"Bring Out Your Dead" Completion Build--ROUND 2 Is On!

[dave branson]

On 10/2/2019 at 9:00 PM, dave branson said:

Okay here is mine for the next build. This a RMR resin kit I started about 15 years ago time to get it done.

Got r done. I will jump back in next couple of days.

[LL3 Model Worx]

Ok, I've been motivated to make "another go" at it...

The Joker "Goon Car" has been in the box since last year, after 3 unsatisfactory paint jobs.

Round 1: Since this is meant to represent a quickly/badly painted getaway car I tried doing the body with a can of rustoleum 2x "lavender" over a black primer base to darken up the purple... well the paint went on excellent, it actually looked too good, but the color was way off. Still far too creamy and not enough purple.

Round: 2 (this is where it gets hairy) I decided I need a darker purple... so, I go into the ridiculously large stash of nos model master spray cans and pull out some candy grape metallic (what was I thinking) so, being impatient and wanting this thing over and done, I decide to shoot from the can instead of decanting... (rookie mistake)  the no pressure can (and the idiot operator) commenced to hose the body with a transluscent globby mess reminiscent of grape jelly until the car looked like it belonged between two peices of white bread with the crusts cut off.

So, instead of stripping (keep in mind its supposed to be a "junker") I sand the majority of the smuckers off.

Round 3: I mix up some purple enamel for the AB and I selected Napolionic violet and with a shot of plum crazy, and commenced to shooting the body, it turned out pretty decent, except I failed to realize Napoleonic violet is a FLAT color, and I didn't really want to put a clear on it. So,I just went ahead and taped off and shot the roof with sublime green, which turned out great. But by this point I was burned out, and still unhappy with the body, and then realized in my frustration and haste I had forgotten to paint the hood.

I'll unveiled the body a little later but here is the engine/chassis I've that I've gotten nearly complete.

So, turns out I only have this one pic, ill post more tonight after work.

 

Edited November 28, 2019 by LL3 Model Worx

[dave branson]

Next up for me is the Tamiya 1/20 Honda F-1 RA-272. Started about 12 years ago.

[LL3 Model Worx]

I got it done today before work!

Excuse the bad lighting, I'll have to make myself a "photo box" for future posts.

 

 

Little bit of a cruddy tan interior.... I made the "carpet" from card stock, that I got damp and scrubbed with a wire brush. Then a few washes of tan paint and done.

About as "done" as I'm prepared to make it. 

I may eventually attach some mirrors and some other small stuff like an antenna, but other than that, its finally a wrap after about a year in the box.

[Snake45]

Big congrats to Dave Branson and LL3 Model Worx! GOTTEM DONE! 

Which reminds me, we're long overdue for a status update, so here it is: 

 

ROUND 5: FINISH DATE DECEMBER 31, 2019

Straightliner59: SS/GT Firebird

#1 Model Citizen: '49 Ford Tudor

Dave Branson: RMR Resin Van FIRST COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE! Moving on to Honda F-1

Misha: ‘49 Ford

Tom Geiger: Trabant 600 Panel Wagon

Prostreeter69: Pro Street Bronco

Bobthehobbyguy: Ghost Rider Corvette

Modlbldr: '64 Tbolt

Snake45: '66 Chevelle

TarheelRick: '69 SC/Rambler

Bernard Kron: '29 Ford roadster MAKING GREAT PROGRESS!

LL3 Model Worx: Joker Goon Car SECOND COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE!

 

Okay gang, we've got about a month left in Round Five. Let's GITTER DONE! 

[Tom Geiger]

I have the Trabbie out of the box and on the bench.  I have putty drying around the head light surrounds as the gap was too wide. I’ll have to sand it flush and then scribe in a suitable gap.  

[LL3 Model Worx]

I guess I'm gonna resurrect the "Blundermobile" (amt 89 batmobile) out of its box next and try and fix my fail...

Anyone know how to get CA glue off a paint job without ruining the paint, I'm all ears!

If I have to strip and repaint I'm gonna be a very unhappy camper, as it was a very difficult color/sequence to obtain, and me (like a dummy) didnt write any of it down!!

[Tom Geiger]

33 minutes ago, LL3 Model Worx said:

If I have to strip and repaint I'm gonna be a very unhappy camper, as it was a very difficult color/sequence to obtain, and me (like a dummy) didnt write any of it down!!

Oh I know that feeling!  Sometimes when I open an unfinished project I cannot identify the paint I used or remember just where I was with the build.  I might as well as started with someone elses old project! 

[LL3 Model Worx]

10 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

Oh I know that feeling!  Sometimes when I open an unfinished project I cannot identify the paint I used or remember just where I was with the build.  I might as well as started with someone elses old project! 

