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Project Burned Rice *FINISHED!* April 24 Addition
Zoom Zoom replied to Mr. Can Am Garage's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Mike, you been staying up all night machining again? John/Mr. Can Am Garage isn't wildrice. -
My E-Bay Score today
Zoom Zoom replied to S10man's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
It says 1/24 scale on the box, so unless someone slipped an MPC version inside it's 1/24. Have fun w/it! From everything I hear it's a bear to build it with all the vinyl gizmos the kit has and get all the body panels in place. Of course there are people on various boards who have built it that can help you out w/tips for exactly what to look out for, as it can be built very nicely. -
Me too. Do you even know what it is Mike? Looks safe at any speed to me. I really like the Deoriviamino below it, and the Opel GT.
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In addition to Mark's excellent tutorial, you can also buff out the foil w/the same compound you use to polish your paint (these days I use mostly Meguiars Scratch X). When properly applied, trimmed, and buffed it looks amazing. Make sure you treat the areas foiled just like painted/finished areas, don't forget to clean them up and make sure they are as smooth as possible as the foil will not hide any flaws underneath. Don't be afraid of the foil, it's a pretty easy technique to pick up. Try it out on a scrap body or unpainted model first to see how it works, and then practice careful trimming. It's easier than the old standby of painting the chrome trim w/silver paint and a small brush. However you can touch up small areas w/a dot or two of Testors silver chrome trim paint or their silver lacquer-both are very bright.
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Hi Billy, it certainly was a crazy day that went by so fast and unfortunately I didn't get a chance to meet you. Hopefully next year! The ACME NNL always falls on the 2nd Sat. of November. Seems a TX NNL decided to use that weekend as well this year. When we decided on a permanent date for our NNL there were no other regularly-scheduled shows on that particular weekend.
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ACME NNL Southern Nationals, Saturday, November 11, 2006 10am-4pm, Smyrna Community Center, Smyrna GA. Themes: Porsches and Pony Cars . Hospitality room at the host hotel Friday/Saturday nights. Come on down and enjoy true Southern hospitality and a real fun model show http://www.acme-ipms.com/2005_nnl.htm http://www.acme-ipms.com/ Pics from last year: http://public.fotki.com/ACME-IPMS/acme_sou...southern_natio/
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NNL East WOW!!!! what a great time.
Zoom Zoom replied to Tom Kren's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Thanks for sharing the pics! It certainly was a great show, I'm still enjoying the post-show hangover/buzz. Can't wait for next year either! -
Thanks guys! The NNL East...wow, what a blast! I've still got the NNL East hangover buzz going It's amazing how fast that day goes by. Great to see Gregg and others there.
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Looks great! I have the same kit, and wonder upon wonders it's missing a part from the factory. It only has 7 of the original intake trumpets. Where can I get a set of those metal ones? I was about to start the kit a couple years back and gave up when I saw the part was missing, and I had bought it long before I was going to build it.
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That's pretty cool! Looks almost like an optical illusion on the roof.
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Thanks, I mount the brakes to the wheels and do a lot of test-fitting with the model set at the preferred ride height. I generally cut away stub axles and finally glue the wheel/brake unit to the suspension, sometimes it requires some grinding, sometimes some shims. Sometimes it's clean, sometimes it's a hack job This approach saves me a lot of hassle; I assume from the start that the stock ride height of nearly any given model is going to be unacceptable with whatever custom or stock rims I am going to use (only Tamiya and a few of the newer Fujimi Ferraris and the Gallardo have the suspension setup right). I'd be more careful if I were building for a contest, but generally I build for NNL's and am not worried if people can see the chassis or not I also had to grind some of the wheelhousing material away from the Mustang, especially in back.
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Glad I'm not the only one who can't resist an occasional speed-build. Nice work! It's a fun kit. My last 3 1/2 day build was also the '06 Mustang. I couldn't resist using Cobra Colors Tungsten Gray, great color for the 'Stang. OOB except for wheels/tires/brakes. I wanna build one suitable for track use next.
