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gorby
I think you win this weeks prize for most heavy duty modelling tool. 😄
Looks a very interesting conversion.

Lenny Li
I think that kind of set up can tool a real bogie!!

Neuling
Watching .....................

Jakko ‌
> I think you win this weeks prize for most heavy duty modelling tool. 😄

Probably, yeah 🙂 It's a metalworking lathe, so a bit overkill for just turning down the seam on those wheels, but I didn't feel like aching fingers from scraping them down with a knife — I get those even when I hold them in a modelling vice, never mind just between my fingers.

> that kind of set up can tool a real bogie!!

Having seen a disassembled Sherman bogie up close, I must say I think this one is a size too small for that 😉

Ben M
👀 fascinating vehicle.

Mr D
Looking good, weld's coming on nice 👍

Ben M
How did you hold the wheels in the lathe?

Jakko ‌
@Mr D: that's not the welds yet, it's just the filler needed to plug the gaps 🙁 I'm still debating how to add all the weld seams.

@Ben M: An M2 screw, about 2 cm long, through the hole in the wheel, with a nut to tighten it. It needs to be fairly tight else chances are the wheel will stop as soon as the chisel hits it. On Asuka two-piece wheels, you need to do this before assembling the parts, because the hole on the piece to be glued in is smaller than on the part that has the tyre moulded on it.

Ben M
Thank you, I can envision the setup. I have a small lathe and arthritis in my hands, this technique could help me a lot. Thanks!

Mr D
Regarding weld's l have seen super glue used through a fine tip, you need steady hand n move in pattern to create weld.
Sorry l was looking at the resin 🤔🤣.
Good stuff be keeping eye
On progress 👍👍

Jakko ‌
@Ben M: What also works is a modeller's vice. Clamp the wheel in that, scrape down the seam with a straight knife over a third or so of the wheel, then unclamp and turn it, and repeat. If I scrape more than about two or three wheels by hand, my fingers ache enough that I have to stop, so the vice helps a lot. But you also get a lot of plastic scrapings all over your modelling area, so this time, I figured I'd put those in someone else's hobby room instead for a change 😉

@Mr D: Hahaha! The ones on the resin were put there by Resicast 🙂 But I'll now have to make ones that look similar, or at least not out of place next to them. I'm thinking a thin string of two-part epoxy, textured with a sharp tool.

gorby
I've just seen an Uncle Nightshift vid on adding weld seams:
Youtube Video

Jakko ‌
Thanks for that.

Mr D
Good video 👍, the finish on the flat plate work looks authentic, l think it's had better rough cast look from the brush stippling before he added the putty coat.
Good idea on the weld , epoxy putty best as regular epoxy levels out again.

Jakko ‌
I've begun to add the weld seams now — see photo 23 🙂 Basically, Magic Sculp two-part epoxy putty that I mixed up a very small amount of, then took even smaller amounts from that and rolled it as thin as I could in my hand before pressing it into the join between the parts. Getting it to stick there is tricky, especially once I began texturing it with the tip of a knife — it wants to adhere to skin and steel much better than to plastic, unfortunately 🙁 But with a bit of perseverance it does eventually stick.

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic work, congrats!

David Taylor
really coming along.

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I see some heavy duty equipment here and a lot of elbow grease... Good job so far, Jakko! Keep it up!

Jakko ‌
Thanks, though this is fairly straightforward. The most difficult part was finding a good way to curve the splash plates, really.

Pepe
Looking

gorby
You're doing some excellent work on this.

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jakko ‌
Cool, nice to have you along 🙂

Mr D
Taking shape now, the green welding joints are looking a better medium.
Interesting to see an adaptation taking place of the original.
Thanks for your posts, good to see steps
👍👍👍

Jakko ‌
Thanks. TBH, I don't really care to look at photos of finished models — I much prefer seeing how they got to be that way, after which the finished pics make sense 🙂 So I post in-progress photos instead of only what it looks like at the end.

Ben M
Looks great, what an interesting subject. I enjoy your in progress photos.

My favorite bit is the martini glass holder up there on the bridge.

Mr D
Hi Jakko👋
Very nice... great job, thanks for the uploads....be interesting to watch progress.
Like it 😁👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Jakko! You're a master!

