Working on fabricating a new hood. Starting off with the underside by adding reinforcing ribs out of styrene strip. There are some joints that will be filled with 2 part putty before being sprayed. The mesh is from Hasegawa (Modeling Mesh 22) and the piece for the porthole is sheet styrene.
Working on getting the stance right. I had to cut the front spindles off, and reattach them in a different position. Here is the right side with the correct stance.
Beautiful build. I would suggest painting it in Marrone Metallizato, which was the color of the Lusso owned by Steve McQueen. Car had tan interior and a California black plate with the number IFC 007.
Starting on the window channels. I plan to have the windows closed, but still want to represent this car accurately. The piece was cut from a piece of .020" styrene sheet.