Pete's Grille Challenge 5.Ford F100 Wildcat, 41 Plymouth, 64 Ford Thunderbolt, 67 Chevelle updates

catching up with the challenge entries.
Robert at RB Modeworks Torino grille ‪@bigchef2112‬
Trevor at Monster Hobbies 55 chevy
Eduardo at 125rods hot knife grille ‪@smithgroove945‬
John at moparnut ,41 Plymouth coupe ‪@moparnut6286‬
Ted at modelcarmadness 64 Ford Thunderbolt ‪@modelcarmadness5119‬
Seamus at seamybmw Ford F100 Wildcat ‪@seamybmw‬
Skip at ‪@skip-o-maticsmodelmania5774‬
Tim at
Old Tom
G.I. mechanics ‪@gi_mechanicsscalemodeling‬
Kyle RKD modelworks ‪@kyledehartsscaleworks‬
#amt #modelcars #scratchbuilding #revell #scalemodels #lindberg #monogram #matchbox #grilles #detailingmodel

[@oliviagames23]

Amazing video my friend, happy new year. new friend here.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thank you very much. Happy New Year 🎉👍. I've looked at your channel. Do you build model kits🤔?

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Grilles, grilles and more grilles. Great work my friend

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Each one had a different challenge, Steve. 😀Ways of supporting them as I cleared them out tested my little grey cells🤔 and the 41 Plymouth is like a filigree earring and extremely fragile so I've reinforced that with a stretched sprue framework on the rear🤓. I'm finishing this lot off with a tamiya 1/35th Chieftain tank🤣👍

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Thats the beauty of our hobby. Grilles in the morning and tanks after tea LOL Happy modelling my friend

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite Its the only one I've used a dremel on. It's an old motorised model and the 'styrene ' was about 3 mm thick before I saw any of the shadow lines of the grille😧. Hours of hard labour🤣🤣

[@AmateurScaleModelBuildi-lj3so]

Incredible, who woulde thought that was possible

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

It's just a matter of taking your time and using hand tools carefully.👍🤓 If you have an old or spare grille from something try it.👍 The videos in this series show how and what I've done.🤔 Thanks for watching and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓

[@AmateurScaleModelBuildi-lj3so]

​@@petesmodelcarcustoms584alright then, I'll try!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@AmateurScaleModelBuildi-lj3so I'm glad to hear it 👍😃. I'm a normal person,2arms,legs hands and fingers. All I've done is push myself to do better. I do not accept 'It is,what it is!' as a justification for me not trying. Every time I look at a model,car,plane or tank,I take that as a starting point. The companies that make models do their best to make a reasonable representation of the item at an economic cost. With a bit of research and modelling skills,I want to make it into a more accurate model. The Corsair kit you have,I know there are detail upgrades for its cockpit,wings and undercarriage, made from resin and etched brass. Much like people are buying 3D printed engines for cars. Plus many books,other people's builds on yt and Google photos,which all would help you make a better model of it. All kits are the same,whatever scale,they are just shaped, blobs of styrene. Good luck and best wishes from jolly old England👍😎 Pete 🤓

[@skip-o-maticsmodelmania5774]

Nice update Pete. I might try that wet paper towel trick.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I'm getting new ideas as I'm trying the different types of grille Skip 👍

[@Jeffsmodelgarage]

Nice work Pete hope your Christmas was great cheers

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Cheers Jeff. I have very quiet Christmas's. My brother's place is mayhem😉. Hope you had a good one too and best wishes for the New Year 👍🎅😎Pete 🤓🎅

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

Awesome Pete ❤

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

For myself,I'm really enjoying what I've done and learnt from doing the different types👍🤔😃. I am a bit disappointed at how few people are having a go😧. I Hope you have had a great feast and good time with your family and hope you can look positively to the New Year 👍🎅😎Pete 🤓🎅

[@Insomniamodelcars]

Nice idea with the wet paper towel.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

It seems each different grille needs it's own way of being supported 🤔I've tried to show each way I've used

[@hortonshotrodshop2003]

Merry Christmas.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Merry Christmas, Phil 👍🎅ho🎅ho🎅ho.and to all your family. Best wishes for the New Year 👍🎅😎Pete 🤓🎅

[@dvdw_graphics_crafts]

Nice see-thru grille! yields more 3 dimensionality!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thanks. They've varied in difficulty but have been enjoyable to do 👍. Thanks for watching and best wishes for the New Year 👍

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

I just got "sucked in" to the Christmas joy. I have Wednesday the 27th off, so I'll try and get back on it then...maybe try it tomorrow after work if I'm up to it. I was also working on those "drop in" wooden windows for Natie's Garage, trying to make the popsicle sticks interlock and sorting out the notches needed.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Do have wooden matches in Canada. I found extra long cooking matches are very handy. Hope the store you are working in stocks them👍

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584Our store doesn't, but the Dollar Store next door does.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage they tend to be about 1.5 mm square,which is pretty handy but they might need a light sanding as can be rather rough cut for model finish👍😃

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 for sure!

