W-409 Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 I must continue the engine, but now I did some work for the chassis. I removed two ejector marks from the gas tank with file, and sandpaper. Also removed other two ejector marks just behind the gas tank and some text, like "Revell Monogram..." I put also some putty there, and now some sanding, and then the chassis is in pretty good shape, I didn't find too many things in that, well, the other side might be other thing, I haven't look at it yet. Thanks for looking.
Kmidd65 Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) You just have to love all those ejector marks on the Revellogram Nascar kits. I absolutely like building these kits but cleaning up those things can be a real chore. You are doing a great job on this one! Kmidd65 Fotki Albums Edited July 13, 2011 by Kmidd65
W-409 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Posted July 13, 2011 Yes, these kits are great to build, but those ejector marks are quite stupid to remove... Anyway, the finished product is (hopefully) worth the job. Your models look very good too, really nice builds they are!
W-409 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Posted December 21, 2011 On the last update I added some putty for the chassis, and now I've sanded them smooth.Sanding was bit tricky from some spots, but I think, I managed to get them smooth, primer will show the mistakes then anyway. The third picture shows, that I removed other ejector marks too. And of course they needed some putty, so today I can sand them smooth too. Lots of ejector marks to remove, but I hope this is going to be real nice model when finished...
martinfan5 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 I always liked this paint scheme, back when they were called the rainbow warriors
W-409 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks! That paint scheme is cool, but I don't know, how I'm going to paint it without making big mess. Hopefully it turns out good, and there's no paint stripping needed...
W-409 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Posted February 10, 2012 Do You Mean those Valve covers? Yes, they are aluminium, as I've been looking for those NASCAR engines.. This project is getting finally back on the bench, I guess. There's some putty work to do before painting or primering, but it's slowly getting there. I'm going to eliminate every mold line, ejector pin mark, etc. I see. I hope the end result with this build is going to be great.
Matt "W" Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Niko, here is a shot of a Hendrick Motorsports engine. I have had this for a couple years. I use it as wallpaper occasionally. Matt
W-409 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Posted February 19, 2012 Thanks Matt! That helps very much. The day when I pull this one on the bench again, is today. I will be continuing the engine detailing, and maybe some chassis work too, but let's see...
W-409 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Posted February 25, 2012 No pictures yet, but some progress has been made. I try to take some pictures tomorrow, when it's not dark. Otherwise engine looks horrible in the pictures, but anyway I've made some progress with plumbing. Maybe I can install the carburetor tomorrow.
W-409 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Posted February 26, 2012 Here are some pictures about my progress. First I'd like to say Thank you Corey and Matt for the pictures. I installed those plumbings. Not too great, but I will think about doing them again, it is possible that engine don't fit in with those mounted like that. But let's see, I need to do little mock up and look if everything fits. Also some carburetor work, I made that white piece from styrene and drilled few holes there, to match 1:1 scale carb better. Now I'm just thinking about painting the carburetor. Maybe a mixture of silver and gold would work the best? That color I painted earlier doesn't look good to my eye. The carburetor looks rough, but I will make it better.
W-409 Posted March 11, 2012 Author Posted March 11, 2012 I painted the letters from two of those tires. Other two are still waiting, maybe I'll paint them today. They didn't turn out as good as I wanted, but I guess I can live with them. I have also continued working with that carburetor, and body too. But pictures of carb. and body are coming later.
roadhawg Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 Looks good, but didn't the tires have yellow letters by '97?
W-409 Posted March 11, 2012 Author Posted March 11, 2012 Yes, I guess so. Yellow letter just don't fit into my eye, so I wanted to paint them white. It's not going to be as accurate as it could be, but pretty close.
W-409 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Posted July 12, 2012 Updates are coming slowly, but there's lots of cleaning and sanding to do.... I hate sanding... Today I painted engine belts semigloss black, pulleys were painted silver earlier. I have to do little cleaning before I can install that part though. Some work with the chassis too, sanding, putty etc. to remove sink marks, ejector marks and mold lines.... It's slowly but surely getting there.
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