harveyb258 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Schwarz-Brot said: these are among the best wires in this scale I've seen yet! 😮 You managed to make them look like they lay down a bit under their own weight while being too stiff to conform to every contour - just like in reality! Brilliant. I have to agree...very nice indeed. There's a really nice "flow" to them. If I may be so bold though, mate, I think the wires look waaay too glossy...especially in this small scale. Just my opinion of course Looking forward to your next update. Cheers, H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 1 hour ago, harveyb258 said: I have to agree...very nice indeed. There's a really nice "flow" to them. If I may be so bold though, mate, I think the wires look waaay too glossy...especially in this small scale. Just my opinion of course Looking forward to your next update. Cheers, H Yes Harvey, you're right, I've noticed that too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Painted another time the wires, but very difficult to dose correctly the blend with flat red and glossy red, so the result is the same, or approximately 😕 And I have to stop to put paint on them, because they would be too thick ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Why not add a thin layer of matt varnish? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarz-Brot Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I don't think they are too glossy. There's loads of insulation types out there, and some are pretty glossy, especially those for rougher environments. But that is of course a matter of taste. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 I'v put a layer of Alcald Kotte semi-mate and the result looks better: Now, Step 9 of the building instructions, the firewall: Of course, according to my reference photos, I've scratched some additions, particularly the fuses box: After priming: It remains of course a lot of work to do: 1/ First of all, painting satin black the chassis and the firewall: It's already done, but I'm frankly not happy with the result ,because I got a grainy aspect: I think my paint wasn't diluted enough... so, I've to wait for a complete and hard drying (24 hours probably) before wet sanding it in order to get smooth surfaces and then spray a second black layer, this time correctly thinned. 2/ Then, add the cap for the coolant expansion reservoir (the top a headed needle), add the positive and negative battery cables with their clamps One clamp has been made, starting from a steel stuff : - And paint the wires of the fuses box, red and blue as on the real. - And paint the caps and the terminals of the battery - etc. Stay tuned if you like 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 Good afternoon, Chaps Well the firewall has been sanded and painted another time, I've added a mounting flange on the coolant expansion reservoir (made with a 0.5 mm wide strip of 0.6 mm thick aluminium sheet), and the cap on this reservoir I've painted too the battery and the wires of the fuses box, and some other details. It remains to glue on the inside of the firewall the pedals, the steering column and add too some details on this side. Meanwhile, I'm working on the terminal clamps and have a problem to solve: I need 0.6 mm diameter electrical wire in 2 colors (black and red), but the thinest I've found in my workshop is 0.85... Thanks for watching 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 You could use 0,6mm. (or, given the need for primer and paint: 0,5mm.) of copper wire. It's for sale at your local electronic parts store. Can be easily primed, after moderate sanding, using lacquer primer (I always use Alclad II Primer & Microfiller + MrColor thinner, for example) should provide for the designated surface for painting in any color you need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 36 minutes ago, Roy vd M. said: You could use 0,6mm. (or, given the need for primer and paint: 0,5mm.) of copper wire. It's for sale at your local electronic parts store. Can be easily primed, after moderate sanding, using lacquer primer (I always use Alclad II Primer & Microfiller + MrColor thinner, for example) should provide for the designated surface for painting in any color you need. Yes of course, I've already considered this option, BUT, it will be difficult to bend to a convincing shape, that could look closely like flexible battery cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 You're perfectly cable of doing so, as you proved a few posts ago! An endless amount of dryfitting etc. is in order, agreed, if you want to pursue perfectness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 (edited) Meanwhile...I've glued the steering column and 3 pedals, and provided a little enhancement to the floor below the driver's and front passenger's feet: Using micro-mesh, I've cut in it an non-slip mat, that I've glued in place, and then painted slightly satin black, then a bit weathered with a toothpick. [ Of course, It's a bit out of scale, but I think it gives a satisfying illusion of the reality, do you ? Stay tuned if you like Edited September 7, 2019 by CrazyCrank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 Time to finish off the front axle on the chassis: I've painted with Molotov Liquid Chrome 1 mm, the front suspension springs: Another time, close-up photos reveal all the imperfection of this details, but the visual rendering is good: Thanks for watching 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Well chaps ! I think I've succeeded in making my battery cables. One has been put in place, the black one. it simulates the ground cable: The other, painted red, is waiting for the final assembly step of the firewall to be fixed on the battery : Thanks for watching and stay tuned if you like Edited September 8, 2019 by CrazyCrank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 I think the Positive battery cable could follow this way, a priori: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 At this step of my building, engine is made of 37 parts (instead of 17 OOB) and the firewall of 28 parts (instead of 7 OOB) I've positioned and glued the engine and the radiator in place on the chassis, it