Gumball Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 So for those of you who dont know, I yous to display my model cars at my local hobby shop for a number of years. That was untill the owner of said hobby shop packed up his things and dissapeared overnight without notice, leaving the land owner to clean the shop out unaware that many if not all the kits on display were owned by local model builders. Needless to say alot was thrown out, sold, or picked up by the worker cleaning the place. I ended up loosing 8 kits, one of them being a general Lee. However to be brutally honest alot of them weren't as good as what i can do now, I was just starting out back then. One of the kits I put in there only about a month before, was a peril white, mettalic blue Malco Gasser, with a matching 55 Chevy pickup (tow truck) the two kits were probably the best two kits I ended up loosing, however the builds were pretty basic in detail, the gasser was missing the wheelie bar, i didn't have a trailer for the truck, and i ended up getting a scratch of glue on the gasser windshield. So being the best two kits I lost, and the two kits being "incomplete" when I lost them, iv decided to redo them. Iv bought both the Malco Gasser as well as the 55 pickup, and my plan is to redo them but better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Quick progress on the pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Looks like you have it going good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Glad to se that that you are building your losses Johnny! It’s a chance to further improve your previous builds, plus it’s such a great combo. Will you be building a trailer as well? Be following, cheers Misha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 20 hours ago, cobraman said: Looks like you have it going good. Thanks! There's a bit more progress from working on it this morning, a little more progress to the Gasser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Misha said: Glad to se that that you are building your losses Johnny! It’s a chance to further improve your previous builds, plus it’s such a great combo. Will you be building a trailer as well? Be following, cheers Misha Couldn't agree more! Iv been slowly collecting the lost kits over the years, many of them I built with my dad when I was alot younger, it's nice that in some way im getting them back. And yes I think it would be awesome to build a trailer for it. When I originally built the kits some years ago, the objective was to attach a trailer however I was less experienced and deemed it beyond my abilities. The trailer for my Datsun and C4 Tiger combo went well, and i'm hoping that I can build this one with a bit more pazzaz, perhaps adding some lights, steps, or a toolbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Here's the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Update Edited October 17, 2020 by Gumball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slusher Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Looking really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, slusher said: Looking really nice! Thanks! It's clearly better than the original so far. Just got the rear end together too. Also just finished prepping the bodysuit for paint and primer. Edited October 19, 2020 by Gumball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Looking good to me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 Dragster chassis is complete, truck chassis is complete, its getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Update. Did some painting, gasser body hase some crazy fish eyes going on... just like I remember! From what I recall of my original, there's alot of brutal sanding, stripping, and painting ahead... hood on the truck turned out fine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Update still needs sanding and a second coat of blue, no fish eyes this time, I think the rubbing alcohol did the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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