The 2015 /16 Red Hot and Rollin Automotive Group Build--Ended

Yeah Tony, now THAT looks like fun! Enjoy that project...

My next build is a 1/20 Lotus 102 from the 1990 F1 season. It's a conversion from a Tamiya Lotus 102B kit utilising blood, sweat and tears for the conversion, and a decal sheet from Studio 27 and Shunko to reflect the different sponsorship.Here we go with the conversion bit.

Cheers

Tony

The base kit (1991 Lotus 102B) had a different nose to the 1990 Lotus 102 that I am building. There is an air scoop on top of the nose that needs to be filled, then a new nose is required. I started with a piece of plastic card in the scoop to fill it, then puttied it up.

This photo shows how I cut off the nose ready for a new one to be made and installed. Note the shovel nose profile of the base kit. You can also see the cockpit lip that has some paint on it. This originally had a shelf to fit a windscreen, however the Lotus 102 didn't have one, so I had filled it with Milliput, sanded, applied Tamiya putty, sanded, then applied Mr Surfacer. Here is how it looked with putty.

Next update soon ( I promise)

Cheers

Tony

That La Ferrari is a good looking car, I'll enjoy seeing it built.

I've realised that I forgot to post the completion photos of my Chevy Monte Carlo NASCAR. I hope you like them. In the context of just trying to build an attractive shelf model, I'm OK with it.

I think the first one will do for the main page guys.

Cheers

Tony

Thanks for the encouragement guys-hopefully the next update will come sooner than the last one-in the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy everyone's great builds

Next build :)

Thanks Mustang. Yep, gonna start on a LaFerrari 1/24 scale. Will post some box art later.

Joe: I like the look of that Millenium Falcon Glass as well as that superb van build you've pulled off. You should be proud of that one as there's a lot of detail and well executed weathering on it. Totally awesome stuff and can't wait to see what your next project'll be. (you're in BTW)

djjeavons: Real nice work on the Audi man! If there's a glue smudge on any decal I can't see it. Great finish. Got anything else coming down the pipeline here?

Bob: Good to see you back at it. I've used decals to hide blemishes several times and it does work. lol. Lookin' good so far!

Seems like this summer has found me busier than normal as I've been about everywhere lately. It's fun on one hand and frustrating from a workbench standpoint. I'll be resuming progress as of today but will be slow. I contracted a cold while I was out.

Nice work on the dragster Bob, it's a unique looking vehicle !

I like your van Joe, it looks very realistic and that certainly is some lift kit on the suspension ! It looks like it could traverse the moon.

Dave, your Audi looks nice. These modern sports cars look great, don't they.

Seabe - keep pumping out those F1s man, I love them. I'll post an update on my Lotus 102 conversion shortly too.

Cheers

Tony

Honored by your comments bobba...nice vintage dragster there man!

Hey all-

I'm continually impressed with the work you guys are pumping out at a very rapid pace.... Scarecrow Joe-had I not known better, I would swear that your van was a real vehicle.

Sorry I haven't been commenting on all of your builds-but I do look daily and am humbled by the quality here-levels of detail are beyond words.

Anyway, I've been at a standstill for about a month...or more...no excuses...just lack of motivation....however, I did attach the blower scoop today and put some Future on the dragster body in prep for decals-decals can hide a multitude of sins.....

Motor and wheels are dry fitted-still need to add the 'fiddly bits' as like to call them-steering linkage, wishbones, fuel tank.....engine needs to be wired & plumbed but I'm not sure if I'm going to go that far for this build.....anyway...

Exhaust headers are soaking to remove the chrome-had to rob them from the backup kit-broke the first set-somewhat fragile..

Thanks Raven. The side on photo would be cool please. Does that mean I can grab a badge now :)

Also gonna start on a LaFerrari. Is there still time to include that in this GB?

Nice work lately guys!

Raven about the pic on the front for mine I think this is the best one of my model:

LY2A2045 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

Thats if Im included of course.

Nice work, Dave. I like the 'windows down' look. A lot of times we have to make do when things go wrong, just part of the hobby. Let me know which pic to poston the front page.

That's looking good Seabe. I want to try my hand at an F1 car at some point in the future.

So I'm done with the Audi. Decided to go with a "Windows down" look after my initial incident. I did try sanding but that didn't work for me and I actually ended up snapping the piece.

So, here is a few of the finished pictures, unfortunately, I managed to smudge some glue onto the decal on one side which is very annoying.

Thanks

Dave

And the promised pics! (Yes, it IS raining...) Sorry about the non-surgical nature of some of the surrounding of some of the pics, but at least it's here.

Williams FW11 first
Front suspension - only glue used in the entire sub-assembly was joining the  two halves of the brakes!

Remaining in (eventual) close proximity - the front wing

And moving to the rear end - the engine initials. Still very much in progress, some of these sections are not done, so excuse the shabby painting!

Onto the 43rd F310B:

First layer of primer onto some of the sections.

The engine initials with some gold weathering, still need to dilute the effect a bit, I see.

The gold effect on the sidepods looks better. I have also since went over the wiring with SGB drybrushed in order to enhance their black.

The lastly, the red is on. With the initial layer of SGB inside both the engine cover and the body. Had a bit of a boo-boo on the body with SGB siphoning through some suspension holes onto the red outside, but it cleaned up well enough.

The engine cover - by now it has received another SGB layer inside and is about ready for decals! 

Phew, and that's all from my side!

Hope to add some picks over the weekend. I am attacking - at the velocity of a tortoise attacking a long stretch of road - both kits from various angles.

The Williams' initial couple of steps have been completed, dealing with the front initial suspension. Interesting, no glue used in the completion of this, but for gluing the two sections of disk brakes together! Also started to paint the seat, which may end up being a rather to-and-fro painting session to get the different boundaries correct.

White has been laid down on the main body parts - and clear-coated. Hope to get going on the masking for the yellow over the weekend.

The front wing has been completed. Was planning on going to town with CF decals on it, only to see that it seems it was not naked CF, but painted black. Of course, that also involved some masking for yellow on the outside of the endplates.

On the Ferrari mission... I have decided to take some of the red sections and get them painted. So mirrors and front wing pillars were added to the front section of the body. Uncharacteristically, the PE is a bit wide to fit and when sanding it down to body dimensions, it became really thin. Hope it can support the front wing at the end of the day. Some elements were added to the rear wing and assembled. The remaining elements must be white. All of that is red now.

The engine base was done in gun metal and the floor (with some minor attachments) and top section of engine was done in SGB. Oh, plus the sidepods... I also took to the sidepods and the top section with some gold weathering to try and get it off the solid black, since pics show it to be a slightly different colour. On the sidepods I then tried to rub off the weathering from the cabling. Hope the effect will work, hard to actually see the difference and don't want to overdo it.

You got it Seabe! That is what Im talking about. I always save some of this material and in the case of the van I found one that had almost the same curvature as the original one.  I believe the optical qualities and width scale are spot on for vehicles around this scale. I used it also for the MPC Falcon cockpit.

Think he's talking about those thin plastic "shells" they sell a lot of stuff in nowadays, those "2-ply" ones curved around the thing you bought (be it a computer mouse or whatever) which you open at the tabs. Great idea for future reference, Joe... (That is, IF I have it correct.)

Am I missing something with the packaging material? Sounds like a great idea but I'm drawing a blank. Could you elaborate?

Thanks Scarecrow Joe. That's a good idea using packaging material.

Thanks Seabe. Will give that a go. Failing that I might go for the tinted window look.

Try Mother's metal polish followed by a Future coat.  I have cleared some of those with this method. If you're unable to successfully clear it you can use the piece to create another one out of any clear plastic like the ones commonly used to pack almost everything nowadays, you know the ones that hard as hell to open up! LOL!

I used some to make the whole windshield of the my van. In fact i like it more since the thickness and look is more up to scale.

Don't laugh - but in past I've had good luck with light sanding and... clear paint! However, I have not thrown on all that much stuff as you've already done, so insert disclaimer here!

Ok, so I have messed up a piece and not sure how to rectify.

Here is the piece:

Basically, the painting went wrong so I used some enamel thinner to remove the offending paint, but this just caused this fogging. I then tried to clean it with warm soapy water to no avail. I have also tried some lighter fuel (petrol) thinking that might help - I have no experience with different chemical reactions so simply tried that on a whim.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

Dave

You just can't beat it Joe! Great detail and weathering!!!

Well, as far as Im concerned.....thing is finished! 

Two quick bad quality cell pics. Will arrange adequate pics later.

20150712_185343 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

20150712_185310 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

Installed the custom exhausts today.  Started cleaning the trim will install later.

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Took some better pics in my new studio....another corner of my yard! LOL! Its started raining though...

LY2A1819 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

LY2A1836 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

LY2A1843 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

LY2A1809 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

...look cool in B/W too, I think...

LY2A1809-2 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

LY2A1819-2 by nenekinkin, on Flickr

Tim - you have built so many beautiful car models in this GB, that people seem to get used to it. So congratulations, a beautiful build! I wonder what's coming next and if you don't get tired with building at that pace!

Dave - welcome and good luck with your build!

Scarecrow Joe - a really nice job with that van - looks very realistic!

Joe - that chrome trick really looks nice, I have to try it on my bus, which, I have to say, regrettably is on hold now...

Good luck with your builds and have a nice day

Paweł

 On the subject of wheels I tried a trick that I didn't know anything about until about a month ago. I painted the chrome on the wheels with Tamiya Smoke X-19 thinned heavily with 70% ISO alcohol to produce a subtle , yet noticeable effect.

 In the picture below , the wheel on the left has been given the "smoke" treatment whereas the one on the right is straight OOB. IMO it gives it a more realistic look.

 These are from my 37 Chevy Resto WIP that I'm doing here. Check it out:

djjeavons: Awesome finish man. Bravo!!!

Joe: Never woulda known that you had a problem! Great recovery and great progress dude!