I'm a veteran of that. I just "quit" sometimes but I never use the hammer. I always come back hungry for more.


Yes, Mark, we can call it now a race car. Some wheels will work wonders

Gabriel

For those still following the long drawn out process of my Porsche, two more steps are completed, 21 and 25. These are the two main body shell parts. 22 to 24 come after painting.
Step 21 - the front. The easiest one of the whole build. Drill the two holes you can see for the coil leads and put on the louvres for the front wheels arches.



The rear was a little more complicated. The hinge mechanism which also includes the rear window will attach to the front shell allowing the rear to open. Well that's the theory. Also added a small pop-up aerofoil at the back and the air vent channels underneath.



This is them test fitted in place. Not all together smooth sailing and some finessing to do to get them to fit. The front also has the doors and front aero dry fitted.




Cheers
Michael

A slower week with a couple of builds hitting technical issues, but still some incredible progress on the fine detailing end of the business.

Running update on builds

24 weeks in, 48 pages with over 31,500 views and 1175 posts
20 enlisted
13 builds in progress
14 completed builds
Blue entries are links to separate dedicated Build log threads, more detail on each build to be found there!

Szmann (Gabriel) - NASCAR - Chev Monte Carlo (Tony Stewart) - 1/25 AMT/ERTL kit - COMPLETED
Stickframe (Nick) - ENDURANCE - McLaren F1 GTR Longtail - 1/24 Aoshima kit - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - NASCAR - Pontiac Grand Prix (Kyle Petty) - 1/24 Revell/Monogram kit - COMPLETED
rv1963 (Robert) - STRAIGHTLINE - '37 Chevy Gasser - 1/25 AMT kit- COMPLETED
jimb (Jim) - STRAIGHTLINE - '57 Ford Sedan Gasser - COMPLETED
Joel_W (Joel) - FORMULA 1 - Lotus 99T Honda (Ayrton Senna 1987) - 1/20 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
pnance26 (Patrick) - FORMULA 1 - Ferrari 312T - 1/12 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
Dixon66 (David) - TOURING GROUP 2 - 2006 Mustang GT- 1/25 Revell kit - COMPLETED
Dixon66 (David) - ENDURANCE GROUP 5 - Zakspeed Capri - 1/24 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
Aussiereg (Damian) - STRAIGHTLINE - '55 Chev Pro Sportsman (Charles Carpenter) - 1/25 Revell kit - COMPLETED
Joel_W (Joel) - GT3 - Audi R8 LMS (2015) - 1/24 NuNu kit - COMPLETED
pnance26 (Patrick) - ENDURANCE - Porsche 956 Le Mans 1984 - 1/24 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - TOURING - Lotus Europa "Wing" - 1/24 YODEL kit - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - FORMULA 1 - Tyrrell P34 (Monaco 1977 #4) - 1/20 Tamiya kit kit - COMPLETED

Joel_W (Joel) - FORMULA 1 - Lotus 49B (Rob Walker 1968) - 1/20 Ebbro kit - Nose clip painted, required further work. Shelved for the time being
tinbanger (Richard) - GRAND PRIX - 1914 Mercedes Racer - 1/16 Lindberg kit - Body primed, test fitting sub assemblies
md72 (Mark) - INDY - Target Reynard (Jimmy Vasser) - 1/25 Revell kit - Major assembly completed and decalled
Hwa-Rang (Jesper) - NASCAR - (TBA)
PasiAhopelto (Pasi) - NASCAR - Olds 442 (Donnie Allison) - 1/25 Salvinos JR kit - Chassis/ tub/cage assembled and primed, body painted. Decal issues halted proceedings
forest1000 (David) - FORMULA 1 - enlisted - Williams Renault (Jaques Villeneuve) - 1/24 Revell/Monogram kit
Cosimodo (Michael) - ENDURANCE - 1971 Porsche 917/20 - 1/12 MFH kit - Steps 1-21 plus 25 of 26 completed, fine detail of rolling chassis and main body parts test fitting
bluebell914 (Patrick) - ENDURANCE - enlisted - Ferrari P4 or 512S
2002hummer (Darrell) - GRAND PRIX - Lotus Super Seven (Tamiya) - Engine assembled and painted
TacFireGuru (Mike) - NASCAR - enlisted - Chev Monte Carlo (Home Depot)
Lakota (Don) - ENDURANCE - Corvette C7.R - 1/25 Revell kit - Engine assembled, floor pan/chassis under way
RedwingNev (Neil) - GRAND PRIX - enlisted - Lotus 79 (1978 Mario Andretti?) - 1/20 Tamiya kit
heavyjagdpanzer (Bill) - STRAIGHTLINE - Blue Max Funny Car - 1/25 Revell kit - Rolling chassis completed, body painted but back in the paint shop after decal problems
bmwh548 (Radu) - RALLY - '99 WRC Subaru Impreza - 1/24 Tamiya kit - Wheels and tyres
bomber14 (Joe) - STOCK CAR - '60 Ford Starliner - AMT/ERTL kit - Rolling chassis/interior done, body paint under way. Personal injury holding up progress.
rv1963 (Robert) - TRANS-AM - '73 Mustang - 1/25 MPC kit- Parts prep, front end modifications
pnance26 (Patrick) - FORMULA 1 - Ferrari 312T2 - 1/12 Protar kit - Painting and fitting sub assemblies and tiny details, delicately dealing with the frustration of 40yo brittleness
PasiAhopelto (Pasi) - RALLY - enlisted - Datsun Fairlady 240Z - 1/24 Hasegawa kit - Sub assemblies and body prepared for priming

