customline Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 Some of you may have seen this one on another forum several years ago and there's one shot in the RUST! Thread. This '30 coupe was inspired by the 1:1 I saw in a Coker Tire ad. My rendering is not an exact model but an attempt to capture the general look of the fantastic Hemi coupe pictured below. OKI wanted to cap off the carbs with those little snorkels but never got around to it. I must do that..... 6
happy grumpy Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 Absolutely gorgeous, it looks close enough to me. It may not be 100% accurate but it is 100% realistic, I'll take realism over accuracy every time. You just nailed it. 1
Painted Black Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 8:38 PM, happy grumpy said: Absolutely gorgeous, it looks close enough to me. It may not be 100% accurate but it is 100% realistic, I'll take realism over accuracy every time. You just nailed it. Expand I agree, nice job. LIKE YOUR RUST!! 1
NOBLNG Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 Well done Jim! That does look very realistic…and cool too!? 1
Bainford Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 Very cool! It certainly invokes the 1:1 well. Nice weathering, and I love a whole raft of carburetors. Really digging this one. 1
espo Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 Well weathered looking finishes. The headers remind me of some years ago I might of hand a hand in. You can only do so much with acetylene and coat hangers. The finish on the top insert looks good as well.
spencer1984 Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 Nice work on the weathering and details, that turned out great! 1
customline Posted February 2, 2022 Author Posted February 2, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 4:04 PM, espo said: Well weathered looking finishes. The headers remind me of some years ago I might of hand a hand in. You can only do so much with acetylene and coat hangers. The finish on the top insert looks good as well. Expand Coat hangers are a no-no ? but oxy/acetylene welding isn't easy. I built a set of headers, way back when, using a torch.....it wasn't pretty and at the time I was welding for a living. The headers on my model look like they were found at the bottom of a creek. They do look like they were cobbled together by a kid just learning to gas weld.? The top is a piece of ribbon that I saturated with dull-coat and after it set I hit it with flat black and then laid it on a simulation of the top stringers and rubbed over them. Ders
espo Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 5:13 PM, customline said: Coat hangers are a no-no ? but oxy/acetylene welding isn't easy. I built a set of headers, way back when, using a torch.....it wasn't pretty and at the time I was welding for a living. The headers on my model look like they were found at the bottom of a creek. They do look like they were cobbled together by a kid just learning to gas weld.? The top is a piece of ribbon that I saturated with dull-coat and after it set I hit it with flat black and then laid it on a simulation of the top stringers and rubbed over them. Ders Expand I agree, but you know sometimes you do with what you have and what you know. Like my father used to tell me, a lot it seems. "You're too soon old and to later smart".
Koellefornia Kid Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 Great rust job, looks very convincing! Love that Hemi! 1
customline Posted February 2, 2022 Author Posted February 2, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 5:17 PM, espo said: I agree, but you know sometimes you do with what you have and what you know. Like my father used to tell me, a lot it seems. "You're too soon old and to later smart". Expand Oh, he was certainly right about that!
alan barton Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 That is an exceptional model, Jim. I'm a big fan of shiny rods but your rusty coupe is so convincing ya just have to like it! A trick I have been using for realistic megaphones is to recycle the ferrules of otherwise dead paintbrushes. They work a treat and you get a very realistic wall thickness. Cheers Alan
the goon Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 8:38 PM, happy grumpy said: Absolutely gorgeous, it looks close enough to me. It may not be 100% accurate but it is 100% realistic, I'll take realism over accuracy every time. You just nailed it. Expand +1. Mark
customline Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 11:13 PM, alan barton said: That is an exceptional model, Jim. I'm a big fan of shiny rods but your rusty coupe is so convincing ya just have to like it! A trick I have been using for realistic megaphones is to recycle the ferrules of otherwise dead paintbrushes. They work a treat and you get a very realistic wall thickness. Cheers Alan Expand That's what they are,Alan, paint brush ferrules. Thanks for your interest ?
carrucha Posted February 6, 2022 Posted February 6, 2022 Cool beater hot rod. Nice work on the weathering. 1
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