Csaba aka felhasznaaloo

WOW!!! You'll have to tell me how those hood hinges came about! Hear-hear!?

Thanks!

A little progress. If anyone wondered if the headers fit between the frame rails: they don't. ?

Lightly weathered Frank's chassis.... and played some more with the rust powder on the Kiernans' car.

True, it's easy to overdo the rust effect...

Thank you! Painted parts black (or metallic black, silver, dull red ... as necessary). Then dabbed some clear on with a brush and dusted some rust powder on it. Then brushed off the excess rust after a few minutes of drying.

Progress on the wheels with scratchbuilt drums and rotors. Also played a little with my ACME rust powder ?

Thank you all. A cool movie with the greatest car chase scene and a fascinating story behind the survivor movie car. Good motivation for a model project ?

So I started this project back in 2018, some time after Sean Kiernan came forward with the Bullitt movie car. It started out as a triple build, right now the plan is to finish 2 models: the fictitious car depicted in the movie, in the condition it was in right before the chase, and the real/existing movie prop/survivor car that was eventually auctioned off in 2020. Minus the camera mounts?? Using one Revell Bullitt kit and a Mustang 2in1 kit, which were purchased before (or came from a batch before) the correct '68 interior parts were added by Revell, so some takeaway food tray foil work was necessary on the door cards and rear seat back, in addition to a LOT of scratchbuilding and modifications...

Thank you, but it's just the low resolution photos.

Thank you! I just use my phone to take photos, do it outside in natural light, and add/increase contrast afterwards.

Thank you. Unfortunately I don't have a lot to show. At the front, I drilled into the shock tower tops to accommodate the modified kingpin(?) and made pivot points at the front of the K frame(?). At the rear, I made pivot points for the thinned out suspension arms, cheated by shaving the top of the diff, and removed some of the floor board above.

Thanks! Yes, same kit, molded in light blue. Most of it goes together nicely, although the pedals are a bit high up if attached to the dash, and the seats needed some shaving to fit in the interior tub. The 'Toronado front wheel drive' emblems on the front fenders are extremely finely cast, and are definitely worth preserving and foiling before any paint touches them.

Thank you! A blackwashed them, then glued over them 'lenses' that I punched out of thin soft clear acrylic sheet. They give them an illusion of some depth. (I did not want to go thru my usual 'drilling out, making buckets, lightbulbs and lenses' affair this time.)

Very inspiring... as always, I must add.

Thanks. After the original whitewalls from the kit cracked, while I was trying to 'turn' them with the drill, I ended up using these tires from the AMT '70 Impala Fire Chief kit.

Thank you all for the really kind words.

Thanks! Does not lock in place, it is just tight enough to hold the weight of the model.

Thanks! Believe me, my other paintjobs don't even come close. All you need is, devote it some extra planning time, masking tape cutting time, masking time, cursing time never forgetting a light coat of clear after a new layer of masking... a very rewarding thing to do.

Thanks! Not my idea though, saw it on the forum.

Thank you all.

This one is built from the Fujimi kit, and I really didn't mind that the motor is not included, unlike in recent kits (made by Meng, if I remember correctly). In this version, only the transmission and some of the exhaust is replicated. This is an after-the-race look. And because in 1968, there was rainy weather before and during the race, the model is weathered accordingly.? Thanks for looking!

This is built from the Fire Chief kit, with extensive modifications to the chassis and suspension front and back, to make that lowrider stance happen. I also wanted the car to be able to 'stand tall', so the suspension can be adjusted to display the model with various ride heights and rakes. The paintwork was a lot of fun to do, lots of layers... my first time masking pinstripes, and also some cotton lace to imitate that flower-kind-of pattern. The last layer was supposed to be purple 'wire fence' motif over the maroon beltline, but it is just barely visible. Oh well... next time. Unbelievable but I only made one mistake during the unmasking process, which I was able to correct afterwards. Thanks for looking.

This one turned out to be a challenge, not because it is a bad kit, just me dropping parts and messing up paintjobs. I even accidentally scratched the top of the dash, and I did not have any left of that shade of paint I mixed for that. So I threw a copy of Car&Driver in... Thanks for looking.

Very nice.