What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)

[Brudda]

17 hours ago, keyser said:

Repeat use, but very applicable here. 
Nice work on the Miura and CSX. 

Thank you keyser

[Brudda]

Installed rear suspension and exhaust on a agora 1/8 scale Lamborghini Miura.

[Brudda]

22 hours ago, Brudda said:

Installed rear suspension and exhaust on a agora 1/8 scale Lamborghini Miura.

Added rear brakes, sway bar, fuel filter, hooked up fuel lines. Installed bracing and overflow tank. I really like this kit. 

[Russell C]

Seeing how a couple of other guys here have builds going for the GSL-XXVIII Contest's "Revell '29 Ford Roadster Common Kit Class" (4th class description down at this page for those who don't know about it), I needed to get something going for that myself. Sliced out the deck lid tonight using my thinnest razor saw. That took a while. Clamped in the sides temporarily since they hold the floor down, was wondering what the trunk floor looks like with the lid off ....

[Joe Handley]

Did a little spray out work on some spoons today.  Laid the Duplicolor sealer-primer a few days ago then shot some more of the Testors black paints from the speed shapes as well as a little Diamond Dust. Didn’t have the bubble issues again with the Blazing Black, though it did happen with one of the spoons I shot in the silver.

 

I’m planning on using some of the Testors color flip top coats to see how they work over colors other than gloss black as well as with a matte top coat.

[Bullybeef]

Closed in the horribly butchered hood for this 67 Falcon that I’m semi restoring/updating, the goofy looking intake was missing the carbs, so I decided to wedge a cammer 427 in. Purists may hate me, but this looks so much better without the ridiculous gasser rake. The paint is not the greatest and I’m torn on keeping it, but the decals are its only saving grace atm. 

[Joe Handley]

Didn’t post this hear last night, wet sanded the speed form that had the paint issue last night as well as wet sanded and polished one I shot in Duplicolor primer, one of their glitter effect clears then their regular clear a few years back.  Just need wax to finish the work!

 

[Joe Handley]

Well, the reshoot of the speed shape that I had paint issues with turned out pretty decent, not perfect, but decent.

[PatW]

Whilst waiting for my new LEGO Vespa to turn up, I started an Airfix Aston Martin that had been on the shelf 15+ years.

I preferred the yellow interior to dark black! 

 

[Chuck Most]

Not really model car work, but my basement started flooding for the first time in several years, and naturally my sump pump decided to take a dump sometime during 11pm and 7AM on Wednesday/Thursday, so I moved a few large UHAUL boxes of models up to higher ground. Water never got much deeper than 3" or so but it's definitely gonna be damp down there for a spell. Fortunately none were on the floor (a few were last summer...) . May have lost some decals but no big deal, nothing in those boxes rare or impossible to replace (hence why they were in the basement to begin with). 

[PatW]

4 hours ago, Chuck Most said:

Not really model car work, but my basement started flooding for the first time in several years, and naturally my sump pump decided to take a dump sometime during 11pm and 7AM on Wednesday/Thursday, so I moved a few large UHAUL boxes of models up to higher ground. Water never got much deeper than 3" or so but it's definitely gonna be damp down there for a spell. Fortunately none were on the floor (a few were last summer...) . May have lost some decals but no big deal, nothing in those boxes rare or impossible to replace (hence why they were in the basement to begin with). 

Well Chuck I contribute to about five or six forums, and someone else has also had the same problem as you recently but a 'deeper' experience. They also had a sump pump blockage. All the best on sorting out the damp and getting rid of it'

 

[Chuck Most]

20 hours ago, PatW said:

Well Chuck I contribute to about five or six forums, and someone else has also had the same problem as you recently but a 'deeper' experience. They also had a sump pump blockage. All the best on sorting out the damp and getting rid of it'

 

Friend of mine had his basement flood (and I mean REALLY flood, as in, all the way to the first floor) so I got off pretty easy. I have a habit of not storing anything I care about and/or can't replace down there for a reason, the bad part is the unused upstairs bedroom looks like the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark at this point. Serves me right for buying the house in a valley next to a pond anyway. ?

[NOBLNG]

Not really model work…but I added four shelves to my display cabinet that I recently acquired. That increases the capacity from 20 to 36 models.?

[Russell C]

Confirmed this morning that my cardboard template was right on target for how much to add to the frame of  Revell '29 Ford Roadster in order to accommodate an inline engine. Sliced off the highboy frame in the kit ahead of the engine mounts and added about "yay much" (hold your thumb and index finger about an inch apart) of the channeled frame to the front, wire-pegged for added strength. This is for the 2023 GSL-XXVIII Contest's "Revell '29 Ford Roadster Common Kit Class" - most guys' entries will likely have V8s, but we'll have to see how far into the minority of inlines I'll be. When I get a bit more done on this, I'll start up a WIP thread here.

[PatW]

18 hours ago, Chuck Most said:

Friend of mine had his basement flood (and I mean REALLY flood, as in, all the way to the first floor) so I got off pretty easy. I have a habit of not storing anything I care about and/or can't replace down there for a reason, the bad part is the unused upstairs bedroom looks like the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark at this point. Serves me right for buying the house in a valley next to a pond anyway. ?

We have very few houses with basements. Only very expensive city houses were built with them in the 1800's. We still don't take the benefit of them in 'standard' housing as I see it. We just built directly 'on the ground' and waste the possible amount of room underneath.

[Chuck Most]

43 minutes ago, PatW said:

We have very few houses with basements. Only very expensive city houses were built with them in the 1800's. We still don't take the benefit of them in 'standard' housing as I see it. We just built directly 'on the ground' and waste the possible amount of room underneath.

Here they're fairly common in colder climates. Not so much in places like California or Texas. Or so I've heard. I have the basic "creepy Michigan dungeon" style basement. Years ago, such an affair would contain a water cistern (mine is still there but it's been blocked off since the 40s) and a place for cool storage of perishables. Fairly common in rural areas, but obviously those two purposes don't really apply in the modern age. I even have an "ice house" on the property, which was basically the pre-electricity version of a walk-in freezer. Mostly my basement is dedicated to the plumbing (water pump and heater are down there), laundry, and the house's HVAC system, which is pretty typical. Also typical is having that stuff somewhat elevated, for those times when flooding occurs. ?

[PatW]

12 hours ago, Chuck Most said:

Here they're fairly common in colder climates. Not so much in places like California or Texas. Or so I've heard. I have the basic "creepy Michigan dungeon" style basement. Years ago, such an affair would contain a water cistern (mine is still there but it's been blocked off since the 40s) and a place for cool storage of perishables. Fairly common in rural areas, but obviously those two purposes don't really apply in the modern age. I even have an "ice house" on the property, which was basically the pre-electricity version of a walk-in freezer. Mostly my basement is dedicated to the plumbing (water pump and heater are down there), laundry, and the house's HVAC system, which is pretty typical. Also typical is having that stuff somewhat elevated, for those times when flooding occurs. ?

Thanks for your info Chuck. We had a few years ago during the build of a new town nearby a 'Future Homes' build of various new ideas in design/layout etc. These had basements for sport areas, snooker, table tennis etc plus cinema rooms. They also had in the walls a vacuum pipe that used with a vacuum hose enabled all dust etc to be sucked into a holding tank in the basement. Also a laundry tube from all the rooms above down into a laundry area.  

[Tabbysdaddy]

The water table is too high to have a basement here. 

[Chuck Most]

Long story short... one day my reply to "What did you get today" will be "the basement sealed".  ?

[Straightliner59]

After four years or so, I finally got tired of looking at this windscreen, sitting on my workbench; It's now attached to its dragster.

[OldNYJim]

That lil' rail is a work of art...wow!

[Straightliner59]

13 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

That lil' rail is a work of art...wow!

Thank you, buddy! Much appreciated!

[PatW]

Second day on the LEGO Vespa 125, the rear with the number plate and the body with the front and rear seats. As a 16-17 year old I had a Lambretta 125 quite a few of my 'MOD' mates had vespa's.

[PatW]

Well it's been an interesting build, but it's not quite finished. First picture is the engine and the second is very close to the finish, with side panels, steering, stand and headlight fitted.

A few blocks just need a squeeze up.

Edited April 4, 2022 by PatW

[OldNYJim]

Still playing with my mostly-3D-printed ‘34 truck.

The problem with designing and printing almost everything yourself is having to design and print everything yourself…but on the flipside I could build another one of these trucks really quickly now if I wanted! ?