CrazyCrank

Good morning chaps I've not been very talkative nor prolific these last days. I was waiting for the delivery of my second kit, which occurred yesterday. In the same time, I was very anxious because my father's health was declining since 3 weeks, and - I know that this forum isn't the better place to tell it - , he has passed away yesterday evening. Just to say I feel devastated Hereunder my last update and I'll probably be very silent during the next weeks. Front fenders have been stuck on the body shell. See you soon, my friends, and keep up all the good work

I do love this blue, that I could name "petrol blue", it is quite the same color I've chosen for my Delahaye 135 upholstery

Very neat job

Absolutely breathtaking, Sir.... respect

Hi @wimbledon99, I think you've forgotten to show the chromed parts sprue in your first post... I'll follow your build because I've recently purchased the same kit on eBay UK.

Evening Gentlemen My build has been put in standby because a few days ago, I broke irreparably the outer half of a wheel while assembling it with the inner part. 😒 I think that the plastic had be weakened during the successive baths for dechroming, stripping the remaining paint and then cleaning up before painting. So, I've had to purchase a second kit on the net, and I'm waiting for the delivery before being able to go on with this. Meanwhile, I'm still thinking about different techniques for scratching spoke wheels, and have already tried to turn the hubs on the lathe. Have made many attempts with an aluminium bar, very nice to watch, but unusable actually. Some hubs are made of a single part, others of two. All that stuff will probably be thrown in the trash, but it was very funny to make them, at such a scale, and this allowed me to improve my skills on the lathe. On the following pictures, the discs that have a deep groove are 6 mm diameter and approx. 1 mm thick, the groove is approx 2.3 mm deep and 0,3 mm wide (Made with a jeweler saw) The second part of the 2 parts hub is 4.5 mm large The 2 parts are drilled 1.5 mm on the center. The 2 following hubs are a bit too large and the two grooves at one end are separated too far from each other But try after try, I improve the technique and I believe that one day, I would achieve to get something useable. Stay tuned if you like

Top quality detailed engine , congrats 👏

A true and pure jewel, bravo 👏

I think you made also a mistake while posting your build in the wrong section of the forum. This one is dedicated to civilian vehicles

I think both are out of scale

It's a perfect and lovely painting job for a newbie, that you aren't, isn't it ?

And after the first thin coat of AK Chrome, it looks already good: More about this in the next issue

Evening chaps I'm thinking since 2-3 months about scratching new spoke wheels for my Delahaye , and have seen a lot of tutos on the Internet, more or less suitable for my purpose: 72 spokes by wheel in 3 layers of 24. And haven't yet decided which method I could-would use to manage this insane project. Probably I'll fail or abandon or even never begin to do it. Because, despite the allegations of those who already achieved to do that, it's really an extremely difficult job at this scale, if one want to get an accurate result. I will never use aftermarket photo-etched spoke wheels, not only because of their exorbitant price, but also because I'd prefer to build them for myself. However, as my chassis need wheels, I'm going to use, perhaps temporarily, the kit's wheels, and so, I've de-chromed them (only 40 too much thick spokes), and am going to re-chrome them, to get a less shiny and more realistic chrome aspect. Hereunder their actual state after de-chroming, cleaning, and spraying 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of Alclad gloss black: A new session of cleaning is needed before spraying AK 477 Chrome . That's all for now, because, this week-end, I've had to take care of my best scale model (My grand-daughter Emma) Stay tuned if you like

You've gone as crazy than me, my dear Olivier I do love your imagination and your skills

Good evening Gentlemen Wheel drums enhanced after having painted them steel, using AK True Metal. Now, the chassis is achieved, or so Very frustrating in fact, I had a lot of fun with that 🙁 Having received my electrical adaptor, I've nickel electro-plated the 4 plates articulating the vertical and horizontal parts of the front seats. Once cleaned and polished, I've glued them on the seats, and then glued the front seats on the cabin floor. And now, what ? Stay tuned for next steps

That takes the biscuit 😲

Good afternoon Chaps Mounting of the radiator done, not easily. Once the radiator cap painted brass with AK true metal, I got a pretty stuff: On the left side you could see the good aspect of the water hoses scratched with electrical black wire The chassis is now quite finished with the fixation and light weathering of the exhaust muffler: The rear section of the exhaust system will be glued in place at§ the very last of this build because the assembly notice of the kit is absolutely non-explicit ! However, it remains to paint another time the 4 wheel drums.Their actual look is heartbreaking 😪

Evening guys Tonight, water-coolant radiator, a very little progress on this build, but in reality, very time-consuming. In fact, there's a lot of assembly tests to do, to adjust correctly the radiator slope, what is absolutely determinant if one want to fit correctly the bonnets later on. Furthermore, I've decided to not use the parts provided with the kit to simulate the water hoses between engine block and radiator. They are ugly and unrealistic. So, I used black electrical wire 1.5 mm, to replace those parts This stuff has been glued with CA gel, and I let it dry a few hours, before fitting the whole set on the chassis. Stay tuned if you like and thanks for watching

Well done, I forgot this mistake (unfortunately unrepaireble) for the front brake drums. There's another one, that you can guess on last picture.....???

Shall I play this kind of game for my Delahaye 135 at 1/24 scale ? 🤔 Probably very do-able, (A French modeler did that for the same kit), but haven't the skills for, alas 😪 Absolutely gorgeous work on the spoked wheels, my friend 👏

Yes it is, but the photos with the cabin floor has been taken before I fit it 🙄 You have a second chance...

Afternoon Chaps The engine has been glued in place on the chassis, not without difficulties, because - Do you know what ?...It's a Heller kit, so... - parts doesn't fit well at all, and, as usual, a lot of adjustment works have been necessary. The oil radiator and the water-cooling radiator have been painted semi-gloss black, and the oil radiator has been put in good position. A trial fit has been experimented with the cabin floor and the firewall. The more observant people will have noticed something.....I'll turn it over to you now, guys 🤔

I believe you could apply for a free (limited) account on Flickr, which allows you to host a max of 1000 pictures, that is worth considering, no ?

Removable, of course, and articulated too 🙏

Good evening, Gentlemen Finally, I did it, with 0.17 piano wire, 3 mm sections, that I gently glued with MicroLiquid tape, a glue normally dedicated to install canopies on plane models. This glue dries slowly, allowing to rectify the position of the glued parts, and is invisible once dried. I'm cautiously enthusiastic with the result I got, because the levers on the the throttle linkage are not perfectly aligned with the carburetor's ones. At least, I showed myself that I was capable to achieve it. Hereunder some pictures: Please, tell me if I should remove the wires, or not...