Cool Hand

Just another curbside lowrider build thats in the works. And yes Doc this one will be black.

Thanks for comments fella's. Its good to know some of you die hard mopar fans approve too. As some of you mentioned it is a low quality kit,so I tried my best to do something cool with it. I love lowriders and have built a few curbsides (quick fun builds) in the past so I decided that would be the best way and style to build it. To me any hard top coupe make great subjects to be built as lowriders. No black this time Doc.But have a couple in the works. The lines were done free hand,I put the body close to the edge of my spray table and rest/ran my hand and arm along the edge using it as guide to keep hands steady while spraying. And I must thank you Doc for sharing info and helping me with how to apply and use pearl-ex.

As always top quality and highly detailed. Such a treat to watch your builds in the w.i.p stage,and then be blown away everytime when you show the completed build.

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This build isnt anything special and didnt really put in much effort as I started with the MPC D.O.H kit,which is why I chose to build it as a curbside and use it for airbrush practice. The body. Paint base is H.O.K chrome yellow and molly orange highlights Then that was over coated with intercoat clear with Pearl-ex 641 pumpkin orange mixed in. Top coated with H.O.K UC-35 clear. Interior colour is Tamiya XF-55 deck tan. Wheels are Pegasus 1296 19" chrome DZ's.

Cheers Paul for explaining step by step,not long winded at all. It was a perfect easy to understand description of the process you used to do the tape work and apply the paint. Thankyou it will help for sure.

Very impressive scratch building Zac,top job on the fine details

Cool paint work. Just a quick question as ive only just started using H.O.K paints,did you use intercoat clear in between tape offs ?.

Well, when I eventually get this kit with out a doubt il build one as lowrider and paint it black for sure.

Excellent build, very clean and well detailed James,really like all the custom features makes it very unique for sure.

Looking foward to the update Virgil.

Cant wait for this kit to land here in Australia,then again I dont think I will be able to wait and will end up importing a few.

Thanks heaps for all the comments fella's I really do appreciate it. The grille is from the kit,in total there are 3 grille options. At the moment Jim, this is the only other one I have. If you want to see more at different angles let me know. I know they are not a good scale representation of how 1:1 scale would look or function.But that doesnt bother me as I was just trying to add some visual interest and added detail.

Progressing very well Junior,good work on the extra details. Like the design on the base too. Look foward to seeing it completed.

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Just completed this for a build-off on another forum. Modified/opened up side window openings. Pegasus tyre's with Revell 70 Chevelle CL rims Paint on the body. Base coat H.O.K marine blue Overcoat/2nd coat H.O.K true blue pearl. Clear coated with H.O.K UC-35 Interior paint. Tamiya TS-6 matt black and XF-8 flat blue Frame/chassis painted Alclad chrome.

Thanks fella's much appreciated. Some more outdoor pics

Yep I like it Bruce. Like the colour shift paint ,blacked out chrome and all the extra detail you added. Well done, good job for sure.

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Just got this build finished. AMT kit. Opened up grille and front bumper. Aoshima kranze LXZ wheels,modified front rims to lessen the amount of dish/lip. Fujimi disc brakes. Interior colour is Tamiya XF-57 Buff. Paint on the body is Base coat: H.O.K black Overcoated/2nd coat: H.O.K intercoat clear with a bit of Pearl-Ex 644 reflex violet pearl mixed in. Top coat: H.O.K UC-35 clear

Thanks fella's, Glad the how-to will help some of you. Dont you know it will have a L.C.C decal some where. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert: Not much to report progress wise. Have applied primer on a majority of the components,just waiting for that to dry then il be back to making some more progress. Look foward to seeing your Kenworth build.

Spectacular,flawless execution.

Killa paint job Doc

Yep,they sure are Jim. I try to build a couple or more each year.As its good to have a break from the cars every now and then.

I thought I had already posted a topic of this build before.But I guess not. I know ive put pics up in other thread topics. Anyways seeing as there is a few chopper threads,thought some of you fella's might enjoy this one.(Has been posted on other forums,so I apologize if you have seen it before) A list of things done to build the bike. Below is scratch made parts/components; Frame. Bottom triple clamp and forks (made from aluminum tube with Knead-it epoxy putty on the ends shaped to a point). Handle bars (2.4 aluminum rod). Rear brake caliper (covered with bmf). Gear shift linkage (craft wire, aluminum tube and .9 aluminum sheet). Number plate mount and brake light. Primary cover plate, covered with bmf with skull from RM chopper kit primary cover. Seat (made from Knead-it epoxy putty). Below is Modified Parts Fuel tank (from cheapo diecast sectioned and shaped). Oil tank (from RM kit sectioned to make width smaller). Re-shaped fenders (from Rm wicked chopper Kit) made new mounts. Slash cut exhaust (Rm aces wild kit). Stretched primary drive(from Rm kit). Below is other detail's Fuel line, throttle cable,front brake cable, clutch cable, rear brake hard line, battery cables, oil lines ,spark plug leads. drilled out rear sprocket and disc brakes (RM kit). Fuel cap from spare parts (covered with bmf). Rims from RM aces wild kit. Paint; Tamiya Ts-76 mica silver base top coated with Ts-65 pearl clear and Ts-13 clear.