Cato Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Thanks Har-I never thought of file card soaked with CA....brilliant and effective. Might work on a RR huh?? Wheel pic please??
Cato Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 ^^^Just beautiful. Painting makes a lot of the laminate construction of the rim 'go away'. Thanks again and keep it going-can't get enough of your detail work. Thinking of Marvin's tires?? These actually look quite good.
sjordan2 Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) A true masterpiece, Harry, and excellent text. This is definitely material for the magazine -- and a special occasion, since you actually FINISHED it! However, it would be good to see more full-body shots from a variety of angles. I'd like a better look at your hood piano hinge. This build addresses all the main issues I face with my 1/15 Bugatti T59 - safety wire, hood piano hinge, replace the Brooklands windscreens, re-do the exhaust (and wrap it with asbestos), seat material, rivets, etc. Except I've got to do this on a diecast body. Edited January 6, 2013 by sjordan2
Harry P. Posted January 6, 2013 Author Posted January 6, 2013 Thinking of Marvin's tires?? These actually look quite good. Not at those prices!
Harry P. Posted January 6, 2013 Author Posted January 6, 2013 I'd like a better look at your hood piano hinge. Impossible. I attached the hood, it's not a lift-off anymore. I pushed the kit-supplied hood center hinge's pin back so that it sticks out at the rear, and added a short section of piano wire in front so that I had hinge pin extending out from both ends of the hinge... then I drilled a hole in the firewall and carved a small block of styrene that also has a small hole drilled in it and glued it to the grille shell, with the hood held in between by the extended center hinge pins, like on the real car. And because my paper piano hinge is on the inside, you can't see it unless the hood is open... then you can see it as in the photo I posted. But there's no way for me to get "inside" the hood now and photograph the hinge. Trust me, it looks just like the kit's metal hinge, only not quite as crisp and precise, because it's made out of paper.
Harry P. Posted January 6, 2013 Author Posted January 6, 2013 Painting makes a lot of the laminate construction of the rim 'go away'. Right, especially in black. All those seams just visually disappear and the rims look like one solid piece. BTW... have you seen Marvin's new wheels? They're working on them... one piece rims! Bet they're going to be expen$ive...
Cato Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) Trust me, it looks just like the kit's metal hinge, only not quite as crisp and precise, because it's made out of paper. A possible alternative is .005" baking pan aluminum. I used it a lot on the GT-40 and it's very cut-able and bend-able. And yes Marvin's rims will be beauts but they are a little behind their announced availability date. Also mega-bucks but that goes without saying with those guys. Edited January 6, 2013 by Harry P.
Harry P. Posted January 6, 2013 Author Posted January 6, 2013 When you don't have any competition you can charge whatever you want. Their parts are the best... finest quality and craftsmanship you'll ever see... but man, those prices!
Cato Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Jordan wants more body shots-charge those batteries---please???
Harry P. Posted January 7, 2013 Author Posted January 7, 2013 New photos coming... tomorrow. I'm taking the rest of the weekend off!
JM485 Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Wow Harry, absolutely incredible build and explaination. Definately a build to be proud of.
Harry P. Posted January 7, 2013 Author Posted January 7, 2013 Jordan wants more body shots-charge those batteries---please???
Cato Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 I know they're big but you gonna display them on the dining room table??
Harry P. Posted January 7, 2013 Author Posted January 7, 2013 I know they're big but you gonna display them on the dining room table?? It's the only flat surface I have that's big enough to shoot them on!
Cato Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Seriously Harry-how will you display them? A cabinet with doors? Surely you want them dust free. And I forgot-you also have the Benz done and Sedanca in process! Great if you have big rooms but...how will you group them? For my RR, I'm intending to do another of my glass cases for both display and storage. I know it will be a heavy sucker (and large) but I dread exposure to dust and humidity. All that unplated metal will turn in room humidity. And I just can't like plexi for the rag-scratching.
Harry P. Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 Shelving units (cabinets) with glass doors. Something like this: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S89895185/ I have a bunch of them, side by side, covering the walls.
Harry P. Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 Cool-so you have big wALLS... Not really. It's a spare bedroom, maybe 12x12.
youngtiger1 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Harry, what a master piece. It will be a center of the display any place. I have the same kit but I don't know if its first issue or what, but the box art has one white and one red (I think) car on it. I will have to see what year it was made. Anyway, I'm interested to read more about all those inaccuracies you talked about. Did you build it online here or some other site that I can read?? TIA. Mike
Harry P. Posted January 20, 2013 Author Posted January 20, 2013 Did you build it online here or some other site that I can read?? TIA. Mike I didn't do a work in progress on this one, just posted the finished product. And only here, no place else.
vintagedragfan Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 beautiful work on this Harry, Doesn't get any better!!
Dr. Cranky Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Geez, this is gorgeous, and I can believe the level of detail. I guess these kits are expensive for that reason, they really allow you to go all out. These belong in a museum, Harry.
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