My gto model. Its 1/24 revell kit. Build up: http://makete.si/viewtopic.php?t=112 hope you like it. If you need translation just ask me.
incredible attention to detail...vehicle height seems a bit off...I can see it´s slightly higher, this cars werent that low like modern supercars but It´s looking kinda tall... Incredible detail, I´m astonished, I´m a modeler myself but that scale is WAY too little to give such a detail, amazing job my friend. Try to get the dash in the "mousehair" material, very dark gray...try old glass pouches, or old jewel bags or boxes, those have a very very thin velvet...it´ll look good! if you need pics of the real thing PM me... *I just received a 288 GTO elite model from hot wheels that will be receiving the same engine touch-up upon delivery*t hanks for sharing!!!
Tenx guys The height is ok, its 6 mm and 6mmx24 is 144mm for the real car. It looks high, but it isn't. I was thinking about dark gray floking in the inside of the car, than i was thinking about musehair material, but i wonted to use box form sunglasses, but in the end i just painted the interior I dont have enough nerves for this
It's still not finnished, but soon soon some new pictures http://shrani.si/files/dscf4362zmq5.jpg http://shrani.si/files/dscf4359zmqs.jpg hope u like it
http://shrani.si/files/dscf482911nd2.jpg http://shrani.si/files/dscf483511nd4.jpg almost finished ... I must put on tail lights, safty belts and stickers.
Tail lights sukcs... i must repaint them with new color, because this transparent color that i bought is like i didn't even paint the ligts. I must still put in seat belt and new exhaust pipes. http://www.makete.si/viewtopic.php?t=112&start=50 If any of you want to know more and dont understand nothing on my forum just ask me.
The end http://shrani.si/files/dscf502212hkw.jpg http://shrani.si/files/dscf499512hkh.jpg http://shrani.si/files/dscf501112hko.jpg Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I really like your GTO these kits are a nightmere to build. This is an impressive job, not only the painting is difficult, it takes great skills to put it together, In these kind of plastic kits, most things don't even fit proparly. I just got another in 1/14, but I left the building to the late mr. Brianza. (its from the 1990's) its number 111 with his signature on the bottom. i'll post better pics later this week. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
That came out very nice, especially for a Revell kit. The Revell F430 I did was a nightmare to make everything fit properly.
earning my livings with the design of injection moulding machines I cannot agree. This statement might apply to injection moulded parts manufactured 30 years ago, but not to today's injection moulding technology. Especially not with polysterene, these kits are made of and which is one of the easiest to mould plastics. Best Regards from Germany Martin
I must admit, I haven't build a polysterene kit in years, but the ones I made were dificult. I build resinkits, I think they look more like the real car, and most of times the endresult is in my opinion better, but thats a personal thing. Modern technology allows the producers to make really spectacular things nowadays. On the otherhand, the old technology had its charms. A kitmaker needed more skills to produce something special. I prefer the brianza's to the kyoshos's I have. They represent an era and craftmanship. Fit and detail depend on the manufacturer, even nowadays bad kits are produced. Model-plus are terrible, but the minidelta P3 I am currently working on is a perfect curbsidemodel. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I understand, what you are talking about. I myself call it ' cold precision vs. the charm of the imperfection '. Especially the latest die-casts are a bit too perfect for my taste. And I think, this may be the reason for the fact, that some old, totally imperfect 'toy-cars' make crazy prices on auctions. This applies especially to white-metal and tin toys from earlier times. I agree; they represent an era and have their special charm, which no modern product will ever replicate. When bad kits are produced today they mostly are re-issues. If you just put the 30 years old and - worse - possibly worn die onto a machine, the result won't be better than 30 years ago. But a new die costs several 100.000s of Euros and even re-engineering an old die - if possible at all - won't be much cheaper. Best Regards from Germany Martin
Martin, the numbers that are made of a certain model are also an issue. If you aim on selling a few million copies, it has to be near perfect. Hot Wheels are not only for collectors, they can be seen in every boys bedroom. I Think even BBR is starting to work in numbers, Maybe they even need to because of finances. I see loads of the same modell in different colors in limited production-runs. The more you make of a certain modell, the more profitable it becomes. I recently stopped buying BBR, and I am not the only collector thinking that way. I don't need to have loads of models in my collection. I prefer a few really special items. And its not about the money. Not buying 3 BBR's gets me a fantastic imperfect but really rare special Brianza. The P3 I am building right now, has a pricetag of 600 euro's! But I am sure its really special! Its like art, you love them, or you hate them. greetings from a rainy northsea-coast Hans
Martin this is true, but Revell model of GTO is more than 20 years old, because is only repack from old Italeri model, so earning so on this model they use old injection moulding technology. It was not so hard to put it together, but there are a lot of little mistakes that you must correct them. Thanks guys!
Today my newest 288 GTO is in. nr.111 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
