Chuck Most Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Very nice! Looks a lot like the old MPC kit tooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Geoff, I assume your using the UK version of Easy Off oven cleaner to take off the varnish? Thats what I use to remove chrome It's actually Fairy Powerspray, it's not an over cleaner, but for cleaning pots and pans that need a good clean, over there it's called Dawn Power Dissolver, Very nice! Looks a lot like the old MPC kit tooling. It is a re-boxed MPC kit, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 A bit more polishing done today ... Rear door before polishing And after being polished, this is only the 1st stage of polishing Bonnet Polished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmodeler Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Shiny and pointed, that's what we like! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Not a great done since stripping the chrome off all the shiney bits, I still need to cut them off the sprue and prime, gloss black and Alclad them, but when I first built this kit 34 years ago I remember I ended up with wonky headlamps, as the headlamp bowls fix to arms molded into the radiator grill, and both being chrome, didn't glue very well back then, well things will be a bit different on this model, as it will not have wonky headlamps, or wonky anything, so before they get there Alclad I decided the headlamp bowls would be fixed to the radiator before any paint went near them, but I needed to make sure they lined up perfectly, now the front of the radiator has a slight angle to it, and the headlamps have to line up with the rear of the radiator, as this is the part that is plumb, so I had to figure a way to do this, I then came up with the idea of fixing the radiator to a block of wood, and as the base of the rad' goes past the front crossmember of the chassis, I had to raise the block it was fixed to slightly, I simply raised it on a block of balsa wood, fixed the headlamps with liquid cement and left them to dry with a metal set square holding the bowls perfectly square and perpendicular to the rear of the radiator ... Left to dry for a day, and then it could be test fitted against the chassis, body and bonnet, it lined up perfectly as planned, It can now be painted using Alclad chrome ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steamboy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Very nice! Our club has a "classic car challenge" going on now. Should be a nice turnout with a dozen or more cars in the works. I'm tackling an old '28 Lincoln, just have to decide on the right paint scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom Rodder Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Lookin really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 This is coming out real nice. It's good to see a classic being built stock. I almost always strip the kit chrome and alclad. I think it looks more to scale with the alclad finish. To me the chrome parts in the kit give a more toy like appearance. Keep up the great work. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't know how I actually built this kit the first time around, but I couldn't have followed the instructions to the letter, I have been getting the chrome parts ready for there coat of Alclad and have been doing some dry fitting, had a quick look at the instructions ... and it seems that the windsheild frame needs to be glued to the bonnet ??? really ?? ur NO !!! it goes in the body tub and is held in place by the interior tub, Who write's these instructions ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Got the Alclad done this morning, the parts were first primed with Hycote grey plastic primer, flatted down then airbrushed in gloss black, this time for the black base I used some very old Testors gloss black enamel thinned with lacquer thinners, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmodeler Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Wow, nice Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 I was going to mask up the rear seat and airbrush the side panels, but that would have been a real PITA, and to be honest, it really won't be seen, the detail, i.e door handles can't be picked out in silver, as the detail is so fine, so it got brush painted in Humbrol tan, and the floor was painted in a contrasting colour, when the front seat has been fixed into place, most of the floor won't be seen, so I'm not going to get out the flocking, the front part of the floor was airbrushed, as I didn't want to cover up the detail molded in the floor. The engine cylinder head was brush painted in humbrol # 19, and the engine block got a covering of Tamiya clear, as the Createx paint is easy to rub off without a clearcoat to protect it, it still needs a few parts fitting on, and the inlet manifold and gearbox painting in metallic gunmetal/silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Been feeling a bit off colour the last few days, but I managed to spend today in the hobby room, got the whitewall inserts fitted, these were molded in white, but a few broke as they were being removed from the sprue, so they had to be glued together, filled and painted flat white, they were fitted to the tyres with a few dab's of superglue, also masked up and airbrushed the gearbox, I haven't been able to find many good photo's of the engine & gearbox of this car on the internet, so I'm really just working on what colours I think the parts should be, I also got to fix in the panels that fit into the front grill, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Looking good, waiting for the next installment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) Got the wheels and engine finished off today, the engine is now fixed into the chassis, also started work on the front part of the floor, Edited March 9, 2012 by GeeBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Got a little bit more done this morning, I was up early, as the post man was banging on my door with the Fujimi Porsche I won off eBay, got the spare wheel carriers polished, and got the wheel halves fitted into them, they will be assembled later, got the engine into the chassis frame, plus fitted the exhaust and got the front wheels fitted, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Looks good Geoff Nice, clean build... can't wait to see it finished... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Really super clean work. Who could ask for more. I'm enjoying this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmodeler Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Geoff, I love seeing that square on the wheel! You have a nice, tight building style. And ditto again, about your great sense of color :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Finally got all the wheels fitted, and they all touch the ground at the same time, so that's the chassis finished, now to start fixing on the body panels .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Got the spare wheels finished ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Got a little bit more done today, painted the running boards flat black, which would have been made of rubber on the real thing and got one side down in BMF, also got the front floor panel finished, Need to modify the rear lights, as they were part of the chrome sprue, which I stripped ready to Alclad, but I don't want to just paint the ends red, so they need drilling out slightly, so I can alclad them, then mix up some clear resin and add some red food dye to replicate the red lenses, also the front horns should look a little more like trumpets, so they will need drilling and grinding out before getting painted in Alclad, I've come this far, and I'm not going to spare the detail now ... Rear Lights Horns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermodel Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 great build..I like the colours. I see ferrari wasn't the first with a testarossa Can't wait to see it finished up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 You're doing a beautiful job on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 It's a pleasure watching your builds come together, Geoff. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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