..And he says he doesn't get much time to play with his lil toy cars. Hah! Looks like you have been at it the same ten days i was out visiting trees, mate! LOL

I'm with Bob. (Not at hooters) I really dig these how-to -do-its. Seeing you fling plastic this way and that with no apparent concern for a major gerf gave me the courage to start carving some bodies up too!

You keep on gooping, Bill, and I'll keep on grinnin'! I LOVE this stuff!

oh, and thanks again for another peek at the Punkin. (My Bday is Oct 30th. hehehe) It is my favorite willys! :thumbsup:

..And he says he doesn't get much time to play with his lil toy cars....

... I really dig these how-to -do-its. Seeing you fling plastic this way and that with no apparent concern for a major gerf gave me the courage to start carving ... :thumbsup:



Nuthin like the old days Joe, where I had 15 or twenty hours a week to fritter away. Minutes count now and I'm lucky to have 2 er 3 hrs a week.

Oh.... I've fixed my share of mistakes. I kinda plan on it and hope I get lucky and learn something. Eventually you get to the point where most everything will sand and buff out if ya dont panic and make it worse :)

Nuthin like the old days Joe, where I had 15 or twenty hours a week to fritter away. Minutes count now and I'm lucky to have 2 er 3 hrs a week.

Oh.... I've fixed my share of mistakes. I kinda plan on it and hope I get lucky and learn something. Eventually you get to the point where most everything will sand and buff out if ya dont panic and make it worse :)

I know the feeling Bill ! With my overtime hours & just the general busines of life & find myself a bit "crammed too.Started on this AFX Dodge van project finally this past weekend & have crmmed in here & there 45 minutes or so 2 or so week days after work of installing repro 'glass & grill & touch up painting of tailights a & other details.May "redux" the way I filled in the side portholes.Still needs decals but ready to mount on the AW 4-gear chassis being donated by a yellow S'cool bus.
May use the S'cool bus body in a "Road Warrior" theme on a shortened wheelbase.
I have been perusing this thread & I find you incredibly talented ! Keep up the "Model Murdering" :thumbsup:

Neal:dude:

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Scary business here. I liked Demether's headlamp artistry on his recent GTO so I thought I'd go my own way for some "jagged" realism.

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Two tedious sessions later we fit the lenses to the body...rather than the other way around. Making the lenses fit a specific hole is suicide. The body is much easier to manipulate than a tiny acrylic lense. So far I'm OK with it.

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Here's a shot of a black XKE A pillar after a first profiling...the other three look the same ..LOL!

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Always liked the Lindy Vette! Shown here after killing the mold lines and straightening some body lines.

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Post hole shrinkage on the hood gets a first fill. Shrink divots werent just common at the Aurora plant. This one was a through and through.

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...and a second pass. So far the plastics are compatible between Lindy and Aurora.

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Planning stages on the 'Camino. It arrived with a graft in place, but we'll cut it back and use the gennys from the donor. So long as we stay off the main body line, it'll be ok

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The original came from Greg and had sat for some time. Lo and behold, a year later; the donor popped up on the beach with no bids....until the last minute...and then it was on! I'm embarrassed to say what I had to give for two good red 'Camino rear fender wells.

Although the mechanics are just cut and paste, the color blend is always trickey with red.

You do amazing work! I am very impressed!

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Likey ! nd

Very cool looking headlights on the Jag. Are ya gonna light them?

I'm curious myself..I have them two lindy jags watching with anticipation!! LOL The 3.0 mm warm whites that I sent you should almost be a correct fit, but they would need to be shaped to fit the contours of the fenders.. you are making my soldering hand twitchy Bill!!

Thanx Dave -n- Dave,

Win -n- Ujoe,

Not really much chance of lighting this one ...maybe with fiber optics like the Lincoln. It's very snug behind the front headlights. I shoe horned the chassis to fit, long before the lighting bug bit me.

While I never rule anything out, it's just not probable.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaw Heck Bill go for broke...pop up the Vettes lites and lite that Mama Jama up like Eldon did with its 1/32 versions. Some were down and some were up and lighted. They made an up version with chrome molded headlights (non lighted) in the headlight seperate blocks too.

Bob...Mean Green Machine plus Back in Black attack is very nice to watch...zilla

I thought about that Bob, and chickened out. This is one of the reasons the vette is on the other end of the country now. Too complicated for me!! :lol: If anyone could do it, the current owner is the man for the job.

I thought about that Bob, and chickened out. This is one of the reasons the vette is on the other end of the country now. Too complicated for me!! :lol: If anyone could do it, the current owner is the man for the job.

