Re-Bugged 10008 Posted December 21, 2019 Having read a few comments from members that they are giving static kits a go I thought I’d start somewhere to show them. I have no idea if there is such a thread already and sorry if I’m doubling up on it as I couldn’t find one. It’s always seems that topics in this area get buried as it did took me a while to find these extra threads outside the main RC sections as clicking in the top left to get to the main page, one more click when ‘Home’ appears in the top left brings up these extra Sections to peruse. I built many 1/24th scale Trucks in my youth back in the UK so decided to do a couple later on in life. I’ve never owned an air brush as I’ve always thought the last one will be the last one and talked myself out of getting an air brush as it would no longer be required. So much for that theory, so all are hand painted using a dry brush method for weathering. So here’s a few to get started looking forward to seeing your’s. 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon#5 594 Posted December 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Re-Bugged said: So here’s a few to get started Wow, the detail is incredible! Well done mate. I haven't built a static kit for years and years. There is a half completed '55 Chevy Nomad in a box from about 20 years ago, with some custom work done on it. And a BNIB '58 Plymouth that I was intending to do a 'Christine' replica with. Haven't got around to that one. All the car kits I built during my teens are long gone, as are the WW2 planes I built between the ages of about 7 and 10. Some of the cars I built came out alright, but from memory the planes had cement all over the window glass as I couldn't touch them up like the painted parts. If I still had them I'd post some pics for a good laugh. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted December 21, 2019 Dig the weathered look. (dirty is purty)😊 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted December 21, 2019 haven't built a static model in awhile but received this a while ago from a friend he started it when he was kid........... i enjoy fixing old toys, this battery operated popcorn machines main gear is bent and the cart handle is broke. Remember Easter Island on Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, since i can remember i've always fixed (or tried real hard) things. any old toy to me is worth salvaging when possible found this under a house 30+years ago on a re-pipe job all four plastic wheels are intact, front axle is deteriorated but wheels still roll the fastest models i have but they can never prove it to me 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Busdriver 6207 Posted December 21, 2019 Have loads of pictures but will have to re size them. This is some that are small enough files 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted December 21, 2019 This thread will be exciting. Static Models are the reason i have so many RC vehicles. i always wanted my models to move with their own power🏍 Nice going Re-Bugged now i'm think'n about it, i blame it on the glue.............................................................................................. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MockTurtle 239 Posted December 22, 2019 random pics of old kits/builds. most of these have since been lost/destroyed/damaged... yeah so that kinda put me off building statics for now. rc's are much more hardy... 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topforcein 1764 Posted December 23, 2019 This is the last one i built around 5 years ago. It was a kit from the 80's by the look of it and most of the psrts needed heating up to make them fit and glue together properly. It was built for my brother and he asked me not to paint it as he wanted to do that himself. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topforcein 1764 Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 11:09 PM, Busdriver said: Have loads of pictures but will have to re size them. This is some that are small enough files i love this i have a limited edition di-cast version of this 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5290 Posted December 23, 2019 I've only recently gotten back into static models. In the past year or two, I've bought probably 50... and built two. 1/24 Monogram Camaro: And a Revell 1/25 '39 Ford hot rod, with trailer. Going to try to build more in the coming year; it relaxes me, I find. Up next will be a trio of 1/25 scale MPC Corvettes: 1957, 1975, and 1985. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2299 Posted December 23, 2019 I still have some cars that I'd made as a teenager, but they are packed away, so no photos sorry. About 5 years ago I wanted to get back into model making, so this army vehicle is a first attempt at air brushing. and last Christmas I managed to build a car, a 1966 Buick Riveria. Not that great overall, as the paint orange peeled a bit, but at least I tried a few things. I'd never lacquered models before and I undercoated the body in silver and then rubbed back the car badges. I too have in the meantime collected way too many kids and will try another this Christmas break, probably a truck. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mongoose1983 3335 Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 5:36 AM, Re-Bugged said: Nice truck and FANTASTIC weathering paintjob! Reminds me a lot of the old Movin' On Pete from the good ol' 70's. Perhaps they intentionally wanted the design to remind people of that old famous rig? 18 hours ago, markbt73 said: Oh, that looks SWEET! On 12/21/2019 at 7:09 PM, Busdriver said: Oh, who doesn't love the incredible Jagermeisster Porsche. Makes me feel sorry for the Taisan to stand that way beside its gorgeous predecessor. I remember I built this lovely Matchbox/Lesney kit some decades ago. It's sad I did not keep any pictures of it with me, as I loved that thing when I was a kid. It was a birthday present from a family that were good friends of my parents, and yeah back when birthdays were nothing but a happy day from start to finish. You all have a Merry Christmas! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Re-Bugged 10008 Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 9:41 PM, Falcon#5 said: Wow, the detail is incredible! Well done mate. Some of the cars I built came out alright, but from memory the planes had cement all over the window glass as I couldn't touch them up like the painted parts. If I still had them I'd post some pics for a good laugh. Cheers Bud Ahh the 'old finger print in the window . I've done a few of those myself, finger prints in 'tacky' paint while trying to assemble was also a speciality. I just think of of them as the Artist's unique signature, and because of its uniqueness the item then obviously becomes more valuable On 12/22/2019 at 12:46 AM, ACCEL said: Dig the weathered look. (dirty is purty)😊 Ta, you rarely see a clean Road Train down under. Man the Australian dust is the finest I've ever met, it certainly gets in places it shouldn't On 12/22/2019 at 1:28 AM, ACCEL said: haven't built a static model in awhile but received this a while ago from a friend he started it when he was kid........... i enjoy fixing old toys, this battery operated popcorn machines main gear is bent and the cart handle is broke. Remember Easter Island on Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, since i can remember i've always fixed (or tried real hard) things. any old toy to me is worth salvaging when possible found this under a house 30+years ago on a re-pipe job all four plastic wheels are intact, front axle is deteriorated but wheels still roll the fastest models i have but they can never prove it to me That Lost in Space reminds me of a Billy Blast Off toy I had, he was a motorised space man that had a few vehicles that you sat him in to explore the moons surface. Love you take the time to save old toys, thats great. I could never help but take new toys apart in my youth to see how they worked. On 12/22/2019 at 9:35 AM, ACCEL said: This thread will be exciting. Static Models are the reason i have so many RC vehicles. i always wanted my models to move with their own power🏍 Nice going Re-Bugged now i'm think'n about it, i blame it on the glue.............................................................................................. Cheers, and yeah with you on that one, its why I'm so worried about breaking the ice on a 1/14 Truck, that could become one serious can of worms . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Re-Bugged 10008 Posted December 24, 2019 7 hours ago, mongoose1983 said: Nice truck and FANTASTIC weathering paintjob! Reminds me a lot of the old Movin' On Pete from the good ol' 70's. Perhaps they intentionally wanted the design to remind people of that old famous rig? You all have a Merry Christmas! Thanks! The 'Movin' On' was one of my favourite old classic American Trucks, along with the Smokey & the Bandit trucks, B J & The Bear (remember that one!!). But the my all time favourite was the opening scene of Convoy with that black Mack coming over the hill through the Arizona desert, never get tired of that one 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Busdriver 6207 Posted December 24, 2019 mis spent adulthood. Christmas past and yet to come!! ! All built in the last 5-6 years. 12 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5290 Posted December 24, 2019 Got inspired by this thread, and started on one of the Corvettes yesterday... Still haven't decided on a body color. The interior is staying red, so probably black or white for the outside. Not sure which yet. Maybe silver. Or maybe just red, but painted so it doesn't have that "raw plastic" look. Here's the current stash of "builders." The other two Corvettes are in the big plastic tub, and the smaller one is a half-finished Airfix Triumph TR-4 (which I also haven't chosen a color for). And here's the more permanent collection (though all of these will eventually get built, before my eyesight gets too bad...) (Not pictured: the MPC 1/25 scale Pontiac Fiero I bought off eBay on Monday night, and won't arrive until after the holidays.) 