Black Widow Barn Find

[Pierre Rivard]

These are fresh photos of a build from about 3 years ago but never presented on this forum. A bit of a fantasy build of finding one of the 57 Chevy Black Widow race cars in a barn. Both the car and pick-up are mostly OOB builds with the focus kept to experimenting with paint finishes. This was all done with brushes & small sponges using mostly Vallejo paints, washes and weathering products.

The car is presented as found after decades in a barn. I wanted the truck to appear well maintained but with a bit of patina.

Thank you for looking

 

[afx]

I noticed the Black Widow in the background of some of the photos you posted, thanks for giving it a spotlight along with the tow vehicle.

[Joe Nunes]

Very nice combination!  ?

Joe

[Toys4Don2]

Very cool looking combo!

[Pierre Rivard]

Forgot to show the underside, here it is,

 

[catpack68]

Looks great Pierre! The weathering looks perfect. The truck looks good too?

[MarkJ]

Wow, Pierre. The realism of this build is off the charts. You have a special talent for weathering for sure. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[TransAmMike]

Very cool Pierre, great job on the Widow?

[slusher]

Outstanding Pair and  love the weathering!

[TooOld]

Great work Pierre , that's the most realistic looking weathering I've seen !

[Pierre Rivard]

Thank you guys for the feedback. It was a fun build and I used it to develop ideas on weathering techniques. All of this in preparation for this one done last year. This one was not fictional, it's a replica of James Hilton's Charger as it was in 2014.

 

[stavanzer]

On 12/12/2022 at 7:01 AM, MarkJ said:

Wow, Pierre. The realism of this build is off the charts. You have a special talent for weathering for sure. 

Mark said it better than I can...

Just Wow!

[ewetwo]

Looks fantastic. The weathering is great.

[Bainford]

Very cool build, Pierre. Your weathering looks spot on.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[bogger44]

On 12/12/2022 at 9:01 AM, MarkJ said:

Wow, Pierre. The realism of this build is off the charts. You have a special talent for weathering for sure. 

This!

Seriously awesome work!

[HSCHMIDT]

Great looking , weathering is spot on

[Mattilacken]

Beautifull build m8! Great work on the weathering on both trucks! The truck looks just right for a used truck, its hard to get that out of  a model, semi flat paint and al!

[Dan Hay]

That’s killer! I really need to learn how to do weathering.

[Pierre Rivard]

9 hours ago, Dan Hay said:

That’s killer! I really need to learn how to do weathering.

Thank you Dan. Lot's of great info on the net about weathering techniques. Unfortunately most of them I can't use because I don't have an airbrush or the possibility of spraying (condo living). Considering I can only use brushes I'm happy with the results.

[Dan Hay]

31 minutes ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Thank you Dan. Lot's of great info on the net about weathering techniques. Unfortunately most of them I can't use because I don't have an airbrush or the possibility of spraying (condo living). Considering I can only use brushes I'm happy with the results.

That’s even more impressive knowing you only use brushes! Amazing!

[stavanzer]

What an Awesome Set of Vehicles , Pierre! I could look at this for hours, and still not see everything you did.

Good Show.

[Jim N]

Great work Pierre.  The weathering is outstanding.

[TarheelRick]

Sure glad these builds came back up; I missed them first go around. As the others have said this is some excellent weathering, also like the 'almost gloss' on the pickup. One question I have, not just about yours, but any 'barn finds', is where are the bird droppings? Every time I uncover my pontoon, the cover is layered in bird droppings. And that is normally once or twice a week, something found in a barn after several years should be covered in guano. Still, these builds are some really nice work.