Adam Savage Paints and Weathers the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Model Kit!
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- Adam catches up on the Eaglemoss Ghostbusters Ecto-1 model kit with the intricate engine assembly. In this condensed build update, he guides us through his painting and weathering process, using a mix of oil washes and rub-n-buff wax highlights to make this scale model look like a beat-up and grimy piece of 50s machinery!
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I have two versions of the car in 1\18 by Mattel, I love the film seen it many times, and I mean many times. Pity about the turd one , sorry dad pun. But the Cadillac is a V8 not a V12 as they couldnt see any use of continuing with the V12 of engines after WW2, as they were marinised and used in the PT boats during the war. #PT109 most famous for its commander.
Valve covers Savage, valve covers.
Adam please don't delete your live stream videos. I feel I have missed parts of this build
Random question do you watch jacksepticeye
Make sure the shocks, transmission and rear-end look new or newer. Ray said he had to replace those parts!
If he replaced them with junkyard transmission and rear end, then maybe not? Shocks, almost certainly,
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@@fergusontea As a mechanic you generally try to clean even used parts. Makes installing them better. He might not have cleaned them to the point of restoration but IMHO would still not look like they have been in the same place since 1959.
@@user-neo71665 It was Ray - not a mechanic. He fixed/replaced them. Who knows what he did! (Yeah - I know.....it's fictional...allow me my vices)
@@ChristopherCobra Have your vices but the time the movie came out Ray woulda been the same age if not older than my dad (Dan Aykroyd is actually 2 years older in real life). That puts him as a teen in the muscle car years. Most teen males back then worked and hopped their cars up. Dad wound up being a mechanic for 40 years with no formal training. I learned how to work on cars from him so I still stand by what I said. Hell I'm a licensed electrician and still teaching my 12 y/o and 4 y/o how to tinker and hop up engines. My oldest first car is a 59 gmc he is restoring sitting on a 84 olds delta 88 chassis with a ls1 under the hood. My 4 y/o wants my nova so I guess I gotta detune it and start to work on my 50 buick.
You know Tamiya makes kits specifically for this but your brainstorming of ideas to paint 5 different ways all at once and not worry about mixing chemicals is... inspiring. Im always looking for new weathering techniques, especially old car engines, so Im going to put this in my favs for later.
Wow Adam I used to build plastic models for years and I'm blown away by how detailed you weathered that.
You should try to film an episode with a "go pro" on your forehead, so we can see the project from your perspective hehe it would be great
awesome idea!
Given how much Adam moves, I think that would cause a lot of motion sickness :)
They make chest mounts as well, maybe that would be a slight improvement to your great idea?
it would be like blair witch project
Even a camera on the workbench pointed directly at the piece would be good
I wish I owned the "Band-Aid" store in your neighborhood.
Bergeon makes a nice set of mini screwdrivers and tweezers..
As a mechanic, im holding back my terminology corrections for adam. because i love him ofcourse
Same, but doesn't mean I'm not correcting him in my head. Engine looks great though
I'm so sad and disappointed with Eaglemoss that they won't ship to Canada, I really wanted the BTTF DeLorean and this.
Just finished my own much simpler and cheaper ecto-1. I like it alot.
In a Vader voice....I find your lack of car knowledge disturbing......lol
Head gasket covers?? LOL
Head gasket cover? V12?
Adam's not exactly a gearhead is he?
That's ok. Nobody can know everything. Keep it up Adam.
v8 adam, v8! :D anyway, great job as usual!
and Head Gasket cover? should be valve cover... Adam's definately not a mechanic,
@@ravenbarsrepairs5594 they were some pretty cringe moments gotta be honest hahaha
I always thought Adam was in to cars after seeing his Land Cruiser, maybe not.
@@jessies9081 you'd be wrong
@@shredBucketheadshred Yea, I guess the 8 plugs were a giveaway. Is the manifold accurate for the period?
