"The Bone Shaker" (Ford Fairlane)

[WolfmanJedd]

Man, this one kicked my butt. I was trying to go with old stock car racer look, but the black paint (which I now know is very difficult to work with) got really dirty and of course, I frosted the glass again (I now use glass glue!). So I panted the windows red and rusted it up. The skull and numbers, lettering etc. I hand painted. I like how it looks, but it is certainly a basket case. I even lost the radiator hose... Ah, the learning process.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Cool learning project for sure

['70 Grande]

To my eye, it turned out pretty well!  It certainly has a "bad a_ _" look to it!  I might suggest you dull-down the chrome on those bumpers and grill a bit; they almost look like newer replacement parts unless that was the look you were going for on them.  I hope you post more pics of that Freightliner in the Truck section on the forum; it looks really good, too!

['70 Grande]

I found your post of that Freightliner; it looks awesome, too!

['70 Grande]

Oh, and by the way, welcome to the forum!  Your builds look really well-done; keep posting more!

[TooOld]

For having a messed up paint job that's a pretty good save , it looks great !  The rust and hand lettering look correct for that type of race car .

Buy a can of Testors Dull-Cote , it works wonders on  those shiny tires .

[DumpyDan]

Quite the pair, awesome looking great work

[Janne Herajärvi]

Thats cool looking model..! 

[shoopdog]

I like the looks of them both, great work.

 

[donb]

4 hours ago, TooOld said:

For having a messed up paint job that's a pretty good save , it looks great !  The rust and hand lettering look correct for that type of race car .

Buy a can of Testors Dull-Cote , it works wonders on  those shiny tires .

I agree!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

I like it a lot!!

The hand painted numbers are great. 

 

[WolfmanJedd]

Thank you all! And thank you so much for the suggestions! Very helpful for future builds. Thank you!

 

[vintagercr]

Nice weathering detail

[El Caballo]

Seeing lots of Y-blocks lately.

[stevez]

that thing belongs in Tarnatino's Death Proof Part 2, it's completely EVIL.

[WolfmanJedd]

Haha! I think you're right!

[D. Battista]

Pretty Cool build......!!