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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2011 8:26:13 GMT -5
I bought this glue bomb after seeing another kit like it on evil-bay. I'm not sure all the parts are there. Some of it had been painted and assembled in the best glue bomb tradition. Especially the wheels. These were made up of 5 or six pieces each. There was so much glue on them, the plastic started to melt and deform. Not to mention that the clear wire spoke pieces were clouded with excess glue. The body was totally chrome plated with glue smudges and scratches all over. The bottom half of the body was warped and the decals were disintegrated and parts were coming off the backing sheet. The kit has a 4 cam, 32 valve, supercharged, dry-sumped, 3 liter V-12 that made about 450-475hp. It is the right engine for this car. Upon fist impressions, I don't think this engine will fit in this body. So on Monday I put the body in the DIP, aka Purple Power degreaser, and stripped the chrome plating. Tuesday I sanded all the mismatched seams and blemishes. Then primed it with Dupli-Color sandable primer.     |
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Post by SWT500 on Sept 1, 2011 9:14:30 GMT -5
Other than a few gunshots, how did you enjoy the theatre, Mrs. Lincoln? What a mess.
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Post by 2lapsdown on Sept 1, 2011 17:38:26 GMT -5
YIKES!
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Post by Patrick on Sept 1, 2011 23:19:27 GMT -5
I have learned that not very much is impossible. I just wish I could find the Lee photos that I copied. You go to it Wisdonm!!!  Patrick |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 1, 2011 23:43:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2011 7:29:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the cutaway. You are right. Don Lee pixs are hard to find. Maybe three of them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2011 7:24:00 GMT -5
I'm under the gun and the parts are all messed up, so of course nothing is going right. I painted the car last Wednesday. Usually my rattle can wet coats are too wet and cover details. I wasn't going to do that this time, because I don't have time to fix anything. You guessed it. Now the paint was too dry and I have orange peel to deal with. Worse than that, after 4+ days it still smells like paint, so it is not dry enough to fix. I've now set it out in the sun to bake. The next problem was the wheels. These are big 21" x ~6". None of the original wheels were measurable for width. The original wheels were wire wheels. I thought I could make some from 1/2" PVC pipe caps. I bored out the centers to thin the rim wall thickness on a lathe at MG Ltd. Not sure what happened to one? Must have got too hot and deformed. My plan was to split each wheel into three 2" sections and make wire wheels out of them. After rethinking this, I got cold feet. Since each wheel would be made out of about 90 separate pieces, I questioned their rigidity and my ability to get them done in time. Plan B called for one piece disc wheels. So I went back to MG Ltd. on Thursday to make new rims. I did not have time to work on it Friday, Sat., and Sunday, except for some preliminary decal designs Fri. morning. This brings things up to date, with nothing actually accomplished.     |
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Post by raceparke on Sept 6, 2011 15:07:41 GMT -5
Years ago, I rebuilt this kit and used wheels/tires from the Smer Tlbot-Lago. Seems to be similar size.   |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 6, 2011 20:31:31 GMT -5
The tire/wheel size is similar, but the Heller Lago has excellent tire/wheels.
Patrick
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2011 13:10:32 GMT -5
Remember when I said I was going to set the body out in the sun to dry? Well of course the wind blew it onto the cement and put two pits in the paint. I also used a liquid mask to cover the chrome grill while I painted the body. I have never had good luck with liquid mask. Didn't work well this time either. First it pulled the paint off the nose. Second it removed some of the chrome that I was trying to protect. title= Made new wheels out of the PVC rims I turned and, after a lot of work, the kit's brake drums. Did the Glosscoat, decal, Dullcoat thing. Didn't turn out too bad. I now know why this kit was originally abandoned. Many of the parts are handed and only go together one way. Well anything that could have been glued in the wrong place, was. I am surprised by the detail of the brake cooling scoops and vents, considering that this is a 1962 Hawk kit. Here is the chassis with the simple suspension installed.      |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 8, 2011 13:48:23 GMT -5
Sometimes they go this way. A real pain  But everything else is lookin' good. Use Bare-Metal foil for the grill and it will look great. Keep with it and it doesn't look like you will be disappointed. Patrick |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 10, 2011 19:58:19 GMT -5
For any of you gluttons for punishment that are out there I found these build photos of a Casadio 1/20 W154.    How to fit the Hawk's engine into the body is something I will discover someday as I know not only was the 154 a GP car and Indy car, but also with a shortened chassis and an engine 1/2 the size (3liter down to 1.5 liters)as another one off Mercedes GP car. I may do this beast someday. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2011 9:28:43 GMT -5
Thanks for those great engine shots. Maybe another time. I made decals last night. Tried something new. I used genuine gold leaf. I printed the decals as usual and then applied them onto the gold leaf. All the white areas in the original decals are now gold leaf. Applied the composite decals to the body using Future for a fixative. The #2 burst are from the Shorty Templeton 19 56 midget set made by Greg's Racing Graphics. He has a good product and his customer service is outstanding.   Painted the chrome dash and steering wheel spokes with Dullcoat. Then applied home made decals.  I've got big problems ahead.The body is so warped, it is almost impossible to line it up for gluing. Always something, never good. |
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Post by Calvin on Sept 12, 2011 11:10:12 GMT -5
Looking great!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2011 7:12:24 GMT -5
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Post by Patrick on Sept 20, 2011 14:30:30 GMT -5
Great follow through. Why do these beasties give us such a hard time sometimes?
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Post by Patrick on Mar 13, 2012 12:30:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2012 17:19:11 GMT -5
Great variation on a theme by Mercedes, love it.
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Post by Patrick on Dec 2, 2014 16:20:59 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 15:42:20 GMT -5
I had three Casidio Revival kits handed to me to evaluate in the late seventies by a guy who was considering becoming the US distributor. One was the Alfa P3. The other two were of the same car; the Mercedes W154/M163. I built the Alfa and one of the Mercs. I still have the other Benz in the original box with all parts present in their bags or foam pockets with the clear plastic still in place. I'm not sure just how true to scale it is, but I imagine it's a good starting point for those who (like me) enjoy working with metal as well as plastic/resin. If anyone is interested, PM me and we'll see what we can work out. Remember, this may well be the first of these kits that ever entered the U.S. Metal wire wheels, factory done, metal body w/metal chassis and suspension etc. Plastic detail parts. This is the original style that DOES NOT have the plastic wheel spokes or body parts. If there is no interest I may just build the chassis/suspension/drivetrain to display with the finished, and in storage right now, fully built model. Just the extra project I need. Get in the never end line...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 15:44:10 GMT -5
(I meant that the wire wheels were factory done, not the whole model.)
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Post by Bugatti Fan on Apr 24, 2024 8:48:46 GMT -5
Picking up on a very, very old thread here.
Those old Casadio kits were in 1/20th scale from what I can remember. The original kits came with proper ready made real scale wire wheels as Bill mentioned. I lusted after the Mercedes kit when it first came out way back in the 70's I think but too pricey for me at the time.
Just recently a guy at a local model club brought along one of their part built Alfa kits that he had acquired and to be honest I was a bit disappointed upon seeing it. The kit was nowhere near as good as I expected it to be. Not much finesse in the mouldings.
I believe that a number of the old Casadio kits were later released as plastic kits as a Revivals range. (Not to be confused with the Renwal Revivals range from the 60's of the Virgil Exner retro classics).
Those Lee photos of the Merc are very good reference for anyone tackling the old Casadio kit.
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Post by BalmyLight on Apr 24, 2024 18:31:24 GMT -5
Picking up on a very, very old thread here. Those old Casadio kits were in 1/20th scale from what I can remember. The original kits came with proper ready made real scale wire wheels as Bill mentioned. I lusted after the Mercedes kit when it first came out way back in the 70's I think but too pricey for me at the time. Just recently a guy at a local model club brought along one of their part built Alfa kits that he had acquired and to be honest I was a bit disappointed upon seeing it. The kit was nowhere near as good as I expected it to be. Not much finesse in the mouldings. I believe that a number of the old Casadio kits were later released as plastic kits as a Revivals range. (Not to be confused with the Renwal Revivals range from the 60's of the Virgil Exner retro classics). Those Lee photos of the Merc are very good reference for anyone tackling the old Casadio kit. There is also a 1/2 inch scale (1/24) kit that could be used to make this car. It’s the Hawk brand kit for a 1939 W163 Mercedes. The only noticeable difference between the W163 and the W154 is the engine. I literally just sold one on eBay yesterday. The body was nice, it measured 7” long. I would have kept it, but I could find decals for an Indy version. Here is a Wikipedia article that explains it: W154 Wikipedia link |
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But everything else is lookin' good. Use Bare-Metal foil for the grill and it will look great. Keep with it and it doesn't look like you will be disappointed. 
