crazyrichard Posted July 12, 2016 Author Posted July 12, 2016 engine painted , second time i went orange after some examples .. will be weathered ..
Bob Ellis Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Richard, the old AMT '72 Nova kit comes with separate fenders, if you could find one (The old issue had the "Old Pro" box art, the current release is the "Beverly Hills Cop" box art), the fender could be used, or you could take the cowl area from the AMT kit and put it on the Revell kit. I don't know how hard that kit is to locate in your area though....The fenders were separate so that AMT could sell it as a Ventura or a Novacaine funny car
crazyrichard Posted July 12, 2016 Author Posted July 12, 2016 so first weathering on the engine ... maybe i'll do some minour small chips in the paint on the valve covers later , with slight silver showing .. also mounted the doorhandles and the side mirror , i toned down the rut runner i pre-made there
crazyrichard Posted July 17, 2016 Author Posted July 17, 2016 si i didnt do much i have a very bad cold ... brrrr but today i thought i'd try to do some small stuff i polished the metal coat on the intake manifold and mounted the painted headers assembled the suspension , now the underside wont be seen since this nova will become part of a diorama later .. so i didnt even bother with the red axle that was already painted red by the previous kit owner .. i did gave it mild wash vintage dragstyle ... used some beaten up rims out of my partsbox , the red you see will be touched up ...also put the rear in
espo Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 so first weathering on the engine ... maybe i'll do some minour small chips in the paint on the valve covers later , with slight silver showing .. also mounted the doorhandles and the side mirror , i toned down the rut runner i pre-made there I have been following your build from the start and have learned a great deal about weathering and have enjoyed how you have created this build. I try not to be a rivet counter but sometimes I see something that doesn't seem right to me and I wonder. Looking at the intake manifold it looks to me as if it may be turned around. If this is the kit manifold was it drilled like this or is it the way you chose to make it ? The reason I ask is that if it is the "factory" intake for a Quadra Jet carb the smaller primaries would be toward the front and the larger secondary passages are to the rear. This would apply to the high performance Holly equipped intakes also, some of the Holly carb intakes had four openings depending on the horsepower rating. This may not make a difference if you put a carb on the intake.
crazyrichard Posted July 17, 2016 Author Posted July 17, 2016 I have been following your build from the start and have learned a great deal about weathering and have enjoyed how you have created this build. I try not to be a rivet counter but sometimes I see something that doesn't seem right to me and I wonder. Looking at the intake manifold it looks to me as if it may be turned around. If this is the kit manifold was it drilled like this or is it the way you chose to make it ? The reason I ask is that if it is the "factory" intake for a Quadra Jet carb the smaller primaries would be toward the front and the larger secondary passages are to the rear. This would apply to the high performance Holly equipped intakes also, some of the Holly carb intakes had four openings depending on the horsepower rating. This may not make a difference if you put a carb on the intake. thnx david , well the awnser is simple , i looked at some intake manifold pictures on google and saw something like this ..but i could only find pic of loose manifolds not on a engine block .. i just did it this way .. so you could be right ... but that why its this way .. i just winged it on the engine ... and nope a kit manfold is not that detailed this was not open and raised with a center hole for the fake looking carb ...so i closed the center hole where the kit carbs pin was supposed to go in and then flattened the surface and drilled the holes according to pics like i said above .. its not always easy to find a picture of the exact thing you want to see .. try googeling this engine and then in a car or out but wth only the inlet manifold on showing the holes .. and then most things you find are aftermarker manifolds so i did some washe and then a heavy pigment layer ..some stuff needs to be toned down more but its getting there , really makes it pop finished the rear panel inbetween the taillights with a second mater of black , ss letters need to be made white after this , all the chrome got a threatment with a milky layer of silver chrome , out of the rattle can i always use .. so i sprayed it in a bowl and painted the watery chrome over all the kit chrome with a brush , then drybrused a tiny bit with waterbased black .. now it kind of looks like dull chrome
espo Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 I think if you would take some pictures of this model in some dried grass out side some one would never know it wasn't real.