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkmunki 846 Posted December 24, 2019 I have embarked on the rebuild of a 1970s Pocher Rolls Royce kit. These kits are huge and heavy, with working engine, transmision and brakes. It was originaly built by an elderly gent who has since passed away, although the build quality was quite poor, and a lot of the 1200 parts this has were not fitted very well. I purchased it from his daughter on the strict proviso that i rebuild it to a show standard so that she can see it again. At the moment it is literaly a pair of chassis rails... I am hand stitching the leather seats, and i have made the dashboard and art deco door capings out of genuine burl walnut. All of the plastic body panels are going to be hand made in aluminium, and the stamped metal parts are being cast in brass then chrome finished. It will weigh in the region of 5 kilos when finished. I thought i had a steady hand and good eyesight untill i tried refiting the 82 individual spokes into each wheel, and the making sure they werent buckled.... That sorly tried my patience... Its taken about a year so far to comletely strip it and start the build from the chassis up, but i will post more pics as the thing takes shape. J 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5290 Posted December 24, 2019 Oh wow, those Pocher kits are amazing. My dad built the 1907 Fiat F-2 kit when I was a kid, and the detail on that thing was just incredible. And it sounds like you're taking it to the next level! Please keep posting photos of it, that sounds like an epic project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkmunki 846 Posted December 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, markbt73 said: Oh wow, those Pocher kits are amazing. My dad built the 1907 Fiat F-2 kit when I was a kid, and the detail on that thing was just incredible. And it sounds like you're taking it to the next level! Please keep posting photos of it, that sounds like an epic project. My dad had one when i was a kid too, and i just remember the wow factor and the size of it, but now im looking at them with my model builders eye, i can see that they were not great quality, and the parts were quite poorly made, hense the mamoth task of remanufacturing it to a show winning (hopefully if im good enough...) standard. Ive always wanted to build the ultimate model car, so this is the start of it... J 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkmunki 846 Posted December 24, 2019 The pictures are of the car when it arrived with me by the way... J Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted December 28, 2019 Good form guys, i knew this would be exciting. i got a small wooden ship model from my son at Christmas, with all the nautical things i have put into Growl Grotto, he figured i needed another one Nice Mods on here for dang sure. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grastens 2795 Posted December 31, 2019 I may not have much time for RC cars anymore, but I may get inspired again with Hasegawa's release of the Lancia 037 that ran in Round 3 of the 1994 JGTC: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/0/0/6/1235006-27767-89-720.jpg Of course, I felt the need to compare, so I also bought Hasegawa's 1984 Tour de Corse version: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/0/5/0/123050-10885-pristine.jpg From what I can tell, the JGTC kit inexplicably excludes the distinctive 18" Work Meister S1 wheels that featured so prominently on the original car; knowing that the JGTC kit is essentially a re-release of their previous 037 models, though, it makes sense. So I ordered a set of Aoshima Work Meister S1s in the correct scale: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gXBj8LPT940/maxresdefault.jpg At least, I think the JGTC car wore them... I suppose I was feeling a little unmotivated with RC - even after some disheartening life stuff, I think the bigger obstacles were winter weather and the amount of scratchbuilding I still need to do for my projects (sorry, @speedy_w_beans - kind of dropped the ball on the 312T3). Hopefully, some static models (and the greater opportunities for brush painting) will get me back into it for the next decade! But back on topic: I intend to build up these models, anyway, for I am curious to see how an 037 goes together... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KEV THE REV 2304 Posted January 3, 2020 Some great models and toys here with great stories . It's been a long long time since I built any static models , but in the past I have built a lot of cars / bikes / planes / Dragsters etc . I got into Dragsters after I got to know Dave Stone who lived near me . I still see him from time to time and I got to sit in one of his retired rails back in the day . The model I liked the most was the '55 Badman Chevy gasser - I bought it from a custom car show at Chrystal Palace many years ago . I might have an old Polaroid pic of it somewhere - need to look 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted January 5, 2020 This is supposed to be hilarious laugh only if you can. I want a model of me building models HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😂 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78Triumph 2610 Posted January 9, 2020 On 12/23/2019 at 9:55 AM, topforcein said: This is the last one i built around 5 years ago. It was a kit from the 80's by the look of it and most of the psrts needed heating up to make them fit and glue together properly. It was built for my brother and he asked me not to paint it as he wanted to do that himself. Triumph motor! Nice!!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites