Saab 96 1969 1:24

Hi !

Because there are no saab 96 kit (as I know), I must scratch build whole car

As in my previous project, Lada 2112 1:24, I use copper and aluminium in the body. Saabs body shape is much more difficult than ladas because of its roundness. Luckily I found good blueprints.

Engine is aftermarket stuff, reji taunus v4 engine. It requires some changes, for example at gearbox , oiltank and airfilter.

And some pics...

Pictures are at least two weeks old so this projects have progressed a lot of, I have redesingnerd rear window area and saab allso have bumpers and grille now.

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Cant wait to see more of this one, great work so far!

Wow, this is great. I had thought about scratchbuilding one of these as well, since there's never been a model of one. You should get it resin cast for others to enjoy! Nice work. I remember these cars well when I was growing up. Great little beasts for attacking snow drifts.

Very interesting project, looking forward to more.

Very interesting project, looking forward to more.


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Great job so far !!!

wow... that bodywork is phenomenal, and what a great subject! i have always liked these cars, and the old "turtleback" Volvos, which i've always thought would make a killer hot rod. (http://volvology.livejournal.com/) i saw one of these saabs just the other day; it was in top-notch condition.

Amazing scratchbuilding!
The proportions of the body looks spot on !

Could you explain more in detail how you made the body ?

AMAZING WORK!
Do you think about making some resin copies of the model?

This is soooo amazing.
I loved the Lada. And I already love what you did with this build.

Awesome stuff !!

[quote=spede]Some updating. Now I have made all parts, and I just need to fix the body a bit and clean some parts.


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Hi,

very demanding scratchbuilding, interesting project.

Jens

Amazing scratchbuilding!
The proportions of the body looks spot on !

Could you explain more in detail how you made the body ?

I agree, please show us.

Thanks

Wow! Unusual and intersting subject...and techniques! I agree...wanna see more of the making of the body!

That is seriously impressive!!! Great work :)

Very impressive indeed! You have quite the unusual subject matters!!! I love that.

I can't even imagine scratchbuilding an entire body... And what about the glass? How have you done it on your previous models?

The first resin copy arrived just yesterday:bananasmi

Parts looks like very good, and there are just a few bubbles.

Someone was asking about my building methods and I would really tell but my english skills are just too limited..

There are about 80-90 parts with detailing set which includes engine and small chassis parts. The basic kit ( without engineroom parts and small chassis parts)includes 37 parts.





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The yellow stuff in body is putty that I used to fill air bubbles
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Clear parts are very thin stuff, as you can see from cm measure
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I want to buy one! Where can we purchase this resin kit?

Wow, that is stunning! You have some amazing skills there (especially considering your age).

How many hours did the body take to shape? You've made faster progress than I have with my Spyder!:eek:

GREAT!
Any chance to get a resin copy?

Amazing! Will you make this kit available? I want one too!

Great work. You are very talented. Bill

Another who would be interested in buying one!!!

I am interested too to buy some, but how to do that?

Jean-Francois

I would like to have one too............

Nice work!!!

Your name wouldnt by any chance be Guido(a.k.a. Scalekraft).It looks like his kind of stuff.Nice quality and strange subject matter.Keep up the good work
and make some kits!!

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs

Nice work!!!

Your name wouldnt by any chance be Guido(a.k.a. Scalekraft).It looks like his kind of stuff.Nice quality and strange subject matter.Keep up the good work
and make some kits!!

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs

Guido was in a bad hiking accident a few years ago in Belgium; he nearly died, and had a very long period of recovery, and has since stopped making patterns and resin. I believe he sold all/part of his business, but don't know for sure. He had to go back to his architecture profession. He lost some use of his hands :frown:

Guido was in a bad hiking accident a few years ago in Belgium; he nearly died, and had a very long period of recovery, and has since stopped making patterns and resin. I believe he sold all/part of his business, but don't know for sure. He had to go back to his architecture profession. He lost some use of his hands :frown:


Would you perhaps know who bought his business and if any of his stuff is available again? I was ready to buy some of his models but i was too late...

Would you perhaps know who bought his business and if any of his stuff is available again? I was ready to buy some of his models but i was too late...

I have no idea, sorry :frown:

Really cool. Let me know if you make this kit available.

My god man, that's brilliant! And you made it look so easy too!!! Great car, please let me know if you run off any more resin copies, I would love to buy one too. Cheers!

Fantastic work.

http://public.fotki.com/bugace/plastic-modelbuilding/wheels_plastic_whac/ccm-2008/

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