What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)

[meechum68]

Thanks John!

 

 

[JollySipper]

Been working on a 250 testa rossa from Hasegawa......... It really is a nice kit. You can barely see it, but there's a 'gasket' painted under the carbs and I attempted to paint the valve cover bolts...........

 

[johnyrotten]

12 minutes ago, JollySipper said:

Been working on a 250 testa rossa from Hasegawa......... It really is a nice kit. You can barely see it, but there's a 'gasket' painted under the carbs and I attempted to paint the valve cover bolts...........

 

I try and do the same little things. That's looking great 👍 👍

[johnyrotten]

Started wrapping this one up. Had to re-spray the front chrome. Fusionfirm will leave a fingerprint if you don't use the varnish, long story there.

[meechum68]

19 minutes ago, JollySipper said:

Been working on a 250 testa rossa from Hasegawa......... It really is a nice kit. You can barely see it, but there's a 'gasket' painted under the carbs and I attempted to paint the valve cover bolts...........

 

Looking good!! 

3 minutes ago, johnyrotten said:

Started wrapping this one up. Had to re-spray the front chrome. Fusionfirm will leave a fingerprint if you don't use the varnish, long story there.

Nice!  It's coming along nicely!

[oldcarfan]

19 hours ago, PatW said:

Thanks Gary. I buy my own white or clear backed decal paper and run it through our ordinary printer, two coats of gloss clear each dried for at least an hour. then ready to cut out and dip in warm to hot water.

I tried that, but we otherwise use the printer so little anymore it's usually not worth it. Do the decals you make come out pretty opaque? I've had some trouble with the laser printer making some colors a little transparent. 

[PatW]

6 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

I tried that, but we otherwise use the printer so little anymore it's usually not worth it. Do the decals you make come out pretty opaque? I've had some trouble with the laser printer making some colors a little transparent. 

As long as the colour cartridges are reasonably new the colour comes out crisp and bright.

[Falcon Ranchero]

13 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

Started wrapping this one up. Had to re-spray the front chrome. Fusionfirm will leave a fingerprint if you don't use the varnish, long story there.

Black with red interior; arguably one of the best combos. Oddly enough though I only did that combo once with my custom 1965 Bonneville. Looks very nice so far, can wait to see it done.

[johnyrotten]

15 minutes ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

Black with red interior; arguably one of the best combos. Oddly enough though I only did that combo once with my custom 1965 Bonneville. Looks very nice so far, can wait to see it done.

If I can manage not to screw up the chrome again(3rd time), should be pretty soon.  That interior really pops in the sunlight. Thanks for the compliment. 

[Cool Hand]

Completed my 12th DDA model kit.

Starting to see a problem here. None have been painted black 🤔 might have to do something about that 🤣 

 

[meechum68]

The only problem I see is a lack that your count isn't 20 ... you need to pump up those numbers! 

Excellent work! Great colors and styles! 

[meechum68]

I got paint laid on the wife's 57 Fairlane.  I have to do the door inners, and then it's assembly time with some spot painting.  

 

[Cool Hand]

9 hours ago, meechum68 said:

The only problem I see is a lack that your count isn't 20 ... you need to pump up those numbers! 

Excellent work! Great colors and styles! 

😄 Shouldnt be too long and it will be 20.

Im ahead of the game with 6 bodys painted and 2 needing clear coats 😉

Thanks.

[Russell C]

Call this "Edselizing" a '60 Fairlane. Since the arch-warped promo I got back in late 2023 is going to be a caricature dragster, and since I had one of those Edsel grilles from the ancient 69¢ AMT Custom Grilles parts pack, I figured I could make this thing one increment more funny that way today. Also cut off the Fairlane taillight panel, that area is replaced with a slightly concave strip that I cut out of a leftover scrap of my 1:1 vinyl shed roof rain gutters project, its shiny white color matches the roof color on this old promo. I superglued it into place to set overnight tonight, with hopes that this'll hold between vinyl and acetate (or whatever warping plastic promos are made out of)

I'll cut a thick strip section I have of gullwing-shape clear red sprue to become the two taillights to jamb into the Fairlane fins areas (iPhone red marker scribbles to show what the basic idea looks like). Not sure how I'll tidy up the front bumper license plate area yet, but I'll drive off that bridge when I get to it ....
  (Roth "Fink"-type caricature driver figure to arrive in the mail Tuesday from a nice Buy-it-Now eBay purchase I scored last week)

Edited yesterday at 04:52 AM by Russell C
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[meechum68]

8 hours ago, Russell C said:

Call this "Edselizing" a '60 Fairlane. Since the arch-warped promo I got back in late 2023 is going to be a caricature dragster, and since I had one of those Edsel grilles from the ancient 69¢ AMT Custom Grilles parts pack, I figured I could make this thing one increment more funny that way today. Also cut off the Fairlane taillight panel, that area is replaced with a slightly concave strip that I cut out of a leftover scrap of my 1:1 vinyl shed roof rain gutters project, its shiny white color matches the roof color on this old promo. I superglued it into place to set overnight tonight, with hopes that this'll hold between vinyl and acetate (or whatever warping plastic promos are made out of)

I'll cut a thick strip section I have of gullwing-shape clear red sprue to become the two taillights to jamb into the Fairlane fins areas (iPhone red marker scribbles to show what the basic idea looks like). Not sure how I'll tidy up the front bumper license plate area yet, but I'll drive off that bridge when I get to it ....
  (Roth "Fink"-type caricature driver figure to arrive in the mail Tuesday from a nice Buy-it-Now eBay purchase I scored last week)

This is gonna be neat!  I look forward to seeing how this progresses. 

[Russell C]

15 hours ago, meechum68 said:

...look forward to seeing how this progresses. 

One increment further accomplished today: sculpted the pair of clear red sprue "Edsel-ish" taillight panels to fit within the somewhat hollowed-out Fairlane fins areas. At the rate this poor old promo is warping, in 50 years it'll be a C-shape with the front tires curled under to touch the back slicks. I might have to stuff a couple long metal rods under the chassis to brace the front panel against the back to prevent that excess curl ....