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Thank you Steve. Thank you Roger. The whole model was basically build around those wheels. I remember drooling over them in a couple of hobby shops in Chicago back in the mid/late '90s. Those Detail Master wheel sets were going for $30 to $40 back then and just simply could not afford them on my models. Besides considering my skills back then, perhaps it was better that way. LOL. So when I found a set on evil bay for a reasonable price, I snatched them right away and just had to build a model with them. At first I thought "no way I am covering all that nice shiny polished aluminum". And then I thought "what the heck, let's do it". As I was painting them I was thinking "what have you done? Are you crazy?" But I think the end result was worth it. Thank you, Paul, greatly appreciated. Thank you Mark. Thank you Glen. This was actually the very first flathead I have ever build. And I still have not done another since.
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Very little left on my interior other than the door panels. That is the seatbelts. No suggestion of seatbelt hardware is to be seen in the interior, so I made some simple buckles from sheet styrene and painted them black with red for the release buttons. Carbon decals were installed to the sides and backs of the seats, which I forgot to take pics of and then the seatbelt buckles were glued to the seats. At this point I thought I was ready to attach the front and rear subframes to the monocoque, when I realized that I had not attached the oil tank and the air boxes to the rear frame. The oil tank has no back side, but that is no problem, because once assembled, the only thing visible from it are the two caps on top and the filler necks below them. I was thinking of boxing it, but decided it was a waste of time and material. When I got to the air boxes I was shocked. In this overly detailed and sometimes unnecessarily complex model, the air boxes must be some kind of blooper. They are a single part each, with shallow poor detail in their opening and no backing whatsoever. And yes their backs are visible once assembled. What is even more surprising is the lack of any connection to the turbos intake. It's like they took a break in the middle of designing the engine parts and then just forgot these parts and kept on. I hoped the primer would help to find some detail, but there is not even much depth. So I drilled a hole in the recess of each box, which is shown from their back sides. Then threaded my Swiss Jeweler's saw through the hole and cut out the box as much as I could. The rest I carved out with my exacto knife and then sanded the inside as much as I could with micro files. Next I cut out some backing plates from styrene. And then build up styrene stock on their backs, which was then filed into the general shape I needed. They were test fitted and then some rough paper with simple lines printed, was glued on them. Now we have proper air boxes with visible air filters in them. The boxes backs were then glued together, sanded smooth, painted black and covered in 1/24 scale twill weave carbon. This is where I was starting to lose my mind and I had to put the model away and take a deep breath. I decided that I will probably do a better job tomorrow in fabricating the pipes that connect the boxes to the turbo inlets. So, stay tuned and thanks for looking!
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Few more outside....
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Here is a model I made some time ago, but it has not been shown. I figured since I am in exotics wave, I may as well. It started as 1:18 Hotwheels diecast, which was more or less a toy, in red with red interior. The whole thing was broken down to the smallest detail, stripped of all paint and then restarted as a kit with all seams filled, imperfections smoothed out, details added and then painted, lots of carbon fiber added and clear coated and polished. The color is really unusual and it is the only LaFerrari like that in the world, which was made for the singer Jamiroquai. The model is a faithful replica of the real thing, down to the modified brakes, carbon roof and even the license plate. [mig]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/540/y6kppb.jpg[/img] Here is some of the detail Here you can see on the red car where the seams in the intakes are on the regular diecast vs my filled ones on the green one. Same thing inside the doors. These were real pain to fix, correct the shape, sand and paint and polish. The problem with little seams like that one under the nose is, that the diecast model is engineered to be assembled in certain order and filling all these seams means reengineering the way the model gets put together, which is a lot easier said than done in most cases. Being painted...
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Thanks y’all for the compliments. Here is the link to the WIP http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/146429-delivery-deuce/
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Thank you Craig. I needed some break from Hot Rods, so I'll give this one a little rest until I finish my two Paganis. At least that is the plan, but we all know how that goes...LOL
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This model has been completed for quite some time now, but I had never taken any pictures of it. Until today that is. It is a rather simple formula: Revell '32 Ford Tudor Sedan kit with the rear windows glued and painted with the body and I rear door scribed by hand. The engine is from the kit with some billet aluminum air cleaners (I think Parts by Parks), scratch built fuel log and fuel lines. t is all plumbed and wired. The interior consists of the seat from the Revell '32 Ford 3Window, Balsa wood cargo compartment, scratch built headliner and photo etch dash and steering wheel. The wheels are Billet aluminum rims with billet aluminum hubs and three layers of photo etch spokes plus some photo etch spinners. The rear tires are from the original '32 Roadster from Revell and the fronts came from the parts box. Paint is Tamiya Maroon with 2K clear coat. Hope you like it. [/img]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/kSjDiO.jpg[/img]
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Some more on the seats.... The panels on the seats that are between the legs of the passengers have these round "cups" that are made out of carbon. Inside them is a silver knob, which I believe is used for the controls of the seat. On the kit the knobs are moulded in the seat. I had to drill out the "cups' before painting. First a piece of carbon fiber decal was punched to slightly larger size than the "cups". Then it was let set on the part soaked in Micro Sol. For the knobs I used these ball pins from the jewelry department in Hobby Lobby. They would make the perfect shift knob in a Ferrari too. The luggage received new blue handles with chromed ends and some Pagani emblems on the front and was mounted in the shelf behind the seats. And my interior is yet another step closer to complete. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.
