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RE: HO stuff - Nico - 10th-Aug-21

Hi Ken,
Niiiiiiiiiice cars!!!!!!!!!!

I always use primer, too many cars where the paint came of ........

Here are a few of my 1/24 paintings, enjoy.

Nico

P.S.: note the painting scheme on the Capri!?!

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 12th-Aug-21

Nice looking cars, Nico!

The Capri colours. I have seen them somewhere before. 

Cheers,
Ken

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 25th-Aug-21

I bought 2-cars a while back basically for the chassis. The bodies were ugly colours, and covered with flames.

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I stripped both cars, and repainted them. I finally found the time to complete the details. Both cars have moved up in rank among the fleet.

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I got my licence in a white 1974 Vega. The good old days.

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 26th-Aug-21

A friend and influence by the name of Bill (Model Murdering) inspired me to think about slamming a T-jet style body.

I received a gift of two identical 1958 Plymouth Belvedere bodies in lime green with blue flames. Perfect to compare. Thanks again, Pete!

The first one was made using a new chassis, wheels, and tires. The blue chassis matches the flames. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 

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I have been collecting Tuff Ones wheels/tires for a while now. Everything goes into a drawer.

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I took 2-sets of front wheels and cut the inner hubs down to size. Installed them with narrow axles. Then chopped a huge amount from each body post.

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A slight difference from the original height.

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That's my tinkering for today. Thanks for looking.

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 27th-Aug-21

Today's tinkering...

An Auto World 59 Impala with Vincent wheels at the factory body height.

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Another chassis was installed using narrow AW wheels on the front, and medium wheels on the rear. Body posts were trimmed to suit.

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The 58 Belvedere now has a racing mate. I could not lower the back of the Impala as much as the Belvedere because of the window deck.

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We got fancy with the Impala. It has independent front wheels, and wider tires on the rear. Ultra high performance.

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RE: HO stuff - Top Down - 28th-Aug-21

Love the paint - and the new stance - of that Belvedere. Why can't AW sell them set up like that. It looks so much better.

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 29th-Aug-21

Hi Top Down,

Thank you for your kind words. The paint is to the credit of AW. I just slammed it a little.

I took the liberty to lower the Impala a bit more. That required removing the inner decks from the window.

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I could not do much about the rake. The center line going down the trunk lid makes the plastic quite thick in that area.

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The original height.

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It actually sits a bit lower than the Belvedere. More chassis can be seen under the Plymouth.

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We also upgraded the rear tires to Goodyear. Let's go street racing!

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RE: HO stuff - Nico - 29th-Aug-21

They look way better now!!!!!!
Good job!!!!

Nico

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 29th-Aug-21

Hi Nico,

Thank you very kindly, brother!

I had one last experiment left to try. Apparently it works. I'll let the pics speak for themselves.

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Thank you very kindly for looking.
Ken

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RE: HO stuff - KensRedZed - 1st-Nov-21

I bought some bodies at the last show. The white/yellow Aztec body was quite the mess with decal adhesive.

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I ended up throwing it into a tub of Super Clean to strip everything off. Down to the bare body.

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Back to a clean canvas. Ready for fresh paint.

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