crazyrichard Posted July 17, 2016 Author Posted July 17, 2016 I think if you would take some pictures of this model in some dried grass out side some one would never know it wasn't real. thnx and lol just the same comment i got minutes ago on a dutch website over here in my street i dont really have a good setting to make those shots ..and although i have a resonable size garden i dont have a perfect spot to get a deep far vieuw behind the car.... maybe soon i will take it to the park together with some other models
crazyrichard Posted July 18, 2016 Author Posted July 18, 2016 thnx steve ! started on the details now the big stuff is together cut the styrene hose out of the connections , made steel pins in the connections and put real rubber hose in between some silver and mounted , needs some weathering took the windowwiper fluid bottle from the kit and painted half blue to mimick the blue fluid inside , just a base made a new cap that is more visible and drilled a hole for the hose the place it sits first rough wash with black , hose on this is the undercarridge , i could detail this with brakelines etc .. but it will sit fixed in a dio so you cant see it when all is done
crazyrichard Posted July 18, 2016 Author Posted July 18, 2016 i used a battery out of my partsboxes , painted it white and the top black , red caps . i will make real steel poles positive and negative ... taillights in , need to dry up clear used krytal clear so its still white behind the reverse lights .. willd dry clear after a while
crazyrichard Posted July 19, 2016 Author Posted July 19, 2016 weathered the battery and placed it in the engine bay ... made terminals from brass wire and i will make clamps from bend copperplate and add cables later ... the taillights dryed up clear , looks great now , maybe a small powder layer later to make them look a tad les new
bobthehobbyguy Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Very cool. Very realistic. I like how you let the model tell you how it wants to be built.
crazyrichard Posted July 19, 2016 Author Posted July 19, 2016 thnx guys and yes bob thats basicly it .. i just start never know what it will become , works best for me
Sledsel Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Wow.... that looks like a real piece of BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH!............... in a good way
Reeves Racing Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) The weathering is outstanding but I think leaving the wheel house on was a mistake. When the fender is removed there are only a couple of bolts that hold it to the radiator support and so it would be hanging down and sitting on the tire not up in place all perky and tidy like that. I am currently repainting my 1 to 1 so I have become intimately familiar with how the front sheet metal is assembled. Edited July 20, 2016 by Reeves Racing
crazyrichard Posted July 20, 2016 Author Posted July 20, 2016 thnx guys !! The weathering is outstanding but I think leaving the wheel house on was a mistake. When the fender is removed there are only a couple of bolts that hold it to the radiator support and so it would be hanging down and sitting on the tire not up in place all perky and tidy like that. I am currently repainting my 1 to 1 so I have become intimately familiar with how the front sheet metal is assembled. awsome love your project !.. i get your point but the chassis of the kit is hollow at the top , the part with the wheelhouse hides the top mof the chassis thats hollow .. and it just not a pretty chassis or realistic .. then i would have had to make a whole custom front chassis and make all the stuff loose .. sometimes its a fine balance between absolutly correct and like the real thing or making it look as close as possible .. the whole firewall is also not that realistic .. sides i made resembling it in a very general way ...the kit part of the firewall int great either ...and like most kits has holes for the hood hinges .. also not realistic .. again that would mean doing it all over and basicly starting from scratch ... this build started as a alreaddy painted buy somebody build wanted to make it resonable looking and shiney but scewed up the front wheel well when i thinned out the inside .. so that lead into this weathered build .. so point taken and understood .. just would be a totaly different build and way more scratch chassis and firewall wise .. and its also bout how much time do you want to put in .. this was just a mid size project oh and just explaining not felt offended and dont mean this in a wise guy way
Reeves Racing Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) thnx guys !! awsome love your project !.. i get your point but the chassis of the kit is hollow at the top , the part with the wheelhouse hides the top mof the chassis thats hollow .. and it just not a pretty chassis or realistic .. then i would have had to make a whole custom front chassis and make all the stuff loose .. sometimes its a fine balance between absolutly correct and like the real thing or making it look as close as possible .. the whole firewall is also not that realistic .. sides i made resembling it in a very general way ...the kit part of the firewall int great either ...and like most kits has holes for the hood hinges .. also not realistic .. again that would mean doing it all over and basicly starting from scratch ... this build started as a alreaddy painted buy somebody build wanted to make it resonable looking and shiney but scewed up the front wheel well when i thinned out the inside .. so that lead into this weathered build .. so point taken and understood .. just would be a totaly different build and way more scratch chassis and firewall wise .. and its also bout how much time do you want to put in .. this was just a mid size project oh and just explaining not felt offended and dont mean this in a wise guy way I'm glad you weren't offended because that wasn't my intent. The build is so realistic I just wanted to give some info on how the car is put together. Edited July 21, 2016 by Reeves Racing
crazyrichard Posted July 21, 2016 Author Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) I'm glad you were offended because that wasn't my intent. The build is so realistic I just wanted to give some info on how the car is put together. ooh never hehehe .. jut said it because ometime when you type something it might come across differently .. my previous reaction could have come across different whitjout me saying i dont mean it offensive darn internet lol so no worrys and i love to see ic of the real deal .. i also noticed other things that look close to the real car but not exact and thnx joe !! after this one i will do a nother rough build i have a 66 gto from revell and just like this kit i bouht that all painted by the previous owner Edited July 21, 2016 by crazyrichard
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