GrandpaPhil Posted January 9 #31 Posted January 9 Very nicely done! Canute, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 2 others 4 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Canute Posted January 9 #32 Posted January 9 Turned out nicely, Craig. 👍 mtaylor, Egilman, king derelict and 4 others 6 1 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
Egilman Posted January 10 #33 Posted January 10 4 hours ago, CDW said: You know what's really weird? I owned a few cars of this vintage many years ago, and now when I build a model of one and look at it, that certain smell you got from the interior of these old cars becomes such a strong memory. It's like you're right there inside of it. I guess it was the fabrics they used for the upholstery that gave that memorable odor. I remember that smell all the way up through cars from the fifties, but the sixties and later cars didn't have it. As best I can recall, that certain "new car smell" didn't come along until the seventies. Plastics? I imagine so. Woolen seat mats and covers.... Fabric covered interior panels combined with the early rubber floors.... A very unique smell... Polyester resins (plastics) began to be used in quantities in the late 60's becoming the go to for everything about car interiors from the early '70's on.. From carpets to headliners and everything in between.... It was a unique smell as well... And suspected of being carcinogenic as well..... Canute, CDW, Old Collingwood and 1 other 3 1 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
DocRob Posted January 10 #34 Posted January 10 Sweet Craig, you´re on a roll with your car builds. I love your chosen two tone paintjob, which somehow fits perfectly to the sleek car. In my head spins some of my Reverend Horton vinyl, adding the right soundtrack to accompany your beautiful cruiser with some psycho billy tunes. Cheers Rob CDW, Egilman, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Quote Current builds: Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9 MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
Landlubber Mike Posted January 11 #35 Posted January 11 Nice job Craig! Another beauty! Can I ask what you did for the chrome? Did you use foil? Molotow? Whatever you did looks great! I'm in the middle of a few car builds and stuck on what to do for the chrome. I painted some parts using Vallejo Metal, but was thinking about foiling other parts. Just not sure that the chrome would look the same across different sources. Canute, Old Collingwood, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
CDW Posted January 12 Author #36 Posted January 12 7 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Nice job Craig! Another beauty! Can I ask what you did for the chrome? Did you use foil? Molotow? Whatever you did looks great! I'm in the middle of a few car builds and stuck on what to do for the chrome. I painted some parts using Vallejo Metal, but was thinking about foiling other parts. Just not sure that the chrome would look the same across different sources. Thanks, Mike. All the chrome on this model was straight from the box. I used a chrome ink marker only on the 3 small door locks, front and rear doors. You might want to try AK Super Chrome. It's a little pricey but gives a good result. Other options are Alclad and Mr. Color Super Chrome Silver 2, SM206. If you go the Mr. Color route, you use a gloss black base then a highly reduced mixture of 7 parts reducer to 1 part paint. Apply in VERY light, low pressure airbrush spray over the gloss primer. If the paint is flooded on, it will not have that chrome mirror finish. The Ak Super Chrome is much more forgiving through an airbrush. Doesn't require reducer or a special base color. It likes to be flooded on and gives the best finish when it goes on wet. Too light a coat/s and it will not shine properly. As I understand it, it's actually a type of ink, not paint. It's reported that it can be brushed on, but I haven't tried it so cannot verify that. Another option that modelers say works very well is Green Stuff World airbrush chrome acrylic paint, or Green Stuff World brush-on chrome paint. You'll maybe need to order those products from Spain as I haven't found a USA vendor. If you're just doing small bits of molded on chrome trim, I would tend to use a Molotow or similar chrome pen. Canute, Jack12477, mtaylor and 5 others 6 2 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
Landlubber Mike Posted January 12 #37 Posted January 12 I've tried Vallejo Metal Colors Chrome over their gloss black primer and it looks pretty good. Not that mirror chrome type look, but more of a scaled look. I'll have to try some of the other options out there you mentioned, thanks for sharing! Egilman, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
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