Lead City Customs

[Cool Hand]

So im still in a good frame of mind to do body prep and paint work, so got this Holden LX A9X Torana back on the bench.

 

[Zippi]

That LX A9X Torana is going to be a looker Luke.  You know I'll be watching.

[Cool Hand]

Thanks Bob appreciate it.

The colour ive picked for the A9X will hopefully make it a looker for sure. 

[Cool Hand]

Got the 64 Malibu of the paint stand and like always have to do a mock up. 

 

[Cool Hand]

WhiIe I wait for the surfacer to dry on the A9X, I dug out another kit to start preparing 😆 I have nothing better to do.

 

This build is going to be inspired by a local car that started my liking for the HQ Holden sedan 30 years ago.

[Cool Hand]

I have been a long time user of Alclad for all my chrome painting.

But I had seen some excellent results with SMS paints HyperChrome, so decided to experiment and learn how to use it on the HQ wheels. Very happy with the results.

Also set the stance.

 

Edited February 10 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Second and final coat of surfacer applied to A9X. Used 1500 pink for a lighter foundation for the colour coat.

 

[Cool Hand]

Well why not prepare another body, cant do much else when the temperature is 45'c / 113'f 🫠

So dug out a Holden LJ Torana kit from the stash and will be built Burnout car style.

 

Edited February 12 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

I do have a bit of a.d.d, but Im actually trying to get all these bodies painted and any others I feel like doing before the end of the aussie summer.

I 

Edited February 12 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Applied the colour coat to the Holden LX A9X.

 

 

[Cool Hand]

Applied final coat of surfacer to the Holden HQ.

 

And applied SMS paints Hyperchrome Dark Tone to the bumpers and headlight surrounds

 

Edited February 14 by Cool Hand

[Brockc]

3 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Applied the colour coat to the Holden LX A9X.

 

 

Bloody looks stunning in lone o ranger and that injection setup looks perfect 

[Zippi]

7 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Applied the colour coat to the Holden LX A9X.

 

 

Hot diggity dog Luke.  That came out so nice.  Your camera shots are second to none dude.   

[Zippi]

7 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Applied final coat of surfacer to the Holden HQ.

 

And applied SMS paints Hyperchrome Dark Tone to the bumpers and headlight surrounds

 

Wowser man...that's a looker already dude.  I'm diggin it for sure Buddy.

[Cool Hand]

22 hours ago, Brockc said:

Bloody looks stunning in lone o ranger and that injection setup looks perfect 

Thanks Brock, we are so lucky to have SMS hobby paints available to buy to apply on our models.

Should start looking the part with side window frames blacked out and some BMF.

Old mate SlowysModels ITB's on a custom one of manifold that was designed to suit the DDA 308 engine block. 

 

18 hours ago, Zippi said:

Hot diggity dog Luke.  That came out so nice.  Your camera shots are second to none dude.   

Thanks Bob, eye melting colour for sure, very happy how it sprayed and coverage was excellent.

Admittedly I was having some issues with my photo taking recently, but tried a different setting on the phone camera and big improvement.

And I always try to take photo's of my model cars at angles like you would see the 1:1's in magazines.

 

18 hours ago, Zippi said:

Wowser man...that's a looker already dude.  I'm diggin it for sure Buddy.

Cheers Bob, I cant wait to see how it looks with the red colour applied.

[Cool Hand]

3D printed some burnout rims to suit the DDA kit tyres for the LJ Torana.

Wheel file is from SlowysModels 

Edited February 15 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Like always idea's get the better of me so....

Dug this kit out of the stash.

And ive had the plan of building a 210 like this inspiration picture I found.

After a couple hours of work, this is where im at.

Have the body worked roughed in and need to finishing shaping, then il do the shark nose like the inspiration.

I wont be using the wheels in the mock up, I 3D printed some other wheels that are similar to the ones on the inspiration pic.

 

Edited February 15 by Cool Hand

[Zippi]

That is one Righteous looking ride Luke.

[Cool Hand]

Shark nose roughed in and wheels painted. 

The joys of being able to 3D print.

[Cool Hand]

Paint applied to the Holden HQ.

 

 

 

[Cool Hand]

And next on the bench for body prep.

 

I did have one these Camaro's already painted black back in 2023.

But I gave it away to help out a guy who messed up the black paint on his, havent seen him build it yet either. Kinda wish I kept it now 🤣

 

[BK9300]

1 hour ago, Cool Hand said:

 

The joys of being able to 3D print.

 

That, and having a very steady hand like yours, to do the detail painting - very precise!

[STU111]

7 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Paint applied to the Holden HQ.

 

 

 

This looks great. I’m hoping to get a start on my DDA HQ Kingswood before summer ends, doing a replica of one l owned back in the 80’s, it was lowered, ( a little too much! ) and had centreline style wheels. These pictures of yours gives me a bit of an idea how mine would look. 👍🏻 Cheers, Stuart. 

[Zippi]

That pure red looks sweet and the Camaro is looking good Luke.

[Cool Hand]

On 2/17/2025 at 9:39 AM, STU111 said:

This looks great. I’m hoping to get a start on my DDA HQ Kingswood before summer ends, doing a replica of one l owned back in the 80’s, it was lowered, ( a little too much! ) and had centreline style wheels. These pictures of yours gives me a bit of an idea how mine would look. 👍🏻 Cheers, Stuart. 

Thanks Stuart, always interesting to hear what old Holdens people owned. We are so lucky to be able build kits of Aussie car's.

Hope to see your HQ build soon.

 

17 hours ago, Zippi said:

That pure red looks sweet and the Camaro is looking good Luke.

Thanks Bob. The pure red kinda reminded me of old Ruby and the bright red paint.