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

Dan: That is some really good work with those decals buddy. It's fun to watch a build like this take form, especially with all those decals going on. Give's it quite the personality........and a good one at that!

Seabe: Motor is looking sensational!!! More please.....

Doug: Good to see you in here!! Grab that Stang and post it bubba.....

Thanks Joe. 

Luckily for me easy on and easy off with the missed spelled decal. Waiting for the ink to dry on the newly reprinted decal with Chrysler spelled correctly and double checked. 

Thanks Joe. 

Luckily for me easy on and easy off with the missed spelled decal. Waiting for the ink to dry on the newly reprinted decal with Chrysler spelled correctly and double checked. 

I was able to reapply the correctly spelled Chrysler decal back on and clear coated. Working on the little details before I glue it all together. I've installed the ceiling lights that came with the kit. More to come soon. 

Why I didn't catch that I'll never know Dan. Maybe it's because my focus was on the overall job and not zeroing in on the finer details. Great catch before you went too far and beautiful save!!! Wow man..............that was close!!!!

Excellent progress on that engine Seabe!!! Lovin' the details pal.

Hello!

Nice save, Dan! It shows that something like that is easy to miss - so many pople were looking at it and nobody noticed - I know I didn't. How did you spot it?

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Mopar, good save, at least you didn't have a competition judge point it out to you...

That is great work with the decals, it is a unique finish there.

Seabe, that motor looks fantastic.

Ok Mustang, I am in with a Lotus 25

Pawel: I figure he gave the whole model that "second glance". Same thing happened to me on my Corsair build a few years back. Revell screwed up on the decal instructions. Gimme an hour or two. I'll post what happened.

lostagain: Man is it good to have you in here with us! I'll get you down in the intro this morning. Welcome aboard!  That's going to be a fun one to watch come together.

Thanks for the comments guys. The spelling was pointed out to me on one of the other Model forums and than it just was like how did I miss it. I created the decal in Word using my iPad and it kept moving and changing a lot of stuff every time I adjusted one part. The big thing was getting the right size and when I had that I just started printing not realizing that the spelling auto changed on me. 

Lostagain in looks like a interesting build your starting. 

Dan: Either way your recovery is most excellent. Looking forward to more!

lostagain: Your entry is now down in the intro. You're ready for take off.

Hey Joe... You have really got me trying to get back into cars again! If OK, I'm going to begin my building here. The Kit is a Revellogram 1999 mustang SVT Cobra kit, 1/25 scale that I bought off Ebay, previously started but only the Chassis was partially painted and the engine had been assembled, But, I had to take it all apart and do it over, so... But any way, it will be heavily altered and partially kit bashed, in an attempt to turn it into a Pro Street car. So having said that, Here we go... 

Red Frame??? Oh well, it won't be when I finish.

I'm going to refashion the frame to accept the narrowed rear end I have in mind.

Removing the wheel wells.

And installing the partially assyembled rear end.

Putting the front end together.

So far the fit looks OK. Tis all for now..Thanks, Doug

Rigidrider - lookin' cool!
That's some nice, fat rubber you've got there in the rear! Nice chassis mods. Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel, Thank You!, I'm trying to get back into building cars again. I've been doing aircraft for years and Joe got me interested in cars (again) with his amazing work, so little by little I'm trying to pick up steam and get into them again.Thanks again, and I'll try to keep up! lol...

Doug

Nice start looking foreword to seeing more. 

Rigidrider, that looks like a great start! 

Some slow progress on my side, but good and bad news. Bad news is I am ill with an infection, just two weekends before my next race. (Hopefully I will be over the effects of the antibiotics by then - they gave me evil stuff to kill off these demons inside, so I am preparing to feel a little shaky still.) The "good" news is I may not train until next weekend, which means I might get some progress! 

Onto what is currently on the table: the engin and transmission of the Ferrari is coming along slowly.

Also completed the dash (but for the steering wheel) of the Nissan. Keep in mind it's 43rd and will hardly be visible when completed. (I only just now noticed the one panel is skew on the picture, since it enlarges it! Likewise will touch up on the screens which also seems fine to the naked eye.) And yes, which genius thought it would be a good idea to give you a steering wheel to build up in this scale?! 

The pics:

Ferrari 312T3 engine progress:

Dakar Nissan dash:

Seabe... Thanks for the kind words, but man... Get better! Hate to hear that...

Doug

Dangit Doug!!! Just BAM!!!! and you're off to the races!!!! Really looking forward to seeing you work your magic on autos buddy!!!! Very nice chassis and suspension work!!! Got you posted in the intro BTW.

Seabe: I do hope you get to where you're feeling better. I can never get over the detail work you do in.............1/43rd scale!! Love what you're doing with this one!!!!

I had what I call lots of progress. First off this thing had a nasty mount hole in the oil pan for the Chevelle that it was supposed to go in so I had to fill that in with super glue, sand flush and smooth out:



Then I had the sprue attachment points to contend with which always seem to show up in the most unwanted places like at the ends of cylinder heads, smack dab in the middle of the transmissions.........on the bottom nonetheless and places like this timing cover. This stuff bugs me so I got rid of that from the timing cover and the rest of the attachment points on the engine pieces:



I also got this cool decal sheet with a bunch of oil filter decals on it. Nice touch for the bottom end as well as the PE oil pan drain plug. I toned the engine paint down and brought out the molded in detail with an airbrushed coat of Tamiya Smoke.





I carried the fuel pump over from the a spare engine but replaced the starter with the AMT offering because it had better details than the Revell starter did.



I tried something new with the exhaust manifolds. I primed them in flat black and shot a very light coat of Alclad II Polished Aluminum on them to give them a true iron look. I was happy with the results but the pictures don't seem to capture the dark steel/ iron look that they actually are. Believe me, they aint this flashy:

Additionally I do have a side gig that I've got going on for a contest on another forum. I dunno if I'll get it done in time but I'll have a cool background to take pics of my auto models with.

I'm building a dream garage and this is the start of it all. I started with this.....a Christmas ornament from Snap-On

However I did NOT like the molded in tools and I'm not a big fan of a "hutch" installed on the tops of these style of boxes. To begin with the kit supplied tool box I 1.) don't like that style of box and 2) it aint a Snap-On box and 3.) I cannot stand those molded in tools as it looks waaaay cheap. I like the "taco wagon" style boxes so this was the only one I saw that was a Snap-On box so I set out to make a change. I cut the hutch off and sanded the top of the box smooth so one couldn't tell there was ever a hutch there to begin with.

 I got the black top cut, painted and applied to the top of the tool box. I also got my laptop painted and applied BMF in the areas where the "intel inside" and "Dell" stickers were below the keyboard. I took a picture of a screensaver on my "real" laptop that has my favorite photo of my wife and son at the beach here in Corpus , sized it down to 2% and printed it on photo paper then cut it out and adhered it to the laptop monitor then glued that to the top of the tool box. I also cut out, folded and glued the paper bag for the burgers and fries together and glued that to the top of the box. Burgers, fries and some tools coming soon........

and then I did a little more "tinkering around" just this morning. Hamburger and fries yet to come...........

Morning all...This will be the fourth attempt to post this this morning... Flickr being a pain in the effing azz this morning and keeps cutting all connections off, when I attempt to post... SO, lets try one more time,

Tha chassis is about 95% complete, and its time to start the interior. It will be sheet metal, so heres what I'm using...

The floor will be the tin seal from a 3ld can of peanuts (From Costco) This is the inner seal under the plastic lid. It (similar) can also be found on the 56oz/3.5 lb can of coffee mate.

Cut to fit, and glued down with super glue, contact cement also works well...

I had already cut the trans tunnel clearence area out in the chassis, since I'll be setting the enging back about a half inch further then stock.

Guys, I can't do this right now. I'm afraid I'll wind up smashing the computer if I do, I'm having to close flickr every time and reopen and reaquire the picture I want, then it throws me out of the program every time I try to post... I'll try to finish up later... Sorry, Doug

Little more if I can get flickr to work...

And getting the engine built back up...

Thats all I have for now, I'll have a bit more in a day or two... Thanks

Doug

Meant to comment on this last night when I first saw everything Doug. Your progress looks fantastic so far bud. Are those two piece slicks in the back? Gimme till tomorrow and I'll show you a trick on those front tires you may be able to use. Lookin' good so far!!

Really like what you're doing - esp with that floor!

My progress for the week. The tedious task of grouping and putting wires into place, some progress on the tranny and... that's about it. On the Nissan very little progress. Added the roll cage, which means that I'll have to respray the entire thing and rework the stuff already done. Was hoping to glue the cage together, remove and spray, then return. Not possible. The rear "cage" where spare wheels go is such a mess in the instructions that I'll have to do some mental yoga just to gigure out what they mean and how it is supposed to go together. 

Here's the T3's engin as it is curently.

mustang1989

Meant to comment on this last night when I first saw everything Doug. Your progress looks fantastic so far bud. Are those two piece slicks in the back? Gimme till tomorrow and I'll show you a trick on those front tires you may be able to use. Lookin' good so far!!

 

Doug

Seabe, That is one fine looking engine!

Right there with Doug on that engine Seabe!!!! Wow!!!!!

Heya Doug. I've come up with my own method for sanding the treads of tires for a more realistic look. Just an idea that I thought you could use if you wanted to:

I used a 12mm deep socket on my good ol Makita drill and mounted the tires one by one on the socket as such (I've since switched to a 12mm short socket to keep the wobble effect down):



and spun 'em up on some medium grit sandpaper to get this:

Yes Sir! I like it! That is a for sure keeper tip! Thanks Joe!!!

Well , Lets see if I can get a couple more posted...

Sorry, I kinda forgot to stop a take pictures along the way, I found a picture of a twin Turbo set up I liked and have tried to copy it in my build. 

And I've started on the hood...

Thats about where I stand right now. Mor in a day or so... Thanks again for the tip Joe! Gonna use the soup outta that one! Take care all...

Doug

Holeeee.......................you gotta be...................what tha...............

OK, back at it,,, Pretty much got the hood done...

And I'll likely have to put just a wee bit more putty on it, sand and prime again, and check again, but all in all, I think it'll be OK. More later... Take care!

Doug