What Are You Building Today?

[bbowser]

1 hour ago, MrObsessive said:

That looks to be an actual annual kit as opposed to a promo. Different plastic used (styrene for the kits) than the promos which used "Cycolac" or something like that which warped terribly. Sounds like whoever painted that way back when used actual automotive lacquer which explains why it's terribly difficult to strip. The paint has etched itself into the plastic, and short of sanding it out where the tough spots are, I'm not sure what else can be done.

Yes, the Monogram '59 Chevy up-top should work with some tweaking. All GM '59-'60 top frames were about the same between the divisions, and they all used the same convertible windshield frame. That's what I have planned for my '59------got all the bits and pieces to build it, it's just not struck my fancy as of yet since I built the hardtop years ago.

I was thinking about a hard top from a '59.  Or would a '59 Caddy top be closer?

[High octane]

Nothing right now as I seem to be on a summer hiatus from building, and I believe I had one last year also which I'm really not that happy about. Oh well.

[MrObsessive]

1 hour ago, bbowser said:

I was thinking about a hard top from a '59.  Or would a '59 Caddy top be closer?

I'd go with the Caddy. I still don't like how Monogram did the top on their '59 Chevy.

The Caddy is nicer and not so "flat" looking. You'll have to get rid of the vinyl roof texturing though.........I've never seen a '59 Invicta with that. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Still fiddling with a Johan 1963 Plymouth Fury kit.

I think that I hay have gone a little too far already on this one!

I decided quite a while ago that a full chassis, engine & engine bay swap was in order on this one, but I've since gotten a little bogged down in a full interior revamp as well.

I'm combining parts from the Johan kit and the Lindberg '64 Belvedere as well as reworking the original rear seat & making some major changes to a '62 Fury front seat to try to get a little closer to the standard '63 Fury interior.

There's quite a bit of scratch work involved including completely new upholstery patterns on both seats & door panels & all new piping on both of them as well.

Plus I added a scratch built headliner.

 

Steve

 

[Deuces]

Got so many, I don't know which one to start on....

[Bainford]

On ‎29‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 11:50 AM, bbowser said:

It's a convertible, 4 screw bottom.  Body is straight, I couldn't get the windshield out without breaking the windshield frame.  I'd prefer a hardtop but too many $$.  Do you think a '59 Chevy top would be suitable?  I don't know what it has for paint but 2 days in 91%, 4 days in the purple pond, and 2 days in Easy Off and it still has some stubborn spots!  

Castrol Super Clean and Easy-Off are my 'go to' strippers, but if they won't touch it (and sometimes they won't) I resort to brake fluid, which has always come through when the others wouldn't.

[Tom Geiger]

I have been playing with these original issue Monogram Model A’s. The chopped sedan was a junker and once I pulled out the incomplete phaeton for parts, well ya know what happens next! I have the pair on the bench. Low tech nostalgic builds!

Edited July 31, 2018 by Tom Geiger

[fairlane1320]

A 289-powered Pinto

[Deathgoblin]

Working on an AMT 92 Dodge Viper. It's a nice kit.  I built one way back when, but it's fun going back through it again. 

[shoopdog]

Tonight I worked on my Lindberg 67 Olds 442 Cutlass Supreme. I'm also working on a 83 Hurst Olds and a 69 Dodge Daytona.

[ChrisBcritter]

Trying to limit myself to the '64 Caddy and '58 Ford right now. If anyone else is building a '64, widening the track 5/16" is a big help with the stance... Ford's about ready for final assembly of the chassis.

Edited August 1, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Bainford]

19 hours ago, fairlane1320 said:

A 289-powered Pinto

Awesome! Love it! Is that the AMT kit?

[slusher]

21 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

I have been playing with these original issue Monogram Model A’s. The chopped sedan was a junker and once I pulled out the incomplete phaeton for parts, well ya know what happens next! I have the pair on the bench. Low tech nostalgic builds!

I remember when you posted the Model A junker body.looking good my friend! What kind of wheel covers or wheels do you have on it? I really like then..

[slusher]

Working on a pro shop Edsel getting back to building after a long break due to MS...

[cobraman]

Glad you can build again. I hope you will share our car when done.

[Tom Geiger]

1 hour ago, slusher said:

I remember when you posted the Model A junker body.looking good my friend! What kind of wheel covers or wheels do you have on it? I really like then..

Hi Carl, yea, this is what I started from.  It was reduced from $4 to being in a bag of similar era Fords.  I immediately recognized it as an original issue with the one time dual side mount fenders, so it was worth saving.  The chop was done by some kid and never finished.  I took that as a challenge.  The wheels on both cars are stock in those original kits.  I had three of the chrome wheels, and friends sent me extras.