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Y'know, Dirk's Super Coupe slammer conversion is one of my all-time favorite models ever. It's so sinister and so well executed; he made it look so easy as if the model just popped out of the box like that. Truly inspiring! Let's just say I made sure I had one of those kits in my stash that might someday turn out to be half as cool. Darin, I LOVE this Barracuda conversion. Looks like you've got a good start at stirring up Mark Gustavson's Custom Clinic for next year. Good luck with it!
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Ferrari 612 Scaglietti with custom coachwork
Zoom Zoom replied to Zoom Zoom's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks! I enjoy teaching people the paint tricks, glad they helped you. We want you back in ATL! You wouldn't believe the difference in the attendance/participation at the club meetings since we started the NNL and have a permanent meeting location at the community center. -
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti with custom coachwork
Zoom Zoom replied to Zoom Zoom's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks! Interior blue is dullcoated TS 44 brilliant blue. It's not as bright as the pics, but if I were doing it again I would have sprayed a slightly darker/grayer shade of blue. -
Inspired by a pair of custom Scagliettis built by Brian Venable (one a racer and the other one being an unfinished Stradale), I decided to build my own Scaglietti to reflect some ideas I had about the general styling theme. I wasn't too thrilled w/the stock Scag; looked tame and somewhat unfinished for a new Ferrari. I opened up some vents behind the front wheels, I also opened vents in a Viper hood after the filled Viper slots kept ghosting, I reshaped the side glass DLO/B pillar to mimick the side cove and give it more of the flavor of it's 456 predecessor. I also opened up the front fascia corner vents, and swapped some mesh for the eggcrate grille. 20" wheels are sourced from an Infiniti FX45 kit w/stretched 18" tires for a lower profile. The wheels were clearcoated w/semigloss clear to give a polished vs. chrome appearance. The blue interior in person is less intense than these pictures. Overall I'm happy w/the results, the front end doesn't look so long, the car now has some serious attitude yet at the same time the wheels and color give it some Aston-Martin style class that it lacked. Bodywork problems made this a 6 month project. The hood alone has about a full bottle of Cobra Colors Grigio Titanio :shock: Mock up w/solid hood and some Pegasus rims that were ditched later.
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Did a few necessary tweaks to the BRAT; a friend noticed the headlights looked too big and after checking my pics again realized I needed to paint the bezels black. I dropped the scoop slightly, revised the turbo inlet under the hood so it makes sense, and realigned the driver's side rear wheel. The little tweaks certainly help it.
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It's downright beautiful! Great model. Saw a couple perfect originals at Amelia Island last week, a black one in the auction that raced LeMans and sold for *gulp* $1.9 million, and a red one in the show that is still raced by it's original owner, raced every year except the two years that it was being restored. Can't wait for the AM kits to come out.
