Scale-Master Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 The tires needed to be sanded and when I first got my lathe back in the 90's I made this nifty fixture that came in handy. I was surprised at how different the rears were in diameter when I trued them up prior to hitting them with a sanding stick. At least they were fairly round. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Nifty fixture, indeed. Those tires look much more real now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Originally I was going to make all three cars have matching tire lettering as each kit has variations of the Goodyear Eagle decals. The Rain-X and Hot Wheels have lettering for radials, but they are not exactly the same size and the Sunoco has bias ply lettering. None of the decals match the molded in raised lettering so I applied them to what should be the inside walls. I wasn't in the mood to print two more sets of the bias ply versions so I went with the kit decals from each kit; inaccurate or not. The Rain-X ones had so much extra clear it was a requirement to trim them, but they went on well. The Hot Wheels also needed the clear trimmed because it was poorly registered to the white letters, and they went on almost as well. Neither of those set work with decal solvents. The Sunoco ones required no trimming and worked well with decal solvent. Rain-X on the left, Sunoco on the right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 The chassis for the Rain-X car is finished. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Beautifull work there! The wheels on these ar the one thing i have had the biggest problem with, They have always seemt to shalow in front, But you did a great jobb on them as always. I have the RainX kit but no decals so in the future i guess i will make a custom racer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Mark, it seems like I'm looking at the real car instead of a model. Excellent, excellent work on this one. Can't wait to see all three finished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 12 hours ago, Mattilacken said: I have the RainX kit but no decals so in the future i guess i will make a custom racer. Slixx still carries three different sets of decals for these Camaros. https://ecsvr.com/slx/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=1&subcat=98&cat=Trans+Am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 And now the Rain-X car is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 The chassis for the Sunoco car is done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Looking Awesome, Mark. What scale did you say this was? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 6 hours ago, MarkJ said: Looking Awesome, Mark. What scale did you say this was? Thanks Mark! They are 1/25th scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 On 8/13/2024 at 9:33 AM, Scale-Master said: Thanks Rich! Matching the spot printed colors on the Sunoco wasn't a big problem; I've had a lot of practice, it's the dot pattern of the litho printed decals (like the Hot Wheels car) that's frustrating. Sometimes I clear the decals before use. I prefer not to, but in some cases it is the better option over creating new ones when replacements aren't available. I have a 1/43rd project that will require that technique to salvage most of the decals, I usually just use Future or Tamiya X-22 and hand paint them trying to stay inside the existing spot printed clear. If it's not a complicated sheet I'll spray the whole thing. I give you props for dealing with all the decal issues. If I suspect a decal sheet is going to be troublesome, I put a hi-res scan of it in my PC. If the original sheet fails, I have a .bmp file to manipulate into a water slide decal. (Though I am running low on my Testors decal clear coat). The pic is of some decals I made from scratch to make a 1/25 Hotwheel for a contest years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 The Sunoco car is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 The windows on the Hot Wheels were installed using the same process as I used on the Sunoco car, CA all the way. That's six windows in a row (on just these cars) and not a single smear or any fogging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 The chassis for the Hot Wheels car is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Another beauty, Mark. Like to see them all lined up together when the last one is finished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 The Hot Wheels car is finally done. https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/194944-scca-camaro-trans-am-set/#comment-2925331 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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