What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)

[slusher]

On 9/22/2024 at 2:52 PM, NOBLNG said:

Not technically model car work…but I added some storeage units to my desk drawer. I had a sliver of space left so…

Great idea Greg!

[slusher]

7 hours ago, JollySipper said:

Here's the Coyote body parts in paint! It's CoverMaxx Banner Red, it's a non-metallic like the real car is/was......... I'll let this set up for a few days, maybe a week, then I'll wet sand it and add some clear......

 

Great looking Red TJ!

[atomicholiday]

Shot primer on this body yesterday for practice and to test out Mr White Basecoat.  The body is molded in orange plastic.  
 

[Lownslow]

punched out some steering wheels, custom LA Wire wheel/and Ribbon wheel

[johnyrotten]

Did a bit more detail on the dash, some weathering on the exhaust and painted the engine/trans. Got carried away after moving the post for the front wheels, tried to make them look like actual spindles. 

[slusher]

On 10/2/2024 at 11:55 AM, Lownslow said:

punched out some steering wheels, custom LA Wire wheel/and Ribbon wheel

Nice steering wheels!

[JollySipper]

Final clear and polish is done! Somehow I got fish-eyes in the first try at the clear, ended up sanding it all down, respraying the red, THEN clearing again! Went over everything with Novus polish....... Looks like I need to clean just a bit of residue.....

 

 

[PatW]

Got the body on today with the boot lid, which I had to shave all round to get it to fit in the hole! Here it is open.

Edited October 15, 2024 by PatW

[PatW]

In the 1960's when wheel-arch extensions were rife, we saw Ford Escorts for the first time using black rubber moulded versions, so I painted mine gloss black!

Edited October 17, 2024 by PatW

[rattle can man]

brushed a second coat of paint on an interior for a Lindberg'32 roadster. Then reality of being only a week out from shoulder surgery hit. Note with the freeze warning tonight. I did pick the last of the garden before that. perhaps more time at the bench tomorrow.

[Falcon Ranchero]

Been very slowly starting my 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona kit, this past week I glued the nose on the front of the car in order to have it ready to spray paint, and have the undercarrige and the backs of the rims sprayed flat black already. Hopefully interior today, and the car tomorrow. Been getting chilly up here this past week but this weekend were's supposed to have one last burst of 21 degrees (celsuis). Haven't even set up the build station yet, currently occupied by school work and I've been busy with it for weeks. However, next week we get a whole week off school so I was going to get all my school work done before that week, so I can focus on the model kit and get 'r' dun. Also my "Birthday Week" as I turn the big One Eight on the 24th.

[PatW]

A few decals today..

 

Finished pics in 'Completed' section.

Edited October 20, 2024 by PatW

[rattle can man]

opened 3 stubborn paint bottles. I sanded some stubborn paint that won't strip, clogs sandpaper really fast/ seems impervious to sanding, seems to react with any paint you use over it, even another coat of the same paint. Slow healing process for my shoulder.

[gtx6970]

Been trying to get my garaged better organized.I bought an upright storage cabinets for various household stuff. Car parts . Tools etc etc

So decided while I was there.

Pulled a bunch of kits out to thin the stash down. As i truely dont see myself building them all.

And organized the ones that will stay.

At 65....I better get busy building.

My taste gravitates to vintage drag cars. And Mopar factory stock stuff. 

Various kits of all makes and models. Ranging from early 30s to early 70s ...mostly old drag car kits

White boxed kits are all old annuals ranging from 1958 thru about 1965.

 

I've really thinned the pile way down from what it was 5 or 6 years ago. To maybe a 3rd of what I used to have.

 

Edited October 18, 2024 by gtx6970

[JollySipper]

This thing's coming right along! The speed parts on the engine (header, dual carbs, and such) were donated to the project by my Vdub lovin' friend.........If it weren't for him, our hero car here would have a stock engine. The decals worked like a new set, even though they were 30+ years old!

 

[PatW]

On 10/22/2024 at 2:31 AM, JollySipper said:

This thing's coming right along! The speed parts on the engine (header, dual carbs, and such) were donated to the project by my Vdub lovin' friend.........If it weren't for him, our hero car here would have a stock engine. The decals worked like a new set, even though they were 30+ years old!

 

Superb! A VW engined kit car based sports car! What was the name again please?

[JollySipper]

4 hours ago, PatW said:

Superb! A VW engined kit car based sports car! What was the name again please?

Hey, Pat! It's the hero car from an '80s TV show........ It's called the Coyote X.

 

[JollySipper]

It's a mixture of these two kits...............

 

[espo]

On 10/18/2024 at 6:20 PM, gtx6970 said:

Been trying to get my garaged better organized.I bought an upright storage cabinets for various household stuff. Car parts . Tools etc etc

So decided while I was there.

Pulled a bunch of kits out to thin the stash down. As i truely dont see myself building them all.

And organized the ones that will stay.

At 65....I better get busy building.

My taste gravitates to vintage drag cars. And Mopar factory stock stuff. 

Various kits of all makes and models. Ranging from early 30s to early 70s ...mostly old drag car kits

White boxed kits are all old annuals ranging from 1958 thru about 1965.

 

I've really thinned the pile way down from what it was 5 or 6 years ago. To maybe a 3rd of what I used to have.

 

Like the shelving and the variety of kits. Noticed the Az license plates on the wall. I hope your garage is temperature controlled to some extent based on Arizona temperature extremes. 

[PatW]

8 hours ago, JollySipper said:

Hey, Pat! It's the hero car from an '80s TV show........ It's called the Coyote X.

 

AH We didn't get that programme here in the UK/

[gtx6970]

2 hours ago, espo said:

Like the shelving and the variety of kits. Noticed the Az license plates on the wall. I hope your garage is temperature controlled to some extent based on Arizona temperature extremes. 

Thanks.

I've been here almost 6 years.

And found no issues with any kit stored there.

 

Knocks on wood

 

Summers here are quite warm

But fortunately the house/ garage faces east.

So it doesn't get the full blast when the sun is hottest. At least That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it

Again....knocks on wood

[JollySipper]

5 hours ago, PatW said:

AH We didn't get that programme here in the UK/

You didn't miss much......   It was kind of a cheesy show, along the same lines as the Dukes of Hazzard. The car was airborne as much as it was chased by cops..........

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

I accomplished twice as much as last time I posted, but 2X0 still equals 0.

I'll be shooting for 3 times as much for next time.   

[johnyrotten]

Finally properly ducted my spray booth out the window. My home was built in 1940, where my work bench is located has the last 3 windows I've got to replace, so it took a bit of creative engineering. They aren't like a typical window, they actually drop down into the wall, no counterweight or spring assist. Most likely original to the house.

[PatW]

Bought this recently as I enjoy seeing tracked vehicles, but don't enjoy building them.

 

So I started back to front in building the cab first as the engine/chassis and track units look terrifying!