59 Impala Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) Ok guys, I've started another one while I still have alot of unfinished ones Well here goes. This is a Bug Eye Sprite that I got from my hobby store. The guy couldn't sell it because it was put together, and believe me, it was a reall bad Glue bomb with one wheel missing and the front bumper broken and part of it was lost. The windshield was a mess with glue all over it and the car was almost empossible to get apart. Sometimes the freezer thing doesn't work and you have to go the drastick way (what that is I don't really know, just had to say something I guess) Anyway, I got it apart and I'm trying to get-er-done. Here are some pics of what she looks like so far. I used red primer, then Testors 1104 Red. Over that I used clear mixed with some gold pearl. Then I used Future mixed with some more gold pearl. Hope ya like. The pics really don't show how good the gold pearl turned out over the Red. Hope ya like. More to come. Thanks fer lookin. Dan Edited March 8, 2009 by 59 Chevy Impala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 For some of you, come on, you know I had to be the first one on this! Well, when I saw the title, a big grin came on my face, I love it! The people that know me know why. I love any Bug Eye Sprite, my dad owns one The color is really sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 that is really nice and you can see how the gold affected the red, really sharp paint job! who made a 1/24 frog eye? aurora? what you gonna do for wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thanks guys. I'm going to use a set of wheels that I'll have to take a pic of and post them. I don't know where they came from because one of the guys in our club gave them to me. The kit is a Lindberg kit from some time ago (I don't really know when it was made) It says on the box it is 7/16 what ever that means. It's really close to 1/25 scale I think. Stay tuned. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
made007 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 it looks great that pearl, thing, but i dont really know what is future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thanks guys. I'm going to use a set of wheels that I'll have to take a pic of and post them. I don't know where they came from because one of the guys in our club gave them to me. The kit is a Lindberg kit from some time ago (I don't really know when it was made) It says on the box it is 7/16 what ever that means. It's really close to 1/25 scale I think. Stay tuned. Dan it looks great that pearl, thing, but i dont really know what is future? Future Floor wax. You can spray it on or brush it on. It really makes them shine and won't hurt the finish. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvette.Jeff Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 future floor wax? im in the floor game and ive never heard of it. is it the same thing as high traffic floor wax? because we use that at work and itll make anything it gets on shine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 its name got changed and now its (X) with future shine or something like that. a must for any worktable, seriously. but anyway not to get off onto that, do a search youll find out a lot about future. that sprite is gonna be super, keep posting updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 If you go here you should be able to find out about how to use Future http://www.swannysmodels.com/Tools.html I hope this link works. This is the first time that I've tried to link someone to a place. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Kern Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) Hi, Dan. That Bugeye looks pretty cool in that color! What you've got there is the old Monogram Austin-Healey Sprite. The first box didn't have a scale on it as shown below. It was from the Forty Niner series that sold for $.49 in 1960. Here's the second issue that has the scale on it as 1/32. The body is actually bigger than that, as it scales out to around 1/28 scale. The Gunze Sangyo kit of the Bugeye Sprite is 1/24 scale, which is the one in my signature. I've actually started modifying an old Monogram body to fit on a 1/32 slot car chassis, and being a little bit bigger than 1/32 scale helps it to fit the chassis better. It still needs a lot of body work as you can see . It felt great cutting up an old original kit . Edited March 8, 2009 by Randy Kern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) Randy, your's looks just like mine but mine is a Lindberg kit and it say's 7/16's on the box. Here are a couple of pics. By the way, I like your Red one. I know the box that mine came in shows a different body stile, but what came in the box is the bug eye. Dan Edited March 8, 2009 by 59 Chevy Impala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
made007 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It had the Bugeye body but the "kit" is a Spridget, the later Sprite's, after MKI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 what the??? the box art showed a spriget but the body inside was the frogeye? wow thats kinda strange! but the scale you say is about right for 1/25 but maybe also for 1/28... 1/2 inch scale is 1/24. no wonder i didnt recall the aurora one, i always thought it was 1/32. in fact i have a body i was putting on a slot car chassis as well. randy if you got more slot car projects you should post pics in the slot car section, its pretty dead over there. for a while and period of about 5 years i was doing a lot of 1/32 slots, many conversions from static models. i for one would love to see some of yours if that frogeye is any indication! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Ok guys, she's done. I had alot of fun doing this one. From what I started with it didn't turn out to bad. Here are some pics of the finished car. Hope ya like her. Thanks fer lookin. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Very straight forward, that for sure. Are those Mini wheels? Will, oh yeah, that's the main one but I plan on doing some and this ought to get mixed feelings from people. Who knows, he might do more, you should post some up too, get the slot car section alive again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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