Fairfax Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Hello, everyone! I hope you don't mind if I share with you and my fictional nonsense. It is true that I will rest with them at most. The kit is a classic civilian stock version. Sharpened all the chrome bars. I stuck the opening door hard. One racer seat left in the interior. Finished protective cage, tin-covered lights, tailpipes to the sides. The decals are mine, only the engine power on the hood is cannibalized from NASCAR 57 'Ford Fireball Roberts, I have two and a small advertising logo from the stock. I have a total of 5 Impala scheduled for racing fictional editing. I just finished the second one so soon I'll add and the other three are in the works. Thank you for watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 That looks very convincing, nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Looks like it shoulda been! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Outstanding! I'm working on a couple of home made old Nascar projects myself. I'm curious about the decals. I've made printed decals on my ink jet but they only work on light colored cars. What method did you use to make the light colored decals opaque enough to work on the dark colored models? Edited October 11, 2019 by Shambles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Thank you so much to all the boys for the nice words. :-) For John Shamblin: Hello, colleague! I had the same problem as you. I was starting to print on the printer's laser, but it was only possible to put the print on the white of the base. Then I found this: www.vinar.cz Try writing there, while it is in the Czech Republic, it also sends abroad and can be switched to English. You design decals yourself for paper size in A4 format. It just needs to be done in a vector program. And there's also a problem with lining numbers and letters. The main colour often goes over the edge. Everything has a white underprint. Now, though, I'm trying to explore printing out decals on an ink printer only in white and then the same decals on a laser printer in color. Then I compose a print of two layers of white and coloured on it. But it's true that white itself doesn't cover very well, and two layers are already thicker. They better cover the first ones. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Very cool model. You did a great job on the decals! Very nice !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 10/9/2019 at 6:22 PM, Fairfax said: Thank you so much to all the boys for the nice words. ? For John Shamblin: Hello, colleague! I had the same problem as you. I was starting to print on the printer's laser, but it was only possible to put the print on the white of the base. Then I found this: www.vinar.cz Try writing there, while it is in the Czech Republic, it also sends abroad and can be switched to English. You design decals yourself for paper size in A4 format. It just needs to be done in a vector program. And there's also a problem with lining numbers and letters. The main colour often goes over the edge. Everything has a white underprint. Now, though, I'm trying to explore printing out decals on an ink printer only in white and then the same decals on a laser printer in color. Then I compose a print of two layers of white and coloured on it. But it's true that white itself doesn't cover very well, and two layers are already thicker. They better cover the first ones. Good luck. Thanks for the info, Micheal. I'm a retired graphic designer/art director and owned a screenprint and vinyl graphics shop for many years, so I'm very familiar with vector art. I've seen some laser printers that will print white, but they are expensive and the white ink is too. I'm looking at the vinar.cz site on my other screen but don't see the English connection. I'll keep looking. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Looks great, Nice paint and decal work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Timmy Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Now "THAT" is coooooooool !! It look's too pretty to race, wouldn't want the other driver's scraping up the paint in the turn's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Thank you so much Mark and Tim from a nice word! :-) For John Shamblin: Oh, so that's great, and easy for you to create a picture, too? I was the one who worried about it, I had no experience with vectors. On the www.vinar.cz site, switch to English on the top right. There are choices: Services, portfolio, about me, team, contact, English. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 John Shamblin : Your 58 'Impala projects are impeccable ! I think I've seen these pictures somewhere before. I'm glad you're building it, sir ! I still thought of building a real Nascar 58 'Impala Convertible, but I don't have the courage yet. Otherwise, I prettify the second fictional NASCAR 58 'Impala in other colors. He owns all the decals. Thank you for watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Very nice! Excellent job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Thank you so much Graig and Bruce for the nice words ! I'll add a forgotten photo of an entire ancestor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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