CabDriver Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 My wife picked up the Round 2 Mod Rod kit for me a few months ago, and I built a traditional lakes racer with one of the bodies - which left me a bunch of parts left to do a second build! This kit includes a few, but not all, of the parts to build an Ala Kart so this will use some of those distinctive parts (the custom bed, primarily) and whatever else is left in the box to build a pretty little roadster pick up! A quick mock-up to see how it sits out of the box: I’m going for a light baby blue paint job, using the kit’s Red Ram engine, those nice chrome steelies with the pad printed tires and I’m thinking a tan interior...I had a Jaguar once in light blue with tan leather and I always liked how they looked together! Not too much progress yet, but I’ve had this thing in primer for a few months and I figured if I made a thread I’ll have to start making some progress on it ? More soon, soon as I’ve done more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 First job is to do some cleanup on the fenders and frame and get them nice and smooth: Those ejector pin marks inside the front fenders wouldn’t be visible when the wheels are on anyway and they were a pain to clean up...but I know they’re there so they had to go. Somewhat related, but I wonder why GM gets their name on the trademark info on the bottom of the floor? Meanwhile, I got the engine prepped and added a little detail to the 39 Ford trans (mainly the inspection cover that’s missing from the top) and scratchbuilt a couple of little pieces that I’ll add later. I also added a little detail to the sides of the block to stop it looking so slab-sided and to better replicate the 1:1 engine: That color is the one I’ll be using for the body too - it’s Createx Sky Blue with Testor’s gloss clear enamel over the top. I’ll shoot the trans with some sort of steel color I think when the paint makes dry enough to mask it and add some micro bolts and doodads to match the real thing. More soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 A little progress on this one - I didn’t like the fussy dash in the kit, so I made a little insert piece to cover all that up and make it a little cleaner: I shot that with a pearl metallic blue to compliment the baby-blue body color but without it looking too same-y...I think I like it! I decided on a tan two-tone interior with matching tan carpet and went to work on that yesterday - still needs a little clean-up here but this is roughly how it’ll look: And a look at that with the dash - I like how the colors work together! And I was going to use the kit windshield but came up with the idea of using my Silhouette cutter to see if I could etch a logo into the corner of the ‘glass’, so I designed something in my software here... ...and then cut it from some PVC sheet: The engraving is pretty subtle, which is fine by me - I just wanted an extra little detail that someone might spot if they looked closely enough. Whilst I had the cutter running I made a mask so I could put a black surround around the edge of the windshield and shot it with a little rubber-black: Once that dried I shot the whole thing with some Future to make it super-shiny...the black edge, like the etching, will be really subtle on the finished model but I wanted to try the technique out for future builds where you’ll see this stuff more prominently. More soon, soon as I’ve done more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Spent a couple of days this week working on a leather battery cover - this was cut from styrene sheet, drilled and then hand stitched. Just a fun little detail that I’d seen on a bike before, but not on a car... The metal strap is made some some thin steel sheet - I’ll add some fastener detail to that further down the line when I’m doing assembly: Aside from that, I got tired of seeing the frame and fenders (and some other bits) in primer so I shot them with the same baby-blue Createx that I’ll be using throughout this build...only done the undersides of the parts so far, but when they’ve dried for a few hours I’ll flip them over and do the top bits: More soon, soon as I’ve done more! Edited December 6, 2019 by CabDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Looking good! I like the color difference between the body and interior. Looks like it will accent each other well. I have a parts kit of this and believe I have more parts in my parts box. I may have to start throwing some together soon. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Modlbldr said: Looking good! I like the color difference between the body and interior. Looks like it will accent each other well. I have a parts kit of this and believe I have more parts in my parts box. I may have to start throwing some together soon. Later- They’re such a fun kit! I’ll definitely be picking up more of these - so versatile! I’ve got another build lined up for the left-over parts too, when I get that far along. Thank you for looking! Whilst I’m replying anyway...not much progress today (although I made a few little parts for the engine and ordered some machined metal pulleys for it) but I got some clear on the blue bits...I want to flame the fenders, bed and body but I was worried about damaging the base color so I shot them all with a couple of coats of Future. Hopefully have an interesting update tomorrow! Edited December 8, 2019 by CabDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Did some more work on this one today - designed some flames and shot them over the base color: Need to do a little touch up before clearing these - but I’m pleased with the look, it’s how I imagined it! More soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 A little more on this one today - made a little cover for the top of the fuel tank and added some lettering: I wanted to shoot some clear on it today but the weather’s not playing ball...more soon tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Great project. Interesting spin on a classic. Great color choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, bobthehobbyguy said: Great project. Interesting spin on a classic. Great color choices. Thank you Bob! Im waiting for the humidity to drop here after a week of rain and snow so that I can get the flamed bits into clear, so I spent a couple of hours today making some headway on the engine instead. Got some wiring done, added some silver receivers for the fuel lines on those four-barrel carbs (not that they’ll be too visible once the air cleaner is on) and added a couple of chromed metal pulleys to the front of the block to replace the blobby kit part - more soon! Edited December 13, 2019 by CabDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Interesting! Will you be stiping the flames? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/13/2019 at 3:43 PM, James2 said: Interesting! Will you be stiping the flames? No sir, not on this one - but I just figured out a great way to do that recently so I’m sure future builds will get some nice thin pinstriped edges to the flames. I could’ve done it on this one but imagined the flames being real simple, so here we are... Had to wait for my enamel clear to dry sufficiently to polish, and spent a few hours today getting that shine up: IMG_3878.MP4 Had a bunch of painted pieces to polish today...getting to the point where I can do some assembly now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Assembly day! Well, first day anyway... Got some of those nice chrome bits attached to the frame today: The chrome on the axle was a disaster so I reshot that with my favorite rattle can aluminum-alike and touched up the bad bits everywhere else with some Molotow. Got the engine in there too: And shot the rubber bits on the fenders so they can dry whilst I do some other stuff: Im not going fenderless with this particular one, but man do these look cool without them! Im enjoying how the lettering on the top of the gas tank reflects in that rear panel too...didn’t even wax it all yet ?: More soon, soon as I’ve done more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 And, seeing as everything else was mainly gluing something to something else and touching up ruined chrome, I guess I can call this one done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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