Pro Touring Starliner

[JayVee]

Here's a '60 Starliner that was just completed. It's painted Tamiya Mica Silver with a dark blue interior. I finally settled on a simple paint scheme since I think it works best with this car. The wheels are 19" Pegasus chrome T's, the disk brakes are from the Phantom Vickie kit, and the air cleaner is from the Revell '32 Deuce Coupe. The rest of the build is from the kit. The suspension was lowered quite a bit:

This build had two other complete paint jobs earlier in it's life. This one ended up with a huge scratch that happened while applying the approximately 3 miles of chrome foil:

This one ended up with bubbles in the clear in the panel lines:

Even though the final paint job is the simplest, I think it fits the style the best. Thanks for checking out this project!

-JV

[Peter Lombardo]

Interesting how fate works sometimes. The car looks a thousand times better with the simple silver paint, now don't misunderstand, the other paint was nice and interesting, but the simplicity of the silver mono tone makes it. Nice build there, very clean and classic.

[Zoom Zoom]

Third time's the charm, this one's a knockout. The simpler paint scheme is tasteful and the model has a timeless look about it. Glad you had the patience to keep on plugging away with this one, it was worth the effort!

[Raul_Perez]

Very nice!! Yes, I too like the final paint job the best!!

Thanks for sharing,

[mikelo]

That turned out great. It really does look better just one color & nothing fancy. I'm glad to see it done. Love the purple wires.

Mike

[Nate]

Excellent buid, JayVee! The paint and stance look great, as usual! The foil work is excellent as well.

[Harry P.]

I agree with the others...the third time's the charm. Very clean and classy...just the right look for this particular car. And your wheels look good too...big, for sure, but not so big as to look "cartoony". They're just right.

BTW...I would've added wheelwells/fender liners up front. Just my unsolicited 2 cents...

[Dragon7665]

Wow Fantastic Job Very Klean! I too like the other colors, but I do think your Star likes the Subtle is more approach!

[Dragon7665]

BTW...I would've added wheelwells/fender liners up front. Just my unsolicited 2 cents...

Nah it looks like it is a Baggr, which goes with the Pro-Touring theme nicely! That's my Buck Fifty, and you'll still come up short for a Micky D's Cup of Joe

[cruz]

As shown here, sometimes less is more, really cool build man!!!

[Tom Kren]

sharp build!!!!!

[Alfa]

Jayvee I like the silver paint best.sometimes simple is best.

[JayVee]

Thanks all! I noticed that a lot of the bagged, rocker layin' 1:1 trucks are built without front inner wheel wells so I've been leaving them off as well. On this model they would be easy to fab using sheet styrene, but for now I'm moving on to finishing a '40 Ford Coupe that's in progress.

[evilone]

dude did you do those flames if so pm me with an addy that i can send some bodies to

as well as a price range

[gilsdropshop1]

nice car it came out cleeeeeeean.

[Nick F40]

Here's a '60 Starliner that was just completed. It's painted Tamiya Mica Silver with a dark blue interior. I finally settled on a simple paint scheme since I think it works best with this car. The wheels are 19" Pegasus chrome T's, the disk brakes are from the Phantom Vickie kit, and the air cleaner is from the Revell '32 Deuce Coupe. The rest of the build is from the kit. The suspension was lowered quite a bit:

-JV

Love the car, love the color, love the wheels, love the stance, love the modifications, love the chrome foil, absolutly love the engine, I just love this thing.

It is hard to really interest me when it comes to this subject, but you nailed it, this is very very very very close to the top of my favorite builds on here and of all time. I love Pro Touring. Magnificant.

Edited July 19, 2008 by Nick F40

[JayVee]

Hey thanks again all. This kit sat in the box on the shelf for a long time because I couldn't get past the "big square car" thing. Once the body was shaved of the handles, mirrors, and half the chrome doodads it started to have a retro-rocket ship look that made it more fun to work with.

[CarModDave]

JayVee,

I gotta agree with the consensus here: The final paint job is simply stunning.

I love what you do with the true fire-thing and it looked great in the 1st attempt, but the end result after the "mistakes" make for some real eye-candy.

Color, stance, 'tude.......................it's got it all.

VERY nice.

[Belugawrx]

Dude

Most awesome flames

Where ya at

[XJ6]

I Like Your Saying "Simple Paint Scheme" ::::::::::::: Gee Wish i could say the same....

++ Very Nice ++........ Fits The Car Well ****

[slusher]

Sweet...