Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: kpnuts on January 02, 2022, 05:01:51 AM
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Hi all time to start this Christmas present
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will be watching as I must get this kit myself as I've often eye'd off the old Porcher version in 1/10th. Thank goodness this one is much cheaper ! :D
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Hi all time to start this Christmas present
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More progress
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Hi all more work on the engine, the pipework is supposed to be gunmetal (why? Surley it would be steel or ally) anyway I decided for a bit of interest I would do it copper.
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Added some weathering to the engine.
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More work on the Alfa.
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Ha...at first glance I read this thread title as "Alfa Romeo 2300 BC" - that would have been different...
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More work on this.
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looking good ! :smiley:
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More shrink ray trick photography :smiley:
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Hi all rear dampers done WAPITA
Pleased they're done but they took ages.
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Intricate, but the finished product looks to be worth the effort. :smiley:
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Hi all there are upgrade kits for the wheels of this kit but I honestly can see nothing wrong with the kit ones, they don't even need cleaning no flash of anything.
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Lookin' Good !
That last pic makes me think - forget about the body, just complete it as an open-air run-about :D
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Tried some of the body panels on.
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Looking good.
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Some nice real world inspiration here: https://www.italianways.com/the-alfa-romeo-8c-2300-touring-the-ultimate-car/ (https://www.italianways.com/the-alfa-romeo-8c-2300-touring-the-ultimate-car/)
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More trials of the body fit (I really love this kit)
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Sooo, you gave the shrink ray machine a tune up :smiley:
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Hi all I'm really enjoying this kit, fit is great, no flash at all( I've seen some bad reviews of this kit, all I can say is they haven't built it or are not modelers)
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More done to the Alfa, the underneath is finished so on to the top ( those nuts are 1.4mm the hole I drilled in them is 0.3mm) the drilling was easy threading that wire through the hole was another story.
I'm kind of wishing I hadn't started it, on the other hand it does make quite a difference to the overall look.
The exhaust is not fixed I just wanted to see how it looked.
The radiator to bulkhead brace I made out of copper wire the thing supplied in the kit is so flimsy (the only bad bit in the whole kit.
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Beautiful !!
You might want to replace the straight bits of the brake-rods with brass - they look a bit too flimsy & may break if you're not careful picking the model up later. Drilling out the knuckles to fit the rod is fiddly but worth it in the long run. The old Airfix Bentley had the same problem & with the spare-wheel brace etc.
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Okay, I'm impressed! :smiley:
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Hi all first disappointing bit of the kit so far, spent 2 hrs trying to get the bonnet to fit, still not happy with it not sure what to do next to improve fit.
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Straps over the bonnet! ;)
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Hi all first disappointing bit of the kit so far, spent 2 hrs trying to get the bonnet to fit, still not happy with it not sure what to do next to improve fit.
Might have to add a shim between the bonnet & radiator to hide the gap .... or just display it with all the bonnet up ???
If you're game you could pull the radiator off & reposition it ?
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Hi all well its as good as I'm going to get it.
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Well, it looks jolly spiffing to me, old chap! :smiley:
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Thanks mate
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Well, it looks jolly spiffing to me, old chap! :smiley:
Well put
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Very nice! Will you be including a drip pan under the engine to collect the leaking oil? :smiley:
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Thats an idea.
Hi all more progress
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Hi all first disappointing bit of the kit so far, spent 2 hrs trying to get the bonnet to fit...
You've done a much better job on the bonnet than Italeri did for their web shots! Nice work :smiley:
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Started some weathering (don't want it to look showroom condition) I also don't want it to look like an old jalopy. Looking at the pics looks like the rear hinge has broken free (again)
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Those little chips & scuffs look absolutely right! :smiley:
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Hi all hopefully this will be finished tomorrow.
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Hi all well its done.
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I'll post better pics in daylight.
Now this is finished( and after I've done the cobra)
I've promised myself I'm going to finish some of my stalled builds.
Probably not of interest to you car guys but this is one.
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And some of these.
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I'm not a Car Guy, I'm a modeller! ;)
The Alpha is, as I have stated, possibly in different terminology, fantastic! :D
But I'm really looking forward to the ship moving forward, that was fun to watch! 8)
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Great Alfa :smiley:
Looking forward to the Kombi Transporter -- what's going on it when finished -- a V8 Beetle drag-car ??
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Pics in daylight.
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It looks great! If not for the towel that it is perched on that model could almost pass for the real thing. :smiley:
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Still fantastic! :smiley: