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Post by David Mitcham on Feb 7, 2018 7:50:52 GMT
Hi Thomas
I intend taking the carving as far as possible and hope I don't need to produce another master from a second generation resin casting. Time will tell and it may depend on how good the panel lines are when I scribe them.
I am guessing the high density foam you have is similar to the tooling board I use. I can recommend it for ease of use.
Best Regards
David
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Post by David Mitcham on Feb 19, 2018 6:43:33 GMT
It may not look like it but I have spent quite a lot of time on the Wolverine since the last progress report. Most of it has been on refining the overall shape; cutting back the area under the nose; cutting out the cockpit; putting in the panel lines; adding inlet ducts to the sides of the body; shaping the windscreen buck; and adding small protrusion on the tail panel. Next is a final sanding, adding a plinth underneath the body and an initial coat of primer. Best Regards David    |
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Post by tomato007 on Feb 19, 2018 9:36:53 GMT
This is a very interesting project developing better and better!
It will be interesting to see this body with a coating of primer.
Best regards
Thomas
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Post by Peter Seager-Thomas on Feb 20, 2018 16:24:35 GMT
Absolutely irrelevant, but the last picture but one looks like a late 30's to early 50's sports car, back to front.
I like the Wolverine, something very different, and I like David's thread on it, something very clear and informative.
As Thomas says, it will be good to see it in primer.
Peter.
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Post by David Mitcham on Feb 23, 2018 9:27:10 GMT
Stage 1 of the priming. I've applied two coats of primer - one in a dark grey and the second in a lighter grey. Doing this helps in sanding back rough areas as the underlying dark colour helps in assessing how much cutting back I've done. In fact there wasn't much to do and I applied a third coat this afternoon. Hopefully that will be all it needs. Best Regards David   |
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Post by David Mitcham on Feb 26, 2018 1:01:58 GMT
Here is the Wolverine after final priming and a little rubbing down with 1000 and 2000 grit wet and dry. Its now on its way to the excellent Mr Warren for moulding and casting. Best regards David     |
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Post by tomato007 on Feb 26, 2018 8:58:06 GMT
Nice looking shape! Congratulations!
Best regards,
Thomas
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Post by jblenoir on Apr 11, 2018 0:21:43 GMT
Looks amazing. Can't wait to get a copy.
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Post by David Mitcham on Apr 23, 2018 19:10:53 GMT
I now have three resin casts of the Wolverine from John Warren which have turned out much better than I anticipated thanks to John's expertise. My intention is to create new master from one of the casts after I've refined it a bit and then we'll produce some proper light weight shells. I have a couple of other projects to complete first though. The pictures below do tend to exaggerate the size of the front wings - they're not so dominant in reality. Best Regards David    |
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Post by David Mitcham on Oct 26, 2018 9:25:58 GMT
The Wolverine kits are now available from John Warren. John has worked wonders with moulding and casting as you can see below. Best Regards David    |
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Post by aquakiwi on Mar 2, 2019 21:10:30 GMT
Any progress on this build? I've started one and will post some images soon.
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Post by kalbfellp on Mar 2, 2019 22:53:02 GMT
Those guys waiting on decals ,the artwork is completed, but after waiting for some new Alps ribbons to arrive my old PC thst I use to drive the Alps ( Citizen) Printer has decided to give up.
Now rebuilding a “New” windows 98 PC to drive the printer.
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Post by red73mustang on Mar 6, 2019 19:14:42 GMT
Wow.............I am just in love with this Wolverine !!!
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Post by aquakiwi on Mar 8, 2019 0:29:44 GMT
Here's a question? I'm doing the maroon livery and have only found a couple of photographs. What i'd like to confirm is whether the windscreen covers the area in front of the cockpit or should the bulk of the vacuum formed (mr munters Kit) be painted in the body colour? Photos i have of the white paint job only show a tiny raised screen. Hope I'm making sense.
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Post by David Mitcham on Mar 10, 2019 9:05:07 GMT
The windscreen should be clear as supplied with the kit, as can be seen in the photographs at the beginning of this thread. The white car is a much later version and is different in several details to the original Can-Am car.
Regards
David
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