Peter Lombardo Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I have completed the interior to about 95% on the Eleanor. Just a few little details to add. In case you are wondering, the seat belts are a set of photo etched belts by Eduard sitting on a set of resin cast racing seats. The belt and the hardware are all photo etched. Two other additional points since the last posting. I opened up two air vents on top of the hood which will have black grating, ala new Shelby GT500 and I added the bolt detail to the spoiler at the rear of the car. At first I was going to paint the bolts blue and white to match the body, but I liked how they looked in silver, so I left them that way. So far, I am very happy with the look of the car. I am making a basic “Eleanorâ€, but I added a few updated details, like the hood vents, the adjustable rear spoiler, the wider stripes and I moved the turn signal lights (styled like the current GT 500 turn signals, not complete yet) to under the headlights but over the fog lights in the chin spoiler. The body is fresh out of the paint booth (my basement, as I really don’t use a paint booth). After primer, I painted the car white as a base. Then the center was painted pearl white, once dry it was clear coated. The stripes were masked off with vinyl that was cut on the computer…these were leftover stripes from the Shelby GT500 conversion I did a year ago. I then airbrushed on a few coats of Tamiya Metallic Blue, which is number X-13 and then removed the masking. I think it looks a lot like the Ford Guardsman Blue. When dry, it all got two fairly heavy coats of Tamiya clear shot through my airbrush at a lower pressure so I could get them thick and heavy but not thick enough to run. I will now let her sleep for the next two weeks or so before I apply bare metal foil and begin final assembly. I am happy with it so far, what do you guys think?
plumnuts Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 beautiful paint. do you really need to let set for two weeks before messin with it?
Peter Lombardo Posted February 8, 2009 Author Posted February 8, 2009 Well, actually yes. The last car I clear coated with Tamiya clear sat for about 5 days before I applied BMF and I almost destroyed the paint with fingerprints that got etched into the paint. Because I applied the clear rather thick, I think it is best to wait rather then get myself upset...besides I have plenty of other cars in the works to keep me busy. Thanks.
chris coller Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 If you have a food dehydrater you can set it in there at about 100 to 110 degrees for two to three days and polish is out aftere that. Atleast that is the way I do things. I have been successful with that method and I use HOK and Tamiya paints exclusively. Take it for what its worth.
Dr. Cranky Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Wow, it's looking beautiful. I love the color. Keep it going!
Abell82 Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Do what you have to do. It's looking great, why rush it? Great job, so far!!
Rudy Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I love that color! Looks like an acrylic color I just bought to paint the newest release Revell 49' merc....... Car looks awesome. I plan to build a "Bulitt" tribute car shortly, but I will just find an older kit, as the latest one is $26-28. Probably have to pay Steve Mcqueen's family for having his pic on the box...... Rudy
Bryce Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 That looks awesome - great colours! Did you do all those body mods yourself...? Great work.
Terror Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 For some reason, that blue paint makes my eyes feel happy?? NICE!
MrObsessive Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Peter, that is one FANTASTIC paint job!! Who says you can't good looking paint from acrylics?
Len Woodruff Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Great job Peter. Here is my version using the colors of the movie car.
Clay Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Looking good Peter!! Where did you kit that kit from?
James Flowers Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Beautiful paint work and color. That blue really stands out.
Peter Lombardo Posted February 8, 2009 Author Posted February 8, 2009 Guys, thank you very much, I really appreciate the kind words. As for the body modifications, I have the link right here to the first posