This is my first snap together kit in a Long Long Long time.
My plan is to build this into an Azera that just rolled off the ship into North America from Korea. This is how cars look while going through customs as imports. It will not be covered with Cosmoline but instead be wrapped in paper and plastic inside and out.
The I-Sheets start with the one piece pan/chassis assembly so this is where I started as well.
The wheel hubs and muffler parts snapped in from the chrome sprue. I just aerosol can sprayed it all flat black.
Since a bunch of FSM Military Modelers are in the Autos Forum with their builds, I thought I’d contribute as well.
The kit seats are lacking the storage pocket on the back so I replicated this with wine bottle lead sheet, wire and styrene sheet. The lead sheet was wrapped around the wire at the top to look like a hem line then sculpted in some depressions with the back of a knife.
The interior will be black so I’ll spray paint it Hotrod Gray Primer for a scale black look. The difference in the colors are subtle but visible. You can see this in the picture above next to the flat black chassis part.
Thanks for checking in. I live near a port town and there are many cars rolling off of the ship and in parking lots in the area, and I’ve not seen it done yet.
The door armrest/handle parts were on a chrome sprue. I don’t know why because nothing on the 1/1 prototype is chrome except the door locks.
These were spray painted the Hotrod Primer black over all along with the door parts that were molded in black.
The door locks were made with parts of the chrome sprue cut to size and shape then glued into place in the unlocked position. The touch of Gunze Sangyo ‘Salmon Pink’ gives this away.
The door armrest parts were then snapped into place into the door parts.
The difference in the gloss black and dark hotrod primer “scale black” is clear in these pictures.
Also I’ve installed the door audio speakers decals and front door seat adjustment button decals.
The tiny bits of lint is just landed on the parts but I didn’t notice until I uploaded the pictures.
Nice job on the doors! Putting a part that doesn’t need chrome on the chrome sprue sure doesn’t get the kit designer any new friends… Good luck with your build and have a nice day
I was gonna reply to this yesterday and got busy here. Outstanding workmanship going on with this build Bob! I like all the detail you’re throwing at it.[Y]
Interior going together with detail painting and decals. Rear seats are painted then detailed with a fine tip pen then drybrushed to get visual depth before wrapping with plastic [:)]
The gear shifter was relocated to the left. The kit has this in the center of the console but it is not on the 1/1.
Dash details are painted. All displays are painted like they are off. The dash speedometer cluster are kit supplied decals. I installed these water slide decals as per instructions but they would not stick to location. I had to “glue” them down in place with Kristal Klear. After this cured I followed with layers of Smoke acrylic to achieve an OFF status. Then thin layers of Kristal Klear were filled in to make the cluster lense.
Now that’s something you don’t see everyday - unless you work at a car dealership, that is :-)) But you sure don’t see something like that in scale often! Good luck with your build and have a nice day
Hi Pawel, Thanks for the comment. That was sort of the inspiration to do it was that I’ve never seen it in scale yet. I want to bring it to shows and put it on the Table just to see if anyone ‘gets it’. [;)]
