Al Unser Jr 1983 Eagle
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21 8 May 2023, 10:17
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Diving right back into another resin Eagle build. This will be my main project going forward. Everything else in progress will continue to putter along as I need breaks from this kit or if I don't have much time available at the bench. Learned a ton from the last resin project so hoping this one goes even better
8 May 2023, 10:23
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I'm jumping in the pits, for this one. Keen to see what you come up with next.
8 May 2023, 11:40
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Welcome Bozzer and Dave. It won't be a fast project but I've gotten a start cleaning up parts and drilling holes for pins.
8 May 2023, 19:10
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Augh ! another resin kit. you are a brave soul- your last one was excellent so away you go !
18 May 2023, 02:25
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Thanks Ben, I decided I enjoyed pulling my hair out so much that I should do it again! This is a full kit anyways so at least no cutting up a plastic donor. It's all there. Hopefully I can do it justice.
18 May 2023, 08:03
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It's the cutting out those vac form windscreens that make my hair fall out just even thinking about it. Is that the car he used to block someone with so daddy could win Indy?
18 May 2023, 08:18
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Bossy, when I pulled the vac formed windshield out of the box I instantly aged 30 years. Ha! This is indeed the car that Little Al blocked for his daddy with in the closing laps. Didn't end up working though. Sneva got around him at the end and Al senior couldn't do anything with him.
18 May 2023, 20:06
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I've watched your racing, and believe me, it's bats*#t crazy! I liked it so much, that I still can't figure out what goes on! But I'll catch up, eventually!
18 May 2023, 22:08
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I went back and watched the end of that Indy on YT and down in the suggestions it had the start of the '71 Indy when some local car dealer in his Challenger was the pace car. You ever see that?! Dude goes FLYING through the pit lane at well over 100 mph then crashes into the photographers bleachers. I had never seen that before! So there's your next project: bright orange '71 Challenger.
19 May 2023, 04:39
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Bozzer, it is the month of May. Good time to watch. Nothing quite like the Indy 500. My dad loved racing of all kinds which is where if got into it. Mostly open wheel stuff or sports cars. We watched F1 every weekend, all of Indycar we could. went to local races. Didn't matter. Which is why I build a lot of race cars.
Welcome Mona and Jennifer! It'll be slow going right at the moment as I'm busy working on the real life race car I help out with, but I'll get to it when I can.
Bossy, oh yes, that would be Eldon Palmer. Palmer dodge was an Indianapolis institution. Orange Challenger convertible with white top and interior. That's a well known story here. He actually kept the pace car and had to give Al Unser a different car off his lot because he damaged the pace car. So Unser got a brand new yellow Charger for his win. Palmer eventually fixed the pace car. The story goes the chief starter told Palmer he needed to cross the start finish line at the same time as the leader but this was much faster than they had practiced. After this incident the local car dealers weren't allowed to drive the pace car anymore. Ha.
19 May 2023, 18:24
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Excellent story! You definitely get a full day of excitement, here on Scalemates!
19 May 2023, 21:21
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Never a dull moment! Luckily no one was killed in that one. There are endless great stories from that race alone!
19 May 2023, 23:13
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So, I have been working on this. Cleaning, sanding priming. Rinse and repeat. Got it where I was happy. Got it painted white and spent a solid couple hours this morning getting the decals laid down. Fun to line up across the nose and down both sides. I'm pretty happy about how they turned out. Next clear coat once they're good and dry and then I can start attaching things to the body.
6 June 2023, 10:14
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Tamiya is also releasing the same kit in 1/12 scale sometime sune
Should be in shops anytime now
And dda is sune releasing the holden Torana and panel van kits
10 June 2023, 00:06
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I'm going to give some of those bigger scale kits a try sometime once I get through some of my stash.
10 June 2023, 02:02
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There is many new ones around at the moment
I missed out on a 1/12 Bugatti kit that was in the shop
It sold before I got there hope thay will get it back in stock again
10 June 2023, 02:15
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Lol, if you want a big kit mate, try the 1/16 Kenworth or Peterbilt! Those tyres are like donuts! The kit comes with a jig, to help you keep the frame aligned, until it dries! At nearly 2' long and 8" high, it's an impressive build.
10 June 2023, 11:23
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Yep that would be a very big model bozzer and very impressive
Love to see an album whed build pics of that
10 June 2023, 13:05
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@Bozzer I have 2 of the 1/16 Kenworths. One was sealed, the other I bought opened for $20. It's complete except for the missing...frame! lol. So much for my good deal! Anyway, thought I might take the tires, wheels and axles from that and scratch build a trailer for the truck...it would only be a metre long! 😲
10 June 2023, 18:51
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@mike. I also have a trailer. They're pretty hard to come by these days and over here, they can sell for upto £200+! My advice is to get an AMT flatbed trailer and use that as a template for your scratchbuild. It's pretty much exactly the same. And the bonus is, then you can physically see every part you need to replicate. Unfortunately, finding parts for these 1/16 trucks is hard. I chase them, when I see them, basically to help out fellow builders, like yourself? I actually scratchbuilt a radiator top, for a buddy of mine, because his was missing.
