The Styrene Chemist Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hello fellow modelbuilders, A little while ago I've had the crazy idea to build the 3 modern day muscle cars in 3 weekends. Guess what, That's just not possible. At least not for me. But the idea kept my bugging. So today I started on the Shelby GT500. In this movie you can what's Inside the boxes of the Shelby / Challenger and the Camaro Inside the box : 3 modern day muscle cars A little picture before I went to the paintbooth And a few hours later, another picture. body painted with tamiya silver rims painted with Tamiya gunmetal random pics A few facts : interieur painted with vallejo model air dark sea grey engine painted in tamiya flat aluminium, the rest of the engine-parts : tamiya X1 suspension and chassis in revell aqua color flat black total hours of airbrushing : 5,5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Styrene Chemist Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 There's always activity in The Styrene Lab so we kept working on this beauty on 4 wheels. I wish you an evening full of styrene-fun and see you next time, The Styrene Chemist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Lookin' good! these kits do lend themselves to a quick simple build. nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Very nice start,this is gunna be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I kind of want to do this now, looking really good , very nice so far , what color did you use for the body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I kind of want to do this now, looking really good , very nice so far , what color did you use for the body? Body was painted Tamiya Silver, he didn't state what shade though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Body was painted Tamiya Silver, he didn't state what shade though.Thanks Lawrence, I missed that part I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleb Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Looks great, just for a future note. Most of the newer mustangs have a coating on the subframe, and floor. To get the color I mixed yellow gold and brass and it comes out close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny1973 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Looking real nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Styrene Chemist Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Made some progress Have fun out there... See y'all next time with more styrene updates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Looks great, just for a future note. Most of the newer mustangs have a coating on the subframe, and floor. To get the color I mixed yellow gold and brass and it comes out close. After crawling under one of the newer Mustangs on a local lot (they must've thought I was a bit off as we were buying a new Optima) I discovered there is no metallic in the "sealer" that Ford has on the Mustang floor pan, it is actually almost a perfect match to the K-2 urethane primer that some of use under a lacquer paint job, it is a yellowish orange sort of color, almost a real light Ochre (but not quite). Also just FYI, those fuel tanks on the sides of the driveline are either a gray plastic, or a semi gloss black plastic depending on production dates. Edited December 18, 2012 by horsepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas SCR Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 By any chance did the trans on the motor look like this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow12 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 the supercharger snout should be black as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I'm loving it,chassis and drivetrain looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 nice work but i believe Eleanor had a custom body kit with side exhausts and custom grille lights. heres what your finished project should look like. Im not trying to sound mean i just want to put a little input in good luck and great job so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Styrene Chemist Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 tnx for the comments, @ Platerpants : It is not my intention to copy the eleanor entirely. The bodywork will still be stock shelby GT500. only the colors will be like the eleanor. hereby also a new update : have a wonderful new year's Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I like the light grey stripes over the silver, nice effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 very nice build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkpitt289 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 looking good !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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