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Thanks fellas! Hey Tim! Actually, an off-brand set I picked up on Amazon that had some brighter colors I wantedā¦but similar stuff, yeah! I tried a few different frames and found it wouldnāt be too much work to make one of them fitā¦decided to keep this one curbside though in the spirit of the original kit (even if I DID change a bunch of stuff for the sake of itā¦) A little progress this weekā¦remasked the body and finished up the paint - last touch I wanted to add was a little light gradient fade along the body line: And Iām working on getting it into clearcoat now, which my current favorite lacquer: Started getting the chrome parts into shape too; apart from clean-up the only ones Iām modifying are the rear taillight / fin pieces, which Iāve drilled to take some separate lenses that I still need to make: Cleaned up the 2-piece plastic tires, got them into primer then some generic rattle-can black followed by some shading with Vallejo Tire Black: Then brush painted the whitewalls (Iād usually mask something like this, but Iām working on my brush-painting skills) then shot with matte coat: Ignore the ones in the background, theyāre for something elseā¦ I needed some pedals so I designed them in CAD and printed them - didnāt get a perfect print of the gas pedal yet, but the brake pedal came out ok: I managed to get the lettering on there, even if it is only just barely legibleā¦hard to photograph tooā¦ Tomorrowās project is the rest of the interiorā¦more soon, soon as Iāve done more! Thanks for looking!
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Atlantis Models has bought another lot of tooling/molds.....
CabDriver replied to Dave Van's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
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1934 Ford Pickup
CabDriver replied to Exotics_Builder's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
This looks GREAT so far - nice detailing! -
Super modified
CabDriver replied to Vettegasser's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Wow - thatās awesome! I hadnāt heard of Scale Speed Works before, but Iāll be checking them out - thanks for the heads-up! -
Nah, back home nowā¦but did as much prep as I could in an Orlando hotel room š¤Ŗ Im replicating the original Hawk box art for this one, but I donāt have a set of the original decals so had to cut a mask and lay some Tamiya white downā¦ And the inspirationā¦ Iāll do some touch-ups on the paint once itās set up and then I can get the body in clear
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Had an AWESOME evening at the bench tonightā¦I had a vision of what I was trying to achieve and thought thru the steps to get there and went for itā¦wasnāt 100% sure it was going to work but I gave it my best shot. First up, my goal was to really accentuate those big long lines and curves by forcing some color variations with low and high spots - but nothing too rigid and inorganic looking. Worked thru a few darker tones to add some depth in the lower portions of the body, then some light pink and pearl white on the upper edges: That was kinda the scary step, because I liked how bright and rich the base color was and I hid a lot of that under some darker gradients. The darkest spots are Createx purple and magenta, the lightest are Testorās Hot Pink and a Vallejo silver that is actually closer to white. I let that set up for twenty minutes or so and then shot some highlights in Createx neon pinkā¦but an over reduced mix of it in clear carrier to make sure some of the flake in the layers below still comes thru: Then, final step (for now) was mixing up a hot pink pearl in some Futureā¦ This particular mica powder flips between pink red and purple and works well with the colors Iām already using, so I shot some mist coats of that over top the whole body, and ended up with this: I still have a little more to do, but I need to shoot a coat of intercoat to lock in all the lower layers so I can do a little masking without damaging all the flake and pearlā¦super pleased with the results so far tho! Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as Iāve done more!
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This reminds me of a build by the late Chopper Learā¦but even more extreme: I donāt have any better pics of this one - but I love what youāve done with yours so far! Nice work!
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Who doesn't love a mock-up? Let's see yours!
CabDriver replied to Belairconvertable's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Ohhh, this will be a COOL project - will definitely be watching out for this one! -
Or heād call me a hack and tell me to quit copying š¤Ŗ These things look good two-toned too, so I have some ideas to move this from ārip offā territory to āinspired byāā¦ Different model, same conceptā¦
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Iām a big fan of Hot Wheels, plus Iām a design nerd and I really like when designers put āeaster eggsā in their designs - little details and surprises to be noticed upon closer inspection. They do the same in movies and TV shows - little nods and details for knowledgable fans that might not be obvious on first viewing. For example, the Hot Wheels Porsche 944 has a stethoscope on the rear parcel shelf as a nod to the designerās doctor who had the same model Porsche. Their Pontiac Aztec has a Heisenberg hat in the interior to reference the vehicles appearance in Breaking Badā¦stuff like that. These well thought out little touches really make me want to do a better job of adding stuff like that to MY buildsā¦Iād be interested to hear if anyone here adds fun little āin jokeā details to their projects too? I made a diorama piece for a friend a while back and added graffiti stickers and tags on the edges that were scale versions of actual ones in the subjectās neighborhood - theyāre not actually visible when the finished piece is in itās shadow box unless you shine a torch in there and view it from the right angle: Hereās a fun design feature I found on a Hot Wheels I picked up this past week - a HW Corvette: Instead of the usual rivet on the front of the base it has a clear plastic circle - and if you shine a light in there the headlamps illuminate! If anyone else knows of any other cool hidden details like this on diecasts (or in model kits?!) Iād love to hear them!
