Lead City Customs

[Zippi]

4 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

While I wait for the surfacer to dry/cure on the Skyline, I got the 64 Malibu back on the bench to see if I can get it completed, not much to do just BMF and final exterior detail work.

 

That 64 Malibu is looking mighty fine Luke.  Love that gloss black.  I'm going with gloss black on my 53 Chevy build and can only hope it looks half as good as yours.   

[Cool Hand]

6 hours ago, Zippi said:

Looking good there Luke.  

Thanks Bob, I cant wait to see the colour applied.

But being winter here its going to take longer for the surfacer to fully cure 🙁

Lucky I have a decent back log of other builds already painted I can bring into rotation at the bench to pass the time while I wait.

 

6 hours ago, Zippi said:

That 64 Malibu is looking mighty fine Luke.  Love that gloss black.  I'm going with gloss black on my 53 Chevy build and can only hope it looks half as good as yours.   

Appreciate the kind words Bob, I'm pretty happy how the Malibu has turned out, will look the part on the shelf with all my other black Lowriders.

You'll be right mate, your last black paint job turned out great. So you know what to do and how to get results. 53 will be killer black with all the chrome trim.

[Cool Hand]

Malibu pretty much completed.

Need to BMF the hood trim, do a final clean then should be under glass asap.

 

 

Edited July 21 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Time to bring this build back to the bench.

[Cool Hand]

Doing work on the HQ.

Changed out the rear tyres.

 

And starting the transplant of a @Texas_3D_Customs SBC 350 Gen II engine.

 

 

[Cool Hand]

Engine placement roughed in. Still need to sort out the fire wall.

 

 

Nothing like hacking into already painted parts, few scratches and chips that will need repairing.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Looking really good, Luke! Love that red. Going to be a tough looking ride. 😉

[Cool Hand]

Thanks Mathias, I cant wait to see all the chrome against the red. Hoping it will be decent looking street machine when complete.

 

[Cool Hand]

Fire wall sorted. Just needs to be cleaned up and prepared for surfacer and paint. Now all the modifications are done I can start working towards getting it finished.

 

Modified the transmission tunnel.

 

Edited July 21 by Cool Hand

[STU111]

G’day Luke, this is looking great. I’ll be checking in on your progress on it. I’m still chipping away at my HQ build.

[Zippi]

Everything looks like it's falling into place Luke.  Nice work dude.

[Cool Hand]

17 hours ago, STU111 said:

G’day Luke, this is looking great. I’ll be checking in on your progress on it. I’m still chipping away at my HQ build.

Hey Stu, thanks mate.

Will be making some good progress from now until completion.

Hope to see an update of your HQ build soon. 

 

3 hours ago, Zippi said:

Everything looks like it's falling into place Luke.  Nice work dude.

Thanks Bob, bit of styrene cutting and shut'n got the job done in the end. Going to start piecing it all together over the next few days.

[Cool Hand]

How could I not mock things up after some paint work 😁

[Cool Hand]

And a preview of the colour for the C110 Skyline. Going to paint the body tomorrow night 🤞

Also done the usual open up the kit grill opening and install  pe mesh.

[Cool Hand]

Applied the black base coat to the Skyline body.

[Zippi]

5 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Applied the black base coat to the Skyline body.

I'm diggin it Luke.  Another killer paint job coming up 👍

[Cool Hand]

Thanks Bob.

Got the colour coat applied and yeah turned out okay.

I added and small amount of tropical blue to the blue green flip, so the colour flip is mostly blue.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Beautiful!

[Cool Hand]

Thanks Mathias.

 

As per usual cant wait and have to do a paint mock up.

 

[Cool Hand]

Went on a side mission circling back to a Holden LJ Torana I have painted, but had not chosen the wheels or decided what style to build.

Found some Holden VL Group A Walkinshaw wheels from Scale Model Wheels And Designs. I printed the centers and use some other hoops/sleeves for staggered deeep dish rears. Tyres are from Morries Kustoms.

Painted with SMS Hyper Chrome Cold Tone and Jet Black clead coated with SMS Super Clear.

Definitely will need to adjust the stance, its a bit too low. Cant believe I just said that 😄

Edited Friday at 01:47 AM by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Seen another members Hako and the colour reminded me of my LBWK Hako build, so it got me inspired and motivated to circle back and put in some work to try get completed.

Interior pretty much completed, just need to adjust the roll cage position and touch up a few things.

Body needs a clean, the dash fitted and door cards installed, then once fitted onto the chassis plate I can install the tail lights, attach the wipers and fit the front grill panel and call it completed. Which will be later today.

 

Edited Saturday at 04:11 AM by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Hako completed.

 

 

And Under Glass.

 

[Zippi]

Man....you are killing it Luke.  I'm really diggin that set of wheels & tires.  

[Cool Hand]

Thanks Bob, its good to be back in the zone and having so many options with all the available 3D files.

[Cool Hand]

All the Holden HQ components are ready to be assembled.

 

I just need to machine polish the body to remove the micro orange peel. Then I can BMF and work towards getting completed.