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12-08-2015, 11:30 AM
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Oldsmobile Aerotech
The casting on this Formula Models white metal kit is very nice and clean especially for being 20+ years old. Not really a surprise since it was cast by Marsh Models. After a few hours of minor clean up and drilling & fitting the main core of it looked like this.
  I used some smaller screws (leftover Tamiya items) to hold it together rather than the kit supplied ones. 
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#2
12-08-2015, 04:18 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
The interior is well engineered and comes with the decals. The seatbelts are PE brass.
  
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#3
12-08-2015, 05:23 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
The instructions are a little hard to decipher, (images are sketchy and location call outs vague), until you get the parts in place and then they make more sense. Luckily the parts fit very well. The PE cam covers are a nice touch.
  
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#4
12-08-2015, 05:26 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
Some of the rear framework pieces did not fit as well as the rest has so far. I’ve run into the same type of fit issues regarding those parts with larger kits as well, (the AA McLaren comes to mind…)
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#5
12-09-2015, 10:51 AM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
Nice work. Is this 1/43? I remember having the 1/24 Monogram kit back in the 90's.
Jordan
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#6
12-09-2015, 04:12 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
It is 1/43rd. I still plan to do both versions of the Monogram kit someday too.
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#7
12-11-2015, 01:52 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
The Goodyear decals for the tires were funky and the lettering was crooked so I sourced new ones from my spares. The Eagles from the kit were OK.
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#8
12-12-2015, 02:52 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
I used Mica Silver for the main color and Light Gunmetal for the gray. I can’t tell how well the gray matches the decals so I might have to do a blend job after the decals are applied.
 
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#9
12-13-2015, 11:58 AM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
It is interesting that while the gray decal stripe is not metallic, or even the same shade as the light gunmetal paint I used, depending on the light it actually is a close visual match. But at the same time it is clearly off too. I already have a plan to address the discrepancy…
 
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#10
12-13-2015, 06:03 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
I blended the gunmetal paint over the gray decal stripes, applied the rest of the decals and clear coated the body.
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#11
12-17-2015, 11:21 AM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
The paint with clear looked fine until it cured and a divot appeared in the silver on the nose between the right front fender and the Olds emblem. (It looks like a bump in this photo, but it is a depression.)
 I sanded it smooth and blended in the silver, but before I reshot the clear I installed the canopy and last two decals that make the seal around it. 
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#12
12-18-2015, 06:56 PM
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Re: Oldsmobile Aerotech
The engine and cockpit have been mounted into the main body for the last time and most of the suspension is installed.
  
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