Eaglemoss 'Ready Player One' Delorean
1/8th Scale
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Missing bits?
There's A Way Around That!
Welcome back all!

Right then, as of a month or so back at this time of keyboard pounding,
I'd had enough of missing issues from Eaglemoss.
As of the last pack, money paid to EM and now a total of 9 issues from the past three deliveries nowhere to be seen.

Call to customer services and a very helpful chap assisted me in cancelling the subscription
and getting my money back in a very short time.

Result!

Said monies turned around and an order made to Eaglemoss France with sudden spare cash influx.

Because they had the issues in stock.

All issues up to 30 now in my hands.
Result again!

Go me!

So onward with the build.
This is just the suspension, frame, some piping and engine.
Not going mental with the detailing as it will really be unseen stuff so a basic
slap together with a smidgen of prettying up here and there.

Main engine parts assembled and a goodly slap over with some dark dirt wash.

Yeah, I know it's the automatic transmission box rather than the Manual one it should be.
I don't care.

Wash clean up.

Engine block and transmission given a dusting coat of Alclad light burnt metal and
pearlescent gold mixture because why not.

Didn't bother painting the water pipes black either,
didn't feel the need to.











Distributor leads on, put a small length of brass wire in the supplied black piping so they held shape.

Exhaust and piping fitted.

Timing belts and so on likewise.







Installed in frame.







Radiator and piping in place.



Tyres just push fitted on for now.



Now the main bulk of the effort on this thing will be the interior and exterior bodywork.

Time to dig out the spare part and beat it up.

As noted before, this thing has scratches, dents, dirt and bullet holes a plenty
so a bit of a practise run is called for.

The look I'm going for is like one can see in the screen cap below.

Pulled the spare wing/fender panel out of hiding and stripped it back to the plating again.

Much grinding/sanding/drilling violence got done unto it.

From there, a coat of Alclad and some matt varnish got thrown on.
Black and grey pastel chalk brushed on where appropriate.





And in natural daylight.

After a second varnish coat, satin this time and a touch over with a wire brush.







Staring to get there, a bit more effort to finesse the finish and i'll have something I can work with methinks!

More to come later folks.
You lot go easy out there now.
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