I just want to take a moment to say that I loved you on Mythbusters, but I love you so much more as a Maker. It's obvious that you take a great deal of joy in all of your work, but when you're making, you just light up. It's inspiring and uplifting to see a person care so much about their art. Thank you for this channel and for continuing to share your creative spirit with us, especially now when so many of us are struggling to find joy and peace.
A sign that he is following his calling!
ControllerTape I totally agree
Linda Muvic what the f are you talking about? It reads absolutely genuine...you have the issue...
Oops sorry wrong post, Im a big fan too, again my apologies.
Linda Muvic aw no problem, it happens....takes a big person to reply, thank you xx
When Adam is doing weathering, he sometimes sounds like Bob Ross
Happy grime
Now lets get some umber and make Happy little rust streaks right here! That's it - just relax and let the weathering take you away.
Here’s a better quality video explaining the same techniques: th-cam.com/video/FttK6VZWwUk/w-d-xo.html
The exhaust manifolds would not be grey on an old engine. They would be rusty cast iron.
The distributor cap should be GM blue as well but he's not finished yet.
I was wondering if he was going to wing it or spend time looking up old engines. He also says v12 when I thought they were a 6.3 v8. Yea yea semantics
@@Scrapla1 Especially when there's 9 wires on the distributor... it's pretty obviously a V8.
@@Scrapla1 I was wondering what engine it really came with. I'm kinda sad he misspoke though, a V12 Caddy would be sawweeeeet!
@@mguay001 They did make V12 Cadillacs but I believe they stoped making them because of the war effort (WW2) and never made them since.
"Valve cover" Adam...
Darian Dare Ya Wasmer The calve cover and head are one part of the model
Every time he said "head gasket cover" I died a little inside.
@@tjburke79 Looking at my kit unopened right now... the "Valve Cover" is separated from the head on the kit. If I could share a picture, I would.
Rocker covers you mean
No, I mean Valve Cover.
Not gonna lie, you're like the Bob Ross of building things. Hell, i'd LOVE to meet you one of these days.
The gearhead in me keeps flinching when he calls valve covers cylinder heads lol
Cylinder Heads, Head Gasket Covers.. Yeesh! >_
@@timp.211 True, I'll even give him slack for calling a V8 a V12 😂
And I *think* at one point (when he decided to add a little red), he called the Dist a 'dipstick box'? Might just be crappy audio, though. xD
@@timp.211 you mean the coil spark cover? 🤣
Possibly ?_?. Couldn't see *what* he was actually painting, but the general location and what he said starting with a 'd' sound, lead me to think Dist, being mistakenly called Dipstick Box. >_<
He should really give some better close-ups for detailed things like this. Kinda hard to see the results of his touted techniques, on such small things, with the camera being a few feet away.
Adam, they are "valve covers." Not head gasket covers. Cylinder heads could be considered "head gasket covers" lol. Luv ya man.
bollocks
On a Cadillac those are valve covers. ;) They do however have gaskets!
“Engine blocks” contain cylinders. “Heads” contain valves. “Valve covers” cover valves. “Gasket covers” are not a thing. That’s how it is in ‘Merica.
v6 The Jimmu. Yeah. Who wants a smaller lighter engine with more torque.
v6 The Jimmu wrong. They're valve covers. Calling them the incorrect name is wrong. Thinking otherwise shows foolishness. Thinking pushrods don't also still have their place is also foolishness and ignorance.
All of us that love these old professional cars thank you for calling it a Miller Meteor.
@Please Complete All Fields Originally Miller and Meteor were two different companies. They were purchased by Wayne-Divco and merged in 1956 to form Miller-Meteor. Cadillac delivered Chassis with front sheetmetal to Miller-Meteor, everything else was hand fabricated. The exact model used for Ecto-1 was a Futura Duplex.
Kit looks awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing more of this build in the future.
