Big John Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 you nailed the radiator shell with the Revel chrome! Straps look great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Ok, so I think I have a good tire print but I'll now for sure once I paint it. My 2 first test prints were blackened with a permanent marker, it looks a bit like an armoal coverded tire. I found a black rubber paint made by tamiya. If the paint gives a good enough rubber look, I'll print a 5 tires with regular resin to start and may print them again with rubber resin later on. Here, in order, are pictures of the kit's tire my firts test print my second test print my third a real Blockey tire and the black rubber paint I've also started work on the fenders. The kit's parts are ok but no more. The mounting rods are very flimsy and don't fit good, especially at the front. So me being me, I 3d modeled them and will test print to see if I can do better. It will be print in 1 piece, the fender with the 2 mounting rods instead of 3 separate pieces. I might need to reprint a few times to get the rods in the correct location but by printing them it's easier to add missing details like rivets, bolt holes... Kit's rear fender Kit's front fender The 3d model A rear fender ready to print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) I found the support brackets for the wings a bit prone to breakage on the kit items on my Bentley that I built years ago. In the end I replaced them using brass rod for strength. Hopefully 3D printed ones will be stronger than the kit plastic. Edited February 21 by Bugatti Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 3 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: I found the support brackets for the wings a bit prone to breakage on the kit items on my Bentley that I built years ago. In the end I replaced them using brass rod for strength. Hopefully 3D printed ones will be stronger than the kit plastic. Bugatti fan, the printed rods are stiffer but they are still plastic. The 2 major benefits of printing the fenders are that by printing the rods directly with the fender, it make assembly much easier and assure a proper fit identical on both sides. It also permited me to better copy the real setup since the kit mist a few details and got some others completetly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) That makes perfect sense what you are saying Francois, and also being able to correct some mistakes that the kit wing parts had on them whilst you were drawing them up on the cad. Incidentally, your wire wheels and tyres have really worked out well and look most realistic. Edited February 22 by Bugatti Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLeblanc Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Wow! The car seats look amazing! It's incredible that you can actually find a car model this rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Thank you Philip, this model is actually not all that rare and has been around since the 70's and probably even earlier. It was produced by many manufactures, Airfix, MPC, Heller, Union, Tsukuda and possibly others that I don't know. I'm building the Airfix kit, or at least that's the kit I started with. By the time I'm finished, it will be more 25% Airfix, 75% me. I haven't done the seats yet so not to sure what you are refering to. Keep looking, more fun stuff coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 I think I'm getting pretty close to a good tire. For now, it's printed out of regular resin and painted with Tamiya's rubber black. I will eventualy print them will rubber resin. Left side is kit's tire, right side mine The finished fenders And temporarily mounted on car 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 the tires are the parts that most confound scratch builders - and these seem to be the parts best rendered 3D - great stuff !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrevellfan Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 very nicelly done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLeblanc Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Even wheels look so realistic, so it's hard to tell whether they are real or it's a mini-version. On 2/24/2024 at 3:56 AM, François said: I think I'm getting pretty close to a good tire. For now, it's printed out of regular resin and painted with Tamiya's rubber black. I will eventualy print them will rubber resin. Left side is kit's tire, right side mine The finished fenders And temporarily mounted on car Even wheels look so realistic, so it's hard to tell whether they are real or it's a mini-version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 I still have many loose ends to tie up. One of these is the engine top cover. Again, the kit cover, while being ok, is not great. For one thing, the breather plates and mesh are moulded in and not well defined and the 6 mounting bolts don't have the correct shape nor do they have the lockwire holes in them. So I decided to model it and print it. Here's the kit's cover with everything moulded in Here's my print. It's hard to see but all 6 studs have a tiny hole on It's tip for the lockwire The kit's moulded breather plate next to mine which has a micro mesh My cover chromed and with the vents installed, still need to paint the contour of the letters in black and to install the lockwire Another loose end was the gas cap. Having already done the radiator cap, it was easy to just modify the cad a bit to make it bigger and to print it. The kit's cap My cap closed With handle opened And lid opened last thing I did today was to paint the tires and a new set of wheel rims. I should be ready to lace them tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLeblanc Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/27/2024 