Cheers, D

Ya know D, one problem with a thread like this is that I have to go back through 48 pages to try and find Joel's tutorial on accurizing tires (tyres down under).

Painted body red, and then some masking



and more painting

Very neat work Pasi, looks great! No mistaking those classic 240 lines!

Cheers, D

Beautiful color combo, Pasi! Excellent!

Gabriel

Ditto those comments from Damian and Gabriel!. it's looking very good Pasi.

cheers
Michael

Double ditto!

Or to find any specific post

I agree, one of the drawbacks of creating such a popular topic for a Group Build is that it becomes difficult to track back to specific posts.

Less than 3 weeks to go folks, we are definitely down to the business end of proceedings now!

Running update on builds

25 weeks in, 48 pages with over 32,000 views and 1180 posts
20 enlisted
13 builds in progress
14 completed builds
Blue entries are links to separate dedicated Build log threads, more detail on each build to be found there!

Szmann (Gabriel) - NASCAR - Chev Monte Carlo (Tony Stewart) - 1/25 AMT/ERTL kit - COMPLETED
Stickframe (Nick) - ENDURANCE - McLaren F1 GTR Longtail - 1/24 Aoshima kit - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - NASCAR - Pontiac Grand Prix (Kyle Petty) - 1/24 Revell/Monogram kit - COMPLETED
rv1963 (Robert) - STRAIGHTLINE - '37 Chevy Gasser - 1/25 AMT kit- COMPLETED
jimb (Jim) - STRAIGHTLINE - '57 Ford Sedan Gasser - COMPLETED
Joel_W (Joel) - FORMULA 1 - Lotus 99T Honda (Ayrton Senna 1987) - 1/20 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
pnance26 (Patrick) - FORMULA 1 - Ferrari 312T - 1/12 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
Dixon66 (David) - TOURING GROUP 2 - 2006 Mustang GT- 1/25 Revell kit - COMPLETED
Dixon66 (David) - ENDURANCE GROUP 5 - Zakspeed Capri - 1/24 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
Aussiereg (Damian) - STRAIGHTLINE - '55 Chev Pro Sportsman (Charles Carpenter) - 1/25 Revell kit - COMPLETED
Joel_W (Joel) - GT3 - Audi R8 LMS (2015) - 1/24 NuNu kit - COMPLETED
pnance26 (Patrick) - ENDURANCE - Porsche 956 Le Mans 1984 - 1/24 Tamiya kit - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - TOURING - Lotus Europa "Wing" - 1/24 YODEL kit - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - FORMULA 1 - Tyrrell P34 (Monaco 1977 #4) - 1/20 Tamiya kit kit - COMPLETED

