CadillacPat Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) " AREA 51 CUSTOMS Divco Cruizer " AREA 51 CUSTOMS is another of my Custom Brands. It originated along with my Flight 19 Customs. The Jada Divco Cruizer Delivery Van is a perfect canvas for Promotional Customs. The real life Divco came about in 1926 and was produced in different models for 60 years. This $4 casting as opposed to HotWheels Mainline $1 castings comes with very nice chrome mags and rubber wheels. The bodies consist of an almost white metal, very smooth, requiring less filing and sanding than cheaper DieCast cars. Here's a couple of shots of the casting stripped, filed, sanded and rubbed down with #3 Steel Wool. Before I drill out the existing Headlights and holes in the front Fenders, And after I drill out the front end for Rhinestone inserts, Primered, the Fenders are then shot Black, Fenders are shot with InterCoat Clear, taped and then the rest is shot Shimrin White, InterCoat Clear over the whole thing, Sides, Fenders and Upper Panels Windows are taped, leaving Roof, Hood, Upper Rear and Beltline exposed to be shot Neon Green. The Neon Green got a little Planet Green mixed in to increase its opacity. A Baggie is used (saves on time and on Tamiya Tape) to cover the casting leaving only the Hood exposed. A dash of InterCoat Clear and the Hood is taped leaving only the Grill portion exposed to be shot Black. All tape is removed. Another Baggie is used to cover everything but the Roof and a section is sprayed Shimrin White just smaller than the size of the Decal. This White layer is the key to placing Clear InkJet Decals on what appear to be dark colored surfaces. The narrow Black border running the perimeter of the Decal hides the edge of the White layer. Decals are all laid down. Rhinestone Headlights inserted. Grill pieces reinserted. Front and Rear Windshield Trim hand painted. Cleared with HOK Urethane Enamel Clear and a dash of Sparkle Gold Pearl Powder. All Products Used Are Exclusively House Of Kolor, Of Course!!!!!!!!!!!! The Decal images are created completely from scratch in PhotoShop. Decals are all created using Clear InkJet Decal paper from Papilio.com Bar Codes accent the Number 51 on the sides for a Black Ops nondescript characterization Scroll down for the remainder of this post, Edited April 10, 2012 by CadillacPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Emiliosis Boi Magic Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wow that's amazing work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Pretty cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Holy cow!!!! Fantastic art work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Love it. Perfect graphics and wonderful model. Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Out of this world cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I really like that roof graphic! Beam me up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wish Jada would do that in 1/24 scale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrod59f100 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Awsome man. Absolutly sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadillacPat Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Thanks Everyone, You'll see in my choice of DieCast subjects that I look for castings that offer lots of body space for rich graphics, hence the term Promotional Customs. This Divco casting is really choice and Jada produces an Oil Tanker, '83 Chevy Silverado Dualley and a Delivery Sedan all of which fit my requirements. My favorites part of a Build are creating the Graphics and Decals and laying down the paint. More Jada castings coming up, CadillacPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheels Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 That is amazing work! Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw035 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 pat...wow...awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Don't care if they are bone stock or a wild custom, the old Divco milk trucks are just cool old trucks! Edited April 13, 2012 by Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadillacPat Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Don't care if they are bone stock or a wild custom, the old Divco milk trucks are just cool old trucks! Yes they are, I have a friend in New Mexico who established a Divco Club and he has 5 running vehicles. Very cool indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CadillacPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzTom Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Very Nice! Love these Divcos. Ertl made a nice 1/25 scale in stock version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadillacPat Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Very Nice! Love these Divcos. Ertl made a nice 1/25 scale in stock version. Thanks again Tom, Jada made these in 1/24 in this Delivery Van version and also a School Bus version with windows on the sides. CadillacPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren B Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 thats awesome work love the color choices..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadillacPat Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 thats awesome work love the color choices..... Thanks Darren, Creating Graphics and laying down Paint is the most fun for me because color choices are so important in the final product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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