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Post by rocketeer on Mar 28, 2020 23:52:40 GMT -6
Wow, very nice save!
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Post by rocketeer on Mar 28, 2020 0:21:47 GMT -6
Panthermobile built 1969 Lancia Stratos Zero built 1970
Pretty clear which is the first. As for the styling similarities, well, that low sleek angular look was all the rage back then.
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Post by rocketeer on Mar 23, 2020 10:17:17 GMT -6
... looks great, doesn't it? ... Yes, it absolutely does!
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Post by rocketeer on Mar 23, 2020 10:14:34 GMT -6
Man, look at you go! Nice speaker mounts!
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Post by rocketeer on Mar 12, 2020 15:33:55 GMT -6
Pretty cool! The copper and green go together very nicely.
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Post by rocketeer on Mar 5, 2020 23:11:16 GMT -6
How did you do the chrome helmet?
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Post by rocketeer on Feb 10, 2020 10:39:25 GMT -6
... adding pipes from resin core solder... I strongly advise against this; the resin will emerge years later, corrode, and look terrible (see the brown crusty stuff on the exhausts in the pics of my Coach). Right offhand, I don't remember whether I used acid-core or resin-core for those pipes, but why take a chance? I'd use solid core solder if I were you.
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Post by rocketeer on Feb 9, 2020 21:04:57 GMT -6
Do your Tempest engines have stock exhaust manifolds? I figure that's what Barris used, and I couldn't find any (I used Pontiacs from one of the Revell engine sets, which had headers, not stock manifolds). I was able to use a Mopar for one side, but had to scratchbuild the other side and resin-cast a copy.
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Post by rocketeer on Feb 8, 2020 21:38:49 GMT -6
I think there's one heater hose, which connects the two heater hose nipples on the engine: One heater nipple on the water pump, just above the big nipple the lower radiator hose connects to, and another heater nipple at the back of the intake manifold, on the passenger side (according to a friend who really knows his Pontiacs). In this picture, it looks like there are two heater hoses on the driver's-side engine, but I think you're just seeing a reflection of the single hose in the chromed steel plate brace that connects the inboard heads on the two engines.
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Post by rocketeer on Feb 8, 2020 13:32:55 GMT -6
I have to disagree. Barris TV and Movie Cars (Barris & Fetherston) has two photos that clearly show conventional automatic transmissions, and describes a chain arrangement whereby either or both engines could run the car (My thought: probably a simple roller chain with sprockets on the differential and tranmission output shafts).
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Post by rocketeer on Feb 8, 2020 11:04:36 GMT -6
I'm pretty sure the real thing has automatic transmissions. The kit has automatics, and there's no sign of a clutch pedal anywhere. And it'd be so much easier to build IRL if you used automatics. The four-speeds are just what came with the Tempest engines farmboy is using in place of the kit's completely inaccurate big-block Chevys.
And I think you're right; I suspect the Coach was just mobile enough for the occasional car show and photo shoot.
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 30, 2020 15:06:14 GMT -6
Man, I'm getting whiplash, what with that insanely ugly and gimmicky Ford X-2000, followed closely by the insanely lovely Bordinat Cobra. My brain is reeling at the contrast between the two!
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 27, 2020 14:05:51 GMT -6
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 27, 2020 0:27:13 GMT -6
I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 17, 2020 11:28:43 GMT -6
Yeah, since the model came before the 1:1, you have the odd situation where the full-size car is inaccurate! . And of course, since then a whole bunch of guys have built 1:1s, all more or less "wrong" looking. One even had a big V-8! Good heavens!
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 17, 2020 11:27:37 GMT -6
Revell 1956 Chevy. Molded in black so I had to put multiple coats of paint on it to get a white interior, finicky assembly and fragile working parts. Poorly done chrome bits which began to fade. And the separate chrome trim along the sides was impossible to get looking good.
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 30, 2019 15:23:18 GMT -6
Unfortunately, that link takes me to my own camera roll.
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 23, 2019 17:58:36 GMT -6
The science-fiction model club I belong to is having a challenge build: A jet- or rocket-powered car or boat, due next September. Since the title is a bit of a mouthful, it's been abbreviated to "Jet Car Challenge". I had an inspiration. ABC Family's short-lived series "The Middleman" is possibly the best and funniest sci-fi adventure show ever to have been on TV. In it, apprentice Middleman Wendy Watson is given a Smart car for business use. And one day, her boss, the Middleman, shows her just what the red key does: A big ol' jet engine sprouts up, significantly increasing the car's performance. Revell of Germany made a Smart car kit a while ago; I was able to get an assembled one from eBay. Since it was a snap kit, it was easy to blow it apart for modification. The jet engine made a nice little scratchbuilding project; I turned the basic shape out of acrylic rod on my lathe, photoetched some insignia for the side, then built inlet and exhaust details. A little Tamiya paint, and voila: It isn't 100% accurate, but you're certainly not going to mistake it for anything else. . .
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 23, 2019 17:44:43 GMT -6
Is the engine really parallel to the chassis on the real car? I always thought it had a pretty large nose-up angle. Later: Indeed it does:
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 18, 2019 15:21:04 GMT -6
For whatever reason, I can't see your pictures using either Safari or Firefox. Could you just post a link to your Flickr album?
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 6, 2019 13:59:12 GMT -6
Gee, that's an impressive body of work!
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 3, 2019 0:51:13 GMT -6
I ended up cutting my driver's hand off, too.
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 1, 2019 11:51:20 GMT -6
Glad to see that you're working on this one again!
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Post by rocketeer on Nov 17, 2019 10:40:00 GMT -6
On slingshots, wasn't the rear axle typically mounted rigidly to the frame, with the driver's legs going over the axle?
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 31, 2019 9:35:47 GMT -6
I'll toss in a recent and a Throwback Thursday:
The SpellCaster
That Spellcaster is frickin awesome!Agree completely; what a great model!
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 31, 2019 9:31:59 GMT -6
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 22, 2019 9:31:59 GMT -6
Looks really cheerful and fun!
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 20, 2019 9:24:44 GMT -6
Hah! Wonderful!
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 17, 2019 10:01:11 GMT -6
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 16, 2019 10:03:21 GMT -6
Wow, looks great!
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