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Lincolnlanc · Posted: Mon 01 Jun 2009 16:26 pm Post subject:

Look like you know what your doing with this kit

I like the idea of the rubber mats from White glue

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Them characters look really well painted as well ...

jhl1908 · Posted: Mon 01 Jun 2009 17:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Lincolnlanc.

I do try to do our heroes justice.

Using white glue to make floor mats, is a tip I once found in "Scale Auto" magazine.

I'm sure the technique can be used to make many other things.
Just remember to use some form of release agent on the surface you want to make a cast of.
You can mix colour into the glue before pouring it, if you don’t want to paint it afterwards.

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jhl1908 · Posted: Mon 08 Jun 2009 20:28 pm Post subject:

Making working door hinges turned out to be a little more time consuming than I first thought.
But now I have done the left door, and given the hinges a little lick of paint to show places that need more work.

I think I’ll make the deadline, but it will be close.

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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 08 Jun 2009 21:27 pm Post subject:

Nice work on the figures, and the new door hinges are a big improvement.

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 08 Jun 2009 23:43 pm Post subject:

Those hinges look super Jesper

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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 14 Jun 2009 22:44 pm Post subject:

I need at least 14 days more to finish my model.
I'm quite unproductive at the moment I’m afraid, having too many things to think about.
But I think it's better to take my time, and do a decent job, than to rush it just to finish.

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 15 Jun 2009 00:15 am Post subject:

Lincolnlanc · Posted: Mon 15 Jun 2009 16:54 pm Post subject:

On the photo with the hinges, i'm afraid it looks as if the bottom of the door has got rust rot starting ... (takes me back to the days of filler on the 1:1 scale)
Nice work Jesper, take your time youv'e only got the time it takes.
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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 21 Jun 2009 11:20 am Post subject:

I gave the van a cote of paint yesterday so I can put decals on today.

The decals are crisp in colours, nice to work with, but WRONG!

Why is the “Safe*Secure*Humane” decal almost too big to fit (around 5-10% bigger than the movie van) and printed pink instead of white?

The “Anti-Pesto” decal is missing the van colour in the inner circle, instead it is white.
You have to carefully paint it yourself is you want it to look right. Why hasn’t Airfix made this area transparent?

The license plates should have a “fatter” font and letters/numbers in white instead of silver-gray.

The registration decal on the windscreen is completely wrong too.

All stupid errors easily avoided by Airfix with a little more research.
The model on the box (The real movie van with superimposed figures?) is correct.

I’ll post some pictures later.

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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 21 Jun 2009 14:16 pm Post subject:

Door marking as it’s seen in the movie:

Decal as provided by Airfix.
Note the white border around the S.W.A.T. TEAM is also far too narrow, and the whole decal is over scaled too:

I do not intend to widen the white border, since I don’t think I can make it look good enough.
So here is the decal after a little body colour fill-in.

Normally I’m not a nitpicker, but all these small errors do annoy me, since they would haw been so easy to avoid.

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Badwolf · Posted: Sun 21 Jun 2009 18:27 pm Post subject:

Nice work on the anti-pesto decal, the body colour infill definitely improves the look of it.

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jhl1908 · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009 05:59 am Post subject:

I’m getting closer.
Since the last post, I have made the rotation light look more realistic with some mechanism inside,
painted the indicator and stop lights, and painted the interior panels.

But I still haven’t found out how I'm going to make many of the smaller details:
Window vipers, door handles, hood ornament, and dents in the chromed parts.

All the small things making it fun to do some “scratching”.

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jhl1908 · Posted: Mon 13 Jul 2009 20:43 pm Post subject:

I’m still working on it, but not as much as I want to at the moment. Sorry.

Painted the whole van with matt paint and given it some car wax and a light polish to make the appearance a little tired and worn.
I think it will work fine when I'm finished.

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jhl1908 · Posted: Mon 27 Jul 2009 21:45 pm Post subject:

Slow progress.
I have still some problems I need a solution to solve.

The patina and weathering is on the way at the moment.
The upper part is not fully in place at the picture.

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ColinM · Posted: Mon 27 Jul 2009 21:53 pm Post subject:

Looks pretty good to me Jesper.

Colin

jhl1908 · Posted: Mon 27 Jul 2009 22:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks ColinM.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to make dents and bumps in plated parts without ruin the plating?
Can I gently heat and bend the part without cracking the surface?

If not, then I have to re-plate my bumpers with metal foil, witch I think would look better anyway.

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Lincolnlanc · Posted: Tue 28 Jul 2009 09:18 am Post subject:

Looks great that van and the hard work you have put into it has paid off. I cant suggest an alternative to using a 'red' hot tool of a kind to indent the bumper but on the real thing when you did get a severe dint then the chrome did used to lift off and in time water/rust got behind it and it 'pited' real badly so i should not worry to unduly if the chrome plating cracks.
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dinotramp · Posted: Tue 28 Jul 2009 09:22 am Post subject:

nice model:)
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Ratch · Posted: Tue 28 Jul 2009 19:17 pm Post subject:

hewman100 · Posted: Wed 29 Jul 2009 09:33 am Post subject:

I'm really impressed with how this is coming together Jesper! Bravo sir!
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