bit too flat, and the windshield shape does look a bit off to me, in these photos, but at the same time I know that the camera eye, has a distorting effect, as well as the fact that the chrome being body color on the model can also trick the eye as the crome trim on cars are often designed to make the car look more sleek. That said you may be right, it may be off in a few critical areas, but I will still reserve my final judgement until I see the model in the plastic. If the flaws I see are the only ones, I'll still me happy with it, and I still think it's great to have this legenday car available. It's doubtful AMT or Revell would have stepped up and offered us this.
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Looking at the photos of the 1:1 and comparing it to the Model I see no grievous errors. That said There is a real one near by, so when I get mine I'll compare it to the real car in person. The camara distort proportion greatly, and even more so when dealing with a scale model. I will reserve my final judgement until then. But either way I think it will build into a fine model.
Thank you Mobius crew, for going out on a limb to bring us something so truly different.
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i could list any number of models I would like to see tooled up. #1 would be a Cobra Daytona Coupe. Preferably in 1/25, and hopefully less expensive that the $185 i paid for my historic racing miniatures kit. (though that kit is worth every penny!) Second place would be a tie for about 30 different cars that move up and down the list based on my whim and the phase of the moon.
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Ummmm....Wow!
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we are all going to miss him. he was a good man and an extraordinary builder. I think it would be a great tribute ti him if the diorama he used to shoot his models on was taken to a few model contest or donated to the Model Car museum in salt lake city.
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A single-action airbrush works like a spray can: you press the trigger and it sprays. You have no control over the ratio of air to paint, it just sprays (although in a much finer mist than a spray can).
A double-action airbrush works differently... if you press the trigger you get airflow, and the further back you pull the trigger the more paint flow you get. So you have control over the air to paint ratio.
That's not necessarily a big deal if all you're going to do is spray paint model bodies a solid color, but if you ever want to get into more advanced things like fades and candies and graphics and flames and that sort of thing, you'll prefer a double-action airbrush for the greater control it gives you. I think it's worth the slight price difference to get a double-action airbrush right from the start.
That's not quite accurate Harry, My single action airbrushes allows me to fully adjust the air / paint ratio, the difference is a double action allows you to do it on the fly. A single action airbrush is actually the only airbrush I will use to spray Metalics and candies as, it is very important to use a consistant ratio all through the paint process to avoid the paint looking blotchy. Keep in mind that 1:1 auto painting equipment works like a single action airbrush in that you adjust the paint / air ratio and the spray pattern before you paint and it cannot be changed on the fly.
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I use this site that has a whole bunch of old car brochures for American cars.
And here ya go Mr. Show! http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/87tbird.html
Be careful using dealer brochures for references, as often the cars pictures are pre-production models due to the printing lead time of the brochure.
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Hey that was going to be how I built mine! Here's the real one that inspired me...
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I'm a huge fan of the badger 350 I have several different airbrushed from a Badger 200, Badger double action 175T, Paashe H series single action, and a paashe VL double action, and the 350 is the one I use the most. It's nearly indestructable, easy to clean, and once you have it adjusted the way you want it, it will lay down a consistant smooth finish.
If you were going to buy one for doing murals or T-shirts I'd say go for the double action, but for spraying paint on models a single action reduces the variables and makes your paint job's quality more consistant.
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Part III
Project "Prom Night"
IMSA 'Vette
Tom Daniels Custom Vette on new Revell 69 Vette body.
Drew's Hot Rod. (this will be coming off the stalled list as I've finally figured out how to scratch build a few parts that were holding me up)
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Part II
1969 Camaro Speedster. (this will be coming off the stalled list as it is soon to be arriving in the mail from the caster I sent the master off to. once I get it it will become somewhat more radical.)
here is what another builder has done with one of the kits...
MPC Charger III Show Car (will be built with the drivetrain of the Johan Chrysler Turbine car)
Crudzilla
Project Black Widow
John Milner's American Graffiti Coupe
To be continued...
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Here a few of my stalled projects. I hope to finish most of them in 2011 - 2013
AMT Car Craft Dream rod
Dodge Charger Speedster
1981 Buick Regal Indy Pace Car
Tamiya 1996 Porsche 911 Turbo
Tamiya 1996 Porsche 911 Speedster
Barely 'Cuda II
Brute Forza
To be continued...
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Actually both spoilers are correct, as both were available on that car. but the baldwin motion version does have the spoiler you are looking for
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What I love about this thread is that I find it more inspiring to see stalled projects rather than the in-progress / under glass stuff. Many of the projects that get stalled are that way because the envelope got pushed just a bit too far leading to some really innovative ideas, that may never have seen the light of day otherwise.
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I agree 100%. When the Acura NSX came out, it was on a performance par with contemporary Ferraris and sold at a discount by comparison. The LFA is a neat car, but the money they're asking makes it more expensive than several pedigreed cars that match or nearly match the performance.
I have no doubt that the way it does the things it can do is probably more sophisticated than the less-expensive cars that match/nearly the numbers-generator capability, but if you have to pay 3 times as much for the experience, it's hard to rationalize.
Maybe I'm dead wrong, but somehow this car has "curious historical footnote" rather than "Future class winner at Pebble Beach Concours" as the by-line when they write the story on this car many years down the line.
...perhaps if the LF-A wins LeMans history will treat it well. otherwise...
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That's a nearly perfect conundrum on this car, actually.
On the one hand...pick any vintage car (Let's say Jag E-Type for fun) and you could make the argument that a 2011 minivan can do anything it can do, and is way more economical/practical/comfortable for a fraction of the cost. And not a soul here would pick a minivan over an E-Type. Least I hope so.
Then you have this thing...and you have to say (least I do!) that anything 3x the cost of a Porsche Turbo or ZR-1 better do SOMETHING way better or else I'm buying the Porsche, the Vette, and a lot of other stuff.
I dunno. I'll take the kit of this thing...build it gladly...and probably just shake my head if I see the real thing. I'd way, way rather buy a used Ford GT if I had this kind of money.
i was just thinking that the other day. My brother's kia minivan has 275hp, 4wheel disc brakes fuel injection. this would have made it a race winner against most 50's & 60's sports cars. But on the other hand, take a 1957 jaguar XK-SS, that by today's standards is not very fast, and lacks sophistication, but who wouldn't rather drive that on Mulholland Drive instead of the minivan? It's because you can imagine that you are Steve McQueen racing one of his buddies to a late night hot spot. It's the image and history that really makes that car.
That also is what keeps my enthusiasm low for the LF-A. It has no heritage. Lexus to me says pimped up Toyatas and overpriced SUVs. Had Lexus spent the ten years they were developing this car on building a sporty image, perhaps the car would excite me more. You take the Nissan GTR it has a long racing history, from a company that has a long history of building sporting cars linked to many famous drivers, the GTR inspires me more than the LF-A especially seeing how the GTR is not that far off the lap times of the LF-A for a small fraction of the price.
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it's a better deal than the real car. $50 is about what you pay for a typical Japanese kit, but the real car costs 3x the cost of a ZR1 Vette, or a Porsche Turbo with a negligible performance gain
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Phineas J Whoopee, you're the greatest! Thanks for the info art. You really need to write a book on indy cars and related matter. I'd buy it.
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Very Awesome Build there! I cant wait to see it finished.
.See above
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Looks good to me! What I really wanna see is....oh darn I forgot the name you gave it. Was it Project Turd? You remember that blob you got from me a while back LOL
I think you mean "crudzilla" It stalleda while back due to a lack of a suitable grill and other cutom parts, but I think I found the grill I want in th epreview of the new 48 Ford coupe from revell. after that the ball will get rolling again.
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Darin, do you even have to ask? This should look great once you get it rolling, what are the plans for the front and rear ends?
The front and rear will be bone stock 1966 Nova with MCG photo etched grill and trim.
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I think it's funny that today someone resurected my old Barely 'Cuda posts, as I got a wild hair to do another radical custom. So to make sure it didn't drive me nuts I had to start hacking plastic to see if my Idea would work. I started with an AMT 1966 Nova with a bad roof, and a perfectly good AMT Camaro Concept car to create this. I roughed in the bodywork, and cleaned it up in Photoshop to convey the look I'm going for. the basic shape is real, the beltline trim is photoshop, as is the erasure of the cut lines.
what do you guys think? a good successor to Barely 'Cuda? I'm planning to do this as soon as I finish my 57 Nomad
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Wait no more, I finished this about 4 years ago...
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I thought most of the new tooling announcements were great.
I'll definitely get the 1/12 Mustang, the Mustang GT convertible, and several of the RC2 reissues like the Gremlin.
FWIW: Is the Gremlin the first time a resin kit may have (in part) led to a reissue of a donor kit? I would have to think all the attention Gremlins are getting due to the Bandit Resins stuff had something to do with that choice...
Don't get me wrong I will probably buy the 1/12 GT500, but would be pleased as punch to have it in 1/25. and I think you are right that the resin body being available for the gremlin helped cinch the deal. I think that the model companies are starting to realise the advantage that the aftermarket has for their sales. before they might have looked at reissuing the gremlin, and said "It's appeal is limited" but now that there are different resin bodies out there the can say "look at all that can be done with that kit."
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'53 Hudson Hornet is coming....
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Like I said, I would have to see a built up kit (or at least a painted and foiled body) before I pass judgement. The absence of contrasting trim can cause quite an optical illision. observe the differences below;
Notice how the belair trim makes the 57 chevy look sleeker than the base level trim, (an intended effect by the stylist BTW) That's why I want to see the finished model before I pass judgement. It's possible that some of the slight imperfections may be addressd in the final tooling.