Scale-Master

The wheels are nicely rendered in white metal, but the tires had gone south and disintegrated. Fortunately I was provided with a set of “grown” resin tires to replace them. The rear tires in the top of the frame are still “in the raw”.

This is a Q-Model kit. Mostly (soft) resin with some white metal parts (high tin content too, which makes it crisper and harder than average, a good thing). The body was cast pretty well, but it still needed a few hours of clean up. Here it is after the first coat of primer was used as a guide coat to smooth out most of the body. Still more to address and the rear wing needs to be added and blended in. The interior base is one chunk of resin that includes “the engine” and chassis. Lots of mold release on this part, it repeatedly shed the primer even after multiple washes and scrubbings prior to working on it and after cleaning it up. Oven cleaner finally seemed to do the trick and I was able to get a solid coat of primer and black paint to stick, (at least for now…)

Very nice! Exceptionally clean and crisp.

EMERGENCY!

That makes Hello Kitty palatable. (Not the car.)

Yep.

How about a whole car to do that to your eyes...?

As the proud owner of a real one (well '73), you did that kit justice, in fact you did better than what the kit gave you. Great job!

Super clean. It is so crisply done looks much larger than 1/25. With the right background it could be a "Real or Model" contender with no Photoshopping.

Lime Pearl over Bright Green base. Made decals for the taillights, license plate, badging, Dunlop tire lettering, and the period correct plaid interior too. Just a stock base HW's with a little paint and detailing...

Finally done. I fought me for the last couple days, but I am calling it done. The kit has too many issues to worry about fixing all of them. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=66175

Except for reworking the hood it is basically an out-of-the-box Studio 27 resin and white metal kit. I added the center set of louvers to the hood. Not a great kit, but it is a cool car. WIP Thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64412&pid=810808&st=20&#entry810808

There is not much meat on the body around the rear wheel wells and I really had to force them in, even after multiple trimming episodes. Glad the body didn’t break, but then again, this resin is pretty hard. Good thing I thinned out the inner fenders while building the chassis to make more room. Plenty of fiddling to get it to sit on all four wheels too.

Still plugging away and making progress… Into the final stretch!

Just a guess, but William Shatner or Gene Roddenberry? BDR 529 = Jake's Cop Car.

You know, the Rockford Plate is 835 OKG (not 853). As far as what was on Rocky's truck, it should have been a commercial plate. I found a shot that appears to be 428330 (or D).

853 OKG is Jim Rockford's plate. 537 ONN Is Starsky's.

Good way to put it. Depends a bit on the caliber of the award/contest and magazine. A first place award from a GSL against a little picture in a magazine that that reaches a few hundred readers? Full coverage in a major magazine against a BOS win at a little weekend show with 20 entries? Another reason I prefer to build for my own amusement...

Thanks guys. I used Matrix clear, two part automotive urethane. The project is still moving along, but slowly due to the nature of the kit and where I am at on it. Put a couple parts on, let them dry... Paint some details, let 'em dry... Put them on, let 'em dry...

Yes, it is "Chevy Orange", or as labeled by Testors, Chevy Engine Red.

Re-worked Hot Wheels.

Tell me again why it is perceived that someone can't build for themselves AND for entering in contests at the same time? I do just that with some of my models...

I don't know how I missed this thread, but Wow! Just WOW!

I have some pretty fine and thin vinyl, but I have never seen any that is thinner than the decal papers I use. Remember, the thickness of the decal paper is mostly the discarded part. While there is a backing on the vinyl that is discarded, in the end it is my experience that decals are thinner. It all boils down to what you are satisfied with.

Count me as one who has been using the technique for years. Just look at the 300ZX I am currently working on and the 1/12 Camaro I finished last December. It all depends on the project, (worked great on the real Challenger I just did), and while it has its usable applications in the model world, it does not replace decals, especially for the smaller scales.