[@ramblers69]

Nice work Pete, it's full holiday season here, no bench time at all, kids, grandkids, you know what I'm talking about, 😎👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

You should see Bob's place at Christmas. He has enough grandchildren for a football team 🤣🤣. Merry Christmas, Grandpa 👍and best wishes for the New Year 👍😃

[@stig800]

Wow that’s great work . Definitely will have a go on my next build. Happy new year Pete 👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Cheers Bob. The Plymouth has been the hardest to do. I've just finished the second half😥. But they are very satisfying once completed👍😀

[@gi_mechanicsscalemodeling]

Hopefully you had a Merry Christmas Pete! I am trying to find the grille I want to do and I will post something by mid week.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thanks,that's really good news👍😀.I'm having a lot of fun and it's very satisfying to do. I hope you're having a great Christmas and look forward to seeing you post a vid. I really am trying to get experienced modellers,like you, to encourage people who maybe are novices or less experienced, to try something new and a bit challenging👍🤔😃. Merry Christmas and best wishes from jolly old England 👍🎅😎Pete 🤓🎅

[@moparnut6286]

Your 41 grille looks awesome!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@moparnut6286 that really was a hard one ,John 😧👍😃

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Don't forget,I haven't been specific about where the grille comes from. The real theme is developing hand skills and details. The grille can come from anywhere ,in any scale👍😀😉

[@bigchef2112]

They’re looking good Pete. Hope you had a great day. I’m going to pull out a 69’ Torino cobra grill as well.👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Robert, Merry Christmas 👍🎅. I'm learning a whole lot over the last few days and having a lot of fun. I am a bit surprised and disappointed that more people haven't shown any interest in doing this though. 😧. No wonder hand skills are declining 😧😟

[@bigchef2112]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 far too often I’ve relied on the “latest tool” to do a job. But your right, the innovation that came out of the 60’s-80’s is waning as there’s not new generations behind us taking up the hobby. Plus, I see it all the time, builders want instant results, and they’re just not patient enough for an exercise like this.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@modelcarmadness5119]

Man that 41 Plymouth must have been a hard one. I guess if you can open that one Iight have been able to do the 40 and 32 Fords that i already finished. I was afraid to try them when I was building the cars.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I've showed the 40 I've done,Ted. When I tried doing a 32,a couple of years ago,it collapsed on me. I don't bother doing those types anymore.😧.. I've added a correcting an error idea for the next video and rubbed too far through the Chevelle one. As I thought that might happen to someone new trying this and don't want people to totally give up if they do something like that,or like 125rods want to try to repair what they have done🤔

[@modelcarmadness5119]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 yea, I saw your 40, that was a deluxe and I know how hard those side had to be. Mine was a standard, which is like a 39 deluxe. Ok, guess I won't try a 32!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@modelcarmadness5119 I'll give you another tip. Imagine 2 fine toothed haircombs. Space them,parallel, 2 inches apart and fix them,standing upright with prongs stood up. Maybe into parallel saw cuts in a block of wood and epoxied in,with the prongs lined up to each comb. This is hard to explain in words, so look for a drawing in my pad in a future vid. But continuing, if prongs are lined up,evergreen strip can be laid into gaps in combs,bridging the 2 combs. At 90 degrees,glue another strip bridging the other strips, near each comb and you should have a row of strip equally spaced by comb prongs forming a grille to replace a fine moulded grille for a deuce grille.Merry Christmas 🎅👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I've just checked some images of 40 standard and deluxe.🤓 You might well be able to clear the standard grille if you're careful following the radius of the arc👍🤔😀. I would certainly consider having a go👍😎

[@modelcarmadness5119]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 I'd have to take back out of the finished car, but maybe one of these days I'll give it a shot

[@seamybmw]

Excellent work on the Chevy grille have a few other larger 1/16 scale builds coming up in the new year witch those grilles will be cleared out hope you had a nice Christmas 👍👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Good luck with the Seamy 👍😀 best wishes for the New Year 👍😎

[@DB.scale.models]

Well, Pete, i will do one. M60 ,M48, ? Lol GMC 1985

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Doug. I was saying the same thing to my brother,a few days ago,that I hadn't been specific about where the grille comes from. He does mainly military models on his channel and I don't care whether it comes from a galleons cabin skylight,a tank,a jet intake grille,whatever you want. The theme is improving details and hand skills. If people assume it's only cars that is because they live in an echo chamber that only includes cars,which really has been the cause of the problem. Do whatever you want and how many you want,in whatever scale you want aswell😃👍😉. 🎅😎Pete 🤓🎅

[@MuttModeler]

Hope you had a merry Christmas Peter What a great idea for a challenge super cool, and the grills you have completed are amazing

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I have very quiet Christmas's Craig, with a couple of friends. thank you for the kind wishes. I'm hoping to promote hand skills in modelling in an age where people are getting over-reliant on computers then come unstuck as they don't have basic modelling skills to do anything with them if it's not tailor

[@kyledehartsscaleworks]

Looking good Pete! Working on one of mine right at the moment. Got a couple. 59 Impala and I believe a 69 Mustang maybe.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Can you post vids of what and how you did what you do. The point of this is to encourage less skilled modelmakers and show techniques for people to learn from . I've just ruined one to show how to fix it

[@kyledehartsscaleworks]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 I will Pete. I touch in I briefly in what I filmed earlier but I’ll show more with the next update. I scraped a bit too much and broke through a bit but I’m going to savage it. Should’ve went to the soft sanding stick sooner.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Oh ,I didn't get a link notice to that so haven't seen it

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@kyledehartsscaleworks that sounds good ,Kyle. It's our Christmas gift to the car modelling community 👍🎅ho🎅ho🎅ho

[@kyledehartsscaleworks]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 haven’t had time to get it uploaded yet. Got busy. Going to work on getting up now. I’ll tag you