4th Annual 24 Hour Build Jan 16-17, 2010

[sarge]

I know Bobby, just messin around. I think I am going to go with the 32 Ford Highboy will get you info and a picture in later tonight Gary.

[Nacho Z]

I'm starting to get excited! Got my Porsche out and started taking a good look at her. How much can we do ahead of time.....something like 4 parts on the body so the glue can dry??

[scottvs]

The Michigan group got bigger today by 2 more guys so now we are up to Me , Tim , Mike, Jerry ( anew guy), Ronand Don but he can't stay all night

[The Mad Modeller]

Yes John you can only glue 4 parts to the body. I am so ready for this. Will and I are driving to TN on Thurs night to get Jamie. Food is all planned out. Paint is ready. Room is clean. Anti spill paint cups are out.

[Gary Kulchock]

Jan 11, 2010 22:37:12 GMT -5 scottvs said:

The Michigan group got bigger today by 2 more guys so now we are up to Me , Tim , Mike, Jerry ( anew guy), Ronand Don but he can't stay all night

The bigger the better! Can you get me a list of what each modeler will be building so I can update the main site?

This is going to be great!

We are up to 21 Modelers now. You guys rock!

[The Mad Modeller]

Im doing my best to round up builders Gary.

[wtsf150]

Bobby i got mine ready i will be doing the 1981 Ford Thunderbird that Benny Parsons drove for Bud Moore with Melling sponsership Oh yeah thanks for the invite too Bobby
Willie

[scottvs]

Gary the first thing I'm going to do is get pictures of the guys and post them along with there builds they plan on doing. like I did last year.

[The Mad Modeller]

Im ready. Will and I have a roadtrip to TN on Thurs night, 24hr Build on Sat and then a roadtrip to TN on Mon. Doesnt get better than that.

[Gary Kulchock]

Jan 12, 2010 21:45:36 GMT -5 scottvs said:

Gary the first thing I'm going to do is get pictures of the guys and post them along with there builds they plan on doing. like I did last year.

Sounds great. I'll be waiting for them.

[Nacho Z]

24 HOURS UNTIL THE 24 HOURS!!!!! ;D

Hey Gary check out the time of the post ;D

[Gary Kulchock]

Jan 15, 2010 12:00:07 GMT -5 Nacho Z said:

24 HOURS UNTIL THE 24 HOURS!!!!! ;D

Hey Gary check out the time of the post ;D

Show off!

[Gary Kulchock]

I'm getting to bed early guys. Long day tomorrow. ;D

[sarge]

Guys I got put on 12 hr shifts starting Monday, gonna spend some time with the family. Sorry

[Gary Kulchock]

Sorry to hear that Tom, but family time is good. Check in on us now and then.

[sarge]

Looks to me like you guys are doing more drinking than building. ;D Good thing I am not there two of those Guinness and I would be done before it got dark.......Yeah my wife calls me a cheap date..

[scottvs]

The Michigan guys are done . We ended with 4 guys and 5 completed builds . Our new comer Jerry did 2 this year

[coopdad]

Pictures, pictures, pictures, pictures, pictures, pictures, pictures, pictures, PLEASE.
Oh yea, and get some sleep after.
John

[racepics]

Here is a link to the Michigan guys! Thanks to Scott for hosting us again this year. BTW
Scott took the pics!!

s164.photobucket.com/albums/u28/scottsmodels/24%20hr%20build%202010/

[The Mad Modeller]

The Sninnston Crew all got thier builds done. You can se all pics here: public.fotki.com/gkulchock/

[wtsf150]

Hey all i didnt get to finish but i tried i wanted to see if i could knock out 2 builds but didnt quite do it got close though but that dont count had a blast doin it too saw some very nice builds come out of this i couldnt belive some of the work you guys did in a short time for stuff to dry and what not nice work to all
Willie

[Gary Kulchock]

OK all you 24 hour build participants. Let's get some photo's posted.

I'll start it out with my Rommel's Rod turned into, "Der Bavarian Hillbillies Truck". I was just going to build a weathered Rommel's Rod, 41 years later. A nice faded and rust job would have worked nicely. Ferrari Chip Wamsley had a better idea and I ran with it.

I still need to add a lot of Bavarian junk in it, but you get the idea. This will make a nice companion for my Beverly Hillbillies Truck.

The back of the Rommel's Rod was removed and replaced with the deck, bench and side-rails from the Beverly Hillbillies truck. Front wheels and white wall tires also replaced the stock Rommel units.


The back of the passenger compartment was scratch-built using parts from the Hillbilly truck. Lots of superglue filler here. The barrels are from the Monogram beer wagon.


The underneath was kept pretty simple but I did replace the rear end with the one from the Jo-han 1934 Mercedes 500K.


The low detail Rommel's Rod engine was chucked. A more detailed Jo-han Mercedes 500K engine was used. I also lifted the Mercedes radiator cap from the same kit.


The 1 piece rear tracks of the Rommel's rod was replaced with shortened more detailed units from the 1/35th Revell Marder 1 A3 kit.


Thanks for looking. Now let's see yours.

[The Mad Modeller]

Here is my build.


Testors One Coat Lime Light with Dupont clear. Over all a very nice kit. Went together well with no fit issues. Only problem was very crappy decals. The top ones would not lay down for anything. Replaced kit rotors with rotors and calipers from UT Porsche kit. PE pedals and rear licsence plate.

[The Mad Modeller]

Gary. Whats the date for 2011? Shinnston crew already has a theme for next year. We are building a car that raced in "24 Hrs of LeMans or 24 Hrs of Daytona". Got my kit picked out already.

[Gary Kulchock]

Jan 18, 2010 22:04:38 GMT -5 The Mad Modeller said:

Gary. Whats the date for 2011? Shinnston crew already has a theme for next year. We are building a car that raced in "24 Hrs of LeMans or 24 Hrs of Daytona". Got my kit picked out already.

That's great theme Bobby. That theme was how this whole build got started over 4 years ago. I can't speak for the other guys in the Morgantown crew, but I'll stick with that theme and build the same.

As far as the date, I would like to move the build to 2 weeks later, noon Saturday, Jan. 29th 2011 to noon Sunday, Jan 30th 2011.

My reason:, this will place the build during the Rolex 24 hour race at Daytona.

Let's have some input from the other guys building so we can set the date.

[ferrarichip]

The ACME guys in Georgia build during the Rolex 24, its still in a slow time of the year and the weather should be the same. As for a race car that works for me as that's what I build; however, we might lose some folks

[The Mad Modeller]

Everyone doesnt have to do the theme. We just decided to do that theme next year. Date sounds good to me.

[Gary Kulchock]

Your right Chip. We will no twist anyones arm and say you must build a Lemans car. We want you to build whatever your comfortable with. We just want you to build!

[racepics]

Can we do something from the 24hrs of Nurburgring Also?

[z24dude]

Date sounds good to me as well, and I am trying to decide what car to build.