Yea, it's a real pain...

I do remember it was a long drawn out process, had to paint in extremely thin (think overspray) coats to achieve the right color/sheen effect.

You wouldn't think "black" would be that difficult, but this was/is one difficult cookie to crumble... especially in scale.

It took me days worth of research/reading and testing to come up with the right approach... and now I do not know what that was.

All for 1 spot of super glue! 

Oh well, I'll try for an update with pics here soon, in the meantime this was it in the initial build phase..

Disregard those bronze colored wheels, that is definitely not the final result.

[DPNM]

57 minutes ago, LL3 Model Worx said:

Anyone know how to get CA glue off a paint job

One thing that I know of is fingernail polish remover. If it would do it... 

 

1 hour ago, LL3 Model Worx said:

without ruining the paint

... I can't say for certain.

You may want to try it on some other prepainted thing first. Fingernail polish remover is not as "hot" as lacquer thinner so it MIGHT work.

[LL3 Model Worx]

10 minutes ago, DPNM said:

One thing that I know of is fingernail polish remover. If it would do it... 

 

... I can't say for certain.

You may want to try it on some other prepainted thing first. Fingernail polish remover is not as "hot" as lacquer thinner so it MIGHT work.

Yea, acetone isn't lacquer thinner hot in most cases.

Problem is I painted this thing 100% acrylic.

Now, it has had well over 16 months to cure lol, but I'm still uncertain the acetone or even Lacquer thinner wouldn't somehow lift or eat the paint.

Guess I'm gonna have to try something either way. Worst case I strip and try and duplicate the paint job.

I've kicked myself ever since the "incident".

But I have multiples of this kit, so I can just retry if all else fails.

Come to think of it, if it fails I'll just shoot it gloss black and make it the "returns car" and then try the 89 Car on another kit.

Edited November 30, 2019 by LL3 Model Worx

[Snake45]

You'll have to sand (or file) the superglue off. Limit the area as tight as you can. 

Then hit it with a spot of Hot Rod Primer. Hey, Batman has to drive through the bad part of town every now and then, same as the rest of us. Stuff happens. 

Or I could offer you a couple Coke decals? 

[LL3 Model Worx]

2 hours ago, Snake45 said:

You'll have to sand (or file) the superglue off. Limit the area as tight as you can. 

Then hit it with a spot of Hot Rod Primer. Hey, Batman has to drive through the bad part of town every now and then, same as the rest of us. Stuff happens. 

Or I could offer you a couple Coke decals? 

That is both shameful and hilarious ? To ad insult to injury, it wasn't even Coke, it was Diet Coke... for the Caped Crusader!!

If all else fails, I will PM you for that decal ?‍♂️

Come to think of it, I could slap a Joker decal on the blemish from the "Goon car" decal sheet...

Lemonade from lemons I guess?

But seriously, I will PM you if need be lol!

Edited November 30, 2019 by LL3 Model Worx

[LL3 Model Worx]

Here's the culprit glue blob...

The whole car is wired with about 78 strands of fiber optic iir.

That's what made the glue blob all the more devastating.

Here she is... the Blundermobile.

I'm honestly not sure after pulling it out of the box tonight if I'm really prepared to tackle it...

It will take copious amounts of bourbon and midnight oil to get through it.

Feel l like I should just stow it back away.

On the bright side, all the lights still work/sequence and change color properly.

 

[bobthehobbyguy]

I vote for the joker sticker over the glue spot. Just the type of thing the joker would do. I agree trying to match that finish would be difficult and not easy to repaint with all the wiring. 

[Snake45]

LL3, ever watch Forged in Fire on the History Channel? Four metalsmiths are given three hours to turn some chunk(s) of random steel into a working knife that will be put to several rigorous tests. Most of these knives aren't pretty at all, but most of them are entirely functional. 

That's what many of our BOYD models are like. Many of them got sentenced to the Shelf of Doom because we'd been building along on a "perfect" model and then something happened to ruin the perfect and we lost interest and momentum. The BOYD build provides us with a perfect excuse to parole these models from the SOD and "finish" them up, imperfect or flawed as they are. And I daresay that many of us have found this to be a fun and rewarding endeavor. I certainly have. 

So don't be afraid to present us with a flawed model. The whole idea is to cross the finish line. It doesn't matter if you're covered in sweat and your hair is mussed and your shoes have come untied. Just GITTER DONE! 

[LL3 Model Worx]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

LL3, ever watch Forged in Fire on the History Channel? Four metalsmiths are given three hours to turn some chunk(s) of random steel into a working knife that will be put to several rigorous tests. Most of these knives aren't pretty at all, but most of them are entirely functional. 