When the time comes to wire and plumb that V12 engine, don't worry if 4 spark plugs are missing. That's normal :D :D
Lol i cringed alittle not gonna lie
"the head, the head... Head Gasket Cover!" ahem... VALVE cover ;) lol
Ben A or rocker covers, tappet covers
I probably would have *started* with a factory correct Georgian Blue on the block, heads, and intake. The valve covers, air cleaner, and oil pan would have been the same Georgian Blue, and the exhaust manifolds silver. However, this is still a fantastic how-to.
"No not that dab" , lmao
How many Dabs are there, one, two, three. Three dabs for me 😁
The last dab
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"A happy little gaskethead, and he's got a little friend... You know what? Let's go with some black!"
If you put a Mic closer to your tools we could also hear the brushing and the painting! It would remind us of how we'd hear Bob Ross painting.
So calming!! 💗💗💗
Adam, THANK YOU SO MUCH for telling me about Rub’n’Buff! I’m using it to make the grain of my TeleCaster kit guitar pop. Progress to date (Monday April 20, 2020) may be found here: www.deviantart.com/tygerstryke/gallery/73115294/the-dragoncaster
Sadly, I did not get a good image of the headstock pre-cut, but c'est la vie, no?
"Head gasket cover". I love how every time I watch your videos I learn tons of new terms, theories, strategies, etc. but for the first time I'm like "Woah! that's called a valve cover". I finally know a little more on a subject matter than Adam :P
Apparently Adam isn't a car guy since he keeps calling valve covers head gasket covers.
Adam probably knows this by now; the ecto - 1 model kit that was stop because eaglemoss went under is being released by fanhome and he can resubscribe to where he left off to Finnish the build, and not back from issue 1
Thank you for returning to this Ecto-1 build, Adam .. 👍
Ah I enjoyed the close-ups at the end. Adam, maybe consider some silver on the wing nut for the air filter? Wing nuts are rarely black colored, IMO.....
Wing nuts are also rarely brand new?
I can almost hear our grandpa saying, "Adam, someday, this awl will be yours!"
"head gasket cover" and "v12" lol guess Adam doesn't know much about engines. Weird.
i don't know about griming up the oil filter.....i mean that's usually the one part i always noticed was cleaner than any other part of the under engine when i worked as an oil change tech.
Just a thought, but what about using some real oil on there maybe it would even give it a smell of an old engine too.
$40 a month? Thats crazy
Yep; $960 for all the complete build. Admittedly, I'm an old fart, but that's close to what my first actual car cost (yes, it was used, but still...).
Well can't see anything at flash speed and from 6ft away, my engine will be hear next cant wait .
So sad Eaglemoss went bankrupt and this model will never be finished.
In high school I built a kit of the Millennium Falcon and used rust that I sanded off an old cast iron kettle for detail.
how about an overhead camera angle? it would be much easier for you to put stuff up to the camera that you want us to focus on such as tiny parts
If i were you i would have made it an RC car with a camera inside so i could drive it with a VR headset.
9 spark plug caps because eight are for the V8 engine along with one for the ignition coil?
@2:32 You said it was a V-12 engine. I believe they only came with a 6.4 V-8 engine for that year (1959). The last time they used V-12's from before the war.
Edit : Your's looks like the 6.4 but I could be mistaken. Nice job on the detail work.
Considering it only came with 8 connectors on the distributor, I'm guessing it's the V8.
Valve cover not cylinder head 😂
I love how it seems he knows very little about car engines😂😂😂 no hate tho. Great videos he puts out
this model is going to be awesome when done, You are prob one of the few who can make an Eaglemoss employee want to have your version rather than their own
:)
Better come back in 3 years if my math is correct. Its a monthly subscription box where you only get a tiny portion at a time.
Yeah it will take some time for sure.....i believe Adam hinted that he is trying to get the parts early in an earlier video.
@@macwhirterfg I just noticed that they did a preview video on this kit at NYCC.
I am doing this build and there is an option to get two deliveries a month instead of one, I started after Adam but am now caught up. That should halve the time, although current circumstances are slowing deliveries somewhat.
yee, this video suuure make's you appreciate camera work
Adam has to be channeling Bob Ross with his weathering
Adam, Thanks - I really like how you break the rules when it comes to finishing - are those artists paints? BTW - It's a V8 390 CI. It only looks like a V12 because of the funky tri-headers. www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/390-cadillac-engine-motor-good-running-condition.1013714/
Man - I have really wanted to do one of these monthly subscription models. The end result is museum quality (especially in your hands). But they are pricey! I think I may send you all a package - but I have to build the piece first.
Knowing when to stop applying weathering is an art unto itself.
The tweezers and scissors you get in a dissection kit you can pick up at your local college bookstore are freakin AWESOME!!
You must have the last remaining supply of Floquil paints around. I miss this stuff! Do you have plans for an alternate once you run out?
Exhaust manifold is not rusted enough. They are usually cast iron. And this car lived in NY. So nearly 0 shine on them... that is unless the manifold is Aluminum!
Also get some small (.22 cal BB's) and put 1 or 2 in each paint jar to act as an agitator. Did this will all my Testors and Vallejo paints but with standard BB's cause the jars a smaller.
how long will it take before we see the whole car finished?
If he's working with his most recent subscription delivery...almost 3 years. There are 141 "issues" total, and you get 4 per month.
It's really triggering me how he keeps calling the valve covers "head gasket covers" & "cylinder head covers."
So Adam doesn’t know the details of a v8. Doesn’t matter, I wish I was having as much fun as he is. Awesome job.
Just to answer the question that I had: This kit is 141 "issues", which come 4 per month at $10.90+$2.45 shipping ($13.35) per issue. That's $53.40/mo for right about 3 years. Factoring in that the first two issues are just $1.95 with free shipping, all told this model will set you back $1857.00, provided you don't feel the need to paint any of the parts (and don't already have the paint on hand). However, there's a swtich on the dash to turn on the headlights, the brake lights come on when you press the brake pedal, and from the photos it looks like the windows roll down using the handles. It's an insanely detailed model.
Not really happy about the strangely convoluted pricing they seem to have going on. Maybe they figured the sticker shock will scare people away. It's certainly a great and detailed model but I'm wondering how many people will pay for the full thing. At least you can pay what you want and just go for pieces i suppose.
@@gravityisweak I agree that it seems like they've deliberately obfuscated the total cost. You have to head to the bottom of the page to the FAQs and then click another button to show hidden questions in order to get the details. Even then you have to do the math yourself. Also, there are subscription bonuses for certain numbers of completed months, but you lose your "progress" towards those if you cancel your subscription. You can "pause" your subscription, but it says you have to call customer service to do that, and I'm curious what terms they have for pausing. The subscription model really seems directed toward getting people into the model (especially with the $1.95 for the first two, probably to ensure they have a working credit card for you) and then by the time they've realized what they're in for...what, you're going to stop with 1/3 of the Ecto-1? It also mentions (on the Ecto-1 or the Delorean, I forget which) extra paid subscriber bonuses that they'll tell you the details as they approach and give you a choice whether or not you want them shipped. It's an extra charge you have to opt-out of, if I'm reading it correctly.
You know what covers the head gasket......? The head!! Valve covers Adam, valve covers.
Better quality video here: th-cam.com/video/FttK6VZWwUk/w-d-xo.html
Adam definitely isn’t a car guy, and that’s okay
Hi Adam
I love your video, I made a lot of Macross model kits and paint them.
I want to give you a very humble recommendation for you videos when you pain, try tu use a go pro cámara on your head and we can see when you paint and see the details.
Cheers from Brisbane Australia
Need an additional camera that’s close to the model or zoom this one
Its a "valve cover" Adam:)
I cringed inside every time I heard “head gasket cover.” You can’t be an expert at everything, but still amazing work.
He made quite a few mistakes. Head gasket cover, calling it a V-12. But he's also trying to assemble and weather a very intricate model, keep his work in view of the camera, and narrate what he's doing while doing it in real time. I think he deserves a little slack.
Just got in my parts 3, 4, and 5!
Adam: .. cylinder head...
Me: Valve Cover
Adam: ... cylinder head gasket cover
Me: (Wince) A "cylinder head gasket cover" would be the Head... youre holding a valve cover...
Adam: cylinder head cover...
Me: Ok enough. Block, Head, Valve Cover, Lower intake, Upper intake... please.... youre making my head hurt. :P
really nice kit!
but just for comparation... converting it's price to brazilian money, it sums up to 5 brazilian monthly minimum wages
adding the pricy shipment and the heavy importation tax, it would double the cost to buy it here
for a regular employee guy, it could consume roughly 1830 hours of work (if he put every penny earn on this)
so even the richest person I know wouldn't invest in this kind of hobby
so for me it's better just watch it on TH-cam 😅😅😥😅
Would have really enjoyed an over-head or close up view on the parts as you worked on them. I think it would have made it easier on you as well, instead of standing up and reaching over the table anytime you wanted to show something to the camera. I'm sure you'll learn a lot of new filming techniques if this quarantine goes on for a while!
I do think IF you would take a class in automotive I D, you would know it's a VALVE COVER OR ROCKER ARM COVER, AND IT'S A V 8. Count the spark plugs. If you don't know, say so. Learned that from RED / GREEN program. Just be honest, say " I DON'T KNOW ". Keep up the good work STICKY FINGERS
I love how he had to clarify what kind of dab he was talking about 😂
You know, Adam; this was less practical to consider back in the 20th, but now?
How about a 1to10 PART-FOR-PART model? Accurate down to the piston rings! Starts, drives, runs on gas....radio works.....
Aside from some of the smaller rubber processes and parts, why not?
And I DO mean a zero compromises, part-for-part replica of a working car from the 20th Century...maybe a Hemicuda....something SO valuable there's reams of documentation about it just sitting around on websites.
Also, vehicles with a popular history with modders are good candidates....especially since parts and plans tend to be cheap.
I would suggest that rather than working off specs, acquire a vehicle and dismantle it down to the last part.
The older it is, the less likely it is to have assemble-only components.
Another time-saver for builders, makers, engineers, etc.: Keep all the small stuff cluttering your horizontal spaces inside their own trays so all those little parts and pieces can be moved quickly without disorganization or loss.
I've found it's best to add trays as you do projects, and then stow the (cleaned!)trays when the projects are done; rather than, say, buying a bunch of trays without knowing what you need.
Otherwise, you will wind up buying ten of something you never use for 5 bucks each.
Just, whenever you go shopping for consumables before any project--because you like to be safe AND prepped!--be sure to throw in a tub large enough to hold the largest piece of the project; that way, if you have to move everything, or put it away for a time while you wait for something, or anything at all...maybe it starts raining and you need to chuck everything into SOMETHING really really quickly...whatever it is....get a project tub. Plastic, cheap, WITH A LID so it's stackable. Try to get translucent containers whenever possible so it's easy to see what's in them.
I'm in the 30-year club as a maker, hacker, builder, and wizard of art. I will pop in on Adam's channel to drop the odd hint here and there.
Where there are any one of us, there are always three;
Blessed Tinkers, by the Tinkers, of the Tinkers; we, the Tinkers be!
Nice job! Cadillac used a 472 or 500 cubic inch V8 in their ambulances. These were the largest motors Cadillac ever built. Sadly Floquil paints went out of business and are no longer available. I didn't use them much in the past 20 years as they are toxic as Hell. I did use them on resin even as just a primer because they were the only paint that stuck reliably to resin kits.
We didn't see any close ups before you weathered, but it looks like the block was Cadillac Dark Blue which was Caddy's standard factory finish for engine blocks, intake manifolds and valve covers from 1949-1976. Of course Peter Venkman probably had his mechanic send the valve covers out to be chromed!
Jeez, I wish "weathered" pro's like this existed when I made kits !! If lucky we'd get tips via swap meets & newsletters via the post for wild tricks like Adams. My favourite is still my novice 1st Attempt - The old Jeep Wrangler, that I dented with a soldering iron, made my own rust paints, plus grime by adding real grease, dirt & sand. Had no idea, just winged it.
GREAT engine compartment view on this website. This site shows a 1959 Cadillac Broadmoor Skyview, which is basically a Cadillac ambulance conversion, but converted into a station wagon, instead (a very rare vehicle)
chromjuwelen.com/network/228-blog-hemmings/204488-a-room-with-a-view-1959-cadillac-broadmoor-skyview
Love your stuff Adam, but I hope your not going for an accurate 390 Cadillac engine that would have probably been in that ambulance unless Ray upgraded to a 472 or 501....accurate old 390 pic barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/59-caddy-deville-2.jpg
THAT should be MY workshop! LOL....
I don't care so much for a 2yr., $1k model, but damn that workspace looks SWEET!....
Did I really just hear him say $40/month for 24 months?!?!?! That's over $900 for a flipping die cast model that is pretty much a glorified snap-tite kit!!! I might pay half that for a plastic large scale kit if it was RC and included a crap ton of upgrade and super detail stuff. But $900 bucks for a die cast that comes pre-painted?!?!?! Some people really do have more brains than money. And not only that, but it will take 2 f'ing years before it's finished!!! Wonder how many people are gonna lose little bits and bobs before they get that final delivery?! You'll see a crap ton of Echto1's missing all kinds of little detailed parts in about 2 years. Hahahaha!!! Oh and I get that it comes with a pretty little magazine with a few pages of factoids, but if you think that that's worth $900 bucks I've got some free range butter free butter knives I've been trying to get rid of for decades.
Did I really just hear him say $40/month for 24 months?!?!?! That's over $900 for a flipping die cast model that is pretty much a glorified snap-tite kit!!! I might pay half that for a plastic large scale kit if it was RC and included a crap ton of upgrade and super detail stuff. But $900 bucks for a die cast that comes pre-painted?!?!?! Some people really do have more brains than money. And not only that, but it will take 2 f'ing years before it's finished!!! Wonder how many people are gonna lose little bits and bobs before they get that final delivery?! You'll see a crap ton of Echto1's missing all kinds of little detailed parts in about 2 years. Hahahaha!!! Oh and I get that it comes with a pretty little magazine with a few pages of factoids, but if you think that that's worth $900 bucks I've got some free range butter free butter knives I've been trying to get rid of for decades.
Did I really just hear him say $40/month for 24 months?!?!?! That's over $900 for a flipping die cast model that is pretty much a glorified snap-tite kit!!! I might pay half that for a plastic large scale kit if it was RC and included a crap ton of upgrade and super detail stuff. But $900 bucks for a die cast that comes pre-painted?!?!?! Some people really do have more brains than money. And not only that, but it will take 2 f'ing years before it's finished!!! Wonder how many people are gonna lose little bits and bobs before they get that final delivery?! You'll see a crap ton of Echto1's missing all kinds of little detailed parts in about 2 years. Hahahaha!!! Oh and I get that it comes with a pretty little magazine with a few pages of factoids, but if you think that that's worth $900 bucks I've got some free range butter free butter knives I've been trying to get rid of for decades.
Did I really just hear him say $40/month for 24 months?!?!?! That's over $900 for a flipping die cast model that is pretty much a glorified snap-tite kit!!! I might pay half that for a plastic large scale kit if it was RC and included a crap ton of upgrade and super detail stuff. But $900 bucks for a die cast that comes pre-painted?!?!?! Some people really do have more brains than money. And not only that, but it will take 2 f'ing years before it's finished!!! Wonder how many people are gonna lose little bits and bobs before they get that final delivery?! You'll see a crap ton of Echto1's missing all kinds of little detailed parts in about 2 years. Hahahaha!!! Oh and I get that it comes with a pretty little magazine with a few pages of factoids, but if you think that that's worth $900 bucks I've got some free range butter free butter knives I've been trying to get rid of for decades.
Adam you should check out @corridorcrew they're an amazing VFX studio in L.A. They have a series called "VFX Artists React" and both they and I think you'd be great on an episode of it.
I'm glad you're staying safe, hope your family is doing well and especially hope the finger is alright from the lathe accident.
This is very cool and I'd like to order one but the price is ridiculous. Adam was a little off, it's a little over $51 a month for 36 months. Making this kit over $1,700!!!
“Head gasket cover” = valve cover. Just saying. 😇
Edit: For an old North Eastern car, that engine looks way too clean. When are you going to add the two inch thick layer of oily crud (which you know just had to be there)? 🤔😋
Valve cover. Not head gasket. Not cylinder head.😂 That is a beast of a kit. Think about the display case. Holographic ghosts on the Lexan or acrylic would be a worthwhile experiment.
I appreciate the weathering, however there is a detail you got wrong which is just driving me nuts. On the 59 caddy, their engines were painted a dark dark navy/royal blue. On the commercial chassis engines, everything was slathered in that same blue including the VALVE COVERS. As the ecto 1 was a commercial vehicle, even if it had gone through a rebuild, no-one would take the time to strip the paint and paint it another color. So your engine block and heads of that V8 (not a V12) should have been an ultra dark blue.
Did the Ecto-1 have a V12???
Nevermind, what I thought I heard was recanted when he was talking about the distributor cap, aka, watch longer then I did before asking dumb questions
It's a V8, not a V12; those "cylinder heads" are actually valve covers, the things they go on top of are cylinder heads, and so on... A more accurate title would be "Adam incorrectly identifies car parts while painting"!
I tease, I tease. This is still a good video and that's an amazing model!
What an amazing model! Great tips on the painting- it’s amazing how good you are at aging a brand new plastic model to make it looks weathered oily and metal. Just a heads up - they’re valve covers and cylinder heads. Thank you for staying in entertainment: Mythbusters was a huge part of my drive to build stuff and it’s become my job thankfully
Between the quality of the kit and your talent at weathering and painting, this is going to look incredible.
This is comedy gold 😂🤣
Don't get me wrong I get it.. but it's hilarious to see the process from the outside. I restore hand tools as a hobby and it's the same because you want to honor the object not make it precious. That's perfect way to describe it!!!
Edit: I'm sorta bummed out he didn't make a air filter to go Inside air cleaner housing. Like a scale model fram with the screen and all the details. Edit:#2 prob Bosch being as it's a Cadillac.
Great bit of weathering Adam, it looks for all the world like a miniature of a v8 engine , can’t wait for more, if you filmed yourself cutting the grass I’d watch! I’ll say it again, you’re keeping me sane during this U.K. lockdown
OK Adam:
The Engine Block contains the crankshaft and pistons
The Cylinder Heads contain the valves and valve cam trains
The Valve Cover sits on top just to keep the oil from flying all over
The Exhaust Manifolds connect to the exhaust ports of the heads and can get up to several hundred degrees, thus rusting or heat-corroding from use
Any other car guys going.... Sure hope one of the next kits include the plug wires, because that Ecto-1 isn't going anywhere! 😁 Love how it has the plug caps on the distributor and the wire mounts on the valve covers... but no wires!
Sorry if this has been mentioned previously (comments tl;dr), but shouldn't this be placed sequentially before (Part 4)?
Valve cover not head gasket cover. That would technically be the cylinder head itself. Also, that is a V8 not a V12. Your modeling skills are epic.
Damn.....I just looked at the website and it looks like its going to cost $500 in total when you finally get the last issue/part set. Also will take you 3 YEARS......
Fantastic work , the engine looks real! Ive worked on this engine in my career.
Would love to do this build or the DeLorean but looking online seems like these end up being about $1800-2000. More if you get aftermarket mods for improved parts, and i'm sure once its all said and done its worth the cost but that's a lot of money.