randyc Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 Finished! Dropped two of the door handles and found them. Phew! Ran into other small issues throughout and it's not perfect by any chance. But I'm happy with it. And has some wax that needs cleaning but going to let it cure for a few days first. Testors root beer extreme lacquer, for those that wonder. Interior is bare kit plastic and boot was dull coated.
Anglia105E Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 Randy..... your choice of exterior body colour for this car is excellent, and leaving the bare plastic interior colour brown seems to go well with the body colour. Very nice indeed. David
bbowser Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 Very nicely done! Those Heller kits are quirky, you did a great job.
89AKurt Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Really sweet and beautiful subject, and it looks great from here!
peekay Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 That's one you don't see built that often. Very nice indeed!
randyc Posted August 27, 2019 Author Posted August 27, 2019 12 hours ago, bbowser said: Very nicely done! Those Heller kits are quirky, you did a great job. Not too many quirks with this one - the only real issue was my fault for not test fitting and trying to force the spindle into the lower a frame - broke the ball joint. Had to rebuild with plastic rod. It is kinda spindly looking. I guess "quirky" could be the way it goes together with the long sides of interior and all though. SO yes, it is different from other brands, but it did go together pretty well. I have a Delahaye and the Bugatti witih the ugly wheels coming up sometime. 3 hours ago, peekay said: That's one you don't see built that often. Very nice indeed! And I don't necessarily get why these aren't built more often. I like this particular car because it folds in nicely with my collection of American 40s/50s cars. Availability may be part of that?
Anglia105E Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 I am pleased to hear that you ended up feeling good about this build, Randy..... I would agree that Heller kits can be a bit quirky, but the completed model does look really nice. Funny that you should mention your possible future builds from Heller kits, because I too have the Delahaye 135 and the Bugatti T50 waiting in boxes, having built the Talbot Lago Record and also the Citroen Traction Avant. David
Richard Bartrop Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Very nice! Did you thin those wire wheels, or is that how they are out of the box?
randyc Posted August 27, 2019 Author Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard Bartrop said: Very nice! Did you thin those wire wheels, or is that how they are out of the box? I assembled straight from box. That was too shiny. I did dull coat the brake drum before I assembled so it was dulled down. After I assembled, I took some stainless steel metallizer and hand painted under the front layer and the sides and voids of the front layer, then wiped the excess off the front layer. Don't use 91% alcohol as it will remove the chrome. But I did not thin anything, just paint detailing to give a little depth and make the front layer stick out. If I were doing it again, I think I'd dull coat everything but the front layer and still use the SS metallizer on the sides to make them look thinner. To force the depth persepctive, the back layer could be even darker I think. Then a middle shade on middle layer. And do it all BEFORE I glued them up. I was going to leave them til I was working on another set of molded one piece wheels and thought that more depth would help on these.
randyc Posted August 27, 2019 Author Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Anglia105E said: I am pleased to hear that you ended up feeling good about this build, Randy..... I would agree that Heller kits can be a bit quirky, but the completed model does look really nice. Funny that you should mention your possible future builds from Heller kits, because I too have the Delahaye 135 and the Bugatti T50 waiting in boxes, having built the Talbot Lago Record and also the Citroen Traction Avant. David I'm building these for a friend, so no rush and the Record ended up being my favorite of the Hellers because it fits my collection, which it will be part of for a few months til I tire of looking at it. I have started some cleaning of parts and intial gluing on the other Hellers, but nothing else.
Richard Bartrop Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Yeah, I found out the hard way about the alcohol. Also some chrome is more sensitive to alcohol than others. Heller does make some of the best. wire wheels.
Eric Macleod Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Absolutely beautiful model. I like this one a lot.
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