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

Doug: Thanks man! I'm really looking forward to seeing you strut your stuff in the automotive realm. Remember , no dark washes here. lol. To bring out panel lines go a couple of shades darker than your base color.

Dan: This thing is really wild!!

Joe - your brake system is awesome. 

A little more progress today I added the new frame rails and painted the engine. Also added some body putty to the seams on the cab. I'm out of gray primer and my Hobby Lobby was also out so next week I will be able to finish priming the cab.

Great work Joe (and son) ,like the washer idea for brake calipers! I'll be starting my 56 Ford Crown Vick pretty soon. Going to be a tad different then the aircraft sequence. I'm going to do body work and paint first since it takes the longest to dry completely, Again, great work to you and your youngun.!

Doug

Thanks Steve.

 Almost forgot guys. Here's my sons Mack Truck so far. I've touched up the wheels a tad with some Tamiya Smoke to give them a little more of a realistic look.

Love the washers, Joe. Glad to see it coming together so nicely.

Well folks it looks like this is starting to look doable.

The basic set up here with the master cylinder/ brake booster set up:

 I primed the front brake rotors (washers) with black gloss yesterday and shot 'em with a coat of Alclad today. You'll notice that I flattened one side of the washers. This allows my calipers to sit perfectly on the rotors instead of looking like they are resting on the outside edge of them.  I also cut some brass rod to .180" length to mount the rotors onto. The short length allowed for the "step down" to mount up the wheels later. Today I'll be drilling out the brake calipers for brake lines and painting the calipers red. I removed the chrome from both of the calipers yesterday in order to prep for all of the painting.

Hey Misty, why worried about the fit of the cover?! Leave it off! That bay is too good to be hidden. Great job.

LOL! It was my attempt too. lol

BTW Misty, he's right. That build of yours is looking incredible!

Joe - That was my attempt at some Friday night humor.  Lol. All these builds in this thread are rocking!!!  

Tim

Ay! Whaddaya mean big boy models? I thought we were building big boy models here!!  LOL

Tim that Chevelle is lookin' Bad A man!!

I was able to get the interior and body mounted on the chassis.  I still have to detail a few parts and the bumpers, etc...  This build has been a great stepping stone for me with a bunch of great tips from everyone.  Thanks!

I was too lazy tonight to use the DSLR, so these are from my iPhone 6 Plus, which takes really good pics without any editing the brightness or contrast.

Tim

Misty - I was a HUGE fan of F1 when I lived in England from 1995-2001.  I was a Schumacher fan though... I loved watching him drive, but its sad that he is holding on for dear life after the ski accident.  So sad.

I LOVE YOUR BUILD!!!  I love all the details you are providing.  When I grow up and start to do big boy models, I may have to give one of these a shot.  lol 

Tim

The rear suspension is on so a quick test to make sure the rear cowl still fits is in order. Thankfully it isnt too bad.

taxtp

Misty - My eyes aren't 20 years younger either, it's  the Tamiya 1/20 kit.

OMG sorry my eyes are worse than I thought! 

Great color, Tim, and a great finish as usual.

Finished and mounted the engine tonight; luckily I realized before it was too late that I dorked up the engine header placement and was able to relocate them without too much trouble. I forgot the oil filter, but with the engine service cover in place on the bottom, nobody will eeever know.

One thing I love about this kit is that they give you some wiggle room when fitting parts like the radiator hose to the engine, and the manifolds to the exhaust pipes. Instead of the connection point being a round hole with no room for error, it's instead an open oblong slot, so your fit can be off by a bit and the pieces will still go together seamlessly.

BMF around windows and door handles complete.  Finishing stretch now...

Tim

Misty - My eyes aren't 20 years younger either, it's  the Tamiya 1/20 kit.

Mustang - that is really impressive work. Nice.

I've got one small update to the Alfa 155 . The previous owner used the seat harness decals from the kit. Unfortunately he put them onto a matt surface, so there was silvering underneath it. I flowed some Future under it, coated the whole seat, then applied a flat coat.

It's not great, but in the context of just building this thing into a decent looking shelf model, it will be ok inside the car and surrounded by a comprehensive roll cage.

Could you please add this build to page one, it's the Tamiya 1/24 Alfa Romeo 155V6TI.

Cheers

Tony 

Misty

if only my eyes were 20 years younger

I almost forgot to go through the front wheel to spindle fit problem I had. Here is the wheel as it sits on the kit supplied spindle-not exactly fitting here:

So..........I got some 1/8" brass rod and cut about a 1/4" long section and slid it onto the spindles and cut and rounded the ends of the spindle:

and although it looks rough here in the macro photo, you can't see anything but perfect fit with the naked eye:

I sanded my L bracket for the power brake booster/master cylinder assy this morning and set that aside. While all that was drying I flattened some concave washers I found with rubber backing on them. After flattening the washers I sanded all of the rubber backing off of them and will polish them up over the weekend to give them that "brake rotor look".  I robbed some brake rotors from a 1/24 scale Monogram F-100 kit , trimmed them to scale length a little and cut a groove in the middle of them with my dremel to get them to fit over the rotor. I still have to cut into the centers to get them to cover the brake rotor (washer) surface a little better but I ran out of time this morning. Gotta get to work you know. Here's where I'm at right now with that..............

Tony - I think im falling in love with those 1/43 f1 cars, if only my eyes were 20 years younger.

Misty: Good grief man! That sir is some awesome detail and painting work going on right there!!! Wow!

Eric: Thank you sir and good start on that Ford. And she's sportin'  a flat head mil.

Tony: Thank you as well. Man you guys with the open wheel work! Outstanding levels of detail here.

Congrats on the well earned awards Mustang, wear them with pride :)

Nice work everyone.

The ivory looks good on the '53 Eric.

Tim, the shine on each model takes me by surprise every time I see a new one.

Misty, that Macca is looking really life like, it's worth all of the extra work.

Here are a couple of very bad photos of my Williams, in mock up, what looks like light blue is actually white. I guess  I took them too late in the day. I know you can fix the white balance, but I don't have any tools to do it on my work laptop.

Cheers

Tony

Hi all,

Sorry I haven't been around but it's been busy hehehehe. Wow you guys are pumping out some awesome work!

Congratulations Mustang,That is a beautiful build.

I finally got out in the shop and did some on the 53 Ford. I got it masked off and painted the Ivory on the roof, finished painting the engine and transmission and started on the chassis. Hoping I might be able to get some more done the week or get the Flamingo Red sprayed over the weekend.

L8TR,

Eric

engine in , next step try to repair the two pipes to the cylinderhead i had to break off to fit it

the other sidepod done. the aluminium cylinder is from the upgrade set. couldnt find a good pic of this to copy so it is wahat it is.

The engine just before fitting. There are many more wires etc on the real thing but this is where it stops for me (well almost :-) )
There are a couple that will go on after the suspension, but too much and it will start to look too messy.
The only extra thing from the upgrade set is the connectors on the two electrical boxes , the cylinder thinghy with the two wires, and the wires them selves. The upgrade set provides plenty of wire and connectors and hose clamps/ rivets for the job.

Tim: Man that body looks fantastic!!!

Well I've been slackin' on progress pics of this thing. I had "modelers block" last week but have been working my way through it now for the last few days. I was trying to figure out the whole brake system dilemma and I think I've finally got something started here. I found a master cylinder / power brake booster combo that is going to work. The problem is that the bottom of the power brake booster was hollow as seen from the bottom but the benefit here is that instead of being rounded on the bottom , it's flat. This is perfect in the fact that I cut the master cylinder from the booster and will rotate the master cylinder 180 degrees in order to mount the flat portion of the brake booster to the bottom of the cab floor. I also cut an L bracket out from some spare parts of another frame and drilled a hole in it for the booster to "mount" to.

 Perhaps I could explain it better in photos. Here's the brake booster/ master cylinder assy: (sorry for the blurred image on the first pic)

Here is the brake booster and L bracket test fitted. I pinned the brake booster so that the master cylinder mount up to the booster would be a bit more solid. Looks like I'll be thinning that L bracket a bit to scale thickness as well.

While keeping in mind that my results aren't going to look exactly like it, this is what I'm going for but with a slightly longer rod and another stand off L bracket for a brake booster actuating rod guide that's coming soon:

Tim - nice shine

Wow Misty, that's going to be an epic build - keep going! Looking superb...

Congrats Mustang! Well done!

Goodness Tim, that IS a mirror finish. Wow...

Finally got around to some wet sanding and polishing.  Pretty simple operation on this one... Started with 4000, followed up with 6000 and then Novus 2 and finished it up with Novus 1.  No wax yet, but I will go back and fix a couple of the body panel lines with a light wash.  The Novus 2 washed a couple of them away.

Tim

You gotta have a mirror pic.  Right?   

And a little mockup of what is soon to be.

Joe and Dan, CONGRATS and WELL DESERVED!!!!  You guys do amazing work and those awards prove that.  Awesome stuff!!!

Tim

Wow! Congratulations, Joe and Dan! Watching those builds come together right in this thread, I can honestly say that those awards are well-deserved.