hello all
Jessica, I'm sorry this happened to you with your kit.
Mmeier, thank you
here is my finished model
steph

Well done Steph...

Hakan thank you.
steph

Everybody: This marks the last month to finish up!! Great work all!!

Jessie: I'll grant you an extension if you would want that!! You have shown a great effort to not have it be placed in this GB!! I've just done a major move myself so I am very sympathetic!! A friend of mine flies pullers for gliders and is an avid glider pilot himself. He has successfully used automotive paint polishing/cutter solutions to fix canopies and model car windows that have crazed on him. It is not a quick fix, but is well worth the time. If I understand correctly he uses a dremel tool on the lowest speed setting and polishes the crazed areas with the polish by dabbing the tool on the crazed surface, careful not to push too hard or long. It would be best to be able to slow down the dremel to roughly 1200 rpms then you could dab harder and longer. Just a thought!! BUT PLZ don't give up on vehicles...

I'll be having some vacation in two weeks and am planning to finish my entry then!! I have everything all set up in the new place so all I have to do is wait!!!

Steph, that Admiral is ace!

Nicely done, Steph!
Now to get myself going (after the bar has been set so high! )...

I didn't have a recent newspaper, but I had a store receipt lying around to show that I'm only this far. I haven't started assembling kit pieces, although I've modified some.
I included the fat tires and wheels, spares from an old '57 Cadillac kit, because the kit only includes the skinny military unidirectional (what's the term?) tires and I like these better.
So far, I had sanded down and filled in the AeroPlast kit's odd headlight bulges and intend to form up a rounder, more subtle shape for them. Likewise, I reshaped the rear window and removed the divider, and reshaped the roof hatch rear area to make this appear like a 1962 Beetle, instead of the WW II type.
Thanks,
Sean.

Many moons ago, there was a BMW 327...
And when it came the lifting of the masks...











And to add insult to injury, I left a fingerprint in the right door (though I used gloves!)

Next: Rectifying paint...

thank you Dave and Sean. Your VW is a good start.
steph

Aargh. I've been frozen into inaction. I wanted to fix the kit's headlights, but I'm not sure how to do it well, so I find myself sitting and staring at it and then finding something else to do.
I'm going to have to take a whack at it eventually-- 3 weeks left in the campaign, and if I want to spend any time on the chrome and finish, I'd better get moving.
I hope everyone else is doing well, especially Javier, I hope you've sanded and touched up the errant red paint on that otherwise excellent subject you have going!
Cheers!
-Sean H.

I guess I should start posting picture of my build.
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/P6080022.JPG
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/P6080020.JPG
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/P6080021.JPG
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/P6080022.JPG
Can't figure out why the photos don't appear.The links works but the photos don't show up.

Hi Darrell

I think that you've tagged these as links instead of images
If you edit your post so that the picture locations are prefixed then they should show

OK, so my idea didn't work - here are Darrell's photos:

Thanks Dave. I will try again with the next lot of photos.

Darrell, that's excellent engine detail. I struggle with it at this scale, but you've done it well.

Here is my progress thus far...

Finally made headway on the headlights. They still can't stare back at me, but this should be good until the body painting is complete.
Turned my attention to the interior, and as I feared, this AeroPlast kit isn't going together without a fight. The rear deck didn't fit between the fenders without extensive filing, and there are no positive locators, so I had to wrangle it around with the body closed and try to mark the final location with pencil.

Now that I have momentum, I hope to keep this going and hit the end-of-month deadline without any trouble.
Cheers!
-Sean H.

I have finally made some real progress on my Porsche. Everything is set and running for my part so I'll be able to make the deadline!!

Even some more progress!!

Excellent paint work, Brian.

Here's my progress...

The seat back wanted to pop loose when I dry fit the body, so I beefed up the contact surface with sprue nubs and lots of cement. (Let's all pretend we can't see those mold release circles. )

Without modification, the steering wheel pressed against the driver seat and there was a sizeable gap above the dashboard, so I applied some styrene strip under the cockpit front part (white in the photo).

The seat legs had no pins or locator holes, so I tried to be careful filing them all to the same height. The frontseat backs likewise had no pins or locator holes, so I applied plenty of cement to their arms and propped the interior subassembly upside down at a decent angle for the backs to set. I'm sure a decent poke with a finger would break the seatback loose.
I do have to say though, that for a small company, the styrene they used is taking the Testor's liquid cement very well. I've had trouble with others in the past.
I have a plan for the wheels...

I salvaged these from a flashy Cadillac, but I think I can drill the hole through to the front, then mount them backward, grind down the post some, paint them the body color, and put baby moon hubcaps on. ...still looking for a suitable 1/35 baby moon hubcap. More on this later.
(Also note my chrome strips, not chromed yet, in the back of the photo.)
thanks for looking,
Sean H.

Well I'm Getting there hehe I should be finished with this kit o' mine on time. Its been fun and a pain. I didn't know until now what tiny little pieces could show up in a kit. But I've had fun and learned a lot of do's and dont's and
I shall have my Kit Photo up by the last day of the build if not sooner.

Sascha (Ironowl)

Sascha: I know what you mean!! Mine have been time constraints, but nevertheless I'm almost done!!!

Just the trim and stuff, then this white puppy is done!!! (My first build in 6? years???)

Brian, did I already mention what an awesome subject that is?

Anyway, here is my weekend's breakthrough. The wheel hub modifications are working!

I was only a little embarrassed going through Michael's craft store in search of half-round beads. I figure all the ladies in there are half-embarrassed working on some crazy projects too. That and I'm getting a little old to be embarrassed anymore.
I narrowed the kit suspension to get my wide tires under the fenders, and once I've fabricated some taillights, I'll be ready for priming and painting.
Crossing my fingers, so far no insurmountable problems on this conversion. I definitely see myself falling into the Superdetail Modelers Syndrome though. When I bought this kit, I was just going to build it stock and paint it white, but that ship has sailed!
cheers,
-Sean H.

Here's my daily bump of this forum!
I'm ready for paint, so no photos for a few days probably...

(The body is just resting on the fenders for now. Ignore that gap.)
-Sean H.

Now the end is near! So I can (must) hurry, after some busy weeks at home, at work, at dealing with the colour scheme...

May the weekend be with us!

Here are more photos. I hope to be finished by the deadline.