Old Buckaroo Posted March 13 Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Falcon Ranchero said: Finished the '53 Ford Truck right on schedule, Tuesday evening. Yesterday started number 3 re-do, the 1956 Del Ray. Should be a weekend completion. Have actually 3 others I may redo, namely my '63 Nova Wagon, '66 Wildcat, and '77 Pinto as I know they're cool cars but the way I built them was still in the "learning" zone; the Nova and Pinto having been brush painted. You should keep your brush painted builds as is , down the road a person always wishes they had their earlier built models. My suggestion, pick up the same kits and build them with your improved knowledge and skills. 2
oldcarfan Posted March 13 Posted March 13 I completed two four day mini builds this week. One is the Aoshima 1/24th Suzuki Carry food truck, done a different way. I painted it a year ago and forgot about it in the box. The Suzuki is now a tiny Overlander with a custom trailer, and the Abarth is a Euro style beater with 1/32nd Welly Alfa Romeo wheels and tires. The 1/32nd wheels work out to about 13 inches in 1/24th scale. The other is a Fujimi Abarth A112, also 1/24th. 4
Falcon Ranchero Posted March 13 Posted March 13 17 minutes ago, Old Buckaroo said: You should keep your brush painted builds as is , down the road a person always wishes they had their earlier built models. My suggestion, pick up the same kits and build them with your improved knowledge and skills. The other 3 are maybe re-do's; may or may not happen. The Nova and Pinto are more of the transition models, rather than first builds, as I started building in February of 2021, and these two were done late in 2022; the Nova being built in one day start to finish since it was December 31st 2022, also known as 2023 new years eve, so I was able to "burn the midnight oil" with that one. Kits around here are pretty hard to come by; even supplies and paint is hard to find in town, so because it may be a long while before I can get a new kit, I figured why not just rebuild some that I wasn't really satisfied with. So far the two I rebuilt already, left me very pleased with the new outcomes.
catpack68 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 (edited) Finished up polishing the Revell 71 442 I painted last year. The color is Tamiya TS-92 and the clear is Splash 2k.Interior will be white and I will use the wheels from the Lindberg/AMT 67 442 kit. Edited March 14 by catpack68 7
TransAmMike Posted March 14 Posted March 14 21 minutes ago, catpack68 said: Finished up polishing the Revell 71 442 I painted last year. The color is Tamiya TS-92 and the clear is Splash 2k.Interior will be white and I will use the wheels from the Lindberg/AMT 67 442 kit. That's gonna be a great looking 4-4-2 in that color Scott!👌 2
Bainford Posted March 14 Posted March 14 7 hours ago, oldcarfan said: I completed two four day mini builds this week. One is the Aoshima 1/24th Suzuki Carry food truck, done a different way. I painted it a year ago and forgot about it in the box. The Suzuki is now a tiny Overlander with a custom trailer, and the Abarth is a Euro style beater with 1/32nd Welly Alfa Romeo wheels and tires. The 1/32nd wheels work out to about 13 inches in 1/24th scale. The other is a Fujimi Abarth A112, also 1/24th. I am really digging the little Suzuki overlander. That thing is COOL!
oldcarfan Posted March 14 Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Bainford said: I am really digging the little Suzuki overlander. That thing is COOL! Thanks, I've been trying to go out of my comfort zone. lol
PatW Posted March 14 Posted March 14 On 3/13/2025 at 5:17 PM, oldcarfan said: I completed two four day mini builds this week. One is the Aoshima 1/24th Suzuki Carry food truck, done a different way. I painted it a year ago and forgot about it in the box. The Suzuki is now a tiny Overlander with a custom trailer, and the Abarth is a Euro style beater with 1/32nd Welly Alfa Romeo wheels and tires. The 1/32nd wheels work out to about 13 inches in 1/24th scale. The other is a Fujimi Abarth A112, also 1/24th. Superb! Especially the truck & trailer!