 

[misterNNL]

I just finished scratch building a 1/25 scale 1937 Curtiss Aerocar 24 foot travel trailer and am now working on a tow vehicle for it. That will be a '37 International D300 cab over with a custom body. The IH is a beautiful resin piece offered years ago by the late Ray Parsons of R&R Vacuum Craft. The truck will have paint to match the trailer which is Krylon Burgundy over gloss black. The trailer has a black roof covering similar to  a vinyl top. The original Aerocars used a material called nitarite to cover the roofs on these high end fifth wheelers. That detail was duplicated on my trailer with a Rust-Oleum number 239119 multicolor textured. That duplicates the texture I needed. I painted over that with flat black then rubbed it with my fingers for a  satin finish.

You can see what the trailer looks like by Googling" Curtiss Aerocar trailer" and see the tow vehicle by looking up "Tug Boat Annie tow truck".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2018 by misterNNL
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[PARTSMARTY]

17 hours ago, slusher said:

Working on a pro shop Edsel getting back to building after a long break due to MS...

Glad to see you back to working Carl.

[misterNNL]

I just finished scratch building a 1/25 scale 1937 Curtiss Aerocar 24 foot travel trailer and am now working on a tow vehicle for it. That will be a '37 International D300 cab over with a custom body. The IH is a beautiful resin piece offered years ago by the late Ray Parsons of R&R Vacuum Craft. The truck will have paint to match the trailer which is Krylon Burgundy over gloss black. The trailer has a roof covering similar to  a vinyl top in black. The original Aerocars used a material called nitarite to cover the roofs on these high end fifth wheelers. That detail was duplicated on my trailer with a Rust-Oleum number 239119 multicolor textured. That duplicates the texture I needed. I painted over that with flat black then rubbed it with my fingers for a  satin finish.

You can see what the trailer looks like by Googling" Curtiss Aerocar" and see the tow vehicle by looking up "Tug Boat Annie tow truck".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great to hear you are back at your workbench Carl. There is definitely something positive about returning to our benches even for a little while.

 

 

[fairlane1320]

On 8/1/2018 at 11:48 AM, Bainford said:

Awesome! Love it! Is that the AMT kit?

Thx! I'm not real familiar with Pinto kits, but I think it might be this one...........

[bigdrag1]

The Wild Kat P.U

[Mike999]

What I've been building for the past 2 centuries, or at least it feels that way.  The Italeri 1/24 scale Armed Pickup, better known as a Toyota BJ-44 Land Cruiser.  Building it as used by the Amal militia in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war(s).  Here's a quick, lousy pic of the progress so far.  Getting close to the end...I hope...

 

[OldNYJim]

Scratchbuilding a C-Cab showrod:

[lordairgtar]

Trying to figure out if the Revell 442 Hurst Olds front will fit the MPC El Camino body. Olds appears a lot wider than the Elky so nope, won't work.

 

[Dragline]

You guys wanna know what I'm building? Ya wanna know what I am excelling at? Ya wanna see what ole Dragline is working on?

I nearly quit this place multiple times. I don't post like I used to. I don't care like I used to. I post epic stuff and it got passed in in favor of some 32 Ford derivative. 

The bickering ad infinatum about kits 42 people care about, and the latest insult to their collective intelligence about something NO ONE gives a $H!t about.

This WAS a fun place. There are people who I miss very much who no longer post here. They MADE a difference. They had always offered poignant views and critiques without fail.

This is what I'm up to. I build. I build to a standard. That standard has been lost. Lost to some deep place where few decide to tread. I DO NOT praise mediocrity no matter the builders skill set. I have offered direct and profound criticism to new builders that was glossed over in favor of praise, not only unwarranted, but I think damaging in the larger sense. 

So who am I to judge?

This is what Ole Dragline was up to this week. The last 5 months are so killer I won't even post them. If I come off as brash, egotistical or a just plain douchey so be it. Others who were here before me were brash. They were talented. They didn't suffer fools much, if at all. But their binding characteristic was the way they constructed and presented their work. 

In my work I strive to be excellent. I ALWAYS fall short. But during that portion of my life I learn. I am mad at this entire place selling itself short. For grasping at a straw so close no one could miss, yet missing nonetheless.

This may end up being a Swan Song for me as I feel [Like many before me} that just criticism and truth are behind us in favor of participant trophies and false praise.  I'll have no truck with any of it.

I've been watching and waiting. I wish all the newer members praise and acceptance for what they present. The future is dim indeed without you. But then I notice similar hobbies like Military, Sci Fi and Figural modeling BOOMING beyond all expectations and ask myself where is the drain? Will it hurt? Warhammer, D&D and a whole host of other modeling genres are experiencing Booms the like Automotive could only dream about, most with detailed figures and whole systems that defy description.

 

So I leave you with this. 

 

My true LOVE for car modeling is complete. I love it as though it were the food I need. I love to paint and make things real. I do that with some skill as others have noted, and to my delight.

But I am hoping for some renaissance. Where not only Bill and a few others care about accuracy. Where honest dialog can be had with companies. And where we get what we ask for the first time instead of waiting while a few pinheads decide it's OK to give us something worthwhile.

 

Meanwhile, I will finish my Warhammer army and some random figures which truly inspire me. I wish for you the same.