Vince66 Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Also 3 red rims one replacement grey wobblie. Ignore the cracker box it's only a few months old just painted it's engine at the same time as cow chow powers 8V71. The end is in sight now.
Snake45 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Posted May 26, 2019 New page, which means it's Update Time. Round 3: FINISH DATE JUNE 30 2019 RobertW: Hasegawa Lockheed Neptune Straightliner59: Junior Fueler Dragster MAKING STEADY PROGRESS! BelugaWRX: Wolf WR1 Mod3lLover: Mustang Dave Branson: Fujimi BMW H5 FOURTH COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE! Moving on to Chaparral 2D NAFAW9: HO scale Boss 302, HO scale Freightliner MAKING PROGRESS! Geemoney: ’34 Ford Disconovaman: Probably some kind of pickup—’55 Ford? Bobthehobbyguy: ’32 Ford 5-window Bandit1: Peterbilt 377 Prostreeter69: ’48 Ford Snake45: ’66 Chevelle, '65 Riviera MAKING STEADY PROGRESS ON BOTH! SuperbirdMcMonte: '70 Monte Carlo FIRST COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE! Moving on to Austin Gasser THIRD COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE! Moving on to '58 Impala Modlbldr: '65 Mustang Cdubya: '55 Chevy SECOND COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE! JunkyardJeff: '34 Ford truck RemingtonBox: Nissan GTR Tom Geiger: '50 Ford pickup
disconovaman Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 I'm quite embarrassed to say that I haven't been able to get any model car work accomplished for awhile. Yesterday was the club meet and the first time in a month since l touched a model. I gotta get back on the horse. lol! No excuses but I currently have my house listed for sale and with all the small repair projects and cleaning up, just been too busy with goings on around here... Here is what I dug out and will try to get back on before the month's end... with any luck, thanks guys... Also letting my fellow club menbers down isn't the norm for me but they are still busy building and that inspires me...
Straightliner59 Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 15 hours ago, Snake45 said: Straightliner59: Junior Fueler Dragster MAKING STEADY PROGRESS! I have the body fitted. I have a couple of quick things to finish, that will require pulling it off, one last time, then, I can mount it, for good! I am hoping to have the rear wheels mounted, before I go to bed, tomorrow morning! Then, it's on to finishing the front wheels...
Snake45 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Posted May 26, 2019 4 hours ago, disconovaman said: I'm quite embarrassed to say that I haven't been able to get any model car work accomplished for awhile. Yesterday was the club meet and the first time in a month since l touched a model. I gotta get back on the horse. lol! No excuses but I currently have my house listed for sale and with all the small repair projects and cleaning up, just been too busy with goings on around here... Here is what I dug out and will try to get back on before the month's end... with any luck, thanks guys... Also letting my fellow club menbers down isn't the norm for me but they are still busy building and that inspires me... PLEASE tell me you're not even THINKING of building that nice, rare '65 Chevelle AWB body in that outrageous, unrealistic, illegal stance. PLEASE tell me it's just random parts that happen to be sitting together.
disconovaman Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: PLEASE tell me you're not even THINKING of building that nice, rare '65 Chevelle AWB It's not mine, it belongs to a member of the local club I'm in. He's got like 10 of those ultra rare 65 chevelle kits. And he does some pretty weird stuff so I wouldn't put it past him... lol! I'm not even exaggerating either This guy has more than 6,000 kits in his bacement... it looks like a warehouse full of models! here is proof of the Chevelles!
Snake45 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Posted May 26, 2019 Be still my heart! Here I am trying to save/recover three or four of them that are in horrendous shape.
Snake45 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 As apparent ringmaster of this circus I am awarding an HONORARY COMPLETED to Can Con for his '67 Bonneville. He enrolled the car in Round 2 but unfortunately not for Round 3 (unless I missed a post--if so, someone tell me). It's great to see it completed, one way or the other. GOTTER DONE!
Superbird McMonte Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) What do I do.... I painted my 1958 Impala many years ago with MCW paint. I just painted Scale Finishes Anniversary Gold and it is not the same.... MCW shade is much more accurate. Edited May 27, 2019 by Superbird McMonte
Tom Geiger Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 Been working a bit... this is a 1950 Ford Jitney bus like you'd take for a tour of a tropical island. The back was made from sides of the Monogram Tom Daniel Paddy wagon many years ago. I was away for the entire 3 day weekend so I got to sit down for a bit over my lunch hour today. I stared at it for quite a while. Then I mocked up the seats inside after many different ideas. And here it is with the roof mocked up on it.
dave branson Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 10:29 PM, dave branson said: Alright I am going to jump back in with Monogram Chaparral Coupe. Fred Cady decals and Gofer decals were used Finished the Chaparral last night.
Straightliner59 Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 2 hours ago, dave branson said: Finished the Chaparral last night. It's very cool! Nice work, Dave.
Straightliner59 Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 The body, the brakes and the slicks are on the car! I guess it's about time to build another front wheel, and get them painted and installed.
Snake45 Posted May 29, 2019 Author Posted May 29, 2019 8 hours ago, dave branson said: Finished the Chaparral last night. Dave, you're our FIFTH COMPLETION for this round! GOTTER DONE! Noted for the next update!
