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CDW

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  1. CDW
    The painting sequence
  2. CDW
    In just a few words, you built a gorgeous model, Yves, and a most excellent display.
  3. CDW
    Oh man, you are going to be surprised, or maybe not. 😅 It's going to be there, I promise. And it will be there sooner rather than later.
  4. CDW
    Points of reference: photos of the 1:1 car being modeled:
  5. CDW
    While I am building a much larger, more time consuming 1:12 Porsche Carrera GT kit, I need to squeeze in another build for a model club challenge where we build a given subject each month. This month's challenge is anything Mopar, so my response will be the Foose custom 1967 Dodge Charger. This should be a quick build that won't take more than a week or two to complete. The kit body straight out of the box was very nicely molded. Only a couple of small hints of a mold seam line and those were easily polished out with a 600 grit sanding sponge followed by 4000 and 6000 grit polishing cloth. The body was primed with Mr Surfacer 1500 black and after dry, polished again with the 6000 grit polishing cloth. Next it got a couple of coats of Tamiya gloss black. After allowing it to cure overnight, will mask it off to shoot gloss metallic silver on the sides to match the Foose paint scheme as seen on the box art. My intention is to keep the kit pretty much box stock as I like the custom Foose parts included with the kit. Will add a few under hood details.
  6. CDW
    A very realistic model. Unmatched by any other that I know of. MFH certainly produce fine model kits and you are doing an absolute beautiful job, carefully and meticulously building it.
  7. CDW
    Here in sunny Florida, daytime in the summer heat makes for a very uncomfortable ride. Not to mention that almost daily we get thunderstorms in the summer as well. Evenings in the summer can make for nice rides. My favorite times to ride was always in the fall and spring. Winters don't often cause problems either as ours are so mild. What put me off from riding is our ever-growing traffic congestion and very bad drivers.
  8. CDW
    A Red Tail Hawk visited me.
  9. CDW
    It's only a start. Let the detailing begin.
  10. CDW
    Beautiful model, Gary. You did an outstanding job on her. I admire your photography skills.
  11. CDW
    There should be a left and right sides. My kit contained two right sides. I can correct the problem.
  12. CDW
    For the time being, trade with Japan is very good if paying in USD. Items cost is way down from previous years. I know modelers who paid twice as much as I did for this same kit. They bought theirs several years before I bought this one.
  13. CDW
    Beautiful, crisp mold!
  14. CDW
    Thank you Alan
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  16. CDW
    Please join me as I build the 1:12 scale Tamiya Porsche Carrera GT.
  17. CDW
    These are the finished photos of the 1:24 Fujimi Ferrari 288 GTO. Thanks for following along, your likes, and comments.
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  19. CDW
    With the missing parts I need in hand, pulled the Ferrari out of moth balls intent on finishing it. Spent a few hours masking off the entire body to paint the semi-gloss black trim details. Glued in the glass pieces. Next will begin final detailing and assembly to put this one in the history book and on the display shelf.
  20. CDW
    Thanks for sharing those memories. I enjoyed reading about it. I once owned a '64 Triumph TR4A that was so much fun to drive. Nearly 50 years ago, I had the opportunity to trade for an XK-E but got wet feet. It wasn't running and I feared what it might take to get it going. Back then, parts for these cars were hard to come by and expensive when you could get them.
  21. CDW
    Yes it is broken off there. I saw that first but it wasn’t as big a deal as the other piece. And yes, it’s the mounting point for the control arms.
  22. CDW
    I realized a problem with this kit today. The forward chassis components. If you look at the pieces circled in red, you will notice my kit has two right sides rather than a right and left side. I need to step back and figure out how I am going to solve this problem. Finding a correct left side part is going to be next to impossible. I may be able to cut away the upright piece and attach it in the opposite direction but then that also means reworking the diagonal tube that runs through it, actually cast into it. Not an impossible task but a pesky one. In the meantime, I have some low temp solder and liquid flux on order as I want to solder my white metal parts together rather than using CA glue. The gap filling properties and stronger bond of solder appeals to me vs: CA glue.
  23. CDW
    At this scale, it looks like the real thing. Beautiful.
  24. CDW
    Oh man! I am doomed now. I’ll end up with those for sure. Thanks for that link!
  25. CDW
    While I’m reading up on low- temp soldering of white metal, I did a quick mockup of the kit parts to see how Gunze represents the chassis work. A decent basis for a detailed build I think.

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