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[Lowlife ! !]

Heres a few of the Monte Carlo so far, takes me ages building these but hey its all good fun ! !

Edited by Lowlife ! !, 20 April 2012 - 05:29 AM.

[Lowlife ! !]

Ah that worked, so heres a few more.......

[Lowlife ! !]

Jus to get you up to date with this one, everything i could chrome plate has been done in either chrome from the spares box, or BMF (chrome and gold) and alclad spray... Engine and hydros were plumbed/ wired and its now got a coat of flake on the chassis... Drivers door will be opening, split bonnet and boot, and removed the inner wings. Might add a T top or sunroof too... Interior is felt, BMF sheet, and anything else that fits in...Not decided on paint, possibly a orange pearl with flake ..... Lowlife ! !

[wgflatliner]

Tinkering at work with a mock up of the grille in place.

[wgflatliner]

Jus to get you up to date with this one, everything i could chrome plate has been done in either chrome from the spares box, or BMF (chrome and gold) and alclad spray... Engine and hydros were plumbed/ wired and its now got a coat of flake on the chassis... Drivers door will be opening, split bonnet and boot, and removed the inner wings. Might add a T top or sunroof too... Interior is felt, BMF sheet, and anything else that fits in...Not decided on paint, possibly a orange pearl with flake ..... Lowlife ! !

Good work, sir!

I need to learn how to plumb hydros

[Cool Hand]

Jon, 58 is looking good.

Hey Martin,glad to see you made it over here and decided to join in.
Your Monte has some excellent work done so far,lost of detail for sure.Its going to be very impressive when completed.
Look foward to seeing what you do with the 59.


Mark, looks excellent in the mock up.The gold really does go well with the colours on the body.

[Dr. Cranky]

Wow, the eye candy keeps on rolling off your benches. Great stuff!

[Dr. Cranky]

Nice looking engine.

[Lowlife ! !]

Got my 59 Impala Convertible in the post this morning.... .....But i think i may try an finish the Monte Carlo first....I enjoy a bit of research when i get a new kit so im just gonna collect a few engine an interior pics of 59's, i may order a few bits too as im out of chrome foil....Hey Mark the 64s comin along really well, ive never tried such an intricate spray job, yours looks great !! And James the engines looking great, love the 70s shape, idea Lolo material..... ...Keep em comin guys i love this thread...... Lowlife ! !

[wgflatliner]

Took pic with lame iPad camera.

Better pics coming tonight.



Mocked up


Basically I did a solid minty green cloud effect on the trunk and hood as you can see. I then came up with the idea of what kind of Celtic knot I wanted.. So I got the circle in and located absolute center, then built off of that. Some of the tape sticks up which makes it easier to remove the tape after paint. There is a little overlap on the outer edges of the outer circle, but I plan on fading it in so it appears the knot is under the top layer of paint. This took me roughly 6 hours to tape the design in without tweezers... And man I got some fat fingers!

Tonight I will wrap up the hood in terms of paint and I can then start the leprechaun.

[JustBill]

Mark, I've been pretty fasinated with your build up to this point but what you've done on that hood puts it over the top! Great work man!

[Dr. Cranky]

Yes, I am anxious to see how it turns out, again great tape work.

I like it, James. Good work.

[JustBill]

Man James! Your cranking them out brother. Your gona be bringing your own tour to the tour! Haha! I like the color combo and wheels selection on this one.

[wgflatliner]

and here's an update





and an overall shot thus far