sk8erdave Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I was working on 55 chrysler mild custom, which has the best paint I've ever done, especially considering it was rattle cans, for a competition on a UK hot rod forum (rods n sods), but having been laid of from work just before Christmas, I have no money, especially for paints, I decided to wait until I can get paints instead of just finishing it. So, I had a sort out and come across my Shelby Cobra model I had started a long time ago, getting as far as completeing the chassis and painting the engine parts. I did some minimal body prep to get rid of some mould lines and flash, then looked through my sprays. I used games workshop's chaos black spray, which is actually thier undercoat, but gives a finish I think is between matt and satin. I sprayed it standing in the garage door so the overspray would go outside. Initially it didn't give a smooth finish... I thought maybe it was too cold, the wind outside affected it, or my technique. I got the hot air gun on it and it settled how it normally does. YAY. Not my best body/paint work, but I think it suits the lines of the car and the chrome likes it too.The wheels are from revells 36 ford 2 n 1 and the brake discs came from a AMT Fast and Furious:Tokyo Drift Mustang. The wheels had solid backs, so I cut the centres out to form the back half of the rim. I think for the brake I used the kit wheel backs and cut/dremeled them down to fit in the centre of the brake discs so they fit on the kit axles. In the pics the wheels arent attached, I want to do a better job than just sticking them to the brake discs.The kit, despite being relatively simple was a pig to get together, with the bulkhead interfering with the header on one side. Id also lost some bits somehow whilst the kit sat in my to-do pile. Metallica made the black album, I made the black cobra! Not bad for a days work, and another one out the pile and on to the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I happen to kind of like Cobra's so ........... it looks good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I agree looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Cool black Cobra...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Looks great, but I would like to see the 55 chrysler mild custom you talked about. If it is anything like this should be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erdave Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 ill start a thread in the workbench section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFMgarage Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJUNIOR Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Looks mean in black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I like it! Just a dab of clear red on the taillights would really finish it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erdave Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 I like it! Just a dab of clear red on the taillights would really finish it off.Way ahead of ya! It was done the next day as I finished putting it together and took pics at 11.30pm lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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