What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)

[PatW]

Today I've done everything to finish the Vespa 125 build. Fold up luggage rack, spare wheel cover, brake lever below it, front wheel suspension, kick start lever, helmet and helmet with goggles.

 

See finished build on the completed section.

Edited April 5, 2022 by PatW

[Brudda]

Put the interior together on the Miura. 

[OldNYJim]

Oh wow!  That’s really impressive @Brudda - nice job!

[Brudda]

12 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

Oh wow!  That’s really impressive @Brudda - nice job!

Thank you CabDriver

[afx]

Made up a Mustang A/FX hood.

[OldNYJim]

You do such nice, clean work JC - always like seeing your projects!

 

[Brudda]

Been dabbling on this project. DeAgostini 1/8 ford GT

[cobraman]

That looks great !  I love these large scale models but they sure put a dent in your bank account !

[oldscool]

Finished the 64 Cutlass today. Number two for the year. More pics will be in Under Glass.

 

Edited April 8, 2022 by oldscool

[Brudda]

On 4/8/2022 at 7:39 AM, cobraman said:

That looks great !  I love these large scale models but they sure put a dent in your bank account !

Hello Ray! Hope all is great. Yes these kits are expensive. But car modelers should try to get at least one. They are the center piece of a model room. Like David E Davis of road and track said. “ everyone should drive a v12 once in their lifetime “ well a car modeler should have at least one big scale car model in their lifetime. Had some people over the other night, and I had some 1/25 model cars out. They looked at them briefly but when they saw the 1/8 cobra we were talking about this car for awhile. Makes great conversation for non model car people.

[afx]

On 4/7/2022 at 2:24 PM, CabDriver said:

You do such nice, clean work JC - always like seeing your projects!

 

Thanks Jim.

[Brudda]

Grill to the 166. Working on the engine also. Primed some parts. Fitting engine to chassis. 

[Joe Handley]

Not exactly a model, but plenty of assembly and decal work!

A Power Wheels Toy Story Jeep Wrangler (JK 2 dr) that Dad and I build to give my Niece for Easter. I handled the decals, sub assemblies, helped with the final assembly, Dad handled the major stuff while I was dealing with the little things after finishing my Taxes and getting them sent out.

 

BTW, some of the fit and parts warpage make the 50+ y/o model tooling look good!

Edited April 11, 2022 by Joe Handley

[Cool Hand]

Colour shift paint day today, well actually all done tonight.

[Bill Eh?]

1 hour ago, Cool Hand said:

Colour shift paint day today, well actually all done tonight.

Very nice job on painting the three bodies with colour shift paint! What brand of paint did you use?

[Cool Hand]

30 minutes ago, Bill Eh? said:

What brand of paint did you use?

This one on the Nova.

 

This one on the 4dr Nissan Skyline.

 

And this one on the LB Works Laurel.

 

[Bill Eh?]

28 minutes ago, Cool Hand said:

This one on the Nova.

 

This one on the 4dr Nissan Skyline.

 

And this one on the LB Works Laurel.

 

Thanks Luke. I will take a look at what colour shift combos SMS offers. I'm looking for a dark green / bark blue for the Tamiya SONAX DTM car

[PatW]

On 4/11/2022 at 6:03 AM, Joe Handley said:

Not exactly a model, but plenty of assembly and decal work!

A Power Wheels Toy Story Jeep Wrangler (JK 2 dr) that Dad and I build to give my Niece for Easter. I handled the decals, sub assemblies, helped with the final assembly, Dad handled the major stuff while I was dealing with the little things after finishing my Taxes and getting them sent out.

 

BTW, some of the fit and parts warpage make the 50+ y/o model tooling look good!

WOW!

[Joe Handley]

10 minutes ago, PatW said:

WOW!

Yup, we just got it out of the house and into Dad’s van to take it over and give her tomorrow.  Had to pull the safe he bought last Friday for him to put the stuff on and in his desk in (so I can use it) out of the van Before this could go in. We were surprised that this thing fit through the doorway better than Mom’s wheelchairs did, the house was built well before the ADA came about and the wheelchair she used the most almost didn’t fit and this barely had twice the space between the wheels and opening, so maybe 1/2” total on each side!

[ksnow]

Gave the new spray booth its first test run. Works very well. Little to no fumes in shop, none in the rest of the house.

 

Edited April 16, 2022 by ksnow
Forgot pic

[Bullybeef]

Wanted a tonneau cover for a Salt flat project in my head, the amt one is difficult to find. I have one in the mail somewhere between eastern US and Western Canada. So out came the elementary school skills and I whipped up some papier-mâché. Pleased with the results just need to add some paint detail and it will be ready.

[Spottedlaurel]

Made use of the great weather here to get 'viable' paint finishes down onto a couple of current WIPs:

The AMT Matchbox Hilux's solid red without clear looks like it will need minimal polishing, should be just right for a new truck look, not a show queen.

The Toyota Celsior (Lexus LS400) will need a bit of Micromesh etc, but from experience the very fine peely finish it has now will polish out OK. I hope so, this is the second time around for it....

[Brudda]

Hello. Well getting things done on the DeAgostini ford GT. Doors, and center section mounted to the chassis. Had to modify the a pillar to get the doors to work properly. Not much more to go. 

[Cool Hand]

Applied the clear to the bodies that got painted the other day.

[Brudda]

Just received the parts for the rear of the ford GT.