Bit of silliness in the off season ..
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Bit of silliness in the off season ..
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That`s a neat diorama John!, must be the Pop Eliminations
. I like the battery and jump leads by the woody too, a nice touch!
I`ve been busy on my building board since Christmas, restoring a Lindberg 1/8TH scale `BIG `T` that I bought some years ago off e.bay (usa). Some parts were already broken off mainly due to the original builders very sparing use of cement, something that helped me when striping it completely apart for restoration.
The previous horrible hand painted Blue paint had to go using Deluxe Materials `Strip Magic` which works like Nitromors but wont harm plastic, once striped it washes off with Methylated Spirit then warm soapy water. Dry and it`s ready for paint!
Half of one side of the frame was missing so that had to be built along with the windshield frame which was also missing, this I made from a length of steel rod bent to shape.
A major problem was much of the chrome had faded on the front axle, rocker covers and headlights and the new windshield frame etc. This was fixed using `Molotow Liquid Chrome` which comes in a felt tip style pen and simply brushes on, the tips come in varying widths and it does look like chrome!
I have many more kits to build but wanted to restore this `T` as a sister rod to my restored Monogram `Big T` that my parents bought me for Christmas 1962...
That looks great Brian. I'm tempted to get one of those pens for an ongoing project. See how time goes for this year before 'garage time' starts back up !
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I've got a big T that I built years ago, found it in a box in the garage the other day looking very sorry for itself, pieces fallen or broken off! It will get redone eventually, probably when I'm in a nursing home with nothing else to do!!!
MisteR Tee
Ah, Nostalgia, it ain't what it used to be!
No longer wanted: Steel 26/27 Ford Model T coupe rear fenders.
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I'm a bit partial to a build or two.
Tony.
All the modellers are on on Facebook, lots of posts on there of "our" sort of cars!
MisteR Tee
Ah, Nostalgia, it ain't what it used to be!
No longer wanted: Steel 26/27 Ford Model T coupe rear fenders.
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That`s a nice selection of old kits Tony, had a few of them in the past!.Originally Posted by headsoff
The Red and White Monogram 1930 model A Phaeton in the centre was the first ever hot rod model I built in 1962, the kit was called `Red Chariot` and at the time it was just the Red version with no custom options in the kit!
Finally decided to restore my Monogram 1/8th `32 roadster that I originally built in the `70s, just the frame and a few more pieces to find that I know are `somewhere`!. House moves and storage haven`t been kind to many of my old models and although I have around 50 unmade kits still in their boxes, I`m enjoying restoring the old ones
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I spend far too much time on there Maurice
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Been messing around with this lot. Cars are mostly done by Simon Robbins i've done the 'scenery' and messed about with the camera to get some 'video' Not uploadable here so it's FB for a look
https://www.facebook.com/jsf55
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They were actually taken upside down to get a low down shot
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Those Pops have more than enough traction by the look of it!
Check out these copies of Model Car Science from the early sixties...
Beautiful colours on the covers, all B+W inside though.
The first ever issue had a article on building a model of the Pierson Brothers coupe. All you needed was a Monogram '34 Coupe, a Black Widow T and a Midget Racer! That lot would set you back a few quid these days.
Thats huge !!
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When I build it I've already decided to buy a small fish tank to keep it in, and the idea is to turn it into a diorama of a garage with the car inside. Although I don't have the scanner/printer anymore, I was at one stage going to make 1:8 scale copies of spare parts boxes and a 1/8 scale NSRA calendar on the wall. Perhaps when I've got my actual car finished...... is frightening though, I was only 29 when I bought it.Sent from my SM-T810 using NSRA mobile app
I know you think you believe you understood what I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what I said isn't always what I meant.
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I'm reworking a 1/24 model i built when i was 22, with another that was bought when i was 38
Your `Golden T` looks identical to my 1/8th `Street and Show T` but with the chrome changed to `brass`, Stephen ... much the same as they did with the Golden `Little T`.
I hope yours still glues OK, though I`ve noticed the plastic on the larger kits appears somehow different and parts can detach from the completed kit if not careful!
They are big John, 16.5" overall length, 8" high!...
I`ve kit bashed my Golden Little T with narrower rear tyres/wheels and an Olds motor from an old Revell accessory custom parts pack...
I'm still beavering away on a non nsra compliant build
And finished off that movie i made with some sound
https://youtu.be/58vl-uWhFiM
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