Daxman Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 62 Impala jet car. It's been a while since I had to worry about a clean paint job. All of my builds nowadays are weathered. I really enjoyed this. I didn't go to crazy with gadgets. I wanted a clean simple build. I love this color combo!! I'm not a fan of the chrome out of the box. I find that it wears off easily and looks fake. I went with aluminum over the chrome bits. I had painted the trunk lid and got a large dog hair right in the middle. I attempted to sand the imperfection away. Sanded too far through and ended up having to strip and repaint the trunk. It doesn't quite match. This is why I don't do clean paint jobs. ? I have the Kansas City model show coming up next week. I've waited to add the side mirrors until the show. I know they'll fall off like the door handle. I lost the passenger door handle. That's nice to know as I post these photos.............. As usual. Plenty of Gundam parts and styrene tube used in making the mechanical details. I suggest if you want to try to build one of these....get a few cheap Gundam kits. That's where I get 80% of my detail pieces from. Most of the exhaust tubes are 3/8 - 7/16 Styrene tube. Thanks for looking!!!!! 2
Mattilacken Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 Beautifull build as always! Came out Great! like this style as well as your others!
Jonathan Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Another epic build! I love seeing these things. I think it's awesome and needs nothing else - maybe an antenna or two, or maybe not. It is really creative. And the body panels would discolor over time anyway, right? The rigor of flying ... Edited June 8, 2021 by Jonathan
carbuilder1950 Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 @Daxman I love it when people think outside the box. Sounds like this isn't your first here like this. I'm a "newbie", so I'll keep my eye's open for more. Great idea and execution. Love the colors and the whole look is just "Killer." Dave
NOBLNG Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Wow Dax! Your imagination never ceases to amaze me, and your skills to turn it into plastic are fantastic.??You really should make or get someone to make a sci-fi movie with these a la heavy metal.?? Edited June 9, 2021 by NOBLNG
NOBLNG Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, carbuilder1950 said: @Daxman I love it when people think outside the box. Sounds like this isn't your first here like this. I'm a "newbie", so I'll keep my eye's open for more. Great idea and execution. Love the colors and the whole look is just "Killer." Dave Check out some of his other amazing builds here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/157842-my-fleet-of-jet-cars/?tab=comments#comment-2337536
Daxman Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 I appreciate the wonderful comments! Thank you all for taking the time to say something nice. I truly enjoy building these vehicles. 6 hours ago, Jonathan said: Another epic build! I love seeing these things. I think it's awesome and needs nothing else - maybe an antenna or two, or maybe not. It is really creative. And the body panels would discolor over time anyway, right? The rigor of flying ... Thanks Jonathan! I agree 100%. I have the Kansas City model show coming up in just a few days. I had intentionally left off the side mirrors and 1 antenna. I figured they wouldn't stay glued on. I'll be attaching them right before the show. As you can see in the photos I have already lost one of the door handles. And since I took these photos, I have since lost the hood emblem. Both lost to the abyss that is known as the floor.....a place where things seem to just vanish without a trace. Here's some more photos. This is the first build that I didn't put in the Work in Progress part of the forums. I had computer issues and was not able to upload photos. All fixed now. The rear wheel arches came up a little high showing off too much of the mechanical parts. I was going fora lowrider look, so I did some cutting of the rear panels. I scored the line right at the detail that runs down the side of the car. I added about a 1/4 inch of Styrene to the top of the panels that I removed, then reinstalled in the new position.
Venom Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Hey Dax, your imagination and creativeness in this is impressive.
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Great imagination on this, like this kind of out-of-the-box style! It need s a couple of "little green wo/men" inside! -RRR
David G. Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Lots of great things going on there, well done! David G.
spencer1984 Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Another awesome piece! With so many great details, I find it strange that one of my favorites is the front fender extrator vents. Just nice clean work that looks completely natural and integrated into the design.
Jonathan Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 10:15 PM, Daxman said: I appreciate the wonderful comments! Thank you all for taking the time to say something nice. I truly enjoy building these vehicles. Thanks Jonathan! I agree 100%. I have the Kansas City model show coming up in just a few days. I had intentionally left off the side mirrors and 1 antenna. I figured they wouldn't stay glued on. I'll be attaching them right before the show. As you can see in the photos I have already lost one of the door handles. And since I took these photos, I have since lost the hood emblem. Both lost to the abyss that is known as the floor.....a place where things seem to just vanish without a trace. This is going to take the cake at any model show. I keep looking at it and keep seeing more cool details.
Sandboarder Posted June 11, 2021 Posted June 11, 2021 Wow!!! Amazing build that captures that low rider vibe while clearly being something else. The mis matched boot and silver/white/green panels all suit the style and turned out great.
Mike F. Posted June 18, 2021 Posted June 18, 2021 Love it! Extremely cool. Trunk and under hood look so realistic, at least what I might imagine as real for a jet car. Does it have some sort of retractable landing gear?
crazyjim Posted June 18, 2021 Posted June 18, 2021 Quite the imagination to come up with something like that. Very cool.
Dominik Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 always fascinated about your thoughts and skills to make those flying cars "realistic". well done!
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