Lead City Customs

[Cool Hand]

Applied Alclad chrome to wheels and you know how it is, just couldnt wait to do a mock up.

[Cool Hand]

Small update on some progress made on the XW GT Ford Falcon.

Engine bay sub assembly complete.

 

 

Also have all the interior parts ready to be installed when doing final assembly

[SpikeSchumacher]

Lovely little Falcon!

[Zippi]

Mighty fine looking Luke.  The business end is spot on dude.  

[Cool Hand]

Appreciate the comments Mathias and Bob.

[Cool Hand]

Wet sanded and polished the body, then painted the bonnet stripes using a Lazy Modeller paint mask and painted the side door window frames. Also got the grill detailed.

 

Edited April 6, 2024 by Cool Hand

[Cool Hand]

Finished building the XW Ford Falcon GT.

So much enjoyment getting to build Australian cars, and im so happy with the end result.

 

 

 

[Cool Hand]

Starting to build the XY Ford Falcon GT. 3D printed some wheels, now to start preparing the body for paint.

[Zippi]

Nice looking Luke.  The 3D printed wheels looks Super kewl dude.

[Lowlife ! !]

 

Hiya Luke !

Great to see you still knocking out some beautiful builds ,  and your getting colourful did you finally run out of black paint !!   ?

Love the lilac lowrider you built, glad you can still pick up pegagsus wire wheels too, i cant find them anywhere !

All the Best mate !

[Cool Hand]

Hey Martin,

Thanks for dropping by mate. 

 ? Still have a nice stock pile of TS-14 Black.

I finally found a base coat, clear coat system I can get consistent results with. So yeah builds will have different colours now.

I still get the Pegasus wire wheels from Model Round Up , currency conversion and shipping is ridiculous, but its a price you have to pay for sourcing a specific product.

[Darbo]

Love those wheels Luke

[Cool Hand]

Bit of experimenting/testing. 3D printed a XW/XY chassis floor pan from Altered 3D

[Cool Hand]

Current build is a very special one for me. A kit I have been wishing for many years.

Its my holy grail Australian car as I owned one 30 years ago and its the inspiration for this build.

 

Luck was also on my side as an Australian hobby paint supplier Outlaw Paints had a near on match colour.

[Zippi]

Very kewl looking project there Luke.  That Outlaw Paint does match pretty well.

[Cool Hand]

Thanks for always dropping in and commenting Bob.

The colour looks a whole lot better with clear coat.

 

[Cool Hand]

LJ Torana Interior parts done, scratch built console and 3D printed seats.

[Zippi]

Sweet looking Luke.  Love those two colors together.  

[espo]

Been enjoying looking at your builds and the Aussie subjects. The level of detailing and paint finishes have all been outstanding. Have often wished some of the later Holden vehicles could have been purchased here. In 2005 I bought what was sold here as a Pontiac GTO. This would have been a Holden Manero there. The car had the 6 liter, 400 hp LS2 engine with a 6 - speed manual Transmisson with fully independent suspension. The interior was on a par with the highest end cars sold here and the fit and finish throughout the car was as well. Truly hated to have to sell it, but as one advances in age agility required to get in and out of some cars becomes an issue, and so I now drive a Dodge Charger. When I was a young man there used to be a bumper sticker that said, "Stamp out low performance drivers - not high-performance cars". I still agree with that sentiment.  

[Cool Hand]

Thanks for the comments Bob and David.

 

Decided to start another LJ Torana while im waiting for the clear to fully harden on the other.

My idea for this build is how I would have liked to have done up my 1:1.

Wont be much different, just a stance adjustment with some alloy wheels, smoothed engine bay and triple weber carbs.

 

[Cool Hand]

Completed the LJ Torana.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Beautifully done, Luke!

[Zippi]

Sweet looking Luke.  Daddy like.

[Kenmojr]

On 4/6/2024 at 11:33 AM, Cool Hand said:

Finished building the XW Ford Falcon GT.

So much enjoyment getting to build Australian cars, and im so happy with the end result.

 

 

 

Wow, this looks really sharp. Can I ask is the chrome trim Alcad chrome or Bare metal Foil? Cheers from Nova Scotia...

[Cool Hand]

15 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

Beautifully done, Luke!

Thanks Mathias.

 

14 hours ago, Zippi said:

Sweet looking Luke.  Daddy like.

ha ha, cheers Bob

 

5 hours ago, Kenmojr said:

Wow, this looks really sharp. Can I ask is the chrome trim Alcad chrome or Bare metal Foil? Cheers from Nova Scotia...

Thank you, all the window trim and trim on the trunk/boot is Bare Metal Foil, everything else is Alclad chrome.

I always pre scribe window trim at the body prep stage. Its a tedious time consuming task. But makes it so much easier to trim the foil and get much cleaner edges.

Edited June 2, 2024 by Cool Hand