The 2013 Automotive Group Build

Enough for today.

Thanks. Managed to fit the pans and frame today, as well as sand the body, scribe doors, etc.\

Dogfish,

I'm looking forward to seeing your sedan finished. That's a lot of detail in the chasis. :)

Tony,

I will be stripping the chrome so I can clean the flash. I have already stripped the rims and the intake. I'm not using the tires and rims that came with it. They like 17" rims with super thin tires. I found some rims and tires on ebay to fill the tubs properly hehehehe. With the touch-n-flow it has a long needle and the solvent evaporates with no mess hehehehe.

pyrman64,

Right now she's kinda mad because I'm buying car kits. My brother-in-law works for Academy so every time I go for a visit he loads me up. I have quite a few tanks, planes and ships so she doesn't understand why I don't finish those first hehehehehe.

Just started the 48 Hearse Hauler yesterday. Cut the chassis, floor pan and interior for stretching. Will fabricate new spans for them.

Also started filling the sinks left on the frame.

Never though about the Wife having chrome in her bra

ewheeler454

And here is the decals I simply refuse to use as it is a simple fact that if I did I think even my wife would laugh at me hehehehehehe.

I'd like to enter as well. 

Galaxie '46 Aerosedan Salt Flats Racer

Galaxie '48 Sedan Delivery Hearst Hauler

AMT/ JF Resin '49 Merc Pro Street

Revell Shelby GT 500TM

Hi Ewheeler,

I'm not going to be guilty of encouraging you to use those decals. Yuck ! I don't think they'd even go on a VW Kombi. Did they have something like that on the side of the Mystery Machine ?

Are you going to use the chrome on your Pro-street Nova, or strip it ? t least you're under way, and have made some good progress.

I don't have access to Flickr from here, I'll check that out later when I'm at home.

I usually use Tamiya Extra Thin Plastic Cement, which also works by capillary action. The difference is that its applied with a brush, but it doesn't mar the surface of the plastic, except for the weld obviously.

Cheers

Tony

Hi all,

Here is a beginning stage on my Nova.

66 Nova_001 by ewheeler454, on Flickr

And here is the decals I simply refuse to use as it is a simple fact that if I did I think even my wife would laugh at me hehehehehehe.

66 Nova_002 by ewheeler454, on Flickr

taxtp,

The mustang is looking good. Have you tried the Touch-N-Flow plastic welder? It works great putting body parts and engines together. It actually welds the plastic together.

I guess it's ok if you use the bathroom cleaning bleach rather than the unmentionable washing bleach !

A bit of glitter in the bowl never hurt anyone :)

My caustic soda is really drain cleaner, so I guess it fulfils it's real purpose after I've finished with it.

Great update Trey, I din't expect you to start so soon. I particularly like the springs, I'll use that when the time comes.

I've never seen photos of in progress chrome removal before.

The ride height on my Mustang is a bit of an issue too, it sits way too high, even on the box art. I'll have a look tonight as to how I fix it, before we get too far down the line.

I often use your 'patience' method for gluing problematic aircraft fuselage halves together, start at one end, align it, let it set, then proceed section by section.

Cheers

Tony

TREYZX10R

now just pour the bleach back into the bottle and sneak it back in the laundry room and the Missus never missed it!

I really would advised against pouring it back for your missus to reuse on her delicate unmentionables....did you notice the residue after you deplated the chrome? Do you want to wear that?!

Tony the 'Stang is off to a full gallop,looking great!

I got started on the Merc ,first up cleaning the frame up and replacing the coil springs

I used some copper wire coiled around some sprue for the front coils

I used ca to glue them in the retainer cups and trimmed them to the right height

This nasty bit of frame support is the same molding as the Woody I did last year and its a bear to get in place and keep the holes lined up while the glue sets. I learned from doing the Woody to start glueing from the rear and let each section set before going to the next. I rushed this on the Woody and wound up spending a lot of time filling and cleaning up the misalignment,totally my fault.

This time around the patience has paid off and no filler will be needed just a little fine filing and sanding. Started working on the mill and going to keep it basic out of box except the exhaust manifolds,and some detailing such as plug wires and a few fluid lines.

Before I can finish the Mill the chrome needed to be stripped off . I use straight bleach and it really works fast,the stuff literally dissapears before your eyes.

now just pour the bleach back into the bottle and sneak it back in the laundry room and the Missus never missed it!

Monogram 1/32 1966 Mustang GT-350

Since I've got multiple builds in progress, I've decided I will identify which one I'm working on in each update, with a heading.

