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Biggles2
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 03:31 AM UTC
What model is this - I mean the car!! Is it representative of the '40's, or early '50's? Is there a similar model available (again, of the car)? Or any other car of this era?
http://www.mbltd.info/figures/1-24-scale/car-series/dangerous-curves/24067.html
Joel_W
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 03:50 AM UTC
I have literally no idea being a race car builder. But if I had to guess, I'd say it's a Chevy Coupe. I'm sure that Damian will know for sure.

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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:40 AM UTC
Maybe a 1938 Lincoln model K roadster?
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 11:33 AM UTC
1939 Packard Twelve Coupe
https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/6023-1939-packard-twelve-coupe/

ICM makes a (1930-something) Packard Twelve in 1/35.




Biggles2
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 12:04 PM UTC
I didn't specify, but I'm looking for 1/24 - 1/25. Anything that fits that time era.
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 12:42 PM UTC
Heller, Italeri, Tamiya, and ICM make 1930's cars




md72
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 01:01 PM UTC
What an eye KSO, and that's a beautiful car. I'd trade my 2013 Impala for it in an instant.
Scarred
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 02:15 PM UTC

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1939 Packard Twelve Coupe
https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/6023-1939-packard-twelve-coupe/

ICM makes a (1930-something) Packard Twelve in 1/35.






Packard! I was going nuts trying to find i.d. via the hubcaps but I forgot to check Packard!

Thanks mate, that actually kept me up for a while.
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 04:15 PM UTC

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What an eye KSO, and that's a beautiful car. I'd trade my 2013 Impala for it in an instant.





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1939 Packard Twelve Coupe
https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/6023-1939-packard-twelve-coupe/

ICM makes a (1930-something) Packard Twelve in 1/35.






Packard! I was going nuts trying to find i.d. via the hubcaps but I forgot to check Packard!

Thanks mate, that actually kept me up for a while.


Cool, yeah the hub caps is what lead my search.




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Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 05:31 PM UTC
Good catch KSO, I didn’t get it straight away, I was thinking Buick or Pontiac, something not mainstream like Ford or Chev.

It’s a beautiful body with classic lines, and the car isn’t bad either 😎

In answer to your other question, there are quite a few kits of cars from the late ‘30s to early ‘40s, just got to Scalemates and run a few searches narrowing down the filters and you should find some great options.

Cheers, D
Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - 03:37 AM UTC
Maybe a Monogram Duesenberg? I had that kit in the '60's. But if I remember correctly, the chrome parts were attached to the sprue in places where it really showed bare plastic after cutting them off. How do you guys repair bare chrome spots - silver, or chrome, paint never looks like the chromed finish.
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - 05:15 AM UTC
Biggles2,
Molotow chrome pens are the solution for repairing chrome spots. It's the most "chrome" of any paint pen today. Upon initial application, it looks like any other silver paint pen but a few seconds later, it cures and chromes over. The eye can't even detect where you spot repaired. You really can't get away with painting a whole part like a fender though. It will look like a bright silver paint on a large surface like that.
https://i3.stycdn.net/images/2017/11/46/article/molotow/ti504160101/molotow-liquid-chrome-2mm-marker-chrom-1630-zoom-0.jpg



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Good catch KSO, I didn’t get it straight away, I was thinking Buick or Pontiac, something not mainstream like Ford or Chev.

It’s a beautiful body with classic lines, and the car isn’t bad either 😎

In answer to your other question, there are quite a few kits of cars from the late ‘30s to early ‘40s, just got to Scalemates and run a few searches narrowing down the filters and you should find some great options.

Cheers, D


After seeing the "BILTMORE" written above in the painting, I knew it was USA. Then I also started with Buick and Pontiac and even Cadillac.

I'm waiting for my go to kit source to carry this figure kit.




Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - 05:38 AM UTC
Thanks. Looks like an art supply store right near me carries them.
Scarred
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Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - 08:24 AM UTC

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Maybe a Monogram Duesenberg? I had that kit in the '60's. But if I remember correctly, the chrome parts were attached to the sprue in places where it really showed bare plastic after cutting them off. How do you guys repair bare chrome spots - silver, or chrome, paint never looks like the chromed finish.


I built a Monogram Duecy, the yellow phaeton on the box. The chrome was hideously thick in most spots and nearly transparent in others. You could see the dark grey plastic thru the chrome in some places. A friend told me to try soaking the parts in eazy-off oven cleaner to start removing the chrome plating or try Draino. When everything was free of chrome I used gold leaf, can't remember if it was bare metal foil or artists gold leaf but it was a pain on the spoke rims. When done I sealed it all with thin layers of glosscote. The body of the car was pearl white and with the gold 'chrome' it look beautiful.
Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - 09:46 AM UTC
Sounds like a real chore - I'm only an occasional car builder.
AussieReg
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Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - 10:24 AM UTC

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Sounds like a real chore - I'm only an occasional car builder.


Welcome to the world of AutoModeler

There are a few kits out there that build up nicely, they just take a bit more time and effort than the current crop of armour/aircraft/ship kits.

'41 Plymouth
'41 Lincoln Continental
'39 Chevy
'39 Ford Tudor

Just grab one and start tinkering

Cheers, D
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