RestoModGuy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Built this for a good friend in Arkansas I visited last summer, first time seeing his 90's built 40 Ford Coupe named Raspberry Ice after the color and pin-stripping. I duplicated every detail he did building his in the 90's, including the 59' Cadillac taillights, smoothed running boards, dual frenched antenna's, and his license plate in scale. Added PE wipers and scratch made side mirrors. To make this as close as I could to the actual car I had to extensively modify a set of 6-spoke Pegasus wheels to match his 1-of-200 custom made set of Shelby Wheels from the late 90's. I resprayed Molotow chrome on the wheels and clear coated with Pledge, they turned out really good for the first time I tried spraying it. The paint was the tough part since it was a custom mix and no paint code or samples from the original paint work, so I used some Folklore and Creatix craft paints blended to make the Raspberry Ice paint all from pictures, then several polished Wet Look Clear coats. I base coated with Pearl Ice Blue and laid out a .04 pinstripe before spraying the custom mix. I added some detail hand-painted pin-stripping around the nose, headlights, taillights, hard to see though. The interior I duplicated as well with custom gauge panel, steering wheel and door panels with flocked bucket seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 You did a great job Jim. I'm sure your friend was thrilled to receive this model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Great job on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Really does look great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Fabulous reproduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Very nice! Outstanding replica! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Very nice! You've done a great work replicating all the details of the original! Great paint job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Real nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Looks nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Super nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry ray Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Nice build!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Love ‘40 Fords! Yours is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Holy Stromboli❕ Stunning❕ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Very well done replica. I especially like the Cady taillights which were also a feature of a fabulous Vancouver BC custom Fordor 40 Ford called The Treasure back in the early 1960's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestoModGuy Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I appreciate the feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Sweet Forty! I really like the taillight treatment as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 90s style done right, great looking replica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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