1/9 Crocker

[rondriaan]

My new toy for the coming months


After quite a few hours most of it sorted for the start.


Been drilling for an hour this afternoon, some holes slightly deepened and a few drilled through so if all is well the primer can be applied.
Eerste serie onderdeeltjes voor het motoblok, volgen nog meer in latere stappen van het bouwplan.


Parts that need to be drilled in and on.


And done.


First part put together the distribution, a solid fight on the square centimeter.










The photo above contains a PE shield with the name of the distributor, you can hardly see it 1/1 let alone in its place in the frame


Mudguards and tank cleaned and already had some filler, parts suffer from some pitting. (holes)



And made a jig so that the paint job is a bit safer. Plastic rod will be replaced with copper if I find something.

[mustang1989]

WOW!!! That’s some small stuff you’re working with in the Ignition distributor and that nameplate puts the cherry on top of it. What colors are you working with on the distributor Ron?

[tcoat]

[rondriaan]

Mar 31, 2023 9:25:01 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Great, laughing me crazy

[rondriaan]

Mar 31, 2023 9:14:22 GMT -5 mustang1989 said:

WOW!!! That’s some small stuff you’re working with in the Ignition distributor and that nameplate puts the cherry on top of it. What colors are you working with on the distributor Ron?

No colors on it yet Joe, hope to throw some paint on next week.

[mustang1989]

I hear ya Ron. Looking forward to more brother.

[martslay]

WOW!

[chromdome35]

Is this plastic or metal, looks like metal in the pictures.

Can't wait to see what you do with this!

[Mence]

Absolutely rate MFH kits, I have their 1/12 Ferrari GTO, too scared to start it!

[rondriaan]

Mar 31, 2023 14:21:51 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

Is this plastic or metal, looks like metal in the pictures.

Can't wait to see what you do with this!

Its a multimedia kit 2parts Resin and the rest metal

[rondriaan]

Mar 31, 2023 14:41:16 GMT -5 Mence said:

Absolutely rate MFH kits, I have their 1/12 Ferrari GTO, too scared to start it!

I know what you feel Mence I I had the same problem but gathered all my courage and made a start. Just take your time and it will work itself out

[Tobi]

Mar 31, 2023 12:46:00 GMT -5 martslay said:

WOW!

What he said!

[rondriaan]

Still a bit difficult to capture those metal colors But almost all parts for the engine block are in the paint now so I can start putting it together. There are still some spots on the distributor I saw in the photo but luckily they will get another color so I can still update.

There are still some spots on the distributor but I can still get rid of them because they will get another color.

[rondriaan]

Oops the photos are a litlle big

Just one pic thats almost the correct side of the model part, on my monitor its stil a bit to large

[tcoat]

[mustang1989]

Such a detailed build. This is sho nuff eye candy right here Ron. Looks like you've got your hands full but also know that you'll kick out a good product in the end. Looking forward to more updates buddy.

[keavdog]

What fantastic project! I've only seen the price tags on these kits so I'm anxiously following along to see the details and your build.

[m1keh]

Amazing looking kit.

[rondriaan]

Thanks for the responses, it's still being worked on, but it's not going that fast at the moment. Soon I will post some pictures of the engine block and real artwork

[rondriaan]

Actually still nothing shocking to report but a lot of work that you don't see.
What's been done a little lately,
Engine block 90% ready.
Rims and axles 90% ready, still spokes.
Had sprayed the frame but was not satisfied with it (not sprayed tight enough) so again stripped.
Mudguards and tank were given some putty and polished.
Again a lot of parts ready for their final layer.

It's more work than I expected on this kit, but when it's ready I'll enjoy it.

[mustang1989]

And the progress resumes!!! Great to have you back and awesome to see this one in action again Ron. The details in this kit are mind blowing.

[rondriaan]

Yes, it doesn't go as fast as I would like it to. But I learn to be patient now, something I'm not used to :-)

[noname]

Man I've never seen these before. It looks like your building a miniature real bike without a running engine. I'm sure that will be a thing some day. LOL No seriously, it probably will.

[rondriaan]

Apr 22, 2023 13:06:41 GMT -5 noname said:

Man I've never seen these before. It looks like your building a miniature real bike without a running engine. I'm sure that will be a thing some day. LOL No seriously, it probably will.

You never know about that engine hahaha.


+/- 155 parts (almost as much as an Italeri 1/9 Harley) the engine block hangs in the frame. Was a little worried about the fit of some parts, but so far no problem with drilling a larger hole. The only downside of this and probably the other kits is that they don't give dimensions of the holes to be drilled and lengths of wiring and a few other things.

[tcoat]

Are there little tiny brass sleeves in those compression fittings? They look like they should have little tiny brass sleeves.

[Steve Zuleski]

I'm looking forward to seeing the spokes done, interesting stuff!

[406 Silverado]

The detailing on this build is just mind blowing Ron. Down to the lines and fittings and then with the future addition of the spokes. This is going to be a true head turner when it's all said and done. WOW!! Looking VERY much forward to the next update.

[noname]

cool stuff!. really liking the red Crocker emblem.

[rondriaan]

Thanks guys for the responses.
The work that is coming up now is priming and final layer of Aclad.

[406 Silverado]

Apr 29, 2023 4:41:11 GMT -5 rondriaan said:

Thanks guys for the responses.
The work that is coming up now is priming and final layer of Aclad.

Definitely looking forward to that Ron!!!