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kpnuts

#1 Posted : 13 November 2020 22:42:10

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Hi all my boss asked me to build this for him.

I made a start

Ken's the name modeling's the game.

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#2 Posted : 14 November 2020 15:06:31

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Off to a good start there Ken... BigGrin

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#3 Posted : 14 November 2020 15:21:02

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That engine looks great Ken ThumpUp

Good start

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#4 Posted : 15 November 2020 20:10:50

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Thanks guys
Hi all more progress on this (you can tell its an old Tamiya kit as there is loads of detail to be added, thats not supplied with the kit)

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#5 Posted : 19 November 2020 21:38:10

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Hi all more progress, made some of the missing pipework.

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#6 Posted : 19 November 2020 23:08:08

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Ken

Very nice bit of painting on all of those small detailed parts.

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#7 Posted : 22 November 2020 21:23:08

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Hi all I thought I had done my first colour coat then realised the rear fins should have been white on the outside.

And made a start on scratch building the brake air ducting (these bits are tiny 5x8mm)

For the ducting the plan is to use a spring and some shrink wrap (we will see thats the plan anyway))

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#8 Posted : 23 November 2020 00:31:06

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Ken

Very nice update.

I see you mention some ducting you are going to make.

Not sure if this would be of interest but some time ago i was looking at a build someone had done of that old Christie fire engine.

They replicated the hose pipes by winding thin wire around a rod and then they wrapped that in the ptfe plumbers tape.

Just wondering if the ptfe tape might take paint better?

Look forward to seeing how you get on.

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#9 Posted : 23 November 2020 00:34:11

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Ref my earlier post about ducting just had a search and i kept the link to the site i was talking about.

I remember now that the christie fire engine builder gad linked to this site showing how to make car ducting.

Just thought it might be of interest.

http://italianhorses.net...s/FlexHose/flexhose.htm

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#10 Posted : 23 November 2020 07:36:20

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Thanks so much tony for taking the time to search and for the great tip

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#11 Posted : 23 November 2020 09:07:41

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I used that trick to make ducting on the Simil-R Ford GT40 a few years ago but I found PTFE tape wouldn't take paint.
Solution - I wrapped the rod with little cling film before binding with wire, then covered it with a layer of paper masking tape - not the 'waxed' kind Tamiya make.
It worked a treat and slid off the rod easily. Just trim or pull away any cling film that shows and paint...

Great work BTW Ken... BigGrin

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#12 Posted : 23 November 2020 10:02:39

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Hi Ken, looking very cool.

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#13 Posted : 24 November 2020 21:34:57

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Oops please mask properly ( how did i make this novice mistake) now I have to mask again.

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#14 Posted : 26 November 2020 21:27:36

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More progress.

Made the air ducts and flexible hose for the brakes and decided (with great trepidation) to try the old kit decals. Seems they're fine (sighs with relief)

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#15 Posted : 26 November 2020 23:00:56

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Looks like you're really knocking this one out of the park Ken.
Keep it coming. BigGrin

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#16 Posted : 27 November 2020 00:06:55

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Lovely looking car Ken and a great build to.

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#17 Posted : 28 November 2020 21:50:33

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More progress on the 956, added detail to the dashboard

And work on the wheels

Dont know why they used 2 different wheels sets (although it makes no difference when you put the 956 covers on as you can hardly see any of the wheel detail)

And more decal work

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#18 Posted : 28 November 2020 22:40:28

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Looks great Ken.
What did you use for the chrome bezel rings on the dash?
Was it a Molotow pen?

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#19 Posted : 28 November 2020 22:52:41

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No mate it was ak steel buffed up

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#20 Posted : 05 December 2020 22:18:29

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On the last leg now (more pipe work to add) but I have to attach the front to the car first and I can't do that till the gloss coat and I can't add that till all the decals were added so here we are

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