Straightliner59 Posted June 2, 2019 Posted June 2, 2019 Just a bit of clean up, then join the halves, and get some sort of finish on them. But, it's on all four wheels!
Snake45 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Posted June 2, 2019 I'm beginning to think you're going to make it! Drive on and GITTER DONE!
Straightliner59 Posted June 2, 2019 Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: I'm beginning to think you're going to make it! Drive on and GITTER DONE! They're done!
Straightliner59 Posted June 2, 2019 Posted June 2, 2019 14 minutes ago, Snake45 said: Great looking wheels! Thanks, Snake!
Straightliner59 Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Since the last update, I have added the "rollout" plate, fashioned some tabs for the body, (although the one on the right side of the car has disappeared inside the cockpit, somewhere), added the mag kill switch and wiring and got the steering set up.I also installed the valve covers,which really look tall, with the spacer plates under them. Apparently these SBC cars used tall cams, so, the valve covers had to match, and this was a few years before Moroso's stamped aluminum covers came along. She's rolling! Getting very close to doing the induction setup. I have already begun working on the manifold. She's gettin' done, Snake!
Snake45 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 ’65 Riv update: Couple guys told me they’d send me the hood I need for the Riv, but none was forthcoming, so I starting trying to cut down and adapt a hood from the ’66 Wildcat. And then, the day after I made the cuts, Superbird McMonte (My New Favorite Person) came through with a pair of resin copies. These were not only adequate, they’re magnificent, easily on par with the best resin I’ve ever seen from the likes of Modelhaus, Motor City, etc. All they required was just knocking the razor-edge off the borders; fit is absolutely perfect. GREAT BIG GIANT THANKS TO SUPERBIRD! The Riv is now in primer (Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer, smoothed with #600 wetordry). Paint to follow soon. Meanwhile, work continues on the ’66 Chevelle. If you’ve never built this kit (or tried to), this pic might not look like much, but it represents about three evenings of work. The hood has a HUGE hole in it, into which fits an insert piece with the base of the snorkel-like pro stock scoop, which I didn’t want to use. The insert doesn’t fit very will, with big gaps on all three sides. I liquid-cemented it in place, cut and filed off the snorkel, then filled the gaps with LocTite Superglue Gel (ask for it by name!). This stuff has the amazing property of taking on the color of whatever is around or under it, so the whole front end looks like one solid piece in this pic, even though it’s not. A peek at the underside shows the insert—where it is and how big and so forth. So here's where it is now--I hope to get at least primer on it this weekend.
Superbird McMonte Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, Snake45 said: And then, the day after I made the cuts, Superbird McMonte (My New Favorite Person) came through with a pair of resin copies. These were not only adequate, they’re magnificent, easily on par with the best resin I’ve ever seen from the likes of Modelhaus, Motor City, etc. All they required was just knocking the razor-edge off the borders; fit is absolutely perfect. GREAT BIG GIANT THANKS TO SUPERBIRD! Always glad to help a fellow modeler!??
Lordmodelbuilder Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Digging the look of both your cars Snake. Might have to get myself a Riviera kit to build. Are the wheels on yours from the kit or?
Snake45 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 9 hours ago, Lordmodelbuilder said: Digging the look of both your cars Snake. Might have to get myself a Riviera kit to build. Are the wheels on yours from the kit or? They're from one of the many reissues of the AMT '62 Corvette. They're the closest thing I had on hand to the Astro Dish wheels in the original issue (I don't know what happened to my originals). I don't know what wheels are in the latest reissue. Usually I paint the "dish" of such wheels flat aluminum or flat steel, but I think I'm gonna leave these in Blingy Chrome, at least for a while. They seem to fit the vibe of the car. (You'll see when it's done.)
Tom Geiger Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) Non-progress report! My '50 Ford pickup project is ticking me off! I had bought a number of different hardware store type paints in yellow since the original builder told me that's what he used. This was my quest to match the light yellow on the truck. Not to happen! Anyway, since I already owned the paint, I squirted Krylon Indoor / Outdoor Bauhaus Gold onto the fender unit. It has a banner across the can "Dries in less than 10 minutes" Bull Hockey! As in "Whey We Don't Mess With Cheapo Paint". The instructions state to recoat within 10 minutes or after 24 hours... which right there tells you it ain't dry! I waited more than a day and then recoated. Paint immediately crinkled up. So I took a deep breath. Waited a few days and sanded it all out. The fenders were originally painted last Friday. I sanded them out on Monday and shot them again yesterday. Still some issues. The hood was a different story. The red is Duplicolor, which dries dull and needs a clear coat. The hood was the worst. Both second and third coats, with massive sanding in between went crazy! So I have spent a week screwing around with this $4 can of paint. I'm kinda stuck right now since I don't want to start all over, but if I had done it all Duplicolor or Plasticote, I'd be done and onto final assembly! Argh! And don't be telling me "buy a dehydrator" because I won't be needing it. I won't use hardware garbage paint again! It's all automotive paint, or model paints from here on out. Edited June 7, 2019 by Tom Geiger
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