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This 55 Chevy Indy Pace Car is the third model of the three I planned to enter in the Southlandz Model Car Show coming up June 7. I previously finished the Audi race car and the Ferrari Testa Rossa for this event. With a little more than two weeks left, I think I am on target to finish the Chevy in time. Most of the painting and construction has been completed with the interior and body trim, decals remaining. To keep things moving quickly, I will make fewer progress posts with this one. Just took the masking off the body this morning. Chrome trim will tidy up the demarcation between red and white. Paint is MCW white and red enamels. The body spent 8 hours in the dehydrator overnight. It can now be safely handled(gently).
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3D printed wire wheels added to replace kit wheels. Set included the correct tires as well.
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I have my preorder in for the DB4 and anxiously awaiting the invoice to come from MFH. One of the skilled MFH builders recently revealed his use of solder balls to replace the rivets in MFH kits. The solder balls can be purchased from Amazon and come in a set consisting of a half dozen or more different diameters all packaged in little glass jars. Being made of very soft solder, the balls are placed on top of predrilled holes then flattened by pressing down on top with a piece of flat metal stock. The result is consistent, perfect-looking rivets. It’s important to choose the right diameter ball for the particular hole size. I bought a set and only paid a small amount for them. I’ll be giving them a try soon on one of my models other than a MFH kit, soon. Will post photos of the results.
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I agree with your MFH critiques, Rob. Nothing else beats the realism of those cast white metal parts that MFH uses in their kits, but they are not easy to work with in terms of time required to prepare them. The reward comes at the end as can so clearly be seen with your engine. I just hope this family continues to produce their kits. Right now, there is no other even close at taking their place in this hobby of ours.
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These are the last photos I’ll post for this one until I finish my aftermarket wheels and tires.
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Bugatti is 1:12 Italeri Thanks for the kind words.
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Big Daddy Ed Roth and Rat Fink stopped by the garage just in time to see the exhaust system that got installed.
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Thanks Rob. I recently bought my first can of Revell Chrom. Pictures I have seen of the finished parts look very good when sprayed with Chrom. Much better than kit provided chrome plated parts. I want to test it first.
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I might rethink and use Alclad instead of Chrom. Polished aluminum may look better than chrome.
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An interesting note about the wheels and tires; the wheels are labeled front and rear, the tires are 6.00 - 16 (front) and 6.50 - 16 (rear). That slight difference in size, front and rear) is reflected in the parts.
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A set of period-correct wheels and tires for the Testa Rossa. Tires are branded Pirelli Stelvio 6.00 - 16. Will paint the wheels with Revell Chrom spray.
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There is a company out of Turkey who sell these 3D Ferrari badges for scale models. In various scales, too. As their name implies, their main focus is F4 Phantom related: Phantom Phreaks. The badges will look nice on the Testa Rossa
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That's certainly a convincing example of what a finished ZM can be in the hands of a skilled modeler. Beautiful is not enough superlative to describe it. Magnificent!
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With the exception of the Sherman tank at the bottom left, these are all the kits I won in the raffle drawings at the Pelicon 2025 model show last Saturday. The Panther and Crane kit has a ton of plastic sprues inside. The vendor selling the Sherman was asking a price I could not turn down, so I brought it home via a purchase.
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Decals are Cartograph, clear coat is Mr Color Super Clear III lacquer reduced with Mr Color leveling thinner.
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Outstanding model Kevin. I really love the chipping affects you achieved.
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Instrument panel. Not a lot to work with, rather spartan.
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Managed to get the piping laid down on the seats. Tedious. Seatbelts next.
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Best of Show winner at Pelicon 2025
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Not exactly sure but guess most are from Florida perhaps with a scattering from other nearby states. One thing is for sure, the members of our hobby, for the most part, are becoming more advanced in age shall we say. Not more than a relative handful of youth attended. Mist of my photos were taken early in the day. Many more models showed up later but taking photos was complicated by all the traffic around the display tables. Easily there were a hundred or more contestants and even multiple more models on display.
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Thanks for the kind comments, all. The small raffle tickets were $1 each, I bought 20. The big raffle tickets were $5 each, I bought 6. After you bought your tickets, you could drop as many as you wanted into each category bucket. The categories were divided between automotive, armor, aircraft, ships, or supplies. All the proceeds from the raffle go to support the host club while the prizes were donated by individual members and local businesses, some national businesses. I don't know why, but I'm mostly always lucky when it comes to these type raffles. Lotto, not so much. Here are some select photos of the myriads of scale models that were on display.
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The Pelicon 2025 show was a blast! Many, many, high quality models on didplay. Hundreds of people attended. There were raffle drawings every hour in numerous categories with a grand prize raffle at the final hour with some excellent prizes. I managed to win six of the smaller hourly raffles and two of the grand raffles! I felt like a bandit. I managed to win one silver and two bronze medals with my four entries, for which I was grateful. I took a ton of photos but won’t post all of them now at this late hour. What I will post are photographs of Nestor Espinoza’s Nationals winner, the Maserati 250F by MFH. An extraordinary, beautiful build. Nestor is a resident of Tampa who has published work from Mig Ammo.
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