Archive for July, 2009

Airbrush – 2 new double action sprayguns

Friday, July 31st, 2009

I wanted something different that those single action plastic airbrushed that I had so I went and got myself two double action airbrushes from the same manufacturer.

  • with a 2mm nozzle and about 1 cubic centimeter of paint capacity for fine work
  • with a 3mm nozzle and about 2 cubic centimeter of capacity for the other stuff.

The 2mm nozzle airbrush

The 2mm nozzle airbrush

The 3mm nozzle airbrush

The 3mm nozzle airbrush

Both guns come complete in metal with chrome plating and they seem to lie very good in hand. They come with a nozzle spanner and a little plastic pipette to fill them with paint. Both airbrushes do feature the same body and with that are equal in size and weight. They are easily dismantable and with both there is a paper with an exploded drawing and a chart listing all the parts.

no SW at FP anymore …

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Sad news .. we gave Allen too much support by buying his cool Star Wars Kits. In his last newsletter he had to announce that:

On July 20, 2009, Fantastic Plastic received a “Cease & Desist” order from Lucas Film demanding the removal of all unlicensed products from our Website. In compliance, we have retired all “Star Wars”-related kits to the Virtual Museum Store “Hall of Fame.” We will no longer market or sell these or any other kits that fall under Lucas Film’s jurisdiction. If you have any questions about this situation, please feel free to write us at fantasticplast@aol.com.

original quote from the fantastic plastic newsletter July 2009 – do sign up!

I do encourage everyone who has had an interest in the Fantastic Plastic Kits to have a look at the other kits available. I especially like the current release “Bubble Fighter” in 1:48 scale but currently can not afford any more kits … the next post shows why.

The King Cobra – slowly getting there …

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Last Weekend I actually managed to get forward with the painting of the Body. Currently I am quite satisfied with the metallic blue that the body has taken on now.

Metallic blue ... lots of it

Metallic blue ... lots of it

And even more from the other side

And even more from the other side

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Vintage Cox BRM F1

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Some years ago during one of our visits of the local freemarkets I found this Cox BRM F1 in acceptable shape. OK … the windscreen is horribly glued to the body, the mirrors and the stabilisers for the rearaxle are missing but that did reflect in the price. And … somebody tried to make it a Ferrari … I wonder why.

vintage Cox BRM F1

vintage Cox BRM F1 - 1

vintage Cox BRM F1 - 2

vintage Cox BRM F1 - 2

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Creating a master for a lexan windshield – done!

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Remember, a couple of posts ago I promised a dutch reader that I would make a master for the Tamiya King Cobra wind screen. Finally I did it. I mixed up some CeranoFix (by Eberhard Faber) and pured it into the windscreen part I had.

The empty lexan wind screen

The empty lexan wind screen

The empty windscreen besides CeramoFix

The empty windscreen besides CeramoFix

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Metallic blue … and still more sanding

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Is the colour that I have chosen for the King Cobra. The original box art of Tamiya shows the car in a colour scheme which brings it close to Carol Shelby (but we know already, that this was wrong). I found this metallic blue in my local supermarket when I was looking for some heat resistant colour for the Live Steam Locomotive I have and just picket it up.

still some sanding to do ...

The driver side ... and again sanded

still some sanding to do ...

The driver side, now from the front

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