I bet Bill is thinking this to himself again as he reads this, "While I never rule anything out, it's just not probable."

Bob...almost done, just a little more, almost done...zilla

Dont rule the Willys out! Cuz ya dont see...dont mean I'm not tinkering on it.

I just didnt snap pics of the fixing/sanding/filling/sanding of the tail lights I screwed up.

While it's very important to my finished product it's pretty tedious stuff and difficult to document the subtle changes.

Hey Bill! I enjoyed looking at all the pictures, videos, and stuff.. Awesome Job man!! :thumbsup:


Wes

Hey Bill! I enjoyed looking at all the pictures, videos, and stuff.. Awesome Job man!! :thumbsup:


Wes


Bill,
Yes! Thanks for sharing all of your endeavors. I still get amazed at the stuff you pull off. Even have picked up a few tricks and have started making some of my own goop. :freak: Although I'm still tweaking the formula for the right consitencies. :rolleyes:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Dave

Really guys it's my pleasure! Every session at the bench is a new adventure of some kind.

Think dairy for your consistencies rr!

1. sour cream = sticky base...filler...bondo (will strand like snot and stick to your brush as a clod)

2. regular cream= glazing putty...evercoat (will self level and always hang as one drop on the end of your brush, the excess will fall off slowly)

3. skim milk= colorwash....blending agent....top coat (will run like the wind and fly off your brush)

Initially I was all poindexter about formulation and ratios...however!

It became apparent later that the various aurora colors behaved somewhat differently...meaning that some took a little more solvent and some took a little less. Kinda like the various temerature reducers for spraying automotive enamels depending on conditions.

I learned that one only has to BALL PARK the consistencies to the above list to acheive the desired results. The only exception is when spraying. Otherwise a modeler can mix on the fly from the base color, right in the container lid. You can make adjustments to the consistency right on the work piece so long as the parent material is activated/receptive. In other words, you can hang some filler and come back over the top and chemically smooth the gnarly bits after some flash time.

The best practice tools are culled bods where you can learn how to apply, adjust or remove product; and then witness the subsequent results after it has cured.

All the butchered corners of the Grandy's rear wells are set.

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Mummification techniques...always a good thing when your dealing with original artwork! With out masking it's guaranteed you'll wreck the factory pretties when your grating cheese. Haha looks like I stuck my finger print on there!!!!

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Repairs are profiled inside and out. We're falling back an reorganizing here. Fit the chassis to check the well radii, check the screw post repair, AND I always like to get the tape off as quickly as possible.

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After the taillight bucket incident we made some repairs, finished the front buckets, and moved the front valence slat over towards center.

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I had entertained original vibrator bright blue for the final finish.

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As I was using AFX royal blue on Randy's Grandy, the color started to grow on me.

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I melted down an old beat up Porsche Spyder courtesy of Zilla's bench clean up a while back; and shot it last night. The camera tricks it lighter with the desk lamp. It looks darker under normal viewing conditions

...Pretty Purty! and ooh shiney too!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: nd

Don't that shine make ya wanna go to Bills house steal it and leave him a rusty bolt?


Dave

Not when Gus is on guard duty!! He has teeth like this!!!VvvvvvvV
Worse than the killer rabbit, I'm tellin' you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^^^^^
He will rip your throat out!!!

Wow, that Willys is looking good!! Judging by the frenched taillight holes, there might be a little fiber optic in her future??? Nice print on the Grandy!! :lol:

Smoove as glass as usual :thumbsup:

Don't that shine make ya wanna go to Bills house steal it and leave him a rusty bolt?


Dave

Coach,

Man your not supposed to brodcast your plan here! Duh :rolleyes: Just don't leave the rusty bolt so, he won't know it was you who took it.

That is a nice little blue squirt Bill. Shinney and Smoooooooooooooth!

U-joe those teeth "Vs" are crackin' me up. lol

Bob...Gus is on Double, Double Top Alert Gaurd Duty now...zilla

I'm a liking that blue!!! Grand-Am is looking better all the time!!! That Willys looks like she was dipped in clear. Love the tail light/head light re-tooling. Amazing stuff :thumbsup::thumbsup: RM

Don't that shine make ya wanna go to Bills house steal it and leave him a rusty bolt?


Dave

Coach thnaks :thumbsup: now when I go to Bill's house and leave a rusty bolt ..... he'll think you did it :devil::jest:


Bill,
That is one COOL BLUE Willys

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Takes a few days to cure out ...and then a few more to assemble. Here's where I really slow down often taking an entire week to fidget things together.

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Getting the glass in without leaving DNA evidence is always the hardest part.

