Lownslow Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Working on a Toyota Crown rebuild, printing some new interior details with some new release parts. the "cake" is actually a chandelier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Thanks to the generosity of Gerry Paquette, (Exotics_Builder) the conversion of the 4 bbl intake that he was so courtesy to send to me, is taking shape as a 2 bbl intake. I'll likely be doing a bot more detail work on it, but it appears that it will do the trick very nicely! Thanks again Gerry! The generosity of many of the members here never ceases to amaze me! Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I bought this, dated 1986.. I've built the chassis interior unit, now for the decals! Oh dear! I started with the front wing, and as you see Collapse! So I sprayed the sheet with a gloss clear, waited for it to dry. The bonnet and roof decals are fine but any decal with curves, collapse again! I'll cut the others down to 'flat service' and try again, but two decals already lost! I've found the email address for Fujimi to ask for another set of decals, but won't hold my breath! So I will remove the two side decals and see what I have left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Further to my decal catastrophe, I have culled certain decals and kept 'flat' ones! Some of which are still dodgy around the edges! Tomorrow I shall put it in the Tamaya body stand and start spraying with the first coat of a clear gloss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) Completed my XW Ford Falcon GT build. More images in my thread. Edited April 6 by Cool Hand 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Eh? Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 4/5/2024 at 5:26 PM, PatW said: Further to my decal catastrophe, I have culled certain decals and kept 'flat' ones! Some of which are still dodgy around the edges. Tomorrow I shall put it in the Tamaya body stand and start spraying with the first coat of a clear gloss. Pat, that is a shame about the decals. That livery would have been quite impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) Yes that's why I went for it! The other thing with it, it doesn't sit as low as that ether! Edited April 7 by PatW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 I lowered it at the front after fitting the body and finding the front higher than the back! Cut up various decals I could use and scattered them about. So now all done. All other pics in the 'Completed' section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 New Heller Citroen 2CV, started today. Decision, car, pick-up, flat bed or camper? AH, remember only twin cylinder air cooled motor, so nothing too heavy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 hours ago, PatW said: New Heller Citroen 2CV, started today. Decision, car, pick-up, flat bed or camper? AH, remember only twin cylinder air cooled motor, so nothing too heavy! Camper. The little two-banger will have some work to do, but no one is in a hurry when camping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Yes Trevor very good reasoning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lownslow Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Working on the Crown rebuild, tinted all the glass printed the new 24" wheels and getting ready to do the interior parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownslow Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Scribed the doors on the widebody RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 The roof is off! I may try to build a de-mountable camper shell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I was on a business trip to FL this past week so I packed a few supplies and started work on this Testor’s 1/32 Bonneville car: Perfect low-parts-count low-stress vacation project…I think it’ll end up replicating the original Hawk box art: I like it better than the Testor’s take, although that is cool too… Got it cleaned up and into primer today ready for some color tomorrow…planning for this one to be completely box stock, and maybe add progressively more detail to the rest of the series as I work through them… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 And, seamlessly continued from the last post…mixed up some Createx today… And shot a base color: I could maybe do a WIP thread for this one, but it only has like 2 more interesting steps left and then it’s finished 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) Citroen 2CV update. I couldn't think of anyway to construct a camper shell other than on the base vehicle. This is the high-tech template for the camper sides, I've yet to work out how to cut for windows! Edited April 15 by PatW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 20 minutes ago, PatW said: I've yet to work out how to cut for windows! Hello, Pat! I've had to make an opening similar to what you need to..... What I did was to glue something where I wanted the opening to be in the shape I needed. Once the shape was glued in place, I simply scribed around it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Thanks JollySipper. Yes I also have some wood drills with a sharp point and a round blade, various sizes. I drew one on some scrap plastic and used a sharp craft blade, that seemed to work OK. But time will tell after a few different ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Cut open windows and framed them on one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Nearly there! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 4/14/2024 at 10:47 PM, CabDriver said: And, seamlessly continued from the last post…mixed up some Createx today… And shot a base color: I could maybe do a WIP thread for this one, but it only has like 2 more interesting steps left and then it’s finished 🤪 I like that color…Createx has some nice ones!🙂 And you’re doing that while on a business trip? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 2 hours ago, NOBLNG said: I like that color…Createx has some nice ones!🙂 And you’re doing that while on a business trip? Wow! Nah, back home now…but did as much prep as I could in an Orlando hotel room 🤪 Im replicating the original Hawk box art for this one, but I don’t have a set of the original decals so had to cut a mask and lay some Tamiya white down… And the inspiration… I’ll do some touch-ups on the paint once it’s set up and then I can get the body in clear 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I am impressed with that mask job. Cool little streamliner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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