Bills72sj
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Time to make some headers. Cut and crimped the ends of some electronics solder. Gorilla glued and taped them into some styrene tubing. I hope they turn out as well as they did on my Platinum Pony Mustang.
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Painted my decks with flat tan to simulate wood. I debated with myself as to whether on not to highlight the molded in woodgrain for more realism like I did my lowboy. The challenge was the differences in how the woodgrain was embossed onto the parts. The front and rear decks have the detail indented into the deck. The added-in deckplate has the woodgrain detail raised. After determining that two different techniques were required and the trial and (and mostly) error that would likely result, I decided to forgo the attempt. So... I masked off the pieces and sprayed the mostly gloss black onto the underside and perimeter of the decks. I also sprayed some matt gloss onto the mud flaps. It sprayed like doodoo but still gave the effect of mudflaps made from recycled rubber.
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Thank you Carl.
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Dang that is sweet! I wish it was mine.
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Nice wheels! They look very similar to the ones on my 1:1.
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AMT '67 Mustang Fastback-Now in Under Glass Section
Bills72sj replied to mustang1989's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Enjoying all the details you are adding. -
Very nice Chevy. I suggest you roll up the windows...
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That is quite impressive. It looks like a genuine Rustang. If it were real, the gas cap would be long gone.
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Thanks for sharing. ? My favorite is the 4cam 66 Pontiac. Those wheels... MAN O MAN!
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Mike, Thank you for the compliment but I hope you not only referring to the 1st pic of the Blue Shelby. Because it is actually a real 1:1 Shelby.
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Stephan, Bob, Dan and Cliff, Thank you.
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Thank you for the encouragement Joe. I get through it sooner or later because I really want it in my collection. Thank you JC. Thank you Bob. Unfortunately the blue was stripped off paint job before last.
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1972 Chevelle SS 454 (Star Spangled Blue Lacquer)
Bills72sj replied to Bills72sj's topic in Model Cars
Thank you Dennis. Thank you Carl -
Struggling with this one again. Got a so so white base coat down. Waited a few days. Started masking stripes per Shelby spec. Paint felt a little tacky so I only did the hood and the nose. Just checked under the masking tape. Sure enough, masking tape texture embedded in the white stripes. GRRR. Back in the purple lake again. This is sad. The interior and chassis have been done for months.
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1972 Chevelle SS 454 (Star Spangled Blue Lacquer)
Bills72sj replied to Bills72sj's topic in Model Cars
Thank you Bob. ? -
1972 Chevelle SS 454 (Star Spangled Blue Lacquer)
Bills72sj replied to Bills72sj's topic in Model Cars
Anton, Thank you for the compliment. The grille is close enough for my taste as it is, but thank you for the offer to help create a better example. However, I have no other 72 (or 71) kits left to build. -
I have acquired some more license plate decals from some recent builds. I needed a couple for my extended flatbed WIP. So I made another batch. While I was at it I finally added the vanity plates for 3 of my Challengers.
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I got most of the frame parts assembled. The instructions want you to glue the frame to the deck(s) first then put everything else on. My decks are not ready yet. Besides there is some play on the mating of them. I want to take advantage of that for best alignment.
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I love the wheel flares on that Camaro. It reminds me of one I saw in a Car Craft or Hot Rod magazine around 1976. It was dark green and had very tastefully done wheel flares that were slightly better than the ones on this red car. If you build it, I will follow along.
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This is very unique. I like it.
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Tastefully done!
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Thank you Jeff. Kerry, Off ebay from China Thank you Dan. I am glad I made it big enough to paint semi-trailer parts. The surprise bonus is that the corrugated plastic in front holds the bamboo skewers I use to hold parts while they dry.
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These are complete at last. the DMV delayed my paperwork for years but I finally got my vanity plates
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1972 Chevelle SS 454 (Star Spangled Blue Lacquer)
Bills72sj replied to Bills72sj's topic in Model Cars
It took awhile but I finally made the vanity plates for my blue 72 SS.
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I got all the pieces for this and a couple of other projects mounted and painted.
