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Here is another one that I have finished up recently. I purchased the Scale Productions resin transkit for this one. The paint is real automotive paint for Eleanor. It is a two stage paint that was custom mixed here locally at an automotive paint supply store (The Painters Edge, Phoenix AZ). They used the smallest metalic flake to keep it in scale. The paint codes are Dupont 44490 pepper grey met for the base coat, and 44435 for the black met stripes. I beleive he had to get pints of each. He gave me two ounces of each for my project. I don't know what he paid but I know it wasn't cheap. I detailed this one up as much as I could without going overboard. The engine is a 428 SCJ from the AMT 68 Shelby with a parts box Hillborn injection. The interior had added seatbelts and flocking. I didn't like the tires that the transkit came with so I used Pegasus # 1601 225/50r16 Bridestone tires.

What do you think?

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  • 6 months later...
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I love the Eleanor, I'm a huge fan. I seen your post was on 11/2010, do you know where or if I could still buy that Eleanor transkit? I've been searching like crazy and have had no luck, any help?

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Ok, I envy you there, and I thought I've seen that it was discontinued, thanks for the info.

Very nice model!!!.....but I'm after just the wheels.can these be purchased separately?

Thanks,

Rich

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Beautiful job on Eleanor. How was the Scale Productions stuff to work with? They've got a lot of cool stuff but I've been leary to pull the trigger as I haven't seen there stuff built up before.

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Beautiful job on Eleanor. How was the Scale Productions stuff to work with? They've got a lot of cool stuff but I've been leary to pull the trigger as I haven't seen there stuff built up before.

This is the only kit of there's that I bought. I bought two of them after I had seen one in person. I was that impressed. Nice and clean casting and no flash. The only thing that didn't fall into place was the hood. I just needed to sand the sides to get it to fit properly. It was cast somewhat large and rubbed the fenders before paint.

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This is the only kit of there's that I bought. I bought two of them after I had seen one in person. I was that impressed. Nice and clean casting and no flash. The only thing that didn't fall into place was the hood. I just needed to sand the sides to get it to fit properly. It was cast somewhat large and rubbed the fenders before paint.

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Thanks for the info. There's a place here in Missouri that carries a good chunk of their line. They don't show everything they have on their site and aren't coming to the Heartland Nats this weekend so I'll probably end up ordering directly from Germany.

  • 4 years later...
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Very nice, your colors look spot on, and the interior is.beautiful. The steering wheel looks like real wood:huh:, awesome. Great job!

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