dstone48
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I got mine from spraydaily.com, they still have the 1mm in stock, postage wasn't that bad either for the eu.
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Thanks for the responses guys, she was beginning to feel pretty special towards the end of assembly.
Nick the wheels are 13" Elektron Minilite as Mark said.I learnt a lot on this build and hope to carry it onto the next.
My next job is a commission, 1/1 scale replica of a teenage girls bedroom, pay is crap and it needs to be completed by Easter!
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Evening all,
I haven't posted anything in ages but have recently got in to building cars...
I've been building the Belkits RS1600 since November. I was way too cowardly to post a wip, sorry but tempting fate if you ask me.
I named my build Project Walker as homage to the actor Paul Walker who sadly passed away in a car crash, one of the leads in The Fast and the Furious film franchise.
Naming seems to work for me, especially one with an identity like this.
This is my version of the Mk1 Ford RS1600 Escort from F&F6.
Finished with Zeropaints Fast and Furious Blue and Hobby Design decals.
The wheels are aftermarket from MotoBitz, a real find and I'm very happy with the final colour.
It would be great if more aftermarket comes out for this kit, different colour decals, RS alloys, bib spoiler...
Bucket seats came from a Ford Focus and I added a cross member to the rear roll cage. Wing mirrors came from a friend spares box.
In 1990ish I was driving around in a Mk1 Daytona Yellow Mexico, lowered, Janspeed exhaust and bored out to 1760cc.
I might have been a boy racer; probably why when I saw the Belkits kit I thought YES!Thanks also to Pink Floyd, Ozric Tentacles and Public Service Broadcasting all of whom helped me out no end along the way.
Anyway here's Walker I hope you like him. Thanks for looking.
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4 hours ago, mbdesignart said:
15 hours later and the chrome shows no further signs of wanting to come off. This is becoming a joke. Do I try brake fluid, do I sand the damn stuff off? What about etching primer sprayed over the chrome?
I tried all sorts, bleach/ oven cleaner/ brake fluid...as a last resort i even tried nitromorse on a spare bit of chrome sprue and left it overnight. If anything it made it shinier.
I emailed Belkits for advise and they said to use wet n dry which i had already done by the time i got their reply. As Nick said there's a copper layer underneath which might have something to do with it.
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Hi Nick
I'm currently building the same kit
Did you find anything that stripped the chrome off, so far I've tried bleach, brake fluid and revell paint stripper but if anything it make the chrome even shinier?
Thanks
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Here's my Sherman, fitted with Friul metal tracks and RB brass gun barrels and Plus model stowage. I sprayed it with the AK US Olive Drab modulation set and weathered it with various AK and Mig products.
The tarp is made from Army Painter green stuff and I got the rope from a model ship company.
How accurate it is I don't but all in all not bad. I hope you like
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Very cool.
Got a couple of these bad boys myself. What paint did you use, then?.
Thanks, all Tamiya colours, dark grey, metalic grey, flat alu and silver titanium and a mig dark wash
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Hi all, I brought this to try out my new airbrush set up that I've been promising myself for about the last 4 years!! I usally build armour but I love SciFi and couldn't resist this. Any comments welcome
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Yes the base comes from an old Matchbox kit (SdKfz 234 Puma I believe), I have it since my childhood days.
It's been repainted to match my current modelling standards.
Revell have rerealesed most of the old matchbox stuff, and they all come with the original bases
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Hello,
Very nice job on the vehicle, just one thing, the tracks are the wrong way around.
Cheers
Phil
I'm always doing that
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well done, very good
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The "Pink Panther" Landrover was commissioned in 1968 for the use of the SAS. "Them" have always recieved first dibs on the best kit so would have had 58 patern... The crewmen should be wearing Regiment berets which are sand coloured, or even shemags. Also they are wearing 37 pattern holsters, designed for the Webley revolver and later used for the Enfield. In 1968, Browning GP35s would have been standard. Not sure Special Forces would have worn putees either. Wing mirrors would probably have been removed or covered to prevent glint.
great thanks for the info, i just added the mini art figures as i thought they looked good, but they are suposed to be ww2, i knew the landy was later but what the heck
can we just call it artistic license
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Here is another model of mine, I hope you like it. We had a competition at the club I go to at the begining of the year. The theme was pink.
As always your comments are welcome
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nice one, keep going
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thanks for all the great feedback guys
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wow, that's good
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good work, love the weathering. that's how a russian tank should look!!
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I really like that. I especially like the way it is attached to a little lump of Flanders.
Thanks, it's a little lump of something I found in my back garden
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Hi - my first time here too
What a great build, I really like the slightly faded look to the paintwork and the base just adds to the whole thing. Just one small issue and I hate to say it cos the model is superb but I think you have the sponsons on the wrong way round, the doors are supposed to be at the back
lol, they did fall off a couple of times while i was building it
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nice build, i'd like to have a go at one of those to
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Hi
Thought I'd join your forum and post a few pics of my models, this is the most recent
comments and advise welcome
well that's the first difficult post out the way
Belkits 1/24 Escort Mk.1 1970 London-Mexico World Cup Rally, Mikkola/Palm
in Work In Progress - Vehicles
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Looking good!
out of interest how did you remove the kit chrome?