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I thought so Fabrizio. Brilliant job ! Fred Dibnah would have been proud to see your model if he was still around.
Incidentally since our PM's some time ago about your Joplin Porsche, I had a go with the 1/16th scale Revell Porsche 356 Cabrio kit. I posted a couple of pics of mine in the thread about Favourite Paint Jobs. I can really appreciate your painting skills on that car as in 1/24th scale it was a lot smaller than the one I put my efforts into. And, plus the fact that you converted it to a cabrio from a Fujimi coupe kit!
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Really good model of a well worn and beaten standard commercial vehicle still being used.
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Watch and listen to Mark Knoffler's fantastic guitar riffs in Calling Elvis on the Dire Straits Concerts Videos from the 90's on You Tube.
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Cheapo cutters are certainly not designed to cut stout wire, and not much good for anything else either. If the wire was steel, even worse !
Always buy good quality tools designed and fit for purpose. Right tool, right job. Even quality tools can be damaged if misused, but will prove a good investment if used properly and will last for many years.
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Plenty of nice ones about David ! The Abarth versions look quite tasty !
My original was white back in the 70's so will have to check out the Fiat paint specification for that time to use on my model. Thanks Carlo for confirming the Italeri kit has a RHD option as well as LHD. Good thinking on their part.
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I used to own a Fist 500 back in the 70's. A fun little car. Cheap to run. Cheap to insure.
Did many hundreds of miles in it but it was a bit of a rust box unfortunately, so it had to go at the time. In hindsight I should have stored it away for 40 years of so and got it fully restored as they are quite desirable now. I saw one on display at a Fiat main dealer recently. It looked tiny even against the modern Fist 500.
Will be looking at the Italeri kit as I believe it can be built in both right and left hand configuration. RHD would be my option as a UK driver.
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I can remember watching Forbidden Planet at the cinema when I was knee high to a grasshopper. They were giving out cardboard promo models of the space craft to cut out and make.
Robbie the Robot made quite an impression as did the special effects for that time way back in the fifties. I wonder if any of those card model cut out sheets have survived? Would be quite collectable now or great to reproduce as a nostalgia piece.
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Brizio, did you sign write the Fred Dibnah Land Rover?
When I enlarged the picture up really big, I could see some very slight variations in the lettering and its shading.
If so, what an incredible job you did on it. Sign writing is very difficult to do, particularly in smaller scales, so credit where it is due.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Two tone on this particular model doesn't do it for me unfortunately, but naturally many opinions will differ !I
Emulating the Pearl White of the prototype is what I would personally go for. I would try spraying silver over a white primer and ghosting a very thin white over the silver to get the effect I want and finish with clear. This of course would be failing to obtain a proper pearl white. Not sure if Alclad make a white pearlescent candy colour in their range.
This particular build is coming along really well and it would be nice to see a reissue of the kit.
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Resin parts can become more pliable if immersed in hot water.
Be careful not to leave in the hot water too long though or distortion might take place.
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A really lovely and unusual model, beautifully finished.
Innovative use of the SMER Alfetta body, so guess the model is 1/24th scale as it has not been mentioned. Just shows what can be adapted to make something completely different.
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Knew you would find a way David !
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Almost there Francois! Great model making that you have been sharing with us.
Nice to see your cooperation with Nick sharing 3D files as well. Two brilliant modellers working together.
The jig you are making for doing engine turned patterns sounds very interesting and will be looking out for that.
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Yoda. 'Patience to must have.'
Joking apart David. Not an easy problem to overcome, but I am sure you will find a way !
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Thanks Jeff, Carl and Dann
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This is really coming together well.
Old larger scale classics are quite appealing and a refreshing change from all the modern stuff.
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Shetland is quite a ferry crossing from the Orkneys !
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Bruce. The re spray of yours looks really good (and also appeared to be necessary).
Looking at an earlier post of yours, as supplied the pre painted silver of the doors, hood and trunk looks way off and too light compared with the main body colour. I would have expected tighter quality control of the paint match of the parts considering the cost of these model kits.
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Holy broken bones Batman !
Nice to see a model of the actual car that sired the Adam West Batmobile from the 1960's TV.
This model is coming on well. It is always interesting to see American concept car models from that era.I
I can remember building a 3 wheeled concept car model with a VW engine by Monogram way back and I think a Pontiac that Revell re released a few years ago.
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Really interesting build taking shape here.
Besides the two trans kits you are using, will you also be using any after market items from Model Motorcars who I believe also supply upgrade parts for the old Pocher kits?
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Probably would not hurt to try the C1 powder. Will save you a lot of work I would imagine. If it doesn't work for you then it is still a useful thing to have in your finishing armoury.
You need to follow your own instinct on what way to go forward.
As the slats are straight another alternative may be to use Bare Meal Foil, but could be a bit fiddly to apply.
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Thank you guys for your complimentary replies. Appreciated.
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David, the other chrome powder I was trying to think of was by Usci Van Der Rosen. I think that's how it's spelt. I have seen them at Telford. They do wood grain decals too.
ref C1's powder Emodels appears to have it in stock when I looked this morning. About £13.
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That is disappointing. Have you tried C1 direct?
I think that there is another similar metalliser powder out there that I am sure that I have seen advertised but cannot remember the name. Try a net trawl and see what pops up.
Pocher Rolls Royce Phantom 2 restoration
in WIP: Model Cars
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My goodness! I would have thought that a straight restoration of the Rolls with all your usual upgrades would be work enough !
You certainly set yourself some challenges. Not sure if there will be anything you will be using from that old Rolls kit going by the new project from the Marvel series you are proposing. You might end up completely scratch building the Marvel car and still have the Rolls to restore!
The Marvel films are really good escapism, and quite humerous in places too. I have enjoyed watching quite a number of them so far.