Intmd8r Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 Just a little something that I've been working on for a while. After a frustrating and disaointing experience with Strada Sports, the build is under way again. The body isn't anything to write about yet, but I'm pleased about the chasis. Check out the pics so far:
Intmd8r Posted April 6, 2012 Author Posted April 6, 2012 You can see more pics and progress here: http://s1146.photobucket.com/albums/o533/Intmd8r01/
Badluck 13 Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 Looks great!!!!,very nice touch on the chassis and exhaust.
jonno356SC Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 Great stuff! Is the cotter pin part of kit? or is it PE or scratch? WOW
Intmd8r Posted April 6, 2012 Author Posted April 6, 2012 The hood pins used on the back hatch are PE parts from Detail Master. This is a great kit, but I wich there were a more detailed engine. As an example, I glued twist ties to the oil coolers and painted them flat black for the lack of hoses in this kit. At the moment, the only extra parts I plan on adding are PE racing harness and PE wheel knock offs.
Kanedge Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 Always one of the best looking race cars. Good progress so far.
Intmd8r Posted April 13, 2012 Author Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Small progress update. I've moved on to finishing the interior. I spent 3 hours at making the racing harness the other day. What a PITA! I don't think it turned out too bad considering it is my first effort. The finished product was worth the it. I have mopre pics, but the attached will have to do for now Edited April 13, 2012 by Intmd8r
Intmd8r Posted April 15, 2012 Author Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) PROGRESS UPDATE: 2 Steps forward, 1 Step Back! I finished the harness, added some lines in the interior and created the front rad hoses using some twist ties. I know very little of it will be shown with the body on as it's a curbside kit, but I like knowing that theadditonal details are there. Now the good: Edited April 15, 2012 by Intmd8r
Intmd8r Posted April 15, 2012 Author Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Now the bad: I attempted to apply the decals with terrible results. Most of the decals tared and cracked before I even removed them fromthe water. Considering I opened a sealed plastic bag out of the box from Fujimi to get to the decals, I never had any indication that they would pose to be a problem. To add to the insult, the decals that didn't disolve in the water chipped and cracked when applyed to the body after I tried to gently position them in place and smoothe out the air bubbles gently with a papper towel. For a last effort, I let the decals dry and applied a couple coats of Testors decal set, but it showed little improvement. By far this has been my worst experience with decals since I started building models at the age of 10 (I'm now 30 ). What really confuses me is that I've built Fujimi kit before without this issue. The build is once again put un hold until I can source a set of '68 Le Mans decals for a Ford GT40. So far the onlly set I've found is in Belgium and is $40 shipped to me here in Canada. That's more than what I've spent thus far on the model kit, paint, and PE parts! Edited April 15, 2012 by Intmd8r
mcandela Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Now the bad: I attempted to apply the decals with terrible results. Most of the decals tared and cracked before I even removed them fromthe water. Considering I opened a sealed plastic bag out of the box from Fujimi to get to the decals, I never had any indication that they would pose to be a problem. To add to the insult, the decals that didn't disolve in the water chipped and cracked when applyed to the body after I tried to gently position them in place and smoothe out the air bubbles gently with a papper towel. For a last effort, I let the decals dry and applied a couple coats of Testors decal set, but it showed little improvement. By far this has been my worst experience with decals since I started building models at the age of 10 (I'm now 30 ). What really confuses me is that I've built Fujimi kit before without this issue. The build is once again put un hold until I can source a set of '68 Le Mans decals for a Ford GT40. So far the onlly set I've found is in Belgium and is $40 shipped to me here in Canada. That's more than what I've spent thus far on the model kit, paint, and PE parts! Steve, I built one of these a couple of years ago and I still had that problem. It was a bit frustrating to buy a new kit and finding that Your decals were trash. Anyway what I finished doing was painting the strips on. Here are the links. http://i23.photobuck...T40/model_2.jpg http://i23.photobuck...T40/model_1.jpg Edited April 17, 2012 by mcandela
The Creative Explorer Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 The build is once again put un hold until I can source a set of '68 Le Mans decals for a Ford GT40. So far the onlly set I've found is in Belgium and is $40 shipped to me here in Canada. That's more than what I've spent thus far on the model kit, paint, and PE parts! Let me know if I can help, shipping to canada is less than 5 bucks, well-packed!. So, if you need me to be a 'distribution-point', let me know and we work through the details. Charging 40 bucks for a couple of decals is just complete ridiculous.
Intmd8r Posted April 17, 2012 Author Posted April 17, 2012 Let me know if I can help, shipping to canada is less than 5 bucks, well-packed!. So, if you need me to be a 'distribution-point', let me know and we work through the details. Charging 40 bucks for a couple of decals is just complete ridiculous. Thanks for the kind offer, but I managed to source the same decals I saw for $40 on e-bay from a vendor in NY state shortly after posting this. They would ship to my home in Canada for less than $15. Still more than I want to pay for decals but more reasonable.
Platerpants Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 what scale is this sorry for bringing up an old thread
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 (edited) Sorry about your decal problems, but your detail work looks really great. Love love love this particular version of this car. Edited September 30, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy
Intmd8r Posted September 30, 2012 Author Posted September 30, 2012 Sorry about your decal problems, but your detail work looks really great. Love love love this particular version of this car. Thanks! This was my second attempt at adding extra detail to a box stock kit. The decal issue really put me off this build, even after soucing replacement decals. Who knows, I may revive this build some time in the future or just trade what I have started. Only time will tell. Steve
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