DanielG

If you want a unique finish you might try some of Tamiya's clear colours over different base coats, like clear red over blue just as an example. The clear coat can really impart a different look to the finish depending on the combination.

No fair photo-shopping these pictures! NOBODY can be that organized and yet neat and tidy! Just kidding, some great looking spaces.

Not to mention tiny little drill bits at a buck thirty apiece!

I put this up on a sci-fi site and thought that it may have some relevence here. The idea is to make pop-rivets standout. Various sizes of syringe needles and needles and drill bits are all that is needed to make the tools as in the drawing. The needle or drill bit is anchored inside the syringe so that it is just proud of the end so as to give a starting point for the cut. You can chuck the assembly in a pin-vise or sometimes use the plastic syringe intact. Some before and after pics: You can cut deep into the plastic before painting or just lightly to scrape away some paint to finish off. You can also cut a line across the centre to replicate a large screw-fastener.

Looks pretty good to me!

Thankyou, yes it is the Road Legends Studie and the paint is Tamiya TS spray.

I was brushing on future and had it lift the decal, drove me crazy getting it unwrinkled and back where it belonged! Have not used it again over decals.

Do you mean to tell me that there are pre-wired distributors out there? You mean that I don't have to drill them out? No matter, I'm too cheap to buy them!

I use laquers whenever possible for that very reason. You can get many coats done in a day and then start another project while it cures.

When I used to work more in plastic I made some 'filler' with sprue added to part of a bottle of liquid glue (Tamiya, as it happened). The goop that resulted of course bonded perfectly with the plastic and was pretty much the same hardness as the plastic so it sanded well. Add the amount of sprue to obtain the desired thickness of the goop. Not my idea and has been around for quite some time but some may not have tried it.

It is easier but more expensive to use two models. One kit supplies the doors for the other. You can concentrate on getting a good opening and then shaping the doors to fit, getting a closer join (and you have also just added a pile of parts to your spares box!)

The most important thing to remember when soldering is cleanliness! Polish and degrease the parts and you won't have any problems getting a good joint.

I decided to rod up a Studebaker truck and a '40 Ford was victimized! The Studie got the V8 and wider profile wheels and tires and some chopping and detailing formost the rag-top and suicide-doors.

Nice crisp detailing.

Glued and filled, using CA. Primed to show up the defects. More filling and more sanding! Almost there but not quite good enough, more elbow grease required.

Very nice and clean build.

Yes, I prefer to work with metal rather than plastic but I use a lot of plastic in my sci-fi stuff (also, collectors actually will part with some of their hard earned cash for some of my conversions so I get all the fun and the costs defrayed!).

Very nice scratch build. Sorry you are having trouble with BMF, I thought that I was the only one.

I had a left over Lancer (the seats went into the Ford 'tractor') to use up so grafted some of it to the '40 Ford and came up with this.

Really nice, great colours and your decals turned out very well.

Thanks for the comments. The cliente supplied the car which was white/pink and it was his idea to keep the continental-kit, my idea to have it functional.

Managed to get the combing around the box done and glued on the roof. Funny thing though, I usually build the box before gluing the roof on, I hope there is no particular reason why! More filling and sanding tomorrow.

Conversion done on commission to 'match' stock Fairlane.

Sure beats the hell out of my '52 VW bug!

Thanks for all the compliments! I actually let this model sit for most of a year before tackling it but it was fun and I think the time spent thinking the build over was worth it.