LARGE SCALE MODEL BUILD THREAD. 1/12th, 1/8th scales

Did you strip off the body paint, or just sand and paint over it?

 

Anyone have an idea of the total timeline and cost for the P4 subscription? I saw somewhere (maybe on Dag's site) that there are 110 stages(?)...the costing is a little confusing but my limited math indicates around 18 months for a total of around 2K?...(that estimate includes rough tax and factors in all shipping throughout the subscription). I am definitely interested but hate the wait...

I was fortunate and had good luck on part delivery when I built their C57 steam locomotive.

 

That seems about right.

 

I confirm: 110 stages, and for France the total cost is around €1500. And you add €130 for the optional showcase.

 

Looks like my first build packs for the DeAgostini P4 are in town, the way the post office moves here that may be another 7 days. That is what it was last time.

Should have only 3 more boxes for the Lotus to be finished.

Has anyone received their P4 build yet?

 

I got a note that my 330P4 is being shipped. Who knows when I'll get the first pack.

Not sure how many more packs on my Lotus... All I'm missing are rear wheels, wing support and top body work. I will say that overall its gone together pretty well, and is a nice model. I'm working on the Agora Ferrari gto, and the wheels are killing me. I put one together and did it wrong so tried to correct it, and basically had to restart from scratch... I wish they would have made wire wheel disks like the Bugatti wheels. I will say when they are done they are spectacular, but they are also Horrible to build.

 

If you don't have any rear wheels , then you have four more installments for the97T-I received pack 20 recently with one rear wheel.

 

I just signed up for the P4...and for the Agora GTO, I have two more shipments expected (11 and 12) and once I have those, I'll start building that one.

 

Nice Gullwing, what would be the cost of a model like that roughly ?

 

Well I did get build through 101 today with one wheel in it so two shipments.

 

Picked up mine from Amazon and paid about 855 euro for the silver grey one. Not difficult to build. Nice model but not really a scale model, more like a really big and very heavy toy.

 

1st rear wheel. About 1h30'.
To hold the spokes, I use small double-sided tapes, which are left over from the Bugatti Atlantic stock


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I built three wheels this weekend... and I hated every minute. I used gorilla glue clear to retain the spokes. for the most part it worked ok. I did find that on the rear wheels I had to reem out the holed on the hub so that the spokes would go in. once that was done most of the wheel went together relatively smoothly. even with the glue i lost two spokes, from the mid wheel... you really cant tell unless you study the hub. I ended up gluing those two into place...

 

In other news I received my first P4 pack today, so now have a nice wheel and few other parts.

 

What kit is this?

 

^^^^^ The 1/8 Ferrari 250 GTO currently offered by Agora

 

Hachette is proposing the 1956 Citroen DS 19 at scale 1/6 (so a length of 80 cm) - 140 issues for a total cost of about EUR 1,900...

 

These 'build your own' partworks kits are ever increasing in cost- quality of them is not improving, most are generally simple and not well detailed, plus paint quality is very much lacking-orange peel, paint buildup on edges, mismatch colors due to time span difference between parts issues. But they do give me something to occupy myself during the winter months.

 

Here are my Wheels so far... dont look too close!
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I dont know, I think they look pretty good. Most of the real cars are not that great either - especially race cars. GTO's came from the factory pretty rough, and stayed that way till about the late 70's when values started to go up.

 

To be completely honest, I have to admit that some hub holes can be partially obstructed by the Tamiya paint (TS17) that I apply before assembly. So I must check each hole with a drill bit (0.5mm). After that no problem with the 72 spokes

 

Yep, I use a .05 watch oiler to clean out the holes. Its not too large and it smooths out the sides.