MrObsessive

Nice job on what's one of my favorite '50's racers! I have that kit and a dream build of mine is to turn it into a LeMans "airbrake" car.

Very Cool Box Art!! 8) That alone should make it collectible in years to come! Hey Dan..............Where are you?? :wink:

That Type 934 is a NICE kit! I don't know about the rest...................dont' tell us you paid less than $100 for everything!! :shock: I have an original Gunze Daytona, and I know on eBay they can go for $150+........ That would NOT make my day!

Future seems to be the only way to go. Other clears have a tendency for the chrome to lose its "brightness". You also may want to test try Tamiya Clear X-22----- although it's a water base..........it may not have the same dulling effect as the others

John, I think you mean "piping". Yes, I've seen most cars have piping that goes around the individual seat backs........on the cushion part (where your rump sits ) it would just go around the side across the front, onto the other side. Which direction it goes will depend on the model/year/ pattern you're doing.

Hi Dean, F&F did a '55 Caribbean years ago as I have one. Since Ed passed away a while ago, I don't know if his son carries it anymore as it was a very limited production even then. Maybe if you can locate the '55, you can update it to a '56 as I think the only changes were the fins, (not much) the grille, and the peaked fenders around the headlights. Hmmmmmm..............combing through the 'net as I type this I ran across this web page from Resin Realm...........Check it out, it may lead you to a model of that '56! http://www.resinrealm.net/-Independants/pa...rdhomepage.html Hope this helps!

What a neat idea! It looks in scale also! I have to give that a try..........there's a hardware store right up the road from me, that should have ethyl acetate. Ya learn something new everyday! :mrgreen: Thanks Peter! 8)

Beautiful Save! My favorite era of Indy car!

I haven't noticed it since I've been here Len (several months).............I can't see why you couldn't do that here.

Here's the latest on the interior so far............... I started with a base of Tamiya Dark Yellow for the seats since I'm trying to replicate the copperish color of the 1:1. This was done after I had covered the seats in masking tape to replicate a vinyl pattern. When the paint dried I then airbrush Tamiya Clear Orange over the Dark Yellow. The color is actually a bit lighter than shown due to the photo being taken under a flourescent light. I need a white background for the upholstery decal which will follow. I painted some decal paper with Tamiya White Primer, let dry, and then covered the areas I needed with Microscale Liquid Decal Film. This toughens up the decal paper since it was painted, so as not to make for frustration later! Here is Scale Motorsport Upholstery Decal used here. I'm trying to replicate the '59 pattern as close as possible...........the 1:1 has some color in the little checkerboards.........so this is as good as it's gonna get! Please forgive the slightly jagged edges............I had to do all of this freehanded! :wink: The floor needs some flocking..............I had no copper colored flocking, and it was really nasty and stormy here today, so no trip to the hobby shop! I figured if all else fails.........go with black! I like to paint my sections one square or so at a time......this will ensure that everything comes out even and not mottled looking. After I paint the section, I very gently pat down the flocking and then blow off the excess. I recommend if your sensitive to flocking dust.................wear a respirator! :shock: This is what I use to "sift" the flocking.......a simple kitchen strainer! Costs about $1.50 in the store. I recommend you find one that has a tight mesh................otherwise the flocking will come out in clumps and add to your frustration! :x Okay, she looks all nice and even.............maybe a touch up here and there, but the front seat will cover up most of the floor. This'll be set aside for a spell to dry thoroughly. I did something about the narrow dash.......I superglued plastic strip on the sides and then primered the area. I then took my old standby---------Dynatron Putty Cote and then puttied the sides. After the putty thoroughly dried, I smoothed everything out and then test fit the dash.............sanding away whatever was making a tight fit in the dash. Here's the dash test fit against the cowl. I may make a "bar" to go across side to side to support the dash instead of relying on the door panels to uphold the dash. I hate dashes that sit so sunken down that it detracts from the appearance when looking at the model from the outside. Now the front seat is epoxied in and everything looks kosher so far. I even put some mags in the front seat for "character". Pay no attention to the naughty mag on the end! Well, it's on to do the door panels......those should be fairly simple as '59 Buick Invicta's did not have an elaborate pattern. I was going to send out the dash..........but on second thought I can achieve what I want by BMF. Hopefully I can get the whole model wrapped up by next week or so! Thanks for lookin'!

Hi Len! Long time no hear! Glad you joined in!

Ok Mark, BTW, I got your recent update in the mail.......Thanks!

