Well, after looking at the pics I have spotted a few problem areas that need some care but besides that it’s finally finished :lol2: Have to hang up the exhaust as it almost drags to to the ground, still haven’t put in the washer tank nor the hood ornament or the drive shaft. So, what have I done with this one then? Light bulbs in the front lights, ignition cables, battery cables, Seat belts, the junk in the back seat, new exhaust system, Wunderbaum in the mirror, key in the ignition, flocking on the floor, Alclad on the front and rear, BMF on the rest and that’s about it. Found out the hard way that I can’t close the hood properly due to the ignition wires sitting to high :banghead: Well, maybe if I get tired of having the hood popped open I’ll fix it. But not now, It’ll do. Enjoy the pics, comments of any sort’s welcome. If you find anything looking odd or peculiar, please let me know so I can fix it before the contest April 2 and 3.
Wow amazing build , Ilike how you did the little box and magazines ,
This car was well woth the wait a truley awesome build thanks for sharing [bow][bow]
Thank man!
The light bulbs are really easy to make, it’s a two step method.
First stretch a piece of clear sprue to about 0.5-1,0 mm thickness depending on what type of bulb you want.
Second, a real slow approach with the end of the sprue against the base of an open flame. When you see it starts to melt take care and watch the shape of the molten part.
When you’re satisfied with the looks of it just cut it off leaving a quite long shank on it to be glued in a drilled hole in the reflector. You can always clip off the excess later on the backside.
With this method you can do almost any bulb, but for a modern one just use the streched sprue as is with some black or grey paint on the top just like in real life. For a vintage bulb, make more of a globe and leave it clear.
Niclas
Man that is awesome Niclas…the light bulb work really sets off the headlights.I don’t see anything wrong with it…ln my opinion you should not have any problem at the contest.May I ask what color of paint you chose? It looks great !! Best of luck at the contest! Later on…
You know, I always wanted one of these cars in real life - they were hot cars, but they didn’t look over the top. If I did have the real thing, I’d want it to look just like your model. Great paint job, wonderful detail work, and you captured the stance of the beast perfectly - and I do mean BEAST with a 426 Hemi! Horsepower rules!
Holy Mackerel! I’ve been missing out on some truly fine work here on this forum. I will definitely be checking this section out a lot more frequently from now on. Great job on the GTX!
Awwwh…you guys.
You allmost make me blush with all the sweet comments on my build [:I]
I can tell you that I have had some transportation problems with this one already, not to worry it’s still in one piece. But the Alclad Chrome rubbed off from the bumpers so I had to take them of for a quick re-spray. Kik36, the paint job on the body is all Tamiya spray cans, inside and out. Besides that I’ve used all sorts of paint, Modelmaster and Humbrol enamels, Tamiya acrylics and enamels so it’s a mixed combo so to speak.
Only until saturday and then it’s contest time, I feel like a kid waiting for christmas. Managed to involve three newbies to enter the contest, well they are sure not newbies when it comes to building good looking cars. But they have never competed and now they will stay the weekend at my place talking cars in general and models in particular. Funny, funny…may the weekend come fast but not to fast, I have to get my rides ready for the show first [;)]
I’ll keep you all posted on what happend at the show.
Sorry to hear about the Alclad rubbing off! Has anyone else had this problem? I’ve found that Johnsons Future (or Klear, depending where you come from) seals it in nicely and gives it permanence.
Does it keep it’s chrome look after clear coats or does it work like Modelmasters metalizer’s and loose the shine a bit? If not, this is great news…haven’t rememberd to paint a scrap piece to test on yet. I think the main problem for my Alclad rubbing of is that i used laquer as a base coat instead of enamel, it seems a bit more sturdy on the enamel than the laquer base.