Jakko ‌
Thanks, guys 🙂

> I enjoy your in progress photos.

Speaking for myself, I much prefer looking at how a model was built, than how it looks when it's finished 🙂

> My favorite bit is the martini glass holder up there on the bridge.

I take it you mean the No. 19 set 'B' aerial …

David Taylor
Brill.

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Michael Kohl
like your eye on the detail. Let´s follow.

Akaidada
拆那！ CHINA!

Treehugger
Hm, I thought I had a ZTZ-99 kit, but apparenlty I have the HobbyBoss' ZTZ-96. I wonder what the difference is between the 99 and the 96 are.

Xu Ho
Hi Treehugger. As far as I know, ZTZ-99 is a heavy MBT with more capibility and 96 is a lighter, smaller and cheaper one. Imagine the position of F-15 & F-16 in U.S Airforce.

Neuling
Clean and careful build in good presentation

mininova
Super clean! Love the digital camo, did you "simply" used masking+airbrushing? And is that holographic film for the optics?

Xu Ho
Thank you, miniova. Yes, it's masking+airbrushing. I use the pre-cut masking from Galaxy Model. It makes the process lots easier. No, it's not a holographic thing.

John
Great start and cockpit. I am a big fan of the Tamiya kits from this era. A very fun "canvas" to play with for detailing and painting. They still hold up compared to modern tooling if done right.

Mark Sherwood
I'm in. 🥸

Alberto
Thanks John and Mark. The cockpit is excellent just OOB, considering the year this tool was released. And the kit is still pretty inexpensive these days.

Mark Sherwood
Mine did, when I applied the VMS Gloss on the Shiden, prior to decalling. Did lose a bit of subtly, but not much. Looking good so far Alberto.

Alberto
Thanks Mark. It's tricky to guess when's the right time to stop the blending without loosing the pre-shading once the model is finished 😄

gorby
Wow that really is a beauty!

Sven Schönyan
I second that! A very nice Mosquito!

Rando
wow! that's spectacular. unique appearance too with those metallic spinner and nose caps

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, a real eye catcher with those silver hubs. Clean work and paintjob, but also great subtle weathering 👍

Jon Bryon
Thanks guys for your comments - always appreciated!

Bill Newcomer
Well Gents, It is finally done enough to make its debut. I present to you the Grand Opening of the American Restomod Workshop. Comments welcome.

Robbie
Mmmm. Wall to wall Mopars. My kind of place. I have 1:1 2016 Challenger R/T Plus Shaker in PQD Blue - 8D

Bill Newcomer
Robbie I too love the looks of both the old and new Challengers.

Munkyslut
Ahh Bill that's just gorgeous!!!!! I can't say enough good things about it, epic stuff mate 😉
Panther Pink AAR Cuda is icing on the cake 👍

Bill Newcomer
Thank you Munky

Nigel Chapman
Bill that is awesome, how about a shop truck to go with it?

Tom ...
Bill, that is really really something! Looks totally killer! Fantastic work, mate!

Bill Newcomer
Nigel, Now that is something I have not thought of. I do have a few including a 1967 Chevy Fleetside I got from Bob.

Bill Newcomer
Tom, Thank you. I guess it shows that if you put in enough effort and attention to detail, it just might turn out ok.

Tom ...
Now you just need to keep the dust off. Planning on enclosing it?

Bob Hall
That is beautiful ! Awesome Job and the detail is beyond compare !

Bill Newcomer
Dust yeah, well, It will be inside my display case. I just need to get better at keeping the door closed when sanding.

Spanjaard
simply superb!

Bob Hall
I find your lack of Ford's Disturbing !

Bill Newcomer
Bob, It has been disturbing me too. That is why I am psyching my self up for a batch of Ford builds. Your Mustang hood is on the left wall and the Ford logo is in the center if you hadn't noticed.

Munkyslut
But that would mean less Mopars........

Nigel Chapman
Not forgetting GM products

Robbie
Just remember what F O R D stands for 😛

Bob Hall
First On Race Day Guess that does make sense, Fords don't spend nearly the time in a repair shop a much as Mopar and GM products ! LOL ! But on a serious note, this is down right awesome Bill !