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Thank you Slusher. I wanted an unusual color color combo I had not done before. Thank you Larry. Thank you Tim. That stance is the reason I added the bumpers as they exaggerate the rake even more. Plus they add to the British feel I was after.
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Love the car in real life. In my opinion on of the classiest and best looking cars BMW has ever made. And your model does it justice. Grey metallic on red- perfect!
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Man, it looks like it's about to start and drive away. You have achieved a great realism. Perfect execution.
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Beautiful, beautiful build. Absolutely stunning. The colors work fantastic on this model, altho I am sure that Mercedes wouldn't dare to think of this color combo back then. Great job.
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Those Show Rods look ridiculous, but I love them. This one looks just right. Really cool.
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Sharp looking little Hot Rod. The color, the wheels, the rake..... everything works together perfect.
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Came out great. The stance is perfect and the simple black and white color combo works great. I love the red frame underneath it, altho I am not sure how I feel about the red spreader bar. I don't see many of these Chevies and even less hot rodded. Both in 1:1 and in scale. It looks gangster cool in a way.
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Very cool. A nice change from all the Supras and Challengers. Very well executed model too. Looks super clean.
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Love the cars from that era. The Deusenbergs were on top of their game back then. The color combo you picked looks great on the car. But I think someone stole the right taillight.LOL
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Gorgeous car. The colors you picked suit it very well. I love silver over red interior on anything from any era. Great job.
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Very nice build. First thing that pops in my mind is Mr Miyagi's car from Karate Kid.
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Thank you David. the kit is very well engineered and very detailed straight out of the box. Fitment is fantastic and an experienced modeler shouldn’t have trouble with it. Now, if one wants to add CF decals and to what extent to take their application is a different ball game and it’s on the builder, not the kit.
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Some more interior detail work.... Steering wheel. The dash behind the steering wheel The AC vents. These have to be assembled from two halves each, then sanded, wrapped in carbon fiber and then clear coated. Here you can see the clear difference between the matt fiish on the carbon IN the interior vs the gloss finish on the outside of the cabin. All the inside of the cockpit under the roof is also covered in carbon fiber, but in matt finish, to reduce glare, just like on the real Huayra. The dash top is matt finish, but the face of it is all shiny carbon. The kit does not provide a decal for the infotainment screen, which strikes me as odd, considering everything else they have included. I used a Huayra script from the decal sheet, which is supposed to be on the body work, but I will be replacing with a photoetched piece. It's beter than plain black screen. The steering column is installed ( in carbon fiber of course) and the adjustment lever. I still have to put all the pieces on the dash together and then tackle all the carbon on the inner door panels before I can call the interior done. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.....
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Well, Kurt, something things don't go exactly as planned and other times it just takes a little persuasion to get things going. Even if its on ourselves. I think you should start your kits and just enjoy them and see where it takes you. No matter what you get out of it, I bet it beats the feeling of watching the parts sitting in the boxes. That would be interesting, altho I am not going to add a new scale to my building explorations. Thank you David. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Thank you Dan. A lot more carbon left to do. It's almost discouraging.
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The subwoofer my kids voted to be included is done in all it's gloss carbon fiber enclosure, chrome surround and carbon cone glory. The interior tub received a couple more metal transfers and a whole lot more carbon. For the leather "carpet", sheet styrene was used cut to shape. After it was painted, it was installed in the interior tub, followed by the pedals and a couple of photo etched emblems that I am not going to use. How to build carbon speakers..... Punch an appropriate size circle out of carbon fiber decal remove a strip from the center Apply decals to speaker face with couple drops of setting solution and dry up with a hot blowdryer follow up by detailing with chrome marker and -Voilà! Carbon cone speakers are ready to rock! Next the shifter and handbrake were added and the tub is complete, minus the seats and the luggage. At this point my older son told me in a very serious tone that I've gone mental. But I think I'm still hanging....
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Moving along on the interior..... I did not do as much as I wanted during the weekend as I had some other stuff to handle. But, oh well... The steering wheel received some paint. And then the bottom part of it received the first layer of carbon, altho you can't see much on this picture. The upper dash is moulded together with the roof/upper part of the monocoque. This required some careful masking and then decals. The carbon around the windshield is 1/12 scale, while the one on the dash is 1/24. It took me quite a bit searching to find pictures that showed that area (the 1/24 carbon) on the real car up close. On almost all pictures those parts of the dash look just painted flat black. Some rough start on the dash. While some things were drying, I wanted to check the front suspension assembly and then one thing led to another and before I knew it, I was pretty much done with it. Quite a bit of carbon went into these pieces too. This was fun, getting everything aligning seamlessly and in the same particular directions as on the real car. Not. The front brakes. Note how one emblem on the caliper is in the wrong direction. I can see it on the picture, but looking at the part with a naked eye it is impossible to see. And everything together. I did the best I could to line up the direction of the carbon weave on all the parts. This was no small task, but I think it came out OK. And a quick test fit inside the front bumper. Most of the work will be exposed. and visible through the front grilles, which thanks to the Aoshima detail kit are going to be all see through photo etched parts. Now back to the interior..... Thanks for looking and stay tuned.
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Oh, this will be interesting!