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Post by rocketeer on Jul 2, 2008 7:13:06 GMT -6
Um, I don't see any goofups. Very nice smooth work on the Bare-metal foil.
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Post by rocketeer on Jul 2, 2008 7:10:23 GMT -6
I have to admit, that's something I've never seen before. Cute!
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 26, 2008 7:29:05 GMT -6
Great idea - I'm trying to make my Lindberg auburn realistic - needless to say I've been working on it on and off for about 10 years now!I think this and the Lindberg lincoln were originally Renwal kits of the '50's.This tip will definitely come in handy!Thank's a lot Keith They were Pyro kits, and there was a Cord of equal quality Watch out for the fenders; they're really lumpy and need a lot of sanding to get them smooth. The biggest, almost unfixable, flaw is that the grille is too short--throws the proportions of the whole front end off. On my aircar, what do I care?--but for a replica, well... And I think the grille is also just a bit too upright. The worst is that the Auburn, Lincoln, and Cord were all excellent choices to put out as kits; it's just that they botched the execution terribly. (sigh) If only Monogram had done them. Oh, wait, Monogram did do a Cord. ;D I feel much better now.
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 26, 2008 7:23:31 GMT -6
Looks like a lot of work in those door hinges--any chance of getting a closeup?
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 25, 2008 7:31:02 GMT -6
What the heck is that green engine in the Meter Cheater thingie?
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 23, 2008 11:41:37 GMT -6
What a cutie!
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 23, 2008 11:41:11 GMT -6
I never would have thought of ballasting it. Very clever!
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 22, 2008 10:09:08 GMT -6
On my current Auburn Speedster project, to make things easier when aligning the hood and adding the (controversial ) coupe top, I filed off the bodyside molding, figuring to replace it later. And when I got around to replacing it, I had a problem. Although I've used Evergreen styrene strip before to replace bodyside moldings, I've always had a problem with getting a nice even taper on the ends--and that was a special problem on the Auburn, which has a very gradual taper. i knew I'd have trouble getting the left and right-side moldings the same, too. So one day while coming back from the men's room (all my best ideas come while I'm walking back from the can), I had an inspiration, and ended up building a jig out of various sizes of styrene strip. And here it is: I hope it's fairly clear. Not a particularly complex idea, but sure worked like a charm.
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 21, 2008 13:40:35 GMT -6
"...the roof bothers me a little ..." "...the '32 top seemed a little small..." La la la la la, I can't heeeeeeeaaaar you; la la la la [fingers in ears] ;D You guys all have ideas, and they seem to be good ones--is it time for an Auburn Speedster Challenge? This morning I built rocket engines. Was going to cast copies of the flaming exhaust from the old Hawk Atomic Bomber kit, but my mold box leaked and so right now I'm waiting for my second attempt at pouring a mold to harden. Plus my clear resin hardened in the can so now I've got to buy more. And I came up with a nice way to taper plastic strip to make side moldings. I'll make a sketch and post it here sometime.
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 20, 2008 7:38:44 GMT -6
Could you get the rotating base to work? Mine didn't. The original Dream Rod had a packet of some kind of sticky gooey liquid that you put in with the ball bearings; it slowed down the rotation to a more reasonable rate. It actually worked really well, but of course, I left the base on its side once, the gookum leaked out, and I never got it to work right again--after that it always wanted to spin way too fast.
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 19, 2008 7:44:38 GMT -6
"...I might rethink the back of the roof to match the back of the body a little more..."
"...the boxed roofline is like hitting a brick wall..."
"...something about the shape of the roof... just ain't right..."
Oh, you guys! You've just gotta have faith! ;D
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 18, 2008 11:23:23 GMT -6
Altho it's not very obvious in the pics I posted, the windshield is slightly vee'd to match the original Auburn windshield shape; that's what most of the putty on the roof is about. I'm not entirely happy with the "gravitator whatchamacallits" I have planned for the circular openings--they're based on the '34s wheels and they stick out a bit. I may go with some kind of flush round windows instead, with the flashing lights behind the windows. Which would be a lot of trouble to do. The sacrifices we make for our Art
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 17, 2008 20:45:56 GMT -6
I was idly meandering up and down the aisles at the local Hobbytown, and I spotted one of old and awful Lindberg Auburn Speedster kits--and suddenly a light went on in enormous neon letters: Aircar! So here's the project: The roof is from the old misproportioned Revell Buttera '34 Ford coupe kit (I have a bunch of leftover bodies). The lower half is all one piece, whacked together from sheet styrene and lots of Milliput: My plan is to paint the two halves separately, then wire the bottom half (the round holes in the wheelwell areas will get a shiny flashing light effect), glue the windows and interior into the top half, then close 'er up for good. It's going pretty well just now; the trick will be to keep my enthusiasm from evaporating during the infinite prime-putty-sand cycles to come. ;D
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 16, 2008 7:24:04 GMT -6
Look in through the windshield; as I remember, the combination is embossed in the back wall of the cockpit above the seat.
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 12, 2008 7:46:54 GMT -6
But, but, but....it's so neat!
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 12, 2008 7:41:48 GMT -6
It's utterly horrendous. Torturing the pure lines of the '57 to fit the very different basic shape of the HHR completely destroyed the looks. The hood shape is especially awful.
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 2, 2008 7:02:48 GMT -6
...Any word on the "new" Aurora company? The last I heard the only kits they had were the figures. Marty The outfit that billed themselves as "the New Aurora" a couple years ago seems to have gone kaput--they were never, I think, more than a resin kit outfit with delusions of grandeur and a snappy line of patter. However, Moebius & Monarch both seem to be making real injection-molded Aurora-style kits--although neither has announced any automotive subjects yet (and I rather doubt they will, since the auto market seems to be dwindling ).
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Post by rocketeer on May 31, 2008 18:52:09 GMT -6
Well I'm no old timer but I'm very interested in this topic. The first thing I noticed from the list is the fact that not all the Aurora Hot Rods are listed. The only one that I know of is the Wolf Wagon and I'm sure it definitely had a 1:1 counterpart or prototype as they were referred to. Right you are; I inadvertently missed it: 1929 Ford A pickup "Wolf Wagon"--Ken Kay's show rod, Hot Rod, July 1961 Sounds like a great idea! I'm not in any position to do it myself, but I'd sure like to see someone do it.
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Post by rocketeer on May 31, 2008 9:52:25 GMT -6
In another thread, I mentioned that the author of a book about Aurora that I owned had managed to track down some of the prototypes for the 1/32 Aurora hot rod kits. I dug out the book this morning, and I thought you guys might be interested in this list—maybe some of you old-timers (grin) can even fill in the blanks.
This info is from Aurora Model Kits, by Thomas Graham, Schiffer Publishing 2006:
1927 Ford T “Sad Sack”—Keith Heiskell’s car, Hot Rod Yearbook #1, 1961 1932 Ford “Ram Rod”—Clarence Catallo’s “Silver Sapphire”, Beach Boys’ “Little Deuce Coupe” album 1921 Ford “T for Two”—Joe Cruces’ car, Rod and Custom, Oct 1962 1927 Ford T “Shiftin’ Drifter”—no prototype found 1929 Ford pickup “Beatnik Box”—no prototype found 1934 Ford-Rolls “Scat Cat”—no prototype found Ford T dragster “Spyder”—Higley & Hubbard drag car, Hot Rod, September 1964 1923 Ford T “The Charger”—"Modern T", builder unknown 1928 Chevy “Moody Monster”—Hugh Tucker’s car, Hot Rod, August 1963 (This is the one with the marvelous box art of the car pulling out into traffic on a rainy night, with the driver’s girlfriend glumly holding an umbrella) 1929 Ford touring “Road Raider”—no prototype found 1930 Ford fire engine “Hot Surfer”—no prototype found 1939 LaSalle “Hearse with a Curse”—no prototype found 1932 Ford “Skidoo”—Dave Stuckey’s car, later modified into the Lil’ Coffin. 1962 Chevy pickup “Draggin’ Wagon”—no prototype found 1924 Buick touring “Get-away Car”—Jim Morris’ car, Hot Rod, August 1963 1922 Ford Center-door T “High Stepper”—Jim Spurbeck’s car, Hot Rod, August 1963 1930 Ford “Woodie Wagon”—no prototype found 1927 Ford T coupe “Snap Dragin”—no prototype found (This is the only one of the kits that didn’t use a Chevy 409—it has a Ford 390.) 1937 Packard ambulance “Meat Wagon”—no prototype found “Old Ironsides” armored car—no prototype found
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Post by rocketeer on May 31, 2008 9:25:45 GMT -6
Most notably, it has a flathead V8 in addition to the old Pontiac, steel wheels with baby moons (in addition to the old mags), metal exhaust tips, metal full Moon discs, a fabric indian blanket for the seat, and two complete sets of tires (modern radials and old-style narrower ones). The old Starbird-designed custom grille with the vertical center bar is back, too.
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Post by rocketeer on May 30, 2008 7:29:15 GMT -6
...I'll be darned if there wasn't a Model T that was a dead match for the Green Hornet. Coincidence, I doubt it. .....Not so long ago I seen a 1:1 version of the Aurora Wolf Wagon Model A pickup. I didn't follow that one up yet but either the 1:1 builder built his off the Aurora design or the Aurora designer built it in scale of the 1:1. To go one step further with the Aurora, the Ram Rod is essentially a take off of the Silver Saphire 1:1. So none of this suprises me. You're right; the Green Hornet is a copy of the old Grasshopper show/go T. There are pics of the Grasshopper in the Best of Hot Rod book they published maybe fifteen years ago. And an Aurora models book I bought recently lists all the Aurora hot rod kits, and gives the real cars they were modelled after. Almost all of them have real-world counterparts. (You've got to admire the author's research skills, too.)
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Post by rocketeer on May 28, 2008 12:25:14 GMT -6
The old Model Car Science magazine had an article once about shortening that kit to make one like in fletch's post--all they really did was eliminate the swinging side doors and shorten the other side, the chassis, and the roof accordingly. You oughta try it; it'd be cute!
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Post by rocketeer on May 28, 2008 9:31:27 GMT -6
Has anyone done anything cool with this kit? Here's what I did with mine :
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Post by rocketeer on May 27, 2008 7:57:41 GMT -6
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Post by rocketeer on May 27, 2008 7:53:02 GMT -6
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Post by rocketeer on May 27, 2008 7:49:48 GMT -6
AMT. A guy modified one into a Gran Sport caricature a while back, appeared at some of the east coast shows; and there was a buildup feature on line somewhere.
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Post by rocketeer on May 26, 2008 13:03:01 GMT -6
Looks really nice.
Where are those tires from?
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Post by rocketeer on May 21, 2008 12:30:46 GMT -6
Seems like a lot of people here have been having problems with the Infini-Tee; doesn't seem like a very well-engineered kit. But yours turned out pretty darned nice.
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Post by rocketeer on May 20, 2008 21:22:48 GMT -6
...An even cooler display for this would have been some kind of futuristic car in the background... How's this? ;D
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Post by rocketeer on May 20, 2008 8:53:39 GMT -6
Futuristic car, eh? I'll see what I can do.
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