Calvin
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Post by Calvin on Jun 23, 2013 5:00:58 GMT -8
My dog ate one of the wheels a while back, so I had to cast another one. If I was a teacher I wouldn't believe you! But everything is looking great - as usual.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 5:05:09 GMT -8
i'd have to agree with calvin about that one! but then that's happened to me as well and that's mainly how I learned to do a little bit of casting myself. duane
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Post by imsanut on Jun 25, 2013 13:29:19 GMT -8
Cool. I always liked the look of this car.
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Post by Art on Jul 6, 2013 22:30:27 GMT -8
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Post by Art on Jul 6, 2013 22:32:43 GMT -8
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Post by Patrick on Jul 7, 2013 7:36:24 GMT -8
Nice and clean work, Art. I like the red wheel arches, too!
Patrick
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Post by dustymojave on Jul 11, 2013 21:39:46 GMT -8
As my dad was the Toyota Motor Sales, USA Emissions Lab Supervisor and spokesman to US federal and State regulatory agencies through the '70s, he brought home lots of interesting "test" cars. He also had a lot of responsibilities regarding motorsports as well until TRD was formed. Celicas were common and some of the test cars he brought home were more than a little out of the range of what was sold to the American public. Someone higher up in the Toyota Executive offices decided to NOT support racing Celicas in the US at that time. After that decision, Toyota discarded a set of non-chromed plastic bumpers and a set of spoilers for an early Celica like this which were factory equipment for the Japan race cars. For 20-some years I had them. I never owned a Celica, but in the 90s, my cousin got one and talked a big game of hotrodding his. So I foolishly gave the bumpers and spoilers to him. He never did anything with them and eventually threw them in the trash! In building a race car from a production automobile, one does a fair amount of fabricating of roll bars and such. now, most everything gets stripped to bare metal and repainted. But back then, many racers like this remained in factory paint in areas other than the exterior. So, while its not absolutely certain that the bottom should be black, I would expect it to be Toyota white (all the Toyota factory race cars and special project vehicles I saw were all painted white inside). And the gas tank, if still a stock tank, I would expect to be galvanized steel. In the US, it would have had to have had a fuel cell by 72, but maybe not in Japan. The brackets for the rear axle trailing arms should be painted to match the floor of the car. The bars may be painted different, but the brackets were welded-on part of the chassis. The front splash pan is stamped steel and factory painted black.
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Post by Art on Jul 11, 2013 22:32:54 GMT -8
Where were you when I started this project? Not having any references, I just went with the instruction color codes, but mixed it up a little bit here and there. The chassis isn't black like the instructions called for, but actually a metalizer color but I can't remember exactly what it's called. Looks like I got the tank right, and that's about it. Good thing it's a box-stock curbside, so I'm not all that concerned with accuracy on this one like I was on the Corvette.
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Post by Art on Jul 13, 2013 16:14:20 GMT -8
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Post by Art on Jul 13, 2013 16:15:15 GMT -8
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Post by neckcheese on Jul 14, 2013 6:52:12 GMT -8
Art - a very nice and clean build :-)
A small tip on decalling tyres, both rubber and resin: give the tyres a couple of coats of matt acrylic varnish, like Vallejo Matt varnish. When dry (least a day) mount decals, using decals sol or similar. Wait another day, then finish with one or two more coast of Matt Varnish. The decal will then be sandwiched between the varnish layers and the edges invisble.
It must be water soluble acrylic varnish - especially on rubber tyres.
yours, Niels Elmholt DK
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Post by Art on Jul 17, 2013 22:47:00 GMT -8
Thanks for the kind comments, and the tip, Niels! I did the headlights with some BMF. I wasn't too concerned with perfection since they won't be seen, but thought it would be good practice anyway.
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Jul 18, 2013 6:56:58 GMT -8
Nice Grill Art! Dale King once told me "Build each part like a separate model and when you put it all together you will have a masterpiece!" It looks like you are well on your way to a Masterpiece!! Keep it up!! Chris
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Post by Art on Jul 22, 2013 20:50:57 GMT -8
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Post by Art on Jul 29, 2013 21:33:34 GMT -8
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