Robbie
Ok - the other side of it - F@cked Over Rebuilt Dodge | Frequent Overhauls Required Daily | F@cked On a Raunchy Deal | Found on Roadside Dead | Fix Or Repair Daily...

Bob Hall
I just noticed one over looked, but very necessary item in you garage. The Fender covers.

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Bill Newcomer
Hmmm... MOPAR....

Bob Hall
Better ? Don't want to hurt any feelings LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bob Hall
Did I cover it all ? No one left out ? HAAAAAAAAAAAAA !

Bill Newcomer
There ya go!!!! Pontiac!

Bob Hall
I seen your Gold and Black beauty, and figured that would be your flavor ! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nigel Chapman
Ah Bill, you forgot the shop dog or cat

James C
This is awesome!!!! Love the cars as well! 👍👍👍

Bill Newcomer
Bob, very perceptive of you. 🙂 Nigel, maybe after I get some people. James, Thanks.

Dominik Weitzer
coooooool….very lot stuff in there. just so clean 😄

Chaz Gordon
Bob, You missed out Volvo!

Bill Newcomer
Dominik, Thanks. That was the look I was going for.

Bozzer
I'm gonna keep coming back to this. There's so much detail, it's too much to take in, at once! Many congratulations Bill, this is definitely something to be proud of!

Bill Newcomer
Bozzer, Thanks 🙂. I am pretty happy how it turned out.

Christian W
How could I miss the opening!
Very cool.

Dominik Weitzer
btw...this yellow convertible on the lift looks like mine - without the "trunkreck" 🙂

Robert W Martel
Ah Chrysler guy I see !!

Bill Newcomer
Well yeah. Pretty much anything over 400 cubic inches.

HuetMotors
Very nice workshop !!

Bill Newcomer
I decided to upgrade my diorama with some LED lighting to improve my pictures of future builds.
I made a quickie mock up to see how they would work. While bright enough, I learned that I need to have some of them near the front edge to make the foreground light the viewer's side of any vehicles inside.

Laurent VILLANUEVA- "HELLER ForEver"
NIce

Nigel Chapman
Looks much more authentic

Bozzer
Definitely much better mate 👍

Bill Newcomer
Thanks guys. The test only used 16 of 20 of the fixtures. I ordered some 6-32 mounting hardware last night and cut my lid this morning. I think I will need a bit of angle aluminum to stiffen the front edge and provide positive locating of the sides. Meanwhile, back to finishing up my Mustangs.

Bill Newcomer
My hardware came so I got right to installing the LEDs onto the "ceiling". I soldered everything to keep from having issues. The lights are somewhat a "cool white" as opposed to a warm white. Live viewing it looks pretty good. For photos I think I still need some foreground lights. My super shiny floor may force me to add some sort of light diffuser like parchment paper.

Jarrett
Absolutely Stunning Bill! I was thinking about buying one of those old racing trailers - I see you probably used the parts but as a trailer what do you think?

Bill Newcomer
I have two of the racing trailers. One is the Ernie Irvan one and one is the Bill Elliot one. Yes I did steal some of the interior parts for my diorama. My plan (way down the road) is to build one with all the goodies and one closed up. I want to set them up as two nostalgic front engine dragster haulers.

Racing Team Transporter (AMT/ERTL 6802, 1:25)
Stock Car Transporter (AMT/ERTL 6019, 1:25)
Peterbilt 377 A/E (Italeri 740, 1:24)
Ford AeroMax 120 (Revell 7247, 1:24)
Two Much (AMT/ERTL 21489P, 1:25)
Ramchargers AA Fuel Dragster (MPC 30108, 1:25)

Jarrett
Great ideas. And thank you I'll be buying of these trailers. Enjoy

Ben M
Can you link to the LEDs? They're very convincing as fluorescent tubes

Munkyslut
Ceiling lights look amazing Bill! The level of illumination is perfecto👌

Bill Newcomer
Ben, Here is a link:
https://ebay.com/itm/3753610..p;customid=&toolid=10050
Munky, thanks

Ben M
Oh that's creative! I would not have thought of using marker lights.

Nigel Chapman
Very clever. Do you get problems with heat?