Jerry B44 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Nick inspired me to finally get to work on my McKeen car, a shell made by Robert Thon of Robert's Lines. I had done a E-1 shell I got from him a few years back. I did a McKeen car out of plastic many years ago, a bit smaller, due to the size of the layout I had then. This one is 1/29 scale and is a lot bigger. Sorry about that blank spot. Here is the shell as you get it. Has a nice cast front piece. You have to make the roof. Bob sent along some brass rings to use for window frames, which I may use, not sure yet. I used metal duct tape to create the rivet patterns. Many pieces were discarded! Sprayed with a rattle can. Doing the roof was not as bad as I thought it would be. It is shaped wood underneath like Nick did with his . Still have about half of it to go, then lots more stuff. Mostly robbing from Nick's posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Jerry, BEAUTIFUL, you initially mentioned the McKeen that inspired me. Your riveted roof goosed me to try it on the Trailer, so starting to waste more foil. Please keep us posted on your progress. LiG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Is this a modelers duel .... Great work as usual Jerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Very nice idea with the duct tape. I might use that idea in the future, Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 Making rapid progress here-NOT. But have been getting some done. I know I"m doing lots of non-prototypical stuff to my McKeen car, but I liked the brass rings and then Nick suggested outlining the square windows with brass also, which I was thinking about. Used clear plastic for the doors, then put on foil I had textured with rivet patterns and outline of the windows. Used watch crystals in the round windows. Brass rings had some tabs, used some to hold them on the body and some to hold in the glass. Should have sanded the vents more, thought they were okay, but the fit showed up worse when I painted it. Runs fine on battery power, just an on/off switch like a few other things I have made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Jerry, NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. The rivet detail really makes it stand out. LiG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I saw this .. about 2:30 into this video https://youtu.be/fvTRJCp_M7A?t=10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Gee, I have 3 or 4 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Sean, going to book mark this one so I can enjoy it more, thank you. LiG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 First run of my McKeen car. Still need decals from Stan. https://youtu.be/-PoFm1vCVRY Basing it somewhat on thhis one that ran in Kansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Video here for everyone. https://youtu.be/-PoFm1vCVRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Jerry, I especially like the gold striping and the outline of the pilot. LiG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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