at 4:24 AM, François said: I still have many loose ends to tie up. One of these is the engine top cover. Again, the kit cover, while being ok, is not great. For one thing, the breather plates and mesh are moulded in and not well defined and the 6 mounting bolts don't have the correct shape nor do they have the lockwire holes in them. So I decided to model it and print it. Here's the kit's cover with everything moulded in Here's my print. It's hard to see but all 6 studs have a tiny hole on It's tip for the lockwire The kit's moulded breather plate next to mine which has a micro mesh My cover chromed and with the vents installed, still need to paint the contour of the letters in black and to install the lockwire Another loose end was the gas cap. Having already done the radiator cap, it was easy to just modify the cad a bit to make it bigger and to print it. The kit's cap My cap closed With handle opened And lid opened last thing I did today was to paint the tires and a new set of wheel rims. I should be ready to lace them tomorrow. Wow! That's all I can say. I love the attention to detail and how you make each part of this car look so realistic. It even looks like this car is a bit old, but have been taken good care of. One guy who's also in car modeling calls this process 'artificial aging.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 Finaly finished lasing the wheel, they are primed and ready for paint. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLeblanc Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Awesome work! Now update us when you paint them! I'm sure it will look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Thank you Philip As requested, here are a few pictures of the finished wheels. Just need to mount the tires. I'm affraid it might prove to be quite difficult since I printed them with a hard resin. If they don't fit properly, I guess I'll have to get the quite expensive rubber resin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Outstanding results on what you have so far accomplished. Looks to be a museum quality build for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLeblanc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 2/24/2024 at 3:56 AM, François said: I think I'm getting pretty close to a good tire. For now, it's printed out of regular resin and painted with Tamiya's rubber black. I will eventualy print them will rubber resin. Left side is kit's tire, right side mine The finished fenders And temporarily mounted on car I just saw your post. I think you got me wrong. I mean this car model in real life. Well, personally, for me, it's important to see a car in real life before making a mini version of it. It helps me make it more realistic. That's why I'm pretty sure that the chances of seeing this Bently are pretty low. I once saw this car at a car exhibition, but it was way before I became into car modeling. Now I need to have a look again. But yours look fabulous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 (edited) First time on all 4's! 4 out of 5 tires are mounted on the wheels, I had a little problem with the 5th and had to reprint it. The tires on my ref car have a little shine to them (armour all maybe?). I know it's not period correct but again, I'm aiming to reproduce a car built in 2019 so I but a little bit of floor wax on mine to give them a shine. I am more than satisfied with the result. Edited March 3 by François 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Remarquable looking at them side by side (model and picture of real car). They look identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Many thanks to everyone for the positive feed back. I'm almost down to what I consider to be the most difficult part of this build, covering the boby and finishing the interior. This is where this build becomes a real show piece or remains a very nice model. I received a thin lamb skin leather sheet, it's only .3mm thick (.01in). I think it will do nicely to simulate the rexine. It's very flexible, thin enough for all the curves (I hope) and has just enough shine to it. I have an image in my head of what the final setup will be, model and display case. I'm just not exactly sure how I'll go about it, after all I've only been thinking of this for 18 months !! But I'm confident I'll figure something out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrevellfan Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 If you need to soften your leather a little more, you should put it in water before bending it for the curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 Oldrevellfan, how would that work exactly ? Can I glue wet leather or does it need to dry first? It seems to be already pretty flexible. And very thin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrevellfan Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 17 hours ago, François said: Oldrevellfan, how would that work exactly ? Can I glue wet leather or does it need to dry first? It seems to be already pretty flexible. If I remenber well, you can glue when it is wet wtith a neoprene glue. it also should dry first depending onthe glue you will use. but it seams to be soft enouth to avoid this. Edited March 4 by oldrevellfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLeblanc Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 It's usually not a good idea to glue leather when it's still wet. The water can stop the glue from sticking well, making the bond weak. Make sure the leather is completely dry before you glue it. Also, make sure to use the right kind of glue that works well with leather, because not all glues are the same in how strong they hold or last on leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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