The 2013 Automotive Group Build

Tony,

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Rommelkiste, Greg and Dre.

Rommelkiste, this is the second one I've seen built. The other one was built by a guy I knew back when it was released. He pinched a jet engine from the 1/24 Monogram Huey helicopter kit, opened up the hood and went to town.

Cheers

Tony

Tony: you did a nice job on your Batmobile!

Rommelkiste, that Z is looking great- love the camber plates!  So simple, yet so elegant.

Isn't that Batmobile based on (or at least influenced by ) a Panoz LMP or road car?

Tony- that is a sharp Batmobile.  

I'd have some progress pics of my nightmare, if I only knew what I wanted to do it!

Tony, I think that is the first Batmobile I have ever seen built!  I dont think I have ever even looked inside the kit and I have had one since 89.  Now that I have looked at the photos of your build, I see a Lemans prototype project!  that is, minus all the "Bat" details and some panel smoothing.  Thanks for the idea and the nice build!  Adam West would love it, I do!

OK folks, presenting the Batmobile from the 1989 movie, 'Batman'.

Cheers

Tony

Hi Rommelkiste,

Is there a preferred photo that you would like me to use on the Build Roster to show off your Porsche ?

Cheers

Tony

Thanks, Tony.  I am calling the Porsche finished, otherwise the next photo would be a dent and skid mark on my workroom wall!  I think the Z will go better and there may well be a third kit, I will keep you up to date on that.  

That looks really good again Rommelkiste. How's the Porsche going ?

Cheers

Tony

Hi guys, been a little slow with the 240 Z.  I think I have too many projects going at one time.  I have the roll bar roughed in and I thought I would add some scratch-built camber plates for the strut suspension.  they are just sheet plastic discs with some left over PE nuts and bolts attached.  the kit supplied fuel tank was stock and I needed a fuel cell so I made one up with sheet plastic also.  The filler is not correct but I also had a PE fuel filler left over form some project so I used it here.  More to come.

Hi,

Here's where I'm at with the 55 Cameo. I have to repaint one of the channels for the bed. I forgot to run my hobby knife down the edge before lifting it up. Yep it got ugly and I think I might have said a few bad words :).

I dipped the glass in Johnson's floor wax and they came out really nice. I still have a little bit to do to the dash and interior. I have the chrome stripped, but didn't have any gloss black paint left so I picked some up today. Hopefully I can spray the chrome back on by this weekend. I think that is my biggest hold up.

Thanks.

Thanks Tony and Greg.

Tony,

The batmobile is looking good. Can't wait to see it. :)

Tony: The batmobile's looking awesome.

Eric: Nice job on the pickup....love the blue paint.

That Pickup is looking really nice Eric. It's going to bea very good looking model.

Cheers

Tony

Here's a progress report on the Batmobile. I think the photos say it all. I liked it once I primed it white, thought it looked sharp. I like it even better in black. The body took a heap of cleanup.

Cheers

Tony

These are really looking good guys!

That's a nifty build vetteman!

I made a little progress so far.

Finished painting the cab and bed,

Now I just need to buff out the paint, and add the photo etch badges and shoot a coat of clear.

Also got the wood cut out for the bed and painted the rails

Thanks.

Lovely work Vetteman, it's a model you don't often see. Excellent finish on it, I hope Vincent likes it too. I've updated the build roster. let me know if you want to use a different photo.

Cheers

Tony

I havent been around much but I did find time to finish the Edmunds Super Modified for my Grandson. Here are the finished pictures hope ya like it and I hope Vincent will too.

There now the pictures are workin

The really impressive thing for me Rommelkiste, is that your roll cages are all square and true.

Cheers

Tony

Dre, on the roll cage bends it depends on if I am using rod or tube, I use both.  usually the rod is just warmed in my hands by pulling it through my fingers and then bending to the shape I need.  The tube however, I use heat.  I have used candles and lighters.  The roll bars on the Porsche and the 240 Z is made from rod.  I have pic here of a chassis done with tube and heat.  

Bat-update. However, there is a lot of cleanup required.

Cheers

Tony

Rommelkiste- how are you making the bends in your roll cages?   Hot water and cooling forms?

Nice pick up Eric. I've updated the build roster...now, back to the Batmobile.

Cheers

Tony

rommelkiste,

The dash looks great. looking forward to seeing your mod on the roll cage.

Tony,

I think the Batmobile is going to look most excellent when it's finished.

I also have another kit to add. It is a AMT/ERTL 1969 Chevelle. My brother found this at a yard sell. Yep, the price on the box is 1 dollar. Everything is still in the bags. He and his wife frequent yard sales and he said he sees them all the time, so now I have him on the hunt hehehe.

Thats looking good again Rommelkiste. The suspension is a big one. If that's too high, the whole thing just doesn't look right.

Made a start on the Batmobile.

Removed some parts from the sprue, cleaned them up. Joined most of the body components, but still some cleanup required.

Removed the AMT/ERTL Chrome, and will refinish. At this point, there's still some junk on the parts, they need a good scrub. From what I can find on the net, the car was all black in the 1989 movie, and seemed to get some chrome parts in the later movies.

Cheers

Tony

Hi guys, got a few pics of the 240 Z progress.  In a dry fit of the chassis parts I found the kit roll bar is pretty much worthless.  It only stands about neck high to the driver seat when installed so I fabbed up a new one.  I also modified the dash to look more like the racing version.  The car assembled straight out of the kit sits high like a 4X4 so I am also modifying the suspension to look a little more like the real thing.  I will have pics of the mods in the next post.                                                                                                                                              

Build Roster Updated Greg. Keep up the good work.

I've just done a count on the build roster. There are 6 completions so far, and 43 models entered. It's not even the half way mark, keep up the good work everyone !

If you're wondering about hosting a GB yourself, I can recommend it !

Cheers

Tony

Looks realistic Greg. Really sharp, as Eric said. I'll update the build roster this evening. Congrats on a great build.

cheers

Tony

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble getting back to this GB. As some may know, I grew up building WW2 models (mostly airplanes) and now that I've gotten back to that, I have trouble focusing on the cars and trucks. there really isn't much to do on the Camaro, except put it together. I think the paint is on it pretty good. I just have to pick it up and look it over to see if I can put it together to finish it. . . . . .