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  1. Cool Hand
    Thanks Micah, 3D printing has been an absolute game changer for the hobby, a very worthy investment.
  2. Cool Hand
    Another 4 prepared and first coat of surfacer. A LC Torana, 2 LJ Torana's and a HQ. Mock up of the HQ.
  3. Cool Hand
    Good to see you got the build under way Stu. The 1:1 looked tidy, and typical styling from that era. Being a HQ fan, you know il be along for the ride and also look forward to progress updates. Yes mate DDA run plastic through the diecast mould. All the basic detail is there and with a bit effort and detailing, the models will look the part. The way the kits are designed with sub-assemblies makes them easy to paint, detail and fun to build I dont get too caught up with the scale accuracy of the kits, as im like you and just happy to have kits of Australian cars to build. Im always looking forward to DDA releasing more plastic kits.
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    Hectic day in the spray booth, got the final coats of surfacer on 5 builds. Which im so glad is done, now I get enjoy the process of apply the paint after many hours of prep work. Also 3D printed and painted some more appropriate scale wheels for the red HQ. I will redo the tyres as I made the mistake of putting the lower profile on the rear instead of the front.
  5. Cool Hand
    Thanks Brian, the guy who designed the wheels done an excellent job. The raised detail made it easy to paint using the reverse wash technique Yeah Bob, need try out the idea's when you get them sometimes. Got a nice colour picked out for it too, hoping I can get the paint applied next week.
  6. Cool Hand
    Starting to plan out another Holden HQ build. I 3D printed the rims and used Aoshima tyres. Sourced the 3D printed scoop from a seller on ebay.
  7. Cool Hand
    Wheels painted.
  8. Cool Hand
    Next on the bench for prep and a black paint job.
  9. Cool Hand
    The Holden LJ Torana Burnout car is fresh from the spray booth. Started with a SMS paints Jet Black base coat. Then applied the colour coat First 3 pics are under desk top lighting and over exposed a bit. And the following pics are overhead LED batten.
  10. Cool Hand
    Cheers Bob, I like how they stance the modern cars where the tyre and rim are flush with the fender lip. Aka hella flush. Takes a lot fidgeting to get the fitment correct. I only have it close enough for now. Final assembly I will try get it spot on.
  11. Cool Hand
    Body prep finished and applied first coat of 1500 black surfacer. Also got the wheels mounted and stance roughed in. Opened the kit grill area, and will install some photo etch mesh.
  12. Cool Hand
    Thanks Anton, lots of wips happening at the moment. Once I get through painting a bunch of bodies, I plan settle down and chip away at finishing a few one by one.
  13. Cool Hand
    ha ha, yeah Nigel just styrene and CA glue for filler. I will be sure to take a photo for you when I take it back to bare plastic when I do further body work.
  14. Cool Hand
    Dug some wheels out of the stash for the 2017 Camaro, I 3D printed awhile back. Now I just need to get them mounted. Then I can get them painted.
  15. Cool Hand
    Thanks Stuart, always interesting to hear what old Holdens people owned. We are so lucky to be able build kits of Aussie car's. Hope to see your HQ build soon. Thanks Bob. The pure red kinda reminded me of old Ruby and the bright red paint.
  16. Cool Hand
    Centreline wheel mock up on the Holden HQ for @STU111
  17. Cool Hand
    I would try sanding back the primer to expose the putty, then apply a thin coat of CA glue over the puttied area where you need to scribe. The CA will be harder too sand, but it should prevent chipping of the putty.
  18. Cool Hand
    And next on the bench for body prep. I did have one these Camaro's already painted black back in 2023. But I gave it away to help out a guy who messed up the black paint on his, havent seen him build it yet either. Kinda wish I kept it now 🤣
  19. Cool Hand
    Paint applied to the Holden HQ.
  20. Cool Hand
    Shark nose roughed in and wheels painted. The joys of being able to 3D print.
  21. Cool Hand
    Like always idea's get the better of me so.... Dug this kit out of the stash. And ive had the plan of building a 210 like this inspiration picture I found. After a couple hours of work, this is where im at. Have the body worked roughed in and need to finishing shaping, then il do the shark nose like the inspiration. I wont be using the wheels in the mock up, I 3D printed some other wheels that are similar to the ones on the inspiration pic.
  22. Cool Hand
    3D printed some burnout rims to suit the DDA kit tyres for the LJ Torana. Wheel file is from SlowysModels
  23. Cool Hand
    Thanks Brock, we are so lucky to have SMS hobby paints available to buy to apply on our models. Should start looking the part with side window frames blacked out and some BMF. Old mate SlowysModels ITB's on a custom one of manifold that was designed to suit the DDA 308 engine block. Thanks Bob, eye melting colour for sure, very happy how it sprayed and coverage was excellent. Admittedly I was having some issues with my photo taking recently, but tried a different setting on the phone camera and big improvement. And I always try to take photo's of my model cars at angles like you would see the 1:1's in magazines. Cheers Bob, I cant wait to see how it looks with the red colour applied.
  24. Cool Hand
    Good to see you back working this build Eric.
  25. Cool Hand
    Stole the engine out of a DDA diecast Holden LJ Torana to see how it looks.
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