Author Topic: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab. (Read 2124 times)

Luthlan · « **on:** August 19, 2013, 01:17:48 pm »

Hello well I suppose I better introduce myself.. I'm Luthlan. I have 2 cats. (here's a pic) Mai Shiranui on the left, Sachin Tendulkat on the right.

My main hobby is building models. Mostly planes... see here..

and Here

but some times I like a change and build stuff like this..

I even had a go at sculpting lol

Who is she?

But anyway. I have always wanted to build a cab. So here goes!

Bought a coin door off a popular auction site for £30 came with a C120 coin mech, which was nice. What wasn't nice was the rust. It was covered in it. And a lot of the paint had lifted. So I Stripped it with paint stripper. Which kinda worked. The paint was very resistant and took a lot of wire brushing, sanding and scraping to get back to bare metal.

This is where I am at

More soon

Luthlan

blashyrk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2013, 10:56:20 am »

Hi, what kind of paint stripper did you use? Bought a used coin door myself, and its rusty as hell.

Typefighter01 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2013, 11:06:55 am »

Your model building skills look pretty tight, if you carry this level of attention over to your Taito style build, it should turn out great...good luck

Luthlan · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2013, 10:34:41 pm »

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

We have progress!

All finished.. The flash makes it look a bit patchy but I'm quite happy with the finish overall...

I'm off to buy some wood, screws and paint. update next week probably.

Cheers

Luthlan

Luthlan · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2013, 10:44:07 pm »

"Hi, what kind of paint stripper did you use? Bought a used coin door myself, and its rusty as hell."

Hi. I used Nitromors. It's probably as aggressive as you can get. It's evil stuff btw. Don't get any on your skin! (google it). I also used Kurust on the rust I couldnt wire brush off before I primed and painted it. I bought kurust from an auto shop. It's white. You brush it on the rust and the rust turns black.

blashyrk · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2013, 08:18:03 am »

Thanks, I got the paint off, started to sand the rust but it will take ages so im going for some rust remover

Jumpman64 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2013, 10:36:11 am »

Beautiful cats! Love the models, too. I'd like to build some WWII era planes one of these days. I look forward to seeing you progress on the cabinet.

sabreerbasAlpha · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2013, 01:47:11 pm »

Quote from: Jumpman64 on August 25, 2013, 10:36:11 am

Beautiful cats! Love the models, too. I'd like to build some WWII era planes one of these days. I look forward to seeing you progress on the cabinet.

Well I was going to make a ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- joke. But....

Good luck with this build. post your progress often mate..

UFO · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2013, 06:45:48 pm »

Models are great - used to do a lot of that myself in my younger days!

Good luck with the build - I'll be following...

Luthlan · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2013, 06:50:38 pm »

Thanks guys. No progress atm but I'm a bit worried no1 can tell me who the girl is I sculpted.

Luthlan · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2013, 07:01:39 pm »

She isn't great. but I will keep practising.


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