11 June 2023, 04:20
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Good grief. 1/16 scale big rigs? I don't know where I'd put them. Open wheel cars are minuscule and take up no room in the display cabinet. 🤣
11 June 2023, 05:17
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Got the engine/transmission and rear suspension stuck together last night. Fairly straightforward process. I set the engine on the undertray to line up the transmission mounts, glued those on and then glued the engine to the main body. The undertray then goes on to cover it all up so you can't see any of it. Happy with how it's looking so far
11 June 2023, 19:49
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A bit more progress here. Turbocharger detailed and installed, wheels and tires painted. Pop off valve, roll bar, fueling bits all attached to the tops and sides of the car. And got a start on the first pieces of front suspension. More soon
12 June 2023, 10:42
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Kyle is a machine when it comes to building kits
And lately I have seen his game has gone up after he got a airbrush
12 June 2023, 11:11
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JV, couldn't agree more mate! This guy is chomping at the bit, like a racehorse!
12 June 2023, 18:01
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Lol, and literally! Piddling, is what we describe as peeing, to young children! So basically you have just told everyone in the UK, you have a bladder issue 🙂 Man, I love this community. Just when you think you got all the pockets covered, the 8 ball slides right by 😛
13 June 2023, 01:45
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I looked at your wall and am impressed with your work. I have an idea for you in your IDF builds. Years ago I took a Tamiya M 247 Sergeant York and modified it with a storage basket on the turret, a 50 caliber spotting rifle over the twin 40mm bofors and blazer type reactive armor all wrapped up in Israeli sand. My idea was it would make a great vehicle to interdict supply convoys.
13 June 2023, 23:42
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I don't think there's any doubt about the bladder issues as we age. 😂😂
14 June 2023, 01:06
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I'm 69years old and I try not to drink anything after about 7 PM. That seems to help.
14 June 2023, 01:22
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hi Lawrence ..that's a good suggestion (re: M247) I shall look in to that for a possible future build 😉
14 June 2023, 02:40
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Can't wait to see how you tackle it. The downfall of the Sergeant York was the implementation of the F-16 targeting system for targeting other aircraft. It should have been adequate for targeting ground vehicles. The basic chassis is the M-48, and that has been used by the IDF.
14 June 2023, 02:52
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And just like that, the Eagle has flown across the finish line. Another enjoyable build, and I look forward to the next one.
14 June 2023, 11:09
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You've aced it again, captain! I think that you're gonna have to make a chequered flag dio, to display these on? It'll look great on the final reveal photos 100% 👍
14 June 2023, 16:59
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Thanks Jv and thank you Lawrence.
Thank you as well Bozzer. I was actually thinking of building a diorama. Maybe trying to make the famous yard of bricks from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the cars crossing it. I've just recently been giving that some thought.
14 June 2023, 20:12
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Great minds, and all that, mate? I'm kinda thinking about something myself, for my end result, phone shoots. I've seen a couple of dioramas, in the past, for big rigs, and they look great. They are a fair size, because of the attached trailer, but I should have the room soon, to create something. I'm torn between a city scene, or on some highway, somewhere? Hell, I might even do both? It's definitely something to tinker around with, in the future.
15 June 2023, 04:44
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Ahh. A big rig diorama would be really sweet!! Two would be even better!!
15 June 2023, 08:09
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JV, I was thinking something similar. Kinda like they have, for fish tanks? And I thought that if I used my bozzer skills, I can make them fit together, so they form a box, for storage, when not in use? Sorta like a Chinese puzzle? What do you guys think?
15 June 2023, 16:33
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A vignette to create a forced perspective would marry all the ideas together and form a more transportable display. It could be used to force the important details to stand out.
15 June 2023, 18:50
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Thank you. You can force the perspective by mixing the scales. Large scale in front of progressively smaller scales will impose distance between items.
15 June 2023, 23:53
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Now that sounds a bit complicated Lawrence
But sure is an interesting idea
I haven't seen that before
Sounds like for a big diorama
16 June 2023, 00:11
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If the car is closest to the front glass, everything behind is a progressively smaller scale. If you have a 1/25th scale car in front and place a 1/48th scale item directly behind it, it tricks your eye to think it is much farther away and so on. If you place a 1/87th scale item directly behind the 1/25th scale car, it looks even farther away. It all depends on what you want to achieve.
16 June 2023, 00:28
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A small picture behind the item in the foreground can accomplish something similar.
16 June 2023, 00:32
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Great idea
I just hate the idea of painting smaller models
1/32
Would be the smallest I would consider
I do have 3x1/43 models
I won't be putting much into detail painting on them lol
One of our mates here just started an album whed some f1 cars in 1/144
I will sure follow that build
But no way would I attempt anything like that myself
The painting and decals will be a challenging task
16 June 2023, 00:39
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You can buy some pre-painted model railroad figures or pre-painted 1/350th ship figures for a group of people that are in the distance. The item in the foreground is your focal point, the rest in the background are just gingerbread.
16 June 2023, 01:06