Slim Louis Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Narrowed, shortened, cut down 34 Ford coupe body on a scratch built chassis. Almost scratch built wing, and my decals. Use to watch this race weekly in southeastern Wisconsin/Northern Illinois, back in the day. Hope you like it!
Harry P. Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Pretty cool! But with the headers routed like that, wouldn't the driver pass out after the first couple of laps???
randx0 Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Slim I am beginning to think that you are the man. sweet where'd you get the graphics?
Bernard Kron Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Beautiful build. Great graphics. What do use to make your decals (printer, decal stock)? Did you use clear stock for the decals that include white in design, or white stock? Your blacks are very dense and appear to hide the white completely. Very nice indeed...
Slim Louis Posted July 30, 2008 Author Posted July 30, 2008 Thank you for your comments. I buy my decal paper on line from Bel-Decals Inc. http://www.beldecal.com/making.cfm These were printed on my Dell printer, model # 942 using clear paper. and Print Shop 20 for a program, very limited. Ink jet decals are very transluscent. I can only print dark colors over white, pale yellow, light blue, orange, and black over red. Blue turns green over yellow, too! I use white paper when I'm able to cut around it! I love doing decals, I wish ALPS or something was still around, it's my favorite hobby within a hobby! Sorry, I do not do it professionally, my quality is not good enough to sell!
Bernard Kron Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) ...I love doing decals, ...it's my favorite hobby within a hobby! I totally agree. It adds a whole extra dimension of expression and you get to do graphics as well! I have tried my hand at decal making with mixed success. I have a bare metal digger going and will try black script on clear over the Testors Metallizer paint to see how it works. The only mystery on your build for me is the white A&M graphic on the blue side of the wing. Don't tell me you cut all that fine script out of white sheet! The only other thought I had is that you printed blue on white and covered the whole end plate. In your photographs the end plate is a slightly different shade of blue than the rest of the body, but it could just as easily be the light. Edited July 30, 2008 by gbk1
Slim Louis Posted July 30, 2008 Author Posted July 30, 2008 Sorry, I forgot about the white, those are commercially made, I qualified that on another forum and forgot to do so here! The blue is the same paint, shot months apart over I don't remember what undercoat! I like it like that, gives a taste of 1-1 realism for racing. You replace a door or fender, give it a quick coat, looks different! Ya know? Thanks for the questions and comments!
kasteer Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Great work! Looks like it belongs on the dirt track!
ricky12 Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 wow slim you have some great looking builds you makeing droll with great detail and paint
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