slusher Posted March 14 Posted March 14 23 hours ago, catpack68 said: Finished up polishing the Revell 71 442 I painted last year. The color is Tamiya TS-92 and the clear is Splash 2k.Interior will be white and I will use the wheels from the Lindberg/AMT 67 442 kit. very Sharp work! 1
Steve H Posted March 16 Posted March 16 On 3/13/2025 at 5:07 PM, catpack68 said: Finished up polishing the Revell 71 442 I painted last year. The color is Tamiya TS-92 and the clear is Splash 2k.Interior will be white and I will use the wheels from the Lindberg/AMT 67 442 kit. Great looking 442 Scott 1
Steve H Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Finished the interior for my “Plowboy” (Roger Hayes) tribute build. 5
Ulf Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) One of two trucks, I have been lying on the couch or sitting at the table almost motionless with my legs in a cast for more than two months Building has gone well but painting with all that entails will probably take another month. Building one and even two trucks has been challenging and educational, the day I go to a show I will look at the trucks with a completely different level of respect. Edited March 16 by Ulf 1
Mattilacken Posted March 16 Posted March 16 I was doing work on my mb but noticed things that irritated me as well as I managed to loose my trottle linkage that I made so I boxed the mb. So while I was watching the first F1 race for the season this morning and seeing the Aston Martin pace car roaring past several times, thanks to rain and drivers putting a tire on the white slippery lines and spinning of, I got inspired to bring out a rebuilder so I could do a quick over haul and slap it together. So I brought out the Aston Martin DBS which is one of my absolute favorite cars of al time. Got this from a forum member in a trade. While watching the race I disassembled it and sanded the bodywork. Wheels was gone so I have printed a set of my own wheels and got them painted during the afternoon as well as the interior got some semi gloss clear which made the interior come alive. And then I managed to put a layer of silver first and then a metallic orange on top of that. looking good I believe. 3
PatW Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) I found on the shelves.. But needed the chassis etc for something else, so found in the spares some wheels and arches from a McLaren Sportscar kit. so dropped my new chassis to this.. I have a few more things to do, so will finish this week. I'm annoyed that the bonnet was clear plastic and I only have a metallic blue spray at present! 77 tomorrow so out all day! Edited March 16 by PatW 3
Falcon Ranchero Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Finished the rebuild of the '56 Del Ray on Saturday, and on Sunday began working on the FINAL TWO cars I am going to rebuild; no more old ones after these two. My '63 Nova wagon is just shedding its krappy paint job, and my '61 Galaxie is getting an exciting conversion that I don't believe has ever been done before. But that's all I'll say about that. 1
Mattilacken Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Shot some clear and no polish so far, might polish the hood at least. And I made some decals for this. My 15 year old Epson does a ok job I believe. I also dusted on some primer on the GCV. 2
JollySipper Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Finished up the interior for the little Plymouth that I got in a trade here........... (Thanks, Marty! ) The tach will end up on the cowl....... The car is gonna end up a pale yellow, hopefully....... 3
JollySipper Posted March 18 Posted March 18 18 minutes ago, Dpate said: BMW half way done. Is this the Police bike? It looks great.........
Dpate Posted March 18 Posted March 18 11 minutes ago, JollySipper said: Is this the Police bike? It looks great......... 2
catpack68 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 (edited) I have been working on this one for the last few days and this evening.A 72 Nova SS for a friend.I started with the Revell 69 Nova SS kit.The color is Scale Finishes GM cream yellow with 2k clear.I should have it finished in a couple of days and I will have more details on it then. Edited March 19 by catpack68 4
OldNYJim Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Been working through printing up this 3D file that is a (somewhat) replica of the 1:24 Revell Hot Shot Midget kit from the 60s: The file isn’t great - it’s taking a lot of work to get parts close to print-ready (and I had a ‘short shot’ on the print on one corner, hence the little pink repair piece) but I’m pretty pleased with them so far and excited to get the rest of the parts printed so I can start painting them both 1
Mattilacken Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Got interior done made some seat brackets out of old floppy discs and I might have installed the seats to high up. But they look way more in scale than the kit piece. Belts are a combo out of kits world belts and Tamiya 3mm tape that I painted. screwed the body together with the chassis.. getting there.. 1
Steve H Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Got the body mounted to the chassis on my Plowboy tribute build. Also got the engine compartment detailed. 3
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