That's what many of our BOYD models are like. Many of them got sentenced to the Shelf of Doom because we'd been building along on a "perfect" model and then something happened to ruin the perfect and we lost interest and momentum. The BOYD build provides us with a perfect excuse to parole these models from the SOD and "finish" them up, imperfect or flawed as they are. And I daresay that many of us have found this to be a fun and rewarding endeavor. I certainly have. 

So don't be afraid to present us with a flawed model. The whole idea is to cross the finish line. It doesn't matter if you're covered in sweat and your hair is mussed and your shoes have come untied. Just GITTER DONE! 

I have watched the show, yes.

I just don't know about this one Snake, its ALOT and I'm just not motivated enough to get it done at the moment, but I'll try and look for some inspiration today and mull it over.

The wife is getting me a polar lights 66 kit for Christmas. That one will take a long time as I really wanna nail it, and actually paint the stripes rather than decal. Also light it as well.

[Bernard Kron]

I did several small but important tasks on the way to finishing this up. Most importantly I made an additional layer of decals to outline the numbers in black and add a drop shadow. This serves to highlight the numbers which looked a bit washed out before. Now the gold really up shows up against the body colors. I also added a push bar, constructing a bracing structure and bar from styrene tubing and rod. Lastly I added team and car names. The entrants, Nichols & Dimas, are on the hood. Thus the car number and the car name, “Nickels & Dimes”, a hat-tip to the inspiration for the project, the Triple Nickel.

Now to finish up the grill and fit the hood and then wrestle the tonneau cover into shape. Shouldn’t be long to completion now.

Thanx for lookin’,
B.

 

[LL3 Model Worx]

4 hours ago, Bernard Kron said:

I did several small but important tasks on the way to finishing this up. Most importantly I made an additional layer of decals to outline the numbers in black and add a drop shadow. This serves to highlight the numbers which looked a bit washed out before. Now the gold really up shows up against the body colors. I also added a push bar, constructing a bracing structure and bar from styrene tubing and rod. Lastly I added team and car names. The entrants, Nichols & Dimas, are on the hood. Thus the car number and the car name, “Nickels & Dimes”, a hat-tip to the inspiration for the project, the Triple Nickel.

Now to finish up the grill and fit the hood and then wrestle the tonneau cover into shape. Shouldn’t be long to completion now.

Thanx for lookin’,
B.

 

Lookin real good!

 

[Snake45]

On 11/11/2019 at 9:51 PM, Snake45 said:

Just a couple quick "proof of life" shots of my Monogram '66 Chevelle project. The entire (flip) front end has now been wet-sanded, and the right side of the body, but not yet the right side, top, or trunk. Paint is Testor Root Beer with Wet Look Clear. 

Still making progress on this. Got the rest of the body color-sanded, and now have the front end polished out. Have started on the chassis. Broke down the glue bomb Chevelle and '64 GTO I bought to complete this build. Tore the Chevelle engine apart, cleaned it up, repainted the block. Started trying to fit it into the GTO chassis. What a nightmare! Found out it's gonna take major re-engineering to get the Chevelle's side-exit headers into the GTO chassis. MUCH filing, cutting, fitting-and-trying involved. More work than I thought. Oh well, still have about three weeks to GITTER DONE. 

[Bernard Kron]

This Project is now complete except for some minor cleanup. Final “beauty shots” should be done tomorrow. In the meantime here's a cutaway teaser.

Thanx to all who followed along,
B.

 

Edited December 10, 2019 by Bernard Kron

[bisc63]

Bernard, that's a sweet little racer!  Well done.

[Bernard Kron]

Thanx Rusty!

Here are the final "beauty shots". Thanks for starting this thread and providing an incentive to "get 'er done". If thinking about other unlfinished projects in my stash that might fit in the 3 weeks left in 2019... We;ll see.

And again, thanx to all who followed along,
B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Snake45]

Fabulous, Bernard! I'll mark you down as DONE for the next update. 

If you can't get another one done by the end of the year, don't worry, we'll probably have a Round 6. (I hope!) 

[Bernard Kron]

19 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Fabulous, Bernard! I'll mark you down as DONE for the next update. 

If you can't get another one done by the end of the year, don't worry, we'll probably have a Round 6. (I hope!) 

Many thanks for the opportunity! Getting back to an old set-aside like this is always a bit concerning in case I might have "lost the plot", so to speak. In this case I was surprised how far along I had gotten. The original motor was giving me trouble, especially with headers, and the paint had concerned me. Switching to the Caddy and working with well-cured paint for clean-up and touch ups made the difference.