stitchdup Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Hi folks, my name is Les and i like to build models. Ok that sounded like A.A. Who would have thought styrene could be that adictive. Lol. I live in the far North of Scotland on the Orkney Islands.I generally build cars and trucks in 1/24 and 1/25 scale. It has been about ten years since i built any models. Its only in the last week i thought to look for modelling forums as opposed to searching plastic models on google, and some of the suggested links for that were eye opening to say the least, but the less of them the better. Lol. Anyway i hope to make some friends and get tips from the forum and look forward to interacting with you all.
stitchdup Posted November 1, 2014 Author Posted November 1, 2014 At the moment i am building a revell germany mk2 escort rally car into the type of car i saw around when i was a kid. You know the type being fixed up on the road for not much cash, in the uk they were descibed as "beer and cigarettes budget". I dont really have a build style other than if its a car or truck i'll build something out of it or use it for parts. My next build is going to be a 1/24 Italeri kenworth chassis with a heavily reworked 1/25 scale AMT chevy pick up cab. Once i get started on it i'll make a build thread for it. I dont expect it to be easy due to the amount of cutting, glueing and filling that is going to be needed but at the same time i have a lot of free time through the week so i'm just going to go for it. I think one of my biggest problems with this build may be that both kits are already built and painted, so my first question is should i strip the paint before i start or leave it to use as a guide? i intend to widen the fenders on the front of the pick up to fit the chassis and have a bit of a kustom/lowrider style to it. The escort i'm currently building is about 3 or 4 days from finished now so when its completed i will write a short note about what i've done to it and hopefully you'll help me to improve my models in the future. i look forward to interacting with you all and happy modelling dudes
Foxer Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 Welcome to the forum, Les. That's an interesting build you mention. I'll be looking forward to a wip. I would tend to strip the paint off everything first and start with clean plastic. It sounds like there will be lots of putty in this and bare plastic would insure a good bond.
stitchdup Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 First WIP pics will be up tommorow!!
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