I did the HO version starting with a Jaguar XK-E. I would build up areas with melted plastic and carve that with a Dremel. 55 years have gone by and my hands are no longer steady enough to do that sort of work. I suspect that a cousin was the thief, maybe he still has the car.
Maserati tipo151/3, the Drogo coupe
Another beautiful loser (sometimes called tipo152).
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Photos are from leMans -64.
If anybody should be interested, the full story of these cars can be read here: http://www.theautochannel.com/publications/magazines/sci/apr-may-97/maserati.frame
I don't really trust the plan view I have found on the web, but you can find plenty of period photos.
The lime wood shell is made much the same way as I did the Maser Zagato 450s coupe last year, so no need for an endless build thread again.
We can move on a little quicker, at least for a start...
Some pics of the work so far.
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I am going for the cut up version with a "skylight", not the alu-silver prototype.
This is where I am at present.
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Very soon I will have to take a break. I need to figure out how to go about with the curved windscreen.
I don't do vac forming, it would take me long to build a former and learn how to.
It would also take long to cut up 684 PET-bottles trying to find the right shape...
Any idea or advice?
Cheers Carver
Photos are from leMans -64.
If anybody should be interested, the full story of these cars can be read here: http://www.theautochannel.com/publications/magazines/sci/apr-may-97/maserati.frame
I don't really trust the plan view I have found on the web, but you can find plenty of period photos.
The lime wood shell is made much the same way as I did the Maser Zagato 450s coupe last year, so no need for an endless build thread again.
We can move on a little quicker, at least for a start...
Some pics of the work so far.
I am going for the cut up version with a "skylight", not the alu-silver prototype.
This is where I am at present.
Very soon I will have to take a break. I need to figure out how to go about with the curved windscreen.
I don't do vac forming, it would take me long to build a former and learn how to.
It would also take long to cut up 684 PET-bottles trying to find the right shape...
Any idea or advice?
Cheers Carver
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I thought I had most of it sorted out!
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The strange rear screen went in as it should and test fitted side screens are almost OK.
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The wind screen however I cannot get in place. The tension is too strong, the glue can't hold the corners.
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Here I am with an almost ready made car with a big black hole!
I'm back to post#1! Better make myself a vac-former.
Carver
The strange rear screen went in as it should and test fitted side screens are almost OK.
The wind screen however I cannot get in place. The tension is too strong, the glue can't hold the corners.
Here I am with an almost ready made car with a big black hole!
I'm back to post#1! Better make myself a vac-former.
Carver
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What glue are you using?
Quick setting epoxy seems to have solved all my glazing problems
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Quick setting epoxy seems to have solved all my glazing problems
Carver
Personally I would go with your thought of making yourself a vacformer to create your windscreen, you carve the rest of the car so you might as well make a buck for the screen to vacform. If you are going to try and bend the screen you have already cut out for the Maserati you could try the hot water method to easily and instantly put a permanent curve into the plastic.
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To make the headlamp covers on a 1/24th scale Revell Ferrari 250GTO I used a round implement (a handle) of the correct circumference,
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Wrapped the plastic sheet round the handle and held the ends in pliers. Put some water from a boiled kettle in a dish and held the plastic in it for a few seconds.
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Removed it from the dish and held it under the cold tap for a few seconds to cool it.
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Stuck the masking tape templates onto the shaped plastic and cut them out.
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The plastic covers on the Ferrari - the larger of the two cars in this picture.
David
Personally I would go with your thought of making yourself a vacformer to create your windscreen, you carve the rest of the car so you might as well make a buck for the screen to vacform. If you are going to try and bend the screen you have already cut out for the Maserati you could try the hot water method to easily and instantly put a permanent curve into the plastic.
To make the headlamp covers on a 1/24th scale Revell Ferrari 250GTO I used a round implement (a handle) of the correct circumference,
Wrapped the plastic sheet round the handle and held the ends in pliers. Put some water from a boiled kettle in a dish and held the plastic in it for a few seconds.
Removed it from the dish and held it under the cold tap for a few seconds to cool it.
Stuck the masking tape templates onto the shaped plastic and cut them out.
The plastic covers on the Ferrari - the larger of the two cars in this picture.
David
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I am returning to this after, let's say, a short break!
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Got the windscreen in quite long ago. Not as pretty as I had wished, so no close-ups, please!
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However, before finishing the wooden red car I took a mould and cast a resin shell.
I wanted to have the first original alu-version with the mail-box rear screen as well, I find that version even more spectacular.
Here is a reminder:
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One of the iconic parking-lot-photos.
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Rebuilding the tail and some improvements here and there.
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The headlights of these cars I could not make up of acrylic-rod as I had hoped for, the shape is somewhat irregular. I carved some pieces of perspex and glued them in, then shaped the surface together with the body shape. For painting, I masked them with bare metal foil.
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Only the windscreen to fit then... Fingers crossed!
Thanks for looking
Carver
Got the windscreen in quite long ago. Not as pretty as I had wished, so no close-ups, please!
However, before finishing the wooden red car I took a mould and cast a resin shell.
I wanted to have the first original alu-version with the mail-box rear screen as well, I find that version even more spectacular.
Here is a reminder:
One of the iconic parking-lot-photos.
Rebuilding the tail and some improvements here and there.
The headlights of these cars I could not make up of acrylic-rod as I had hoped for, the shape is somewhat irregular. I carved some pieces of perspex and glued them in, then shaped the surface together with the body shape. For painting, I masked them with bare metal foil.
Only the windscreen to fit then... Fingers crossed!
Thanks for looking
Carver
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Just remembered I do have the remains of the old Hawk Maser. Might have a go at making it prettier but it is a bit under scale and not as good as yours.
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Gentlemen your powers amaze me...
For interest sake here is my MMK Resin version with a 73mm wheelbase.
It just confirms what a cracking job you guys have made.
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For interest sake here is my MMK Resin version with a 73mm wheelbase.
It just confirms what a cracking job you guys have made.
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The Hawk model definitely got some issues. Was not a premium brand, was it?
The MMK looks pretty good, but I don't think I would swap my own for one of them...
@ David: I try to do my best!
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Carver
The MMK looks pretty good, but I don't think I would swap my own for one of them...
@ David: I try to do my best!
Carver
Not exactly
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