Scale-Master

To add to Mr. Taylor's comments... I think part of it is two different audiences for the 1/43 vs. the 1/24&5 kits. Those of us who have building 1/43 for a while are used to the prices. Another reason it is standard for the smaller kits to have these well rendered wheels is there really is no other way to make them look acceptable in this size. That being said, the same basic PE wheels construction in larger scales sometimes don't look as real as they do in the smaller scales. You can see the flatness of the spokes, whereas in the small scale your eyes tend to accept them as wire.

Just an observation that if the instructions were followed to the letter the clear red parts would have been attached with the concave parts facing outward. Test fitting and some logic can go a long way in modeling...

The body was primed in white after being fully cleaned up and washed in detergent and shot Testors Italian Red. Now it gets to dry for a spell, thankfully it is summer and hot… Wheels & tires are done for now…

The gauge cluster is done. PE and decals. I went with a crinkle finish. Steering wheel was easier to assemble on the white metal “sprue”. Wood grained rim to match the gear shift knob. I added “lenses” to the gauges with Future…

There were not even indentations for the tail pipes so the exhaust pipes were drilled out a little with a pin vise… The interior comes with PE for floor and bulkheads. PE also for the pedals and shift gate. The seats received some very mild weathering and shading to give them a little life.

As you can see the tires (made of a hard resin) have holes too large and not all that true for the wire wheels. I have one coat of silver on the rims, they will get another. I honed the inside bead of the tires and machined a “wedding band” from 6061 aluminum. They fit snugly onto the wheels and into the tires and will be painted silver to match the wheels.

Resin and white metal kit in 1/43rd scale by Marsh. Body is pretty clean, minimal clean-up and a few holes need to be drilled for the roll bar and fuel filler. Here I have taped the roll bar to the body so I can get an idea of what angle to drill the holes in the body for the supports. I mounted the chassis to the body to make sure the roll bar would meet the floor and attached the supports to the main bar with CA. When the CA set, I removed the assembly… Doing it this way pays off in the end since I know it will fit and I won’t have to fiddle with it over a finished body.

Made new wire wheels and polished the body before painting. Yes, it is another little Hot Wheels...

Yes, very cool! And very vintage looking.

Thanks guys. I have an original Torero on the bench that will be restored one of these days. A good friend was kind enough to provide a new set of wheels for it. I still need to decide on a color for it... I have returned them to the blisters for friends, but for my personal collection I let roam the range freely. Usually I just redo them as fun filler jobs between "real" model's lulls, like waiting for things to dry...

Yes, what everyone is saying Jim. Beautiful, excellent, excetera...

It's a Hot Wheels... Nothing real, but looks like it was inspired by a late 60's & early 70's Mustang and Corvette custom mash up.

It's like applying any decal, just take your time. And sorry Afta, you'll have to get in line for this one should I decide to part with it, someone beat you to it.

Hi Batzilla, I appreciate the different point of view, and civil discussion, thanks for expressing it. But I am a little confused. You said “It took an Honorable Mention at Wonderfest a couple years back. That's the equivalent of a First or Second at an IPMS National event.” (Darin B, please note that last sentence.) I see you posted a photo of an IPMS award. Congratulations. But it is not a National award; it appears to be maybe a Regional. (The 1991 IPMS National Convention was in St. Louis.) I can show you what I earned 1st places there with (in 1991) if you’d like to compare “same time frame workmanship” to illustrate the reality side of your statement. For what it’s worth a National award will include the notation that it is such, like this one I happen to have handy… I see you also posted a 2007 Wonderfest award, I assume it is for this entry. I’ll be glad to show you what actually earned 1st place awards in the 2007 IPMS Nationals too, if you would like for me to better illustrate my point. You know, if you had entered in the 2007 Nationals... IPMS Regional contests, while they may have eventual IPMS National contest winners entered in them sometimes, are not usually as tough to earn an award in the same place as the actual National contest. My point is as nice of a model as you entered in Wonderfest, to state that since it garnered an Honorable Mention it is automatically equivalent to a 1st or 2nd at an IPMS National (not Regional) contest is simply not factual. Did you ever enter in an IPMS National Contest? If so how did the model do? That result would provide a better meaning of how it would have placed at an IPMS National contest. I’ll be happy to back up my point of view with historical facts. Thanks.

I was playing along... Not everyone is as sharp as you Harry....

It should be obvious by the way I titled the post and used the word elsewhere, I intented it to be spelled that way on the plate... (I have another project with the correct spelling on the plate and I didn't want the redundancy in the showcase.) I cut out the letters in self adhesive vinyl and applied them under the decal. (Yes, before I applied the decal, it is a real pain to slip them under the decal after the fact...But you can try if you'd like.) I have used electrical tape on other plates to create this effect too.

Turned out to be an enjoyable one week build except I had to wait to print the license plate decal and then wait until I could photograph the finished bike… I copied the look of the reflective coating seen on stealth aircraft for the windscreen. Alclad II and Tamiya Transparent Yellow were used for that. Just about everything else was covered in the WIP thread… WIP thread: http://www.modelcars...showtopic=46503

This one looked like it needed an early 70’s style paint scheme, so…

Don't take this the wrong way, but I have to disagree with that comment. Those of us who know the caliber of First place winning models at IPMS National contests know better, and those who don't probably don't care. Maybe you should take it to the IPMS Nats (or even a Regional) and see what it actually earns... Nice job...

The license plate just needs to dry before installing. I made this one with raised lettering; the reflective clear I used does not photograph as well as it looks in person.

Maybe with a five picture cap, people will make the best use of it and not post redundant slightly different angle pictures of the same thing that really does not show us any more.

It is gunmetal gray that has been dull coated on that part..

CRS I forget what that means...

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