Joel_W (Joel) - FORMULA 1 - Lotus 49B (Rob Walker 1968) - 1/20 Ebbro kit - Nose clip painted, required further work. Shelved for the time being
tinbanger (Richard) - GRAND PRIX - 1914 Mercedes Racer - 1/16 Lindberg kit - Body primed, test fitting sub assemblies
md72 (Mark) - INDY - Target Reynard (Jimmy Vasser) - 1/25 Revell kit - Major assembly completed and decalled
Hwa-Rang (Jesper) - NASCAR - (TBA)
PasiAhopelto (Pasi) - NASCAR - Olds 442 (Donnie Allison) - 1/25 Salvinos JR kit - Chassis/ tub/cage assembled and primed, body painted. Decal issues halted proceedings
forest1000 (David) - FORMULA 1 - enlisted - Williams Renault (Jaques Villeneuve) - 1/24 Revell/Monogram kit
Cosimodo (Michael) - ENDURANCE - 1971 Porsche 917/20 - 1/12 MFH kit - Steps 1-21 plus 25 of 28 completed, fine detail of rolling chassis and main body parts test fitting
bluebell914 (Patrick) - ENDURANCE - enlisted - Ferrari P4 or 512S
2002hummer (Darrell) - GRAND PRIX - Lotus Super Seven (Tamiya) - Engine assembled and painted
TacFireGuru (Mike) - NASCAR - enlisted - Chev Monte Carlo (Home Depot)
Lakota (Don) - ENDURANCE - Corvette C7.R - 1/25 Revell kit - Engine assembled, floor pan/chassis under way
RedwingNev (Neil) - GRAND PRIX - enlisted - Lotus 79 (1978 Mario Andretti?) - 1/20 Tamiya kit
heavyjagdpanzer (Bill) - STRAIGHTLINE - Blue Max Funny Car - 1/25 Revell kit - Rolling chassis completed, body painted but back in the paint shop after decal problems
bmwh548 (Radu) - RALLY - '99 WRC Subaru Impreza - 1/24 Tamiya kit - Wheels and tyres
bomber14 (Joe) - STOCK CAR - '60 Ford Starliner - AMT/ERTL kit - Rolling chassis/interior done, body paint under way. Personal injury holding up progress.
rv1963 (Robert) - TRANS-AM - '73 Mustang - 1/25 MPC kit- Parts prep, front end modifications
pnance26 (Patrick) - FORMULA 1 - Ferrari 312T2 - 1/12 Protar kit - Painting and fitting sub assemblies and tiny details, delicately dealing with the frustration of 40yo brittleness
PasiAhopelto (Pasi) - RALLY - enlisted - Datsun Fairlady 240Z - 1/24 Hasegawa kit - Sub assemblies prepared for priming, body painted

Cheers, D

Damian and Joel, you have created a monster!

Only 4 finished builds for me? It should have been 6!

Gabriel

Indeed! A huge, noisy, petrol and burnt rubber smelling monster!




Your poor performance has been noted and will be discussed in your next review

Cheers, D

Thanks, and interior is pretty much done:



Kit had seatbelts as decals, but I don't like them, so replaced them with PE. The 240Z is from 1971, but Sabelt was founded on 1972, so there's slight problem... I may fix it by painting over Sabelt logos.



Oil (?) canister looks like plastic. I hope quick wash will fix it.

Excellent interior Pasi! I didn't know that about Sabelt seatbelts especially since that is a common label for aftermarket belts.

cheers
Michael

While getting the body ready ready for painting, I snuck in Step 22, the headlights. Little builds in there own right, they look impressive, tested fitted here ahead of painting.


Note for Damian on the build update - it turns out there are 28 steps, not 26 - the finish it still a distant thought. Not sure 16 days is going to do it.

cheers
Michael

Noted and sorted! I'm sure that given the complexity and detail involved in your build that if you run out of time we can give you some leeway! I really want to see this one completed and in the gallery with the other awesome builds!

Cheers, D

Time to post a few photos.I am a little embarrassed for the quality of the photos. The glare seems to be a killer. I need to build a photo boo this winter, need plans.
This photo shows the masking on

Masking taken off.

Not sure how to polish the paint as it is an acrylic paint from Micheals. May try an automotive clear coat to see how it works. Hope to have it finished by deadline. Outside garden work almost finished as well as other delays, I know excuses,excuses,excuses, excuses.

Ahh, this thing's got more decals than an F-4 After 4 decaling sessions, I've got juts less than half the decals on. Only one side done so far, still have to do the other side and the wing.

Darrell, that's a great rich BRG colour, and a good gloss level already! A fine sand and a clear gloss should bring it up beautifully.

Mark, when you have 4,000 sponsors and cameras everywhere on all sides, that means 8,000 decals at least! Looking good mate, push on.

Cheers, D

Actually as I've placed each and every one of these decals, what keeps running through my mind is some sort of old Bob Newhart routine where he's on the phone trying to make his quota selling sponsorships. "Yes, it's only 6 inches behind the driver's head, it'll be in the camera on every left turn." "un hun." "Well we're running a special, there's a small spot on the other side of the car, it's a bit smaller, a little further behind the driver, it'll still be in camera on the right turns. I can make you a great deal for the two spaces"

Dating yourself there. (But I think the ending of Newhart was one of the best final episodes ever made)

I double goofed. The paint is Tamiya paint, nor Michael's. My second goof, even bigger was to try an automotive clear coat on the hood and cowl. That turned into a disaster. It now looks like a month old orange. The paint need to come off and be done again. Out comes the oven cleaner.

Picture of the hood shaped month old orange.

Horrible flashbacks to my high schools years.

Yes, I'm old enough to remember the only way to see Newhart on TV was to watch Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin or Johnny Carson. Had his records though. Great stuff. And the end of Newhart was the best final episode ever. Class by it's self.