Lead City Customs

[Cool Hand]

Datsun 720 completed.

[Cool Hand]

Datto Under Glass.

[Cool Hand]

🤔 Wonder what style I will do for this build. Guess we will find out once the wheels are finished 3D printing 🤣

[Cool Hand]

Wheel mock up,  need to make some adjustments to the stance.

 

Edited September 9 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Stance adjusted.

Scratch built an inlet manifold for the supercharger I 3D printed, increased the snout length and made the idler pulley bracket to mount onto it.

Going to change out the Bird Catcher scoop and replace with some carburetor's

[Cool Hand]

Pictures should explain the direction of the Plymouth build 🤣

[JollySipper]

Old MoPars usually have heavy rust in the lower quarters, behind the back tire......... You would think being coated in burnout rubber would help preserve that area!  

[Cool Hand]

1 hour ago, JollySipper said:

Old MoPars usually have heavy rust in the lower quarters, behind the back tire......... You would think being coated in burnout rubber would help preserve that area!  

🤣

I will make sure I go back in and add some extra rust on those lower quarters 😉

[Cool Hand]

Salt work done and wheels chromed 😁

As per usual for me its seems I need to go back in and do some sponge work adding more rust to specific locations.

[Cool Hand]

Bit of a preview before the last stages of assembly and completion.

 

[Cool Hand]

68 Plymouth completed. Will post under glass asap.

 

[Cool Hand]

68 Plymouth now Under Glass. Very happy how it turned out for a 6 day build.

 

Edited September 15 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Next kit on the bench.

Was doing some colour spray outs the other day and really liked the look of this colour shift pearl and it got me itching to paint something with it, so I will apply it to this 211 Skyline build.

Decided to not use the kit supplied wheels.

Will change out to Formula Mesh.

Oob mock up.

Now the fun begins 😁

[Cool Hand]

Over fenders attached to the body. Adjusted the ride height,

Going to change the oob stock grill and headlights and replace with a hidden headlight style grill like I done on a previous 211 Skyline

I stole the bumpers from another stalled 211 build, they have been modified to not stick out as much. Tail light panel is also from the stalled build and the number plate recess has been filled in. 

 

 

And while I was flicking through the Japanese Model Cars Tuning magazine I got recently, I came across this build. 

I really like the style with the billet wheels, but I dont have any of the Pegasus Tri Blade wheels. So I went and found some similar wheels on Cults3d and started messing around seeing how things looked.

 

Edited September 16 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Hidden headlight grill roughed in and applied the usual check coat of surfacer. Full prep of the body next.

 

Sorted out the look I wanted for the billet tri blades, also changed over to lower profile tyres and applied the SMS paints Hyper Chrome Cold Tone. Happy now, so il get the body prep done as well.

 

Also while I was doing some chrome painting, I dug out some wires wheels that I 3D printed and done some testing to see if my current chrome painting technique would work on them.

 

 

 

 

 

[TransAmMike]

On 9/18/2025 at 12:00 PM, Cool Hand said:

Hidden headlight grill roughed in and applied the usual check coat of surfacer. Full prep of the body next.

 

Sorted out the look I wanted for the billet tri blades, also changed over to lower profile tyres and applied the SMS paints Hyper Chrome Cold Tone. Happy now, so il get the body prep done as well.

 

Also while I was doing some chrome painting, I dug out some wires wheels that I 3D printed and done some testing to see if my current chrome painting technique would work on them.

 

 

 

 

 

I have to ask you Luke.   What is your process for applying the Hyper Chrome.   I bought a bottle, sprayed it over silver and the result wasn't much better than the silver I sprayed it over.  At best a polished aluminum look.

[STU111]

1 hour ago, TransAmMike said:

I have to ask you Luke.   What is your process for applying the Hyper Chrome.   I bought a bottle, sprayed it over silver and the result wasn't much better than the silver I sprayed it over.  At best a polished aluminum look.

Hi Mike, if I could weigh in here, I believe it is best sprayed over a gloss black base, though Luke will be able to confirm the best process. I have to use it on a project I’ve got at the moment, so I’m keen to find out the best way myself. Cheers,  Stuart.

[TransAmMike]

25 minutes ago, STU111 said:

Hi Mike, if I could weigh in here, I believe it is best sprayed over a gloss black base, though Luke will be able to confirm the best process. I have to use it on a project I’ve got at the moment, so I’m keen to find out the best way myself. Cheers,  Stuart.

Thanks, yeah, likely over gloss black is best. 

[Cool Hand]

8 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

I have to ask you Luke.   What is your process for applying the Hyper Chrome.   I bought a bottle, sprayed it over silver and the result wasn't much better than the silver I sprayed it over.  At best a polished aluminum look.

I use the same process as the owner Scott recommends. 

I have also used it over Alclad gloss black base, it can be used over white, blue or black for variations of tone.

For best results it has to be a high gloss smooth base, any orange peel or texture will effect the reflectivity. 

[STU111]

3 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

I use the same process as the owner Scott recommends. 

I have also used it over Alclad gloss black base, it can be used over white, blue or black for variations of tone.

For best results it has to be a high gloss smooth base, any orange peel or texture will effect the reflectivity. 

G’day Luke, thanks for the link to this video. I need to learn how to use it as l need it to do the bright work on the Q.

[Cool Hand]

34 minutes ago, STU111 said:

I need to learn how to use it as l need it to do the bright work on the Q.

Tamiya TS-14 Black applied over the bare plastic is another option.

The majority of my HQ builds chrome work, I apply black surfacer, Alclad Gloss Black Base and used the SMS Hyperchrome Dark Tone.

All about experimenting to see what works best for different applications.

 

[TransAmMike]

13 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

I use the same process as the owner Scott recommends. 

I have also used it over Alclad gloss black base, it can be used over white, blue or black for variations of tone.

For best results it has to be a high gloss smooth base, any orange peel or texture will effect the reflectivity. 

Thanks Luke. I'll give the gloss black a try. 

[Cool Hand]

Applied the colour coat to the 211 Skyline.

Also applied the colour coat to the C110 Skyline.

[SpikeSchumacher]

The wheels on the C110 really complement it well. Lovely color!

[Cool Hand]

Thanks Mathias, end result should be something different, I hope. Have a few other components that will add some more visual interest.