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This car came by way of Nuther Dave and the Beers show a couple years back.

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We made some standard screw post, wheel well repairs and ended up getting carried away....not an unusual occurance when I take a personal shine to a car.

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An original standard blue unit (this one is exceptionally dark) and the somewhat lowered detrimmed version. I'm pretty happy with the royal blue.

Yeah....Drive it like ya BUILT it! :thumbsup: It is perfect!

I remember that piece, Bill. It made a few laps around my track. Ya almost didn't get it. :devil:

That's a real beauty Bill! I love that blue! I need to make a 'Bird that color.

Dang that is coming out gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! :freak: The color is perfect, the finish is unbelievable, and the wheel, headers, head lights!! OMG!!! :freak: I may have to make a 5700 mile road trip with a rusty bolt myself!!!:rolleyes: WOW!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

You should be designing these for the manufacturer. What a difference. Just beautiful!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Wow! Great work,great car!

Another masterpiece! :eek: rr

damn that's nice!

What a really great car. :thumbsup::thumbsup: Love how the size of the fronts enhance that classic Gasser stance too. How's she at runnin yer MM Gauntlet?? nd

SWEET WILLYS:thumbsup::thumbsup:

A whole lot better than the original.

Bill,
I think you need to send that one to Coach for the next HoHT auction. :devil:

Can I bid now? :)

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Dave

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I likes them Willys cars!!! All that chrome hanging down gets me exicited!!! Nice and smoooooooooooth :thumbsup::thumbsup: Like the screen work in the grill and scoop too!!! RM

That turned out perfect - great color! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Bill all your hard work paid off. What a beauty-full car!

Bob...Oh Yeah Baby!...zilla

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Thanx for all the props and kind words guyz. Funny it's always a relief to finish a long build and yet I kinda missem' when they are done! :freak:

Just fer giggles I always like to look back to the exact point where things went awry. Sadly I cant find any pix of the as recieved condition. All I could locate was this old progress pic after the wells were repaired and new screw posts were transplanted. This thing sat on the shelf for MONTHS just as you see it.

Bobzilla's recent thread that plunges into the minds of a slot-tards got me to thinking about how one gets from point A to point B.... to point C.

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I believe sometimes ya just luck into a cool car.

One Cool Willys!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: One beautiful Finish and great combination of wheels, hood scoop, headlights, grille & headers.
One Great build. ..RL

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The final buff on Randy's Grandy came out decent. Even my tire installer approves. Once upon a time this poor car had it's rear wheel wells trimmed out (presumably for dragster tires). One pillar bent and one broke. A dent in the driver door. A broken chassis cleat and a porked screw post.

After nibbling away at the body work, we executed a few fixes and smoothed out a standard chassis. My regular crown gear mod. Adjustment of the arm gear relative to the first idler and killing the mounting screw head.

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Wow, you do some outstanding work! The Grand am looks better than new. Thanks for the tips on the 4-gear chassis. I like the crown gear idea!

It has been a while since the Grandy Am made it's debut. The level of work that comes out of Model Murdering is always 100% top notch perfect, and this one is no exception!! I'm sure Randy will be more than pleased with the results! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

BTW, make sure you wipe off all the tell tale paw prints before you send it off. We all know Gus did all the hard work!! :tongue: :lol: :jest::p

Can I give a big double/triple Woo Hoo??? That GA is looking shinnnnnnney, not to mention the rebuild, especially on the quarters, and a tune up!!! I still say you need to change the name from Model Murdering to Modeling Magic...Just my thoughts...RM

Bill,
Freakin' fantastic! You'd never know it was broke. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Dave

Though it wasn't as chewed up as that sweet Grandy, I have a red tjet Camaro that Bill re-quartered for me a while back. His blending of plastics is simply amazing.

Another fantastic job, Bill!

Pssst...Randy has a new addy.
it is:
1970 Arlington Ave E
SaintPaul MN
55119

:D

Wow, you do some outstanding work! The Grand am looks better than new. Thanks for the tips on the 4-gear chassis. I like the crown gear idea!

Yeah what Dave said...That is great 4 gear technology from MM. Now my 4 gear runners are going to get this treatment.

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Does that tire changer know how to use a Torque wrench?

Bob...Thanks for all you BLUE ;)...zilla

WARNING TO ALL : That is not Randy'z new adress...LOL (nice try Joez) :lol:

Kiwi Dave McFourgear,
Here's the 411 on the mod. Very simple!

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Hey Bill!! I cannot believe I missed this awesome blue willy car! I loved it!! That blue willy should park next to that orange pumpkin willy !!! :)

Wes