The 2013 Automotive Group Build

Greg thanks

Wheeler I use tamiya tape ,that prime job looks great and the scoop to hood join is perfect!

Tony awesome job masking the stripes ,looking forward to seeing that blue when its unmasked!

I've got the mill basically finished minus some plumbing and wiring details. The exhaust pipes did'nt go quite as planned but its passable.

Greentracker, I've worked with people with Carpal Tunnel, it does seem very painful. I hope it settles a bit for you. Thanks for the concise history. I've haven't noticed any grammaticals in your updates, nor would I mention them as my typing is terrible and I make plenty myself.

I sprayed the blue stripes on the Mustang today using Tamiya enamel X-3 Royal Blue through my airbrush. It looks ok now, I hope it looks good when the mask comes off. I tried to match the blue to the kit decals, as I have to use the side stripes with the GT-350 lettering. that could be another ugly exercise !

If the stripes come out well, I'll decal it and clear coat it this weekend, then park it for a few days whilst it all hardens up prior to polishing and then BMF. I'm not going overboard on this one, it just has to look OK on the shelf.

Hopefully, that means that I will start to progress one of the other projects that I listed.

Cheers

Tony

We're all here to help, teach and critique each other. It helps us grow in our hobby. Great jobs on the interior, and prep work!

Tax -I don't mind the question. I went to college late in life. I was 43 years old when I started and wasn't the oldest one there. LOL So when I graduated, I went on SS Disibility. I then started writing an historical novel on the oil industry here. Thats another bit of history we have (Oil City, PA) I didn't want to teach. I always said (jokingly of course) that I'd have the little brats strung up by the end of the day LOL

Maybe I should've kept my mouth shut on my education. You guys will start noticing my mistakes. LOL My hands are really hurting me this morning, making it hard to type. Thats just one problem. Carpal Tunnel.

Monogram 1/32 1965 Mustang GT-350

Here's the update from last night. I've modified the front suspension and axle assembly to fix the ride height. The photo shows it clamped, but its now all done and painted matt black.

And the body with masking done. The photo was taken before any paint was applied, but it's since had a coat of gloss to seal the mask.

New improved version of the racecar badge incorporating feedback from Greentracker :

All feedback welcome.

Today I finished masking the stripes on the body. I've given it a preliminary coat of closs clear t oseal the mask. Fingers crossed.

I also modified the mounting for the front suspension and axles to fix a couple of problems with the sit of the model. As designed, the wheel sat too far forward in the wheel bay, and the car sat very nose high. I guess I really should have done it before spraying the undercarriage anyway, so it's just as well I have to re-spray it anyway.

More photos later tonight.

Greentracker - I hope you don't mind the personal question, are you currently employed in an occupation using the degree ? Just interested to know. I've never thought about what occupations the people on this forum have.

Cheers

Tony

Cheers

Tony

Hi Greentracker,

Thanks for the tip on the badge. Since you are so well qualified, I'd better make the correction, and also make sure I don't start the sentence with a conjunction :) I thought I'd use your badge when building a road car and the racecar badge when building a racecar. I'll just wait for a little more feedback.

Trey - that interior is looking really sharp, I like the color contrast.

Cheers

Tony

That looks good Wheeler,  I can't spot the problem. What color are you going to use for the final coat ?

Greg - I filled the holes with plastic rod and a touch of CA for some minor marks, so its not putty shrinkage this time. I used automotive primer, which I think might be the issue. next prime will be with Tamiya fine primer.

Cheers

Tony

Treyzx10r,

What did you use to mask the seats and interior? You have some nice clean lines, I have a 55 Chevy I am going to do later and would like to two tone the seats.

Tony, I used acrylic flat white on the tires. It took quite a few tries, just need to quit drinking so much coffee hehehehhe.

I did get the fender repaired to a point where it's not as noticeable. Oh well. :) I got the body primed today.

Tony,

Here's one of the advantages of using the touch-n-flow. By welding the scoop to the hood, there's no seam and very minimal sanding needed.

I bought this kit on ebay for 5 bucks. Parts were still in the bag but the red you see is where someone sprayed it with enamel spray paint. I soaked it for 2 weeks in oven cleaner and still didn't get it all off. I sanded it a smooth as I could (reason for mishap hehehe).

Trey: looks good.

Tony: That's not the paint attacking the putty, it's normal shrinkage.

The builds are coming along nicely. I have to wait untill Wednesday to get more clear coat for the Camaro. This is the first time I'm trying to build up a shine. My LHS told me some people will put on up to 12 coats of clear on it. I'll go 4 coats max on it.

I'm still sanding putty on the semi trailer. After I cut the trailer and put it together to make it 53', I put sheet styrene on the outside to make it more modern. But the styrene wasn't big enough to cover it all with one sheet. I'm getting there though.

Tax, that badge looks great. That will give every one a choice. Since I'm not a race fan, I'll stick with mine

Tax, you don't need the word "THE" at the beginning on the badge. just a little advice from a guy with Bachelors degree in English. Hope you don't mind

Dogfish really like the chasis weathering,very realistic. Builds coming along nicely!

Tony great save on the warped chasis,those small little blems will be a cinch after what you just did! I think the interior has a nice clean look to it as is. The primer I use on car bodies is a self etching Pintura base made by Rustoleum in a rattle can ,its cheap ,sands well and has good adhesion,but its a bit 'heavy' for 1/48 aircraft so I only use it on bigger smooth surfaces such as cars and big rigs.

Glenn the exhaust pipes are just stretched sprue

Eric thats coming along nicely!

I've gotten the interior basically done ,the dash detailing and some fiddly bits aside

The new chassis and interior look great!

Good idea Dogfish, that will look great.

Here's tonight's progress update on the 1/32 Mustang.

I've sprayed the new undercarriage, but as you can see the solvents in the paint have upset the filling job I did on a couple of locating holes. It's gonna have to be fixed and re-sprayed.

and the interior is done. I am resisting the urge to add detail.

Cheers

Tony

Your chassis are looking great!.The 46 Chev will be used to Haul my 46 Aerosedan Salt Flats car to Bonneville, so they're getting a little aging effect.

Here's my first attempt at a badge to supplement the outstanding one that we already have. I had the thought of doing a motorsport related badge, as I think it's the only genre not covered by the other one. I've chose the iconic Porsche 917K for it.

Let me know if you like it, or suggest some changes.

Cheers

Tony

Nice work Eric.

The only electric tool I use on plastic now is my good old Ryobi cordless drill. It's the only thing I can get down to a slow enough speed, but even then I use it rarely. It's massive compared to the model.

What paint do you use for the tyre lettering ? I always use acrylic, because someone once told me that enamels won't dry well on them. I've never tried it.

Hope the fender fixes easily for you. I guess that's what we do as modelers, fix our work as we go.

Cheers

Tony

I really like the engine work dogfish.

Tony, sorry to hear about your undercarriage. Good thing you had another.

I have to do a little body work on the right rear top fender on the Nova.  Bright idea=dremel=buffing pad=double-sided scotch tape=sand paper=oops

hehehehehe

I will have to build it back up to the same height as the other side. Who would have thought it would melt that fast. :) At least it fixable.

Here's what I did get done though

Got the under carriage done and axle and springs welded in.

Dry brushed the spring mounts

First coat of paint on the headers.

And got one tire painted, although I might need to go over it again to brighten it up a little.

Until next time,

Eric

Thanks Mississippi. I've got the new chassis primed now, so by tonight I'll be back to where I was.

Cheers

Tony

Nice work Dogfish. I didn't realise you were going for the 'well used' look. I particularly like the chassis weathering, really effective.

Cheers

Tony

Tony, sorry to see what happened to your chassis, those things drive me batty.

Trey, what are you using for your exhaust pipes?

Glenn

After primer, shot the chassis with Satin Black with a little Sea Salt added.

Then added a little dust.

Painted the 6 with Chevy Red and weathered.

After shooting the second coat ( black) and letting it dry for a few days in the dehydrator. ( Don't make my mistake of putting a resin on a spring holding stand. It will deform your resin....... as I found out!). Took 3200 wet sanding pad and worked on the body to age it a bit.

If you sand down to bare resin or plastic, you can touch up with a sharpie and lightly wisk away mistakes, after a few seconds.

Roster updated Mike, it's very good of you to join. I've left it as 'TBA' for the time being.

That makes 22 entries on the build roster, good work folks.

Cheers

Tony

Being primarily a auto builder I'm bound to do a car at some point between now and Dec. 31st. Sign me up, subject: unknown. Most likely will be a Corvette or maybe Tamiya's Kawasaki ZZR 1400 or another bike.....I got 200+ cars to choose from...uh...I'll get back to you...

I've just looked at the photos I posted on page one, it's not really the right angle, but I don't think it was warped then. It is definitely warped ina photo I posted on page 4.

Anyways, onwards and upwards I guess.

Cheers

Tony

Had a bit of a drama with the Mustang. Somewhere along the line the chassis has developed a very significant warp. I dunno when it happened, maybe I had it too close to a lamp, but I'm sure it wasn't there originally.

Luckily, I have a spare.

So I've butchered that chassis away from the interior and will use the new one. I'm in the midst of tidying it all up now. I'm still mystified as to how this happened, I'm certain I would have noticed it earlier.

Cheers

Tony

Yea, the badge looks better with your printing. I only have MS Paint, so I'm really limited as far as designing things like this.

And Thank You too, both Pyrman & Tax

Thanks to Greentracker and Pyrman, I've added the badge to the first page. Feel free to display it whnenever you like.

Trey - that's coming along erally quickly. Once it gets the primer it really starts to take shape, I reckon.

I'm interested in the materials that everyone uses, what do you prime with ?

Cheers

Tony

The builds are looking great Fellas!

I've sprayed the chasis bottom and sanded the body with 400 grit to get rid of some fine mold seams

thanks, Dogfish

here's another option, I change the color & font