remains to connect the radiator and the engine with the lower radiator hose, and it will be finished for this stage: Stay tuned if you like 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Not a great progress this evening (left my office at 9:30 PM 😯) I've fixed the lower radiator hose and painted the 2 hoses Matt black: And assembled and primed rear spring leaves , transmission, and rear axle: The transmission shaft and gearbox on it require 3 different colors (Matt back, steel, and aluminium), and there will be a lot of masking to do, and weathering of course The spring leaves will be painted steel grey and will be weathered. I've ordered today some pigments to do that. More about this in the next issue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) Evening chaps A little progress this evening ... Still waiting for my order (Paints, pencils etc...), I've assembled each front seat (2 parts) and then have had a glance on some ref. photos, as this one (This car if the one which Heller took as a model for its kit): And noticed so that the kit's seats weren't very similar....so I risked modifying them in order to be closer to the truth: Hereunder you can see the comparison between the OOB seat and the improved one: Stay tuned if you like and thanks for watching And finally: As these seat are fold-up seats (to allow rear passengers getting in), I've planned to get that kind of seat later on (this is a draft, the metal hinge part should be and will be better ) Edited September 11, 2019 by CrazyCrank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Wow @CrazyCrank..... WOW! Can't believe what you've achieved with this so far. I've got a Heller Delage D8SS in front of me, and I came on here to look for a build or two, for ideas So many similarities with this - very much the same era of Heller products. You're style of weathering and detailing is real class, and I've seen some great tips and ideas reading through. Even the little chrome stripping video was impressive, like magic!! So thanks for posting the build. I'd like to follow along, see what else I can learn..... 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 Thank you so much @rob Lyttle for this very kind critics 😉 II had never thought I could inspire one day another modeler with my tips and tricks 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 She's looking good, Thierry. Keep up the good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Just finished to paint the 3 parts that compose each spoke wheel If you haven't forgotten, I dechromed all those parts because the OOB chrome was too shiny and frankly unrealistic. For indeed, if you look at some ref. photos, the spoke wheels of the real car weren't chromed but probably polished aluminum ! Just take a glimpse at the 2 photos below, and compare the color of the spoke wheel and the chromed strip or chromed car headlight ... So, I decided to spray the dechromed spoke wheels with Alclad Chrome (after a first layer of Alclad Gloss Black Base). I put 2 layers of Chrome and then 2 layers of Alclad Aqua Gloss Clear ALL600 (Thanks to @Roy vd M. ); the lats one this evening... The result after 1 layer of Alclad ALC600 varnish is the following, not too bad with natural light, imperfect in the shade, but really rather convincing: I've to wait 6 hours for the second varnish layer's complete drying, but I think the final result won't be catastrophic Stay tuned if you like and thanks for watching 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Its important to use a perfectst smooth black gloss basis and then to airbrush the thinnest of layers of chrome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Roy vd M. said: Its important to use a perfectst smooth black gloss basis and then to airbrush the thinnest of layers of chrome. I intended to do that, not sure I've succeeded 🙄 It was OK for the gloss black base, but for the chrome, I don't master yet the airbrush, pity 😯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarz-Brot Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Alclad chrome is extremely hard to spray, at least for me. You don't really see any buildup of paint, and if you do, it is already too much. But if you get it right, it is the best chrome painting I've seen yet. But since you're not after a real chrome effect, I don't think all that matters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesaxe Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, CrazyCrank said: Just finished to paint the 3 parts that compose each spoke wheel If you haven't forgotten, I dechromed all those parts because the OOB chrome was too shiny and frankly unrealistic. For indeed, if you look at some ref. photos, the spoke wheels of the real car weren't chromed but probably polished aluminum ! Just take a glimpse at the 2 photos below, and compare the color of the spoke wheel and the chromed strip or chromed car headlight ... So, I decided to spray the dechromed spoke wheels with Alclad Chrome (after a first layer of Alclad Gloss Black Base). I put 2 layers of Chrome and then 2 layers of Alclad Aqua Gloss Clear ALL600 (Thanks to @Roy vd M. ); the lats one this evening... The result after 1 layer of Alclad ALC600 varnish is the following, not too bad with natural light, imperfect in the shade, but really rather convincing: I've to wait 6 hours for the second varnish layer's complete drying, but I think the final result won't be catastrophic Stay tuned if you like and thanks for watching Chromed wire wheels are a feature of vehicles whose owners intend only to show them off rather than drive them hard. The process of chroming the spokes weakens the metal, so chromed wire wheels on a high-performance car are dangerous - the spokes are more likely to break under stress. Most wire wheels on high-performance cars usually were painted or stove-enamelled (often a silver colour) to protect the steel spokes. Maurice PS: Alumium is not a good material for spokes; usually steel or stainless steel was/is used. the rims and hubs often could be aluminium because the mass was greater. Edited September 13, 2019 by mdesaxe add information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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