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914joe
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 Posted - 01/11/2014 : 21:37:25
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Starting with a Looksmart 550 I hammered the start of a roof. I'll need to wait until the windshield is mounted to finish the shape of this.
Striped the paint and hollowed the interior. Added some drilled angle peices for the boxed sections and modified the dash moving the instrument cluster.
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2014 : 21:42:39
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interior parts
rivet for gas cap
gas cap
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2014 : 21:48:18
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some scraps
Looking like a crest
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2014 : 15:51:24
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mirror made from p/e scraps... left a recess for a mirror face.
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2014 : 05:48:55
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looks nice silver
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2014 : 19:39:01
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Shaped up some seats and worked to hump upholstery
rear lid straps
and built some wheels
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the.x.man
New Zealand
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Posted - 02/01/2014 : 21:02:58
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Any particular reason you began with a LookSmart 550, rather than a Make Up? I have not seen either "in the resin", so to speak, but my instincts would have been for a Make Up (bearing in mind that I am not a Porsche expert), simply because their work impresses me so much - right across their range.
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The only substitute for cubic inches is more cubic inches!
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2014 : 07:36:30
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The Looksmart & BBR's are the early production, mid production is like the Basic43 and Make Up's are the end of run. I love the Make Up models and hope they make a kit available when I get that itch.
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2014 : 13:11:38
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Needed to use the steering wheel from Basic43, shifter & e-brake
front lights
I added the trim to the rear lights and dash details
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2014 : 19:58:58
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1 month and 1 day... A new record:) I love this:
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abelhobby
Mexico
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Posted - 02/17/2014 : 20:11:14
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2014 : 18:49:13
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quote:
Originally posted by abelhobby
Love it to, were can I get one??
Right here... Ask Mike:)
Thanks
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the.x.man
New Zealand
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Posted - 02/18/2014 : 19:42:19
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That is seriously cool, Joe!
Its profile looks like something straight out of "Wacky Races" :o)
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smerfik24
Poland
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Posted - 02/26/2014 : 11:00:38
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am I right you've stripped off the paint from the Looksmart model? How have you done it without destroying the resin body? I would be really thankful for your tip!
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dark star
Spain
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Posted - 02/26/2014 : 14:09:54
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The paint can be removed with Pickling Gel for paints.
It must be done very quickly, to not deform the resin body.
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914joe
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2014 : 20:14:24
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There is more than one way to strip a resin model... Like Jerry said work quick or you run the risk of softening the resin body. On this one I used Acetone and q-tips to remove the paint.
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WIP Porsche 550-07 Buckelwagen
