That's lovely brass, I might need to check them out.
Watching with interest.
Watching with interest.
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AK True Metal comes in a tube, and is a waxy smelling paste. After letting it dry, you can buff it up with a soft cloth. You can apply it with a brush, or finger! Clean up with white spirit. It helps to apply over a matt black primed surface - practice on sprue, to get the hang of it. AK do quite a few metallic finishes - I've also got silver. It's OK for smaller parts, but I wouldn't care to do an overall coat of it...............
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Driving the Model T was different - the 3 pedals don't do what is expected................................
Of course very few people had driven a car, so the Model T wasn't seen as having odd controls!
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Quite a lot of progress today - it helps if the parts fit well! All parts fitted to the underside & painted....................
Started the bodywork - you can make it separately, so spraying the blue bodywork won't need any masking.
Just dry fitted for the moment! I'll spray gloss varnish on the uppers of the body, just masking the radiator - I'll see to that later. No more work on the engine - the bonnet will be closed!
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Looking good Dave. Interesting controls on that beast ! I don’t think I’d be able to drive one
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More progress, the chassis is complete - the wheels are a sloppy fit to the axles, so they'll need to be glued. The bodywork has been sprayed with AK 3rd Generation Dark Prussian Blue and needs more varnish coats to bring up the shine to match the fenders
The hood is a tricky little assembly and needs careful handling! Primed black - I think I'll use a dark grey for the material
Coming onto the tricky bits - the interior, especially the steering wheel!
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Like this. The blue and brass is quite smart.Comment
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Cracking work so far Dave, really liking the colour.Comment
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Whilst spraying another gloss varnish coat - I wondered how much the old Airfix 1/32 Model T models sold for, I almost fancy making one of those. That is until I saw how much they were selling for! Cheapest was £18. The original moulds date back to 1951 ! Think I'll give that a miss!Comment
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Interesting Dave. I saw three of those Airfix 1/32 vintage cars (not including a model T) in an antique shop a couple of years ago. They were in 1950’s poly bag packaging priced at six each, and I thought that was too much LOL.....Comment
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The steering wheel - a two piece affair, the rim & the spokes - very fragile - I managed to break off & lose one of the spokes very annoying - The controls added to the chassis ( such as they are ), and detail painted.
Bonnet only dry fitted!
The seat painted & washed added to the bodywork. The hood painted & awaits it's window. Front window frame brassed up
Moving onto the fragile bits now - when they're fitted it's going to be tricky to pick the thing up!
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Bodywork attached - needed a bit of jiggling, but it's finally attached - if I was doing it again, I'd leave the seat out, to give better gluing access
The front window is a real pain - flexible frame - metallic paint - large windows. I resorted to using Kleer as an adhesive, I might have to give another overall coat to the the window assembly, before fitting it. Lights, horn & oil can to add. Final part will be the hood................
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This will be last post in 'under construction' I've added various bits...................
I would have added more, but I got a severe attack of the dithers, and had to call it a day! Anyway, the next pictures will appear in the completed section..............
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Absolutely gorgeous Dave, I love it.Comment
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