I did some of the hack work on this one last night, removing parts from the sprue, clearing flash and filling ejection pin marks. I also removed the kit chrome using a weak solution of caustic soda.

I then set about spraying and some basic assembly. So the interior pieces and the axles got semi gloss black, some of the chrome bits have been primed with gloss black, in preparation for a subsequent coat of Alcad II Chrome. I still have more cleanup to do on the hub caps, so I didn't prime them. The tyres are two piece (right and left)  solid plastic, but I'll have to remove the seam line before proceeding.

At some point, I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and mask up so that I can paint the blue stripes on this thing, but wasn't in the right mood for it last night.

The reason I'm building this simple little kit is because it's a reprise of the first car kit I ever built, back in the late1970's. There are four car models from early on that I don't still have, otherwise my collection is complete. I've decided to gradually build these up to complete the collection. The others are all Airfix 1/32 kits, the 1933 Alfa Romeo, the Bugatti 35B and the 1912 Model T Ford. I guess I have some hard work to do !

Anyway, here's the solitary progress photo for today.

Cheers

Tony

Hi ewheeler,

I'll look forward to your pictures. Are you really sure you won't do the flowers ? :)

They should all be interesting builds, should be fun.

I've added you to the build roster. We're up to 14 already.

Cheers

Tony

Your not a flower child hippy huh ewheeler? LOL

I came of age in the early 70s and tried to let my hair grow long. The only problem is it get down to the top of my shoulders and stops getting longer: then it grows thicker LOL

Hi,

This sounds like fun. I have three that I would like to add.

AMT 1966 Nova Pro-street (recently started still cleaning flash hehehe)

AMT 1962 Bel Air

REVELL 1960's era Beetle (Nope, not using the flowery stickers that came with it and ya can't make me hehehehe)

I'll start posting some pics of the Nova tomorrow.

Thanks. :)

I just googled it Glenn, that's a good looking race car. I've added you to the build roster, and I'm very glad to have you on board.

Cheers

Tony

Hi Tony,

Can I jump in with Revell's Rebel '69 Corvette? It was a road race car, and I do have a layer of paint laid down on the body and the chassis is mocked up.

Thanks

Glenn

Hi Ken

I use donk colloquially for any engine, maybe it's an Aussie only slang. Now I understand the reason for both kits, thanks.

I actually worked for GM for some years here too. I'm currently driving their product.

Cheers

Tony

I didn't think it was a donk, The AMT kit has the same wheels that the 1:1 has. The only Revell parts i'm putting into it are under the hood. I got this kit because it's a convertible. Revell only has the hard top

I'm not much of a Ford person, even my models show that LOL I've always liked General Motors

Yeah, I knew I would want one too. Looks like you are doing some good work on it. What's the rationale for building the AMT kit with a Revell donk ? Is the AMT a better body ? It will be good to see this one coming together too.

I really love these late model Camaro's, and Mustangs for that matter. Same for the muscle car era ones.  I think I have every 64-73 Mustang kit in 1/24 or 1/25, except for the 1970 Mustang Grande that Revell once did. I think I will try to squeeze one or the other into this GB later in the year.

Cheers

Tony

My computer froze up thats why it took me a little bit to get the other pics on there

Thanks for the complement on the dog. Like most everyone else she too thinks I'm obsessed with model building LOL

That's a great photo of the truck Ken. I can fully understand why you would want to build one. Nice dog too. Looks like you're on the way with the wheels and chassis.

There's no photo of the Camaro, but I know that will get me going too.

Cheers

Tony

Here is the camaro. Here is the one the car dealer had last summer. I sat in it for about 10 minutes. it cost more than $42,000.

This kit didn't come with the engine, only what was molded into the bottom of the chassi. I got my LHS to go half on the Revell kit and I got the motor out of it and cut out the molded engine out of this chassi.

This is what I'm going for on Lisa's Truck, except it won't be a reefer truck

I'm glad you're building that thing Trey, I like the cars of that era.I'll be keen to see how good the kit is, as I might have to invest.

I'm really liking the diversity of subjects already in this GB, and I'll do my best to keep the energy up as we go along.

I've added the Merc to the build roster. That makes a dozen so far !!!

Cheers

Tony

Tax I'd like to see the kenworth finished too, LOL

Trey I agree I have good feelings about this group too

Pics are on their way

Tony thanks! I'm in with this 1/25 Revell 49 Merc

I'll be getting rid of all the chrome,ca'nt stand the stuff. If it aint fast chrome it!

I've got a few others time allowing that might get added later. Got good feelings about this g/b thanks for hosting it!