CA Whitecloud

Pickup primed. And primed again. I sprayed grey first on the white plastic to spot flaws, then white over the grey to show off the color coats better. Does that jive?

I could not get the hood to line up. After over sanding I had to get out the putty. It'll be tricky to keep it from falling off. I used Tamiya Champagne Gold for the interior. I pondered doing another trim color. No carpet this time, but I do wish I had detailed the seat a bit more.

Ain't that fun!

Unless... Someone can talk me through achieving this kind of stance.

Nothing quite so dramatic for this build. A little more conservative. Something like this. I'm a bit bummed this kit does not come with the side trim. I don't think I'm skilled enough to replicate it.

let's try this one...

Immaculate work! I've never seen this amount of detail and parts in a plastic car kit, battleship maybe. Very cool.

How do you approach the brackets holding the plug wires? Did you make those yourself?

Just for fun, a couple AI versions/visions.

More Pics!

Done deal! (How many pics is too many pics?)? My thoughts: The kit hood pins look ridiculous to me. Too high in profile. I shaved them down as long as I could hold on to them. I chose not to drill out the divots that are in the hood. The body could use a few more color coats. The clear coat seemed to thin it out, especially in the panel lines. And for a deeper color tone. Definitely needed more color on the side mirrors. They are off a tone or two. Matching the hood opening to blower was a challenge. I mentioned before the hood fit was not great to begin with. I taped the blower into the hood, applied cement to the top of the engine, then worked the hood into position, let it set, and hoped for the best. Turned out well. I'm getting better with wiring. As long as I can remember where the distributor goes.

Real nice work. I'm liking that under hood affect. How is that achieved?

Wheels came out fine. The side mirrors came with tiny chrome inserts that were to hard to fit I filled with epoxy and painted over with chrome.

Can anyone see what's wrong in this pic? I am no mechanic like some of you, but even I didn't notice until I went to install the radiator hose! (palm to face emoji).

I'll enjoy watching your progress.

So I tried to freehand the side trim around the lights. I made a fine mess of one. How would I touch hat up if I used a rattle can for top coat?

About a 7 on the masking efficiency scale. I wish I had put down a few more coats of color. The top coat is too thin and faint in the seams.

Ah! Thanks.

A lot of folks seem to dig the color. That's always nice to hear. One of those "not what I intended", but works good colors.

Saying a little prayer to the trimming gods. ?

I hope gut is a good thing.?

Some pics of the tub before it's hidden forever. Not a lot of detail. I usually don't do carpet unless it's a drop-top. Decal on the brake pedal cracks me up. Hard to see, but like how the image of the decal (cobra) is molded into the plastic. I've never had decals on a shifter before. Disregard dust specks.

Where I'm at...

That's a good one!

Second ever attempt at installing plugs wires went pretty well. I just happened to have a set of brown wires in the stash. The color matched the body to good not to use. I managed to get a glue drop on the belts, right on top of the decal :(.