Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

Recommended Posts

Posted

#40 Black Beauty

I scratch built a center mounted license plate frame for the rear bumper...

07.jpg.21e2197191e89772cb466d9ceae154f7.jpg

...and made a "Hornet" plate:

08.jpg.0a732449bbf204d81197287e24c278e9.jpg

This plate would not be really "street legal" as the the rules are prescribing, so I built it as a rotating plate just like the one in the movie:

09.jpg.0d7fb3a235d52e3615731a4a97565fdc.jpg

Posted
  On 5/5/2020 at 10:56 AM, Koellefornia Kid said:

a rotating plate

Expand  

Very innovative... When running from the law this would be a good feature to have... 

I'm still trying to figure out the science behind the black to white paint deiquse. I love the black but the white was just as stealth (IMO)?

Screenshot_20200506-110515.png

Posted
  On 5/6/2020 at 3:19 PM, disconovaman said:

Very innovative... When running from the law this would be a good feature to have...

Expand  

Thanks, Anthony!

Before I can build the custom front and grille of the Black Beauty I had to fix some issues with the hood.

I was pleased that the resin kit had a separate hood but the problem was there was nothing to support it. Thought about to glue it shut but I want to have an engine in there so I installed a "frame" from sheet styrene to hold the hood in place:

10.jpg.547085084129058fb8a4455cb1db3742.jpg

The hood itself was too narrow on the driver's side, resulting a gap.I added a strip of styrene and some putty. Now it fits:

11.jpg.7e2da87c318c00e691b3b6ab1f594989.jpg

Posted

03 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Charger is complete!  Not a show car, its a stole car.  Decals by Keith Parks, wheels and carb by Fireball Modelworks.  I wired and added a little detail to engine. Distributor from MAD.1671815432_DMCLLRQUARTER.jpg.baf27d1ef07a1e942486963acb6cc5ad.jpg Added a cb in the interior and made the antenna.  I'm not a scratchbuilder so everything else is pretty much box stock.  Good  kit, better than my abilities. I had to do a repaint after a gluing accident, the paint is Vallejo yellow green acrylic.

Could have been a fun build but I tried too hard and stressed myself out a bit being this was my first community build attempt.  Still glad I participated.  Comments are welcome.

 

1965306636_DMCLFRONTRCORNER.jpg.9690d2231f36b79457717657f0970398.jpg1952737830_DMCLFRONT.jpg.dacc13c53acabfcd08ad27701831a28c.jpg

DMCL ENGINE 1.jpg

DMCL L SIDE2.jpg

DMCL R QUARTER.jpg

DMCL R SIDE.jpg

Posted
  On 5/13/2020 at 5:26 PM, fivesuns said:

03 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Charger is complete!  Not a show car, its a stole car.  Decals by Keith Parks, wheels and carb by Fireball Modelworks. 

Expand  

I think it came out great !!

Nice job on the engine bay!!

Posted
  On 5/13/2020 at 5:26 PM, fivesuns said:

03 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Charger is complete!  Not a show car, its a stole car.  Decals by Keith Parks, wheels and carb by Fireball Modelworks.  I wired and added a little detail to engine. Distributor from MAD.1671815432_DMCLLRQUARTER.jpg.baf27d1ef07a1e942486963acb6cc5ad.jpg Added a cb in the interior and made the antenna.  I'm not a scratchbuilder so everything else is pretty much box stock.  Good  kit, better than my abilities. I had to do a repaint after a gluing accident, the paint is Vallejo yellow green acrylic.

Could have been a fun build but I tried too hard and stressed myself out a bit being this was my first community build attempt.  Still glad I participated.  Comments are welcome.

 

1965306636_DMCLFRONTRCORNER.jpg.9690d2231f36b79457717657f0970398.jpg1952737830_DMCLFRONT.jpg.dacc13c53acabfcd08ad27701831a28c.jpg

DMCL ENGINE 1.jpg

DMCL L SIDE2.jpg

DMCL R QUARTER.jpg

DMCL R SIDE.jpg

Expand  

it turned out great!!

Posted
  On 5/13/2020 at 5:26 PM, fivesuns said:

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Charger is complete! 

Expand  

Wow! You've been busy my friend! That is just spot on to the Movie car! Now all you gotta do is drive and watch out for any trains lol! That is just Superb! 

Posted

#40 Black Beauty update:

Had some fitting issues withe front grille, large gaps between the grille and the fenders:12.jpg.e27eb3186cac89edfc9081eb362e2349.jpg

Tried to fix it with putty, still needs refining:

14.jpg.7f37d903f94e56c1d96cf60114ba4899.jpg

I wasn't too happy with the look of the headlights, so I cut them free and made new bezels from strip styrene and fitted small lenses from my parts box:

16.jpg.3a3737ea05de2ea1b729f0ff6c325051.jpg

Looks much better, now:

17.jpg.925b5ac160e64cf53191fdd2b619967e.jpg

 

15.jpg

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted
  On 5/20/2020 at 5:23 PM, Sam I Am said:

Grest call,  that is a huge improvement. 

Expand  

Thanks, Sam!

Just a little more progress: I scratch built a custom front grille from sheet styrene...

18.jpg.73ab79b2ba8538970e4da2c0b34b6dc4.jpg

 

...and started to create a grille housing with a a matching extension along the hood:

19.jpg.7c62f6fe18116487e02005c1194bd86c.jpg

Posted
  On 6/6/2020 at 7:59 AM, Koellefornia Kid said:

Thanks, Sam!

Just a little more progress: I scratch built a custom front grille from sheet styrene...

18.jpg.73ab79b2ba8538970e4da2c0b34b6dc4.jpg

 

...and started to create a grille housing with a a matching extension along the hood:

19.jpg.7c62f6fe18116487e02005c1194bd86c.jpg

Expand  

Great work on this build!

Posted

#40 Black Beauty

Little more work done. Cut the stock grille/bumper to fit the new grille housing:

20.jpg.f24540aba2ce646578743831b5c03d19.jpg

21.jpg.d41089b29a288dccc71d27a0c65e73fd.jpg

The grille, front and rear bumpers will now be sent out of house for chrome plating. This will take a few weeks, which gives me the time to turn the coupe body into a four-door.

So long...

Posted
  On 6/19/2020 at 5:35 PM, Koellefornia Kid said:

The grille, front and rear bumpers will now be sent out of house for chrome plating. This will take a few weeks, which gives me the time to turn the coupe body into a four-door.

So long...

Expand  

Impressive fabrication you're doing on this.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...