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My wife made me go to her friendās kids birthday party today, probably as punishment for going to Florida without her and spending too much time racking a tab on the company credit card in Hooters. Anyhooā¦in return for redeeming myself at the kidās party we hit Michaelās and Joann Fabrics in a town we donāt usually visitā¦ Found some paint and glue in Michaelās, and Joann had Atlantis kits PLUS a 40% off on their website so a Midget followed me home:
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Thank you sir! Thank you too! Huh! Interesting! Good thing itās kustom, or Iād DEFINITELY be doing something wrong (maybe?!)ā¦ha! Progress on this one ground to a halt last week because I was out of state for a work thingā¦I considered taking it with me but didnāt feel like letting Southwest have a shot at busting itā¦but I was excited yesterday to get home and get back to it. Did a few rounds of filling and priming on the body yesterday, then a few more todayā¦just tweaking some little areas to get it good as I couldā¦got it looking ok in primer I thinkā¦(excuse the blurry nose in this pic - itās crisp in real lifeā¦) And then, shot some Electric Pink today: This color really pops! Would pop even more over a pure white base instead of the light gray, but Iām planning some highlights in a slightly different lighter shade, so this works fine for what I have in mind. Incidentally, I DID work on this little 1/32 Testorās kit while I was awayā¦sure did have some bright clashing colors in the booth today š¤Ŗ Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as Iāve done more!
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That hood has one of the best lacquer clear-coat jobs Iāve seen in a whileā¦nice work!!
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I like the Tamiya polishing compounds too, but I find they work best on heavy āorange peelā like this if you start out with some wetsanding; I usually like a 3600 pad (or cloth) or there abouts Polish the affected area until itās uniformly level and satin (with no shiny spots) and then work thru the compounds
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I was on a business trip to FL this past week so I packed a few supplies and started work on this Testorās 1/32 Bonneville car: Perfect low-parts-count low-stress vacation projectā¦I think itāll end up replicating the original Hawk box art: I like it better than the Testorās take, although that is cool tooā¦ Got it cleaned up and into primer today ready for some color tomorrowā¦planning for this one to be completely box stock, and maybe add progressively more detail to the rest of the series as I work through themā¦
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I was lucky enough to have a work assignment in Orlando this past week, and wasnāt going to miss out on checking out the Dezerland collection; over 1000 cars of all eras, valued at over $200m and featuring a bunch of prominent movie cars. Some teasers below and a bunch of photos of the stuff that interested me here: https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/11-cars/car-shows/orlando-auto-museum/
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This will be available in the next āmonth or twoā according to whoever it was at Revell who appeared in someoneās show coverage video this weekendā¦ (I realize thatās a little vague but I forgot where I saw that little tidbitā¦apologies)
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Nother dirt tracker
CabDriver replied to Vettegasser's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
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Nahuel has one: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/1926-1927-ford-t-roadster-hot-rod-car-body
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Thank you! I never really took notice of all these 50s Cadillacs before, but now I have a few I wanna build! That recess is where the chrome trim goes, if youāre referring to what I think youāre referring toā¦no narrowing or anything on this oneā¦even using the kitās mounting pins/holes to get everything aligned nicely tho, everything doesnāt really align nicely. Case in point - check the door lines and how they align to the red trim that attaches to the bottom: The āscoopā lines up great, the front two lines are level on the body AND the trimā¦but the rear one is off probably a sixteenth. On the other side, exact oppositeā¦the rearmost line and the scoop align perfectly but the doors are off. I know the body is square and true, so Iām just messing with those lines instead, filling and re-scribing the ones that need it. No biggie š¤·āāļø Picked up some paint todayā¦kinda a clicheā¦but I imagined this thing pink from the startā¦ I think itāll need a white base to really make it popā¦got another shade I want to try before I decide thoā¦