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Jul 27, 2019 22:28:27 GMT
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A quick one this afternoon. At least it was supposed to be quick yesterday but i messed up doing the chrome around the windows so had to repaint it. Start with a not so fine So Fine. There was damage to the bumpers, so to see the damage better before filling it I stripped the chrome using bleach. Any bleach will do it. The casting was covered in mold lines so I filed and filled it where it needed. I had an idea for it but it hd green glass which wouldnt do, I had another decent one with clear glass and a green body so a quick swap sorted that out. I wanted to get the back end sitting really low, so i cheated and just removed the rear axle. Noticed in the pic its not mounted on the body properly so is sitting a bit high on the back, will be sorted when I glue it back together. The chrome doesnt look great so i'll probably give it another coat at some point. Really happy with how the wheels turned out.
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Last Edit: Jul 27, 2019 22:30:10 GMT by bmcnut
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Once id 'finnished' the 'so fine' I thought it looked quite lead-sledish, but when I looked up photos I realised that I shouldve gone to the effort of smoothing it all off, it would have made it a bit more custom after all. So out came the paintstripper, dremell, and milliput, and a couple of evenings of OCD levels of fine sanding. I did the car in matt black the first time, but decided to upgrade to satin black. I might go back to matt back as the satin looks like a really bad attempt at gloss black lol
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It's pretty cool, but I think it might look even better if the roof was metallic red to match the wheels
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Aug 18, 2019 19:14:10 GMT
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I need to add something to that sled, I don't have any metallic red at the moment, might see if I can work out how to lace it in this scale, ive got some rover damask red, then satin lacquer it. After having a bit of a break from the mooneyes lot, today I put some decals on it. I don't think ive overdone it, should look better once other details are added but at the moment it somehow looks a bit crowded. The only decals ive used before are scalextric type where each individual decal is laquered to the shape required, wheras this type the whole sheet is laquered in one, and are printed on a white background, which means very careful trimming is required to OCD standards. They have a printed yellow boarder, which makes it a little easier, as does the fact that my choice of yellow was spot on. I'm just glad I bought my ninja spec nail clippers. There are afew paint chips which I will be touching up before laquering the whole lot. I added the van to the load because it was a badly battered charity shop find and the car it replaced didnt have a body-line to enable me to 2-tone it, so it looked a bit odd.
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Aug 26, 2019 18:11:08 GMT
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Aug 28, 2019 19:44:42 GMT
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I popped down to Pidland last night. Its an amazing place. You look one way, and see this. For those who havnt noticed, its missing 2 doors. And when you turn round, you see this Motoring perfection as far as I'm concerned. Sounds as good as it looks too. Anyway, as awesome as they are they are totally irrelevant to this thread. Whilst I was there Mr Pid gave me a box of Hotwheels from his recent trip to the states. Very nice. And asked me to do him a favour. He bought this. He is a fan of the 1979 film Hotrod, and for years has wanted a model of the primer grey Willys Coupe, which looks like this. Its currently white so will need stripping, denting and roughing up a bit, painting primer grey and afew other detail changes. In the box of Hotwheels he gave me there will be something being returned to him, but he knows nothing about that.
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Last Edit: Aug 28, 2019 19:48:52 GMT by bmcnut
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Aug 29, 2019 13:17:26 GMT
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😢 bought a tear to my eyes thanks. I know now something is coming!!!!! One day he hopes to have a full size 41 Willy’s coupe well a plastic one anyway!
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Last Edit: Aug 29, 2019 15:58:52 GMT by Pid363!
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Isn't it always the case, every man wants a bigger Willys. I'll get my coat.
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Aug 31, 2019 15:40:10 GMT
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Made a start on the '41 willys. The body is mounted using screws, nice and easy, but everything inside the car was either held on with pins that were glued in place, or rivited on making it a bit of a game to get it in bits, but I got there. Once it was stripped and id got the paint off i had a go at cutting the grill area out, it was solid with just 2 small holes in to hold the grill on. It turned out to be probably the thickest part of the body and took a bit of work to cut and grind it all out but it makes all the difference. I was going to dent and bend the bodywork, but when i had a closer look at stills from the film the car was brush painted, making it look worse than it actually was. I figured that instead of spraying it, id be better off brush painting it in enamel, so off I trotted to the model shop again (any excuse lol). When I got back I had a look at sorting the bonnet scoop out. I was going to make this out of plasticard, but thought id check my box of bits out first. I found this. Its a silly V8 milkfloat thing, with a scoop on the roof. Out came the dremel. After one thin coat of paint I have this I'm dead chuffed with how the scoop looks, I'm going to put a bit of putty in there to blend it and paint the inside black, as well as the inside of the grill area When I was at the shop i bought 2 tins, this is the lighter of the 2 and it looks to be a little too pale at the moment. The other colour looks to be a bit on the dark side so i'll have a go at mixing them. There seems to be many shades of grey. This doesnt sit well with pids apparent desire of big plastic willys.
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Aug 31, 2019 16:34:21 GMT
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👌😎no words required!
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Sept 1, 2019 21:51:26 GMT
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There's about fifty shades of grey, one of them must be the right one for Pid's Willys.
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Sept 1, 2019 22:31:01 GMT
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I decided to mix some of the darker grey into the lighter grey until it looked right. I gave it a couple of coats and I think ive nailed it. It was painted about 20mins before this pic was taken, and matt paint always looks untidy until its completely dried. Its got a bit of brush texture to it but no worse than the car in the film. I'm still dead chuffed with that scoop.
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Nice work there mate
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`99 BMW 528i auto - current `01 Merc C320 - Gone `01 Forester S-Turbo - Sold `89 BMW 320i Convertible - Sold(shoulda kept it ) `88 Toyota MR2 T-Bar - Sold `89 BMW 325i touring - Sold `89 BMW 535i - Let her go too early `85 BMW 320i 2 door - Rust = character `00 Subaru Impreza Turbo wagon - Sold (engine failure) `93 BMW 325i - Sold
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Looks great. Looking forward to seeing the finished article.
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lol, finnished article. At the moment i seem to be having a lack of finnished articles and plenty of partly started articles. Thanks though!
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Cookie your the man this puka!
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Sept 3, 2019 21:43:44 GMT
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Sept 3, 2019 23:38:48 GMT
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Superb. I've heard a rumour he wants Bob Falfers 55 Chevy from American Graffiti doing next, then John Milners 32, then the California Kid then......
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Well what can I say that’s mega thanks so much and you got it done so quick. I think I’m going have to get you to do them a60 models ive got when you have time. The the problem I see I think I’m going to have a get a life size one which means something will have to go?
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Superb. I've heard a rumour he wants Bob Falfers 55 Chevy from American Graffiti doing next, then John Milners 32, then the California Kid then...... No I was thinking more along these lines
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