Guys,
If anyone has built this kit, what is the correct way to build it regarding the gluing/mating of the nose cone to the body before assembly, for painting’s sake? I would hope that you can glue the front cone on and then paint the whole body, and still have it be possible to get the body over the chassis?
Can anyone offer their experience with this?
I built the kit, but don’t remember, lol. What you can do is tape the nose one in place, then try putting the body on the chassis. That will answer the question.
I would attach the nose with elmers tack inside of the body
I’m going to follow this since I have to buile it before Christmas. My brother bought one when they first came out and I wanted to give him one I build.
Hmmm. Well, I ws hoping for some experience, but thanks for the suggestions, guys.
Anyone else have any experience with building it? [:|]
Like I said, I built it, but it was 10 years ago. Iirc, it will work that way. It is very simple to attach the nose cone with tape and try to put the chassis in. I do it all the time. It is a great way to determine these kind of things.
Hi Guys,
So, I have some photos and work to share. It’s been a while since I asked the first question here, but now I’ve finally gotten somewhere. First of all, a model and this little hobbyist do not go together well…
I forgot the first rule of Dachshund Kingdom: “If it’s on the floor, it’s mine”. I left a few parts on the ground and in no time at all I had a severely altered firewall and teeth marks in my oil pan. [:(] Off to eBay to order another one…
Anyway, I’ve been doing a lot of research and doing some test-fitting; it seems that it’s ok to add the nose cone if you DON’T add this filler piece, inserted here as a prudent spacer while the cone glues. The chassis inserts around the bottom of the radiator, and if you add the spacer, you can’t do that when ou assemble it.
The body so far. The tail wing is not glued on, but it’s in three parts and needs to be assembled, so I have the tabs in thebody where it will go so that it sets straight.
The sides of the tub. I used some BMF (bare metal foil) here, but realized that it really didn’t look much better than the silver enamel paint, so I didn’t bother with a lot of it on the small details. All of the lines and seams were detailed with a pin wash of gray oil paint. This really gives some depth to the white parts.
The re-assembled 2nd engine. After reading through a bunch of hoohah on that internet on the “correct color” of orange, I painted it Tamiya Orange and declared it perfectly suitable. It really seems that Tamiya matched their orange to a good Hemi orange. I detailed it with pin washes of Black oil. The pipes have been roughened up a but by adding Mr Surfacer 500, and were painted Gull Gray and speckled with craft store “Pennsylvania Clay” to show a little bit of heat damage.
The interior got a “carpet” of embossing powder over white glue. This looks MUCH better than flocking material for a realistic carpet.
How it looks with some paint…
The wood parts were painted with craft store acrylics. Tan first, then diluted wood color stroked on with an old brush. The silver parts are painted, not BMF’ed.
The tub assembled with dash.
I’ll be going for the Bronze/Copper finish on this one. I’ve got some “poverty caps”, and will be making what is essentially comedian David Spade’s new Daytona.
So that’s all I’ve got so far. Stay tuned for more fun! [:D]
Good job!!
Watching with great interest Karl…
Man o man have you got the number of this kit! Great idea for the interior colors.
As to the embossing power, I assume it is a very fine grain material and then can be painted to suite --boy the stuff we modelers find in other crafts fields
Good looking “helper”. We used to have a tri color, so I feel your equal pain and laughter.
Looking very good.
Did you prime any of the interior before painting? I can’t make up my mind but I know I will be priming the body since I’ll be using Model Master lacquer and clear coat system.
Thanks, guys, I appreciate you following along and taking time to comment! [:)]
You got that right, Steve. It’s fine powder that looks much better than the flocking stuff.
And I hope you enrich your life with another Doxy. I couldn’t imagine my life without this little monster, lol. He’s actually very sweet and full of personality. [ht]
Yup, I primed the interior with Duplicolor white primer, so it would be easier to paint the white over the seats, etc. Plus I wanted to seal in the embossing powder. [:)]
Very impressive so far. I have been thinking hard about when I did mine. IIRC I painted my nosecone seperate, but at the same time and the exact same process as the rest, and it turned out fine.
I LOVE the Turquoise/WHite scheme! That looks awesome, Lee! I was seriously considering this scheme at one point. Glad now that I chose another. lol.
Quick update: I have the engine finished, more or less. It’s ready to go in the body once painted. I wired it according to info I found on another build log. I am pretty happy with how it came out.
From what I read, that last wire on the distributor goes over the top of the manifold and into the back of the cylinder…
Lastly, I corrected the wrong shirter that I put in it. This is the correct, shorter one.
I should be priming tomorrow…stay tuned!
Looking fine! Will you add heater hoses when you mount the engine?
Man that engine looks good Karl. Seems like you got just the right amount of wash on it to bring out the details without it looking too dirty. Interior looks nice and busy. The steering wheel would look nice with the spoke holes drilled out but looks like you did great with what you had here. The carpet looks flat out awesome as well! [Y]