Henchmen4Hire

Didn't have a camera for a while, not much motivation either, went to Death Valley for a few days because I'm stupid and my friend didn't want to go die alone there lol

I was debating whether or not to give this bolt-on fenders, all I would have to do is stick a mini-skateboard tool along the edge while the apoxie was still soft to get realistic bolts, but decided to stick with the original design. I really like the bolt-on fender look though so I might make some other model to use them.

Anyway, fenders are done, time to move on to other stuff.

Not going to bother boxing up the body, the design fluxuates between drawings anyway so it's all good in the hood. The only new bit of advice I can give to anyone wanting to build this car is that you should maybe start with a Boss Mustang as the base because it looks beefier. I don't know if it really is beefier but it seems that way to me from pictures I'm seeing. Then add the scoops and be sure to get the proper nose, like this one.

It's all good under the hood too, I slapped some paint onto the Viper engine. All I had for red was some old Folk Art Bright Red, and I frikkin' hate it. It's dull and has a weak bond, because it's old I guess. I do like the worn paint effect it gave me when I accidentally tore some of it off the edge there while dry-brushing though. Again, the bond is weak so I'll have to apply a few more layers then hit it with some sealer before I can call it done.

I still don't have gold paint d'oh! Maybe adding some silver to the copper paint will give me a nice color.

I DB'd more silver than usual on the engine/transmission to make it look cleaner and get a more solid bright metal color. While researching, most of the Viper engines were really clean and shiny so I didn't want it to look too grungy and worn out. The Wasteland Angel takes good care of this engine haha.

Again, sorry for the crappy pictures, the colors are kinda washed out.

Here's a shot with the original engine:

Also, I don't know what the ###### happened to the nose section with the grill and lights and stuff. It's like it just disappeared out of the storage box! If anyone can send some good part-finding vibes my way I'd appreciate it!

I really like the engine, I hope mine look that good when I try to do a realistic paint job.

Also, could you do a quick walkthrough of how you're going to blend the fender flares to the body? I'm doing the same thing right now and am thinking of simply using white glue to fill the gap between the body and fenders, then letting that harden and sand it till it looks nice.

I always listen to coast to coast while building models  (640 AM los Angeles, CA)               (but i really wish art bell was back, or that george knapp would have been Art's replacement LOL!,)

Yep, though I download them and listen the night after because I hate commercials, so I hear them on a 24 hour delay lol. The program is around 2.5 hours without commercials.

David Paulides was on again recently talking about the tons of creepy disappearances in our national parks, the stories always creep me out, especially since I go hiking/camping regularly.

Anyway, painting at night sucks, but you get more done since no one is around to tell you to do things like take out the trash or get groceries lol. I usually just basecoat at night since I have to paint by hand, detailing and drybrushing during the day only.

It makes sense to start with a bigger scale, it's easier to paint larger details and work with bigger parts, but it'd be funny if he was trying to sell you a big honking tank model when you're there buying 1/24 race cars.

I'd love to make some 1/18 scale cars, mainly so I can make 1/18 figures to ride them (GI Joe scale), but I'm not keen on spending 50 bucks for a big model haha. The selection of models isn't that great either.

That may be what would make it the most out of reach for most people who build models casually or for fun.

It really shouldn't though, for example you can make that rim in like 5 minutes or less using basic shapes (a cylinder, a 6-sided polygon, some insetting and scaling). Scaling an object to the right size is a one click operation, you can even type in exact dimensions.

Give it a shot everybody, who better to learn how to make 3D-printable models of car parts than model builders?