Hi Mark! Great to see ya here! Don't be a stranger!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Peter! Your review was very informative! I don't know how such glaring problems could have been overlooked..............didn't someone at Trumpeter build this ahead of time and see all of this?? :x Just the same, this is unacceptable for a kit that costs 35 BUCKS!! :evil: One thought about the wheels and tires.............American cars out of the '70's typically had wheels and tires that seemed undersized for their respective wheelwell shapes. My Dad had a '79 and I always thought that its wheels were a bit small and too "tucked in" for the size of the vehicle. That kind of styling would be unacceptable today as some of your compacts are running 16 inchers or better, and the wheels and tires (for the most part) are flush with the bodywork of the fenders Anyway, keep up the excellent work, and keep us posted!!..............And your english is just fine! :wink:

Very Nice Lyle! Did the kit give you any peculiar troubles? I've heard in the past that certain build sequences can be troublesome. :shock:

Welcome Tom! As usual, very gorgeous cars there! Keep 'em comin'!

No critiques here! Excellent work on both! That Skyline looks especially nice in that electric blue! To bad Nissan never saw fit to export the 1:1 over here!

No Prob Casey! What I mentioned also can be applied to rattlecans............maybe more so because they're under pressure, and the spraying pattern still applies here.

To further add Casey about spraying metallics................Looking at your photos closer, it looks as though the color is correct, what happens when your spraying metallics is that (depending on the flake size) the flakes want to settle down to the bottom of the jar. Your airbrush pickup tube is picking up a lot of the metallics flakes and not enough of the toner which lends to the color not being quite what's shown. I could be wrong..........just an educated guess on my part! It would be a good idea when you're spraying metallics particularly is to constantly swill the airbrush jar around every couple minutes or so.........this will keep the flakes suspended in the toner and not settle to the bottom of the jar where your pickup tube is located. Hope all this wasn't information overload!

Casey, I'm not sure what kind of airbrush you're using.......I use a Badger Crescendo, which is set about 20 psi or so. It could be the pressure on your airbrush is set too high causing the paint to "dry" as it hits the plastic. This is what may be causing the mottled/lumpy/orange peeled look. When I paint metallics particularly, I try to spray in a criss-cross pattern-----which helps to even out the flakes and also to avoid "zebra striping". I really don't recommend polishing metallics per se.............it's best to lightly rub out any dusties when you're finished color coating and the paint is dry, and then to clearcoat. You would then rub out the clearcoat as normal. As far as a polishing kit, I use Detail Master pretty much exclusively, it's a lot of work, but very much worth it in the end! Here's link to Detail Master to check it out........ http://detailmaster.com/ If you need any help with the polishing kit............give us a shout!

Hey Chris, that's gonna be one sharp GTO! I love that color...............Looks a lot like GM's Sunset Orange-----a favorite new car color of mine!

Hi Casey! Like Mark said, it's a very nice and clean build, but it needs to be clearcoated to give it that extra SIZZLE! Y'know that's another one of those kits that I never seem to see show up at various shows. It's a very nice and quite accurate kit, and a lot can be done to it. Keep in touch Casey!

HEE HEE Great minds think alike Bob! In reality all '59 GM's revolved around Buicks door since they were the first to be done with what was a total revamp of the previous for '59 design. If you look at the front doors of all the GM's of that year from Chevy to Caddy, they all have the same swoop down on the door leading to those tremendous fins! All they did was make for different trim and restrikes on the doors and fenders to differentiate between the divisions. All shared the same sedan and hardtop rooflines (save for Cadillac which offered their models in hardtops only). Like Bob said, this may be translatable to 1/25---- I too get a little squeamish cutting up vintage plastic! Thank God for resin!!

You said it Bob!! I see some reeeeeealll nice stuff and potential projects there..............Lessee----'50's Lister Jag, Aston Martin DBR1, '55 Mercedes 300 SLR...............I could be on that site forever and clean out the bank account! Thanks so much for that info!!

Mark, I just got home from work and read your post and it hit me!! Model Car World sells a resin '59 Catalina hardtop............this should be close enough to what you want to do! I've seen this resin body up close and it is definitely shorter than the standard '59 Bonnie. Simply cut off the hardtop roof and swap in Coolidge's sedan top and you got it! Here's the link to order.......there's no pics but he does very nice resin castings. Just scroll down for order info and prices......... http://ourworld-top.cs.com/mcwautofinishes.../resinlist.html Let us know if this works for you.....I'd hate to see you give up on what should be a sharp project!