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[crazyrichard]

thnx guys well actually did not had a set plan in the beginning , first wanted to try the long chassis with drag wheels in front.. then found some cool pics of short wheel base buckets and just loved the whole look of them and tooold yes the body actually was hacked up pretty good .. what i like most myself is that untill now everything is done using only the content of the kit , no added styreen not that adding styreen is a bad thing no def. not but its just fun to see that you can convert a kit using 99% of the kit also just happened did not do that on purpose

[scalemodelworld]

Looking very very cool. I love how you've changed it to be so short. Can't wait to see more!

[crazyrichard]

Looking very very cool. I love how you've changed it to be so short. Can't wait to see more!

thnx ..

i cant waight to get some primer on , then the details and lines will show better , that yellow molded plastic does not show it good

[Britman]

Wow looking great, and yes shorter looks best, can't wait to see it painted.

[crazyrichard]

thnx well i did got some primer on it today




first did the pedals and shifter like the reference pic i showed before here ..
i still need to find a nice round thing for the shiftknob , there are pins with round heads i will look for those i think







then made a steering wheel out of 2 steering wheels , i wanted a sort of deep dich in it and the one wheel i had was way to big , so i took a smaller one and made one out of the 2






then desided to use these rims i never use the revell rims and desided to use a set for the first time
als made my own back sides , the rears are spaced so the wheels sit out more and run free of the body








then sprayed the new back sides chrome










then hit it with some primer , def some small bondo work but pretty smooth already now some of the detail shows better

Edited by crazyrichard, 13 January 2013 - 04:37 AM.

[crazyrichard]

rough dryfit , work on the grille and engine













very loose dryfit with the wheels , now i'm thinking maybe the steelies will look better ?











test version of a header to get the right shape from engine along the cabine






chrome on the grille

Edited by crazyrichard, 13 January 2013 - 06:03 AM.

[ryanm]

Awesome. Your builds are great what is the chrome spray paint you use

[crazyrichard]

Awesome. Your builds are great what is the chrome spray paint you use

thnx

the paint is just a spray can of satin silver ..
its from a big diy store in holland called : GAMMA
its gamma branded and lots of modelers in holland use this ..
the stuff just sprays flawless and ends up looking like this ..
one downside you cant do any clear coat over it , if you do it changes into dark silver and doesnt look chrome anymore

its very thin so when sprayed into a stainless bowl you can use a handbrush to paint the details by hand

[crazyrichard]

made some headers with pipes still rough though , made it out of the sprue window where the parts of the kit where in

bend it in shape , slash cut it , hollowed out the tip with a drill ....

Edited by crazyrichard, 14 January 2013 - 08:34 AM.

[Tom Geiger]

You can make your own gas tank pretty easy...

 

 

A short length of Evergreen plastic tube and the ends are the punch outs on a plastic collectibles sheet for a 3 ring binder.

 

 

Glue it together, Add a gas cap from any kit source and Alclad it.

 

 

and installed. The advantage is that I could decide the length to fit my model rather than settle for what was available as a kit part.  And no kit part seams to deal with!

[crazyrichard]

hi , thnx and yes i was planning that but because i did the body set up so the rear is above the dif (even futher then that)i just didnt like the look i want a clean rear end with no stuff hanging of the rear so my plan was to make a gastank under the chassis later on but its def. cool to have a round gas tank , i just wont be doing one on this model , i think when you see the end result you will understand just painted the body and chassis on color , will reveil it with pics when its dry

[crazyrichard]

teaser , this is just the base it needs 2 layers of clear ofter this , the suspension parts will be done in chrome same paint system as on the woody , so who saw that build will know the details in chrome roughly

[Modlbldr]

Looking great. I'm watching this one.

Later-

[captin]

Im following this one looks awesome!

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

very rought dryfit and everuthing is painted in a base layer of red..

lots of parts will become chrome , some black , more detail will be added , so it will not stay this red overall just my recent paint technique lol

Edited by crazyrichard, 17 January 2013 - 05:48 AM.

[ryanm]

That is gonna be so good man nice work

[crazyrichard]

That is gonna be so good man nice work

thnx

i want to clear coat everything this weekend and then start the chrome and other colors ..
i def need to do clear before the chrome because the chrome stuff i use will turn grey when cleared and it needs to stay chrome like..

going to do it just like i did on the real wood woody build , worked perfect ..

on this one i left the engine loose because then its easyer to do the detail painting , but i really discovered this was of building and painting works nicer then painting everything and then assemble it
still perfecting my method but atm it really works fine

Edited by crazyrichard, 17 January 2013 - 08:37 AM.

[Ira]

Great Progress Richard!!!

[captin]

Can't go wrong with red... one of my favorite colors.

[crazyrichard]

its the first time i used red on a modelbuild lol