H.A.M.B Model Car Contest

I hesitate to pull the trigger on this one because I'm sure some of you guys will make me 'Put up or shut up' But here goes. I've recently discovered a thing called the 24-Hour model car build. I haven't found any concrete rules yet but, it's an online contest during the 24 hours of Daytona race where you have to build a model car from start to finish in 24 hours. You do status updates (online) every hour or so during your build then submit a final video for judging This would be fun for you guys in the "Sunday Models" thread. We could keep it period correct or have an O/T class as well. To make it easy you could do updates right here on the H.A.M.B so you wouldn't have to worry about learning the whole YouTube thing, I myself haven't built a model car in 30+ years so we could have a Box stock class as well as others like custom, and vintage drag would probably be popular. It could be judged by the mods or even @Ryan himself might do it. What does ye think?

 

Don't do models anymore,but love the idea. Would be awesome to see what others can do in plastic.

 

@Moriarity just got done building a model of one of his custom cars, that's what made me think of this and I'm on here like every day so....

 

I'll one up 'ya! I see real hot rods built in lapse getting done in 20 minutes on YT! LOL

But what about building a real hot rod? You need a body and frame to enter, you get 1 month.

Rated on how true they are to the hot rod name. Or voted on by the members here at the H.A.M.B.

 

How's about we do this in the off topic section of the forum????..... That way we could build muscle car models or whatever cars people want...

 

Well, that's what I was thinking. So, I put it in the "Antiquated" forum because I didn't think it fit the regular board. Maybe one of the mods can move it there.

 

Perfect!....

 

no. let's leave it here and not mix apples & peaches.

24 hour build with a cut-off date (needs a vote = quick! say 1960?) for wheels / engine/ speed equipment

and post a picture of your entry before the start date.

 

took me some digging, but i found the video i was looking for. might give you some ideas of what others are doing so as not to reinvent the wheel:

 

24 hours on one project, that would be a challenge, while watching the Daytona 500, impossible.

 

I think it's during the 24 hours of Daytona.

 

Ok, the 24 HOURS of Daytona, the race I've never watched. Thank you for the correction. Do we have to start with an UNOPENED kit or can we start with a pile of AMT parts we haven't touched since 1966?

 

take a time stamped photo of your pile o' parts.

post it so everyone can follow your progress.

enjoy yourself = it's a hobby.

 

Sounds like this is a contest for cell phone owners only, would have been a fun event.

Bob

 

i'm not making the rules, only regurgitating what other groups online have done.

YOU be who you wanna be, m'man!

 

I'm out!... I like taking my sweet old time building mine.... I haven't built a kit since 1974....

 

Won the contest in the local Boy's Club two years in a row, then they bumped me up to judging it in 1966. Still have a stack of unfinished kits. Just like the full size projects now.

 

Well, from what I've read of other contests, your allowed to dechrome parts ahead of time so opened box I guess

 

Haven't touched polystyrene in decades. I'd be so rusty I'd end up ruining things.
I will say that the time limit is kind of the way I remember it, can't wait for the paint to dry
= fingerprints!
I'd like to see what others can do though.

 

during all those decades the whole hobby has changed. to the point where resin is almost a dinosaur and photo etch is included in a $1.49 kit which incidentally is now $35 bucks. if you watched the above video, he got the paint to dry. some guys invest in food dehydrators and use them on a regular basis.

there's no rule you need to paint. of course Tamiya paints dry & CURE fairly quickly so you just need to plan your work, and then, ready? "work your plan".

try one dry; after it's over, take it apart and paint it if you want. what's to lose?



pro tip: use the video links if they are there or search "naked model group build"
anything else will keep you at the computer for the rest of the week! you've been warned!!!

 

I'm not going down that hole, I'm trying to save for the 1:1 scale toy out in the garage!
I have a list next to the computer of things like the motometer gasket and lens kit I need ($20) along with some hardware that would be a wiser investment of that 35 bucks!
I will be watching others though and live vicariously through the posts.

 

That's a cool model....