1/72 Rareplanes kc97.The gloss black will act as primer for the alclad metalizer which will produce a chrome finish.Wow!that paint went on nicely!
[QUOTE="Kit Bash, post: 11624791, Thanks for the up date! Great details. I can't remember which of my old models that I have, or haven't posted yet. I need to do a new build like you guys. I do enjoy seeing the craftsmanship and imagination on here. Thanks to everyone for your Sunday models. Ron...
Philco, you make the most bad ass aircraft. Especially since you don't post the standard old "war bird" stuff. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Dodge A100 van, built from the Lindberg Little Red Wagon kit with a Jimmy Flintstone van body. Had to fix the caved in roof, was unable to fix the alligator skin texture on this thick smelly cheap resin body. Decided a heavy metallic might hide some of the texture, and for the most part it seemed to. Had to trim the chassis to get it to fit, and still had some problems until I figured out how to secure the rear: holes drilled through the rear just inboard of the bumper mounts, and short lengths of paper clip inserted to pin the chassis to the body. I had initially tried to lower it all around, but ended up jacking up the rear a bit for tire clearance. Front is lowered just a tad. The wheels and tires are from an 80s issue (yellow box art) AMT 36 Ford. The mufflers also came out of that kit. The steering wheel is from the recently reissued Meyers Manx/T Buggy. There's a CB radio from an AMT 90s Chevy pickup. I haven't installed an antenna yet. The high back bucket seats are from an Aoshima 240Z. Headers are from an AMT 55 Chevy stepside pickup. Pedals were scratch built, though if I'd known how hard they'd be to see, I'd have probably just painted squares on the floor instead. I scratch built the bed and bedding in the back. The mattress is a small box trimmed to fit over the wheel well and sprayed with white primer. The blanket is fabric from an old pair of boxer shorts (I retired a few pairs and kept the ones with small stripe patterns, thinking they'd make good seat covers or something). The pillows are both made of folded or rolled toilet paper covered/wrapped in blue tape, secured with CA glue, and painted. The floor is carpeted with a sheet of flocked paper material I found in the scrapbook section at Hobby Lobby one time, and was fairly easy to work with on the flat van floor. Paint is Duplicolor primer and Duplicolor gray that was decanted and airbrushed. It went on very rough and required some wet sanding. Top was taped off, and was done with Tamiya white primer and Mica Blue from the can. I decanted some Rustoleum enamel clear and airbrushed it, but it went on looking like dust, so I wet sanded it and sprayed additional coats from the can in the 95+ degree afternoon heat. It dried quickly with a decent shine. Some (but not a lot) of wet sanding and polishing were done. A few chips (adhesion problems with this foul resin) were touched up with a similar Testors bottle gray color. Silver trim was brush painted with Alclad chrome over the gray and clear-coated base. Vent windows and rear windows are from a clear blister package from something. Parts box 70s California license plate. Lastly, the exhaust was bent out of styrene tubing with paper clip inside, and K&S tubing was used for the exhaust tips. The base kit was a father's day present, and the resin arrived within a week, so on one hand this is a quick build, but on the other hand it seems that the only ones I finish are the ones that go quickly.
Nice work on the van and the write up! The van triggered some good memories of a short period in my life back in 1971 when I owned a Ford van equipped with paneling,carpet and bed.
EBS... That A100 came out awesome in spite of all the trouble. Glad you stuck it out and beat that resin into submission.
Just a bump for one of my favorite threads. I wish I had the time to do a build. Between my 1/1 scale project , the grandkid's road trips, art work, slot car lay outs, building my grandson a gasser go kart, and work. etc. etc. Never is enough time to do it all. But as for myself, and others, we enjoy your builds and post. So please keep them coming, and Thanks! I'll post a couple old builds, and lets keep this thread alive. Ron...
Sorry O/T, but I figured I'd finish the '69 Camaro that I stole the Willy's decals from. The raised whites on the other 2 tires will have to wait til my old eyes recover from the first 2 tires (used to be easy).
I was so impressed by this rendering of a '50 Olds by Steve Stanford in the June 1992 issue Rod & Custom I just had to try & replicate it, using a '51 Chevy Fleetline Body.
Sorry to say I haven't been at any model car builds for some time, but I did this narrow gauge railroad caboose last week. At least there's "road" in the name... It's 1/20, brass, and a repaint of a commercial product with custom decals and weathering (patina for you non-hobby folks). Photos taken on the Sundance Central, an indoor modular layout built by some of my model train buds in Tampa Bay area. Gary
Gary, that caboose is gorgeous! Here's a project I started a couple weeks ago using Revell's new '30 Ford coupe kit. AMT t-bird engine, '57 Chrysler wheel covers, grille insert out of a vintage 60s Aurora parts pack. Hoping to scratchbuild some long weedburner headers...made a jig yesterday.
Spex, Glad you liked the cab... for you diorama guys you can see more of the layout and it's models at the link below. The Sundance Central is a free-lanced deal, around 1/20th scale though some 1/18 sneaks in here and there. I'm not a member of the group, just hang there and help out when they need it. The other web sites are about the modeling center where the layout is located. There are all kinds of really great, inspiring models in many scales there. Gary http://www.sundancecentral.org/ http://finescalemodeling.org/shop.html http://finescalemodeling.org/Welcome.html
Finally finished up on Hank's Speed Shop after a year of building it,now i can get back to building models to display with it. http://public.fotki.com/62704/model-car-related-albums/hanks-speed-shop-1/
Been away for too long guys, man some kool stuff going on here now!!!!!!!! Don't know which to look at first or most....
Hope I'm putting this in the right area.... One that I finished up awhile ago...... Old Grave Digger monster truck converted to a diesel snortin' pile of parts!!!! Built to look like an old ARMY ambulance pulled out and put on the road as a hot rod!!!
Doc this is the only place to post it. As cool as it is for art and imagination. It is not a traditional Rod. That binging said, Great job on the build. Hope you build, and post some more H.A.M.B. friendly models. You are very talented. Just think, could you have built your model before 1965. And Thanks Doc! Here is a couple of my old models on the salt at Bonneville this week. not , ha ha Ron...
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