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Converting the Red Barron to the Black Knight
Scale-Master replied to Pete J.'s topic in WIP: Model Cars
I'm going to blame that on the Sake. -
Here are the beginnings of the basic block, more sheet styrene… This will be the front. Here is the bottom.
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Converting the Red Barron to the Black Knight
Scale-Master replied to Pete J.'s topic in WIP: Model Cars
Yeah, those tires were a SCORE weren't they... Has it already been 10 years? -
Competition forum categories
Scale-Master replied to sjordan2's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
If people would do a good job of properly titling their posts to indicate to others what is actually in those posts, all that would be needed for all automotive themed posts is In-Progress and Under Glass. All those “where do I post this” questions would be resolved. (“Where do I put my 1/43rd scale Drag Bike made with Die-Cast parts that sits on a Semi Tractor & Trailer that was modified from a School Bus?”) Is it finished or in-progress? Not hard to figure out. No scale issues, no subject matter issues. It’s not as if the subjects are in competition, so they can all be shared together if properly titled. Let the viewer’s decide what they want to look at. Might free Harry up from shuffling things into different categories, and then explaining why… But that just might be simply too logical... -
I built another box for the lower section of the head. This part was a little more work since I also had to accommodate the header (I made the flange for it at the same time). As well as the coolant filler… and on the other side, the face for the intake manifold. Still more work to do, but I also added locating tabs to the upper section to make it fit positively to the lower part.
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Converting the Red Barron to the Black Knight
Scale-Master replied to Pete J.'s topic in WIP: Model Cars
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Thanks again guys. It's time to start on the engine. Since I already made the cam cover I figured I'd work my way down from there. The head is made from sheet styrene. First I built a box for the top portion that fits to the already made aluminum cam cover, and then I started adding the external details.
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Thank you! Here is the dry assembled taillight set in the panel.
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Once I dry assembled the lights into the taillight panel, I decided I wanted the raised oval accent to be more prominent, so I added sheet styrene to those areas and made a fillet of polyester filler.
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A pair of Porsches that won Le Mans in 1986 (#1) and 1987 (#17). Both are old 1/43rd Starter resin kits built out-of-the-box.
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The lenses were machined from acrylic. Amber for the turn signal/parking lights and clear for the brake lights. The clear parts will be painted transparent red. The trim ring between the lenses is machined from soft aluminum tubing.
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Thanks a lot guys! I had never seen the Fang before, I like it. Thanks for the enlightening.
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Thanks guys, it is challenging sometimes, but fun! The oval shaped raised sections on the taillight panel are brass. I acid etched them with a pair of raised rings on the back that aligned with the holes in the taillight panel. I got caught up in assembling them and neglected to take pictures before I permanently installed them… The light bezels were machined from 6061 aluminum to fit into the brass parts.
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The sibling to this car is the Bordinat Cobra.
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Just take your time, it is a pretty good kit of what I think is a cool car. I built one a few decades ago (I think might have been the Testors issue if not the original IMC), and while it was a little fiddly, it went together fine and all the features worked. Still have it in a prominent place in my case... It should be a deeper red than shown on the box, more like a candy burgundy red if you want to go for accuracy.
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Oh, GM would NEVER have stolen/borrowed/been influenced by another companies design. I mean just look at the C5/RX7... And turn about is fair play, look at the RX8/Chevy SS showcar...
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Not sure about the In and Out Burger sponsorship, but yes, homebuilt daily fair-weather driver / weekend toy/racer... That is the realm I envision it in, at this time... (I'm not even in my left mind...) And Thanks all! I made the understructure of the deck lid from two layers of sheet styrene. I acid etched the hinge set from brass using artwork I designed. It is temporarily pinned together with a paper clip.
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Now that's Imagination! Go Speed Racer's Dad, Go!
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I tried to figure out the Micro-Mark etch set, but without seeing it firsthand I'm not 100% sure how it works, but I think it uses Ferric Chloride to etch. A lot of the success (or failure as the case may be) is in the resist. I made the taillight panel and added the ledge for the inside of the trunk…
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Thanks! I cut the hole for the taillight panel out; (this will make mounting the deck lid easier).
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No worries Bill, and thanks all. I decided to make the rear fenders next, but I also decided not to simply stop there and instead I thought I’d add a full rear body section including a trunk. I know, this is not what a Caterham or Lotus Seven would typically have, but since many of the real vehicles are built as kit cars in home garages, I figured why not have some fun? (Not all Seven based cars are Lotus or Caterham…) Originally I was planning to make the fenders as separate left and right pieces to bolt onto the sides and the center section as its own piece too. But the more I worked on it I decided it will be a rear clip. You can see the mounting flanges on the inside (and the scribed lines on the rear panel) where it was originally going to be three main pieces. It’s still a little rough on the inside, I may leave some of that as it is the way some 1:1 fiberglass work looks on the inside. It will still use the same mounting points I put on the front sections of the fenders, but the rear will mount to the frame (that I still need to make…). As far as the styling, I’m going for a 60’s or early 70’s sports car look. It is all styrene except for a little resin and a lot of CA, no “real” filler or putty at this point.
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Pledge and Future are two completely different types of products guys. Pledge is a wax, Future is an acrylic clear. Favor works even better than pledge from my experience. Wards off fingerprints even better, and usually costs less.
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You show your bias with the term "crazies". And kind of prove my point too. No one car is the car for everyone. Otherwise we would only be buying "The Automobile" and everyone would have and like the same product. This car is no exception. They will sell everyone they make and haveeven more people wishing they had one. Well, maybe not more than those that complain about how they don't like it, but would never buy one for a myriad of rationalized reasons... I predict it will be a successful product for GM. For those who think the surface details are too busy and should be removed, you are in luck! You can pick up a used C5 (the blandest Corvette in modern history) for 1/5th (or less) the price of a new C7. (The C5 was probably the best Corvette made before they went and screwed it up… Right?)
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Minicraft Kit Reviews?
Scale-Master replied to 98 corvette roadster's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
That is a re-pop of an old (I believe Hubley) kit. I have built it. Simple, (yes basic) somewhat heavy handed, not the fault of Minicraft, just inherent in the old tooling. It is similar in feel to the Rolls Royce, ...clunky. -
I would wager that if "all those lines" were not there, cries of "bland bar of soap" would be pervasive in this conversation. I'm sticking with the premise its styling is designed to appeal to those who actually will buy them. I'd also bet that GM doesn't care a wit about those who would never buy a Corvette, or can't afford a new one saying how much they dislike it. So in 12 years when some of the people who really don't like this car now get a smokin' deal on a used one (after the new C10 is released...), how many will brag about how this one is last "good one" before GM screwed it up?