1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda

[Tony T]

Added the AMT '69 Barracuda rear spoiler, and a few Nash Bridges kit underhood decals, and craft wire for hoodpin wires.

Body is kit plastic, and was polished with a 3-grit sanding stick. Enjoy.

[Daniel Peterson]

This is not the first polished 'Cuda I've seen, but it is definitely the nicest! Great job! The color the plastic was molded in really pops when you slap a shine on it!

[MarkJ]

Polished with a sanding stick? Please explain. Looks fantastic!!

[diymirage]

classic car and one of my al time favorites

looks good

[62SS]

Great looking Cuda.

Super clean build.

Nice work.

Ed

[Guest 66dragfreak]

Not only are you talented at working with molded colored plastic, but you are also very talented at taking awesome pics! Great looking Fish!!!!!

[conor1148]

sorry to be a perfectionist but i think the pictures would look better with a tiny bit less flash, it looks like the lighting was unnatural. it looks much better if the lighting looks like light naturally coming from the sun on the scenery.

unless that was the look you were going for of course

either way im seriously loving the cuba!

[Raul_Perez]

Nothing looks quite as good as a Plum Crazy Cuda!!

Thanks for sharing,

[Tony T]

Thanks for the comments. It was a fun build!

Conor - As to the flash - I agree, natural light is much better, and in my work area there is none. I've been playing around with the flash, and a diffuser for it, with mixed results. Nothing looks as good as sunshine! I've got more experimenting to do with lighting, I suppose!

Mark - I used a 3 grit sanding/polishing stick...two grits on one side, and the polishing pad to finish on the other, kind of like vinyl. Bought it at the hobby store a few years ago.

Edited December 2, 2008 by Tony T

[Tony T]

Lighting isn't perfect, but I used a stationary light and no flash - That blue hue is from the flourescents over my workbench...I'll get it yet!!