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Thanks again for the comments. John, I may try to get the hood scoop lowered a bit-especially the leading edge, it's a bit tricky how it fits into the BRAT hood. I could have used the smaller WRX scoop from the Revell WRX but I was lazy and used the larger Fujimi part that didn't need a lot of trimming as the Revell version would have. I'll spend an evening this week correcting a few issues w/it prior to the trip to the NNL. Found my link (sent by fellow builder to inspire me when I bought the BRAT kit) to a later-model 1:1 BRAT overseas (RHD) that had a similar transformation, though they didn't get into modifying the bodywork. Sure wish AMT had modeled the later version but that's how it goes :roll: http://photobucket.com/albums/v347/lewlew/
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Thanks for the comments! This was a fun build. I'm lucky that the Impreza and BRAT body creases lined up so well so that the fender blisters and wheel openings were in just the right place after they were grafted. Sometimes you just get lucky
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Subaru WRX STi Bi-Drive Recreational All-Terrain vehicle, AKA Subaru BRAT. Subaru’s first cute-ute from the ‘70’s. Kits used: AMT Subaru BRAT Revell Suburu WRX Fujimi Subaru WRX STi My desire in the beginning was to use the new Revell engine/drivetrain in the BRAT kit. However none of the modern Subaru or aftermarket wheels would fit the model with it’s dinky wheel openings. I needed to flare the fenders to accommodate the new wheels so they wouldn’t stick out and look so huge on the model. I then looked at my crappy Fujimi STi and realized it did have a purpose in life, that would be to donate it’s fenders and wheels and emblems to the cause. I carefully lined the bodies up, measured, and hacked away. In no time I had grafted the STi fenders to the BRAT body. I had some issues w/bodywork when the body flexed, worked out over time and helped w/the addition of epoxy putty under the fenders to prevent flex…it’s almost as stiff as a diecast now. Most underhood items are from the Revell WRX, suspension/chassis/driveshaft and rear differential is from AMT, interior is AMT bucket/dash combined w/Fujimi steering column/wheel and Revell seats and console. I struck out finding Tamiya Mica Blue the other day @ the LHS, so I bought metallic blue and it looks close enough to WRC blue. I did use a very thin mid-coat of transparent blue because some of the metallic chips were too close to the surface. Wheels were repainted in Alclad pale burnt metal, I wanted them gold but toned down slightly. I drilled out the chrome headlights and used some craft store lenses that are similar to MV’s. Time to build: about 1 month. I still need to clean up and tweak a few items like the intake and wheels before taking it to the NNL East next weekend.
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Porsches and Pony Cars are the ACME themes for '06. We've got a killer group project going right now, we're building all 15 cars (12 drivers and 3 backup cars) from heat #1/Riverside inaugural IROC race-and we may do the 914 pace car as well (and I get to do the bodywork ). Several of the cars are already finished (the cars were selected via a lottery), all have been started and they're all looking great. Decals came out magnificent, Clay Kemp did them for us. We're also doing the final 6 cars from the final heat @ Daytona where Donohue was crowned the first IROC champ. Sneak peak at my #3 Revson car: Our '07 themes are "Diamonds and Gold" to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Deuce and the 50th anniversary of the '57 Chevy. Any cars from those years are suitable for the themes (not just the Deuce and Chebby) as they were both banner years in the history of the automobile and we've been treated to a wealth of kits from both years to work from.
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This was a fun whirlwind (one week) build. It was lost in a sea of boxes in my basement, and with this year's Porsche and pony car themes for our show I really wanted to build it. I found it right after finishing a 6-month project, so I tore into it and worked on it nightly and over a weekend to get it done before the Birmingham NNL. Revell's 914-6 is a well-proportioned model w/some pretty crude engineering on some key components such as suspension/ride height, windshield frame/dash, engine cover and decklid, and taillights/taillight panel. I wanted mine to look like a Fujimi-level kit, not a 35 year old Revell kit. Every one I ever saw built was a glue bomb. After building this kit I can understand why In a nutshell I cut out the dashtop (it's attached to the body, I assume because of a competition version of the same kit w/a molded short windscreen), glued the thin separate w/s frame in place, took the entire vent post area from a '67 Mustang parts kit and fit them in place and opened them up size-wise, test-fit repeatedly the engine cover/decklid and shimmed the decklid sides w/styrene strips to get it to fit and open/close, and did some non-contest worthy suspension surgery to fit a set of Fujimi Fuchs wheels from a parts kit. The w/s frame was fragile and broke on top so I was left w/no option but to permanently attach the roof panel. I should have taped the glass in place as I monkeyed w/the hours of test-fitting the body, that would have saved the frame from snapping and it's too thin to do a proper repair that has any strength. Once everything fit it was covered w/Testors Grabber Orange lacquer, cleared w/their lacquer clear (airbrushed to avoid the common blushing), and assembled. This was great fun for me to blow out the cobwebs and get something built that was unique. I saw one (competition car) this past weekend at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in the same color, and I'd say the Grabber Orange is nearly a dead-match for what was used by Porsche. I also have been accused of causing the prices on these to jump on Ebay :twisted: as one just sold for $180 the other day :shock: