Toftdale
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With not being able to finish the body I've been cracking on with the interior. I used textured paint (Zero) for the first time on the central panels on the seats, not sure if its all that clear on the photos, but looks good in real life. Also added a photoetch racing harness from Eduard, very impressed with this, for photoetch it was very soft allowing it to be easily bent and not spring back. Bare metal foil was used on the gear lever surround and the bit next to the handbrake that looks like an ashtray? and fuse wire again around the hole in front of the gear lever. Thanks for looking Andy.
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Whilst the original car may not be my cup of tea, your model most certainly is! I've been inspired by many of the little details in your build, keep up the good work - Andy
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I'd be over the moon to get that much detail into a 1/24. Great job
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Had a good weekend and got the dash finished. Replaced the column storks with insect pins. Painted the two lights on the dash with a cocktail stick (never tried that before, worked really well) and finally made some bezels out of 5 amp fuse wire by wrapping it around a drill bit, screw driver etc. This took many attempts and almost my sanity, but I think the end result were worth it
. It just shame you won't be able to see it in the finished car!
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Looks great, there's an awful lot to try and squeeze intoa small space
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1 hour ago, Fnick said:
Hi Andy
Lovely finish! Shame about that drop! And not in the best of areas... I was going to suggest something similar to Pascal but since I have no experience in removing drops like that I didn't want to say anything just in case it turned out to be the wrong thing to do!
If you haven't got any I would recommend getting the Tamiya polishing compounds at least the coarse and fine and if you can the finish as well. They will bring back thar gloss sheen no problem.
Good luck!
Nick
Hi Nick, thanks for the comments and the excuse to go and buy more stuff! Andy
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10 hours ago, Pascal said:
I have some experience with sanding out drops of clearcoat. I let the clearcoat get really hard (if I use spraycan for the clearcoat, I wait about 4 weeks). Then I use the sanding pads that come with the Novus polishing kit and gradually wet (using plenty of water) sand the run away. The clearcoat will really dull, but it will become shiny again when you use the finest grid of sandpaper (if not use a buffing/polishing compound). Be careful not to damage the lip that surrounds the wheel arch.
Hi Pascal, thank you for the advise. I did not realise I would have to leave the body as long as that (although it will take me all that time to pluck up courage), Oh well at least I have plenty of time to concentrate on the interior. As I said when I first introduced myself I normally build to a decent standard, however several of my models have a good side.
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Done the clear coat today - good and bad. On the whole really happy. However I have a run on the front left corner. I brought a micromesh polishing kit ages ago but have never been brave enough to use it. Has anyone any tips? Much appreciated Andy
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You attention to detail is staggering, very impressive
. I had also never heard of MicroLiquid tape, I need to get some.
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On 29/11/2020 at 19:17, CrazyCrank said:
Stunning job at this 1:24 scale
Keep up the good work
Thanks for the comment, it really is a complement from someone of your skill level - Andy
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Nice tip for the racing harness, I'm sure I will be using that in the future. Looking good - Andy
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Even with the answer it took me a couple of minutes to see it! Personally I would have definitely let that one go. Nice save
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Carbs now finished, so engine installed. I added some turned metal trumpets to the carbs and fuel lines using braided wire and copper wire, really pleased with how it turned out.
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Cool car, looks great. Did I miss the work in progress?
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It's not a car I know anything about, but I recognise a Stunning model when I see one, it looks superb
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I know it's not a car, but you can't forget Little Nellie. I'm sure Airfix released one
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Acu stion do a quite comprehensive upgrade set as well as there standard one, however I wouldn't call them value for money.
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Most modellers seem to be the best critics, I wouldn't have noticed the issue with the lights unless you had said. With the benefit of hindsight (which is always easy to do), could you have cut off the tab on the rear lights and the either used bare metal foil on the back or painted the rear silver to hide it before gluing them in place?
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Looks really good, even more impressive when you realise the kit you started out with could only be described as mediocre at best.
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Engine's done. I've added a distributor, sort of cheated instead of drilling out individual holes for each lead I used some evergreen tube enlarged the hole and superglue all the wires in one hole. To create the anodised look of the rocker cover (hopefully
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Hi, if you are using the studio 27 photoetch and fancy a bit of inspiration then this definitely worth a watch if you've got 15 minutes. - Andy
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As said above great colour combo and the extra details really add to the realism, I especially love the interior.
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18 hours ago, Windy37 said:
The 6R4 mentioned above made £575,000 !
Gary .Blimey I only got £400, trade in for mine back in the late 90's. However mine was a 1.4s with rust everywhere you would expect it and plenty were you wouldn't. Andy. PS I should have mentioned it first, the interior is looking really good
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No updates, but just wanted to say thanks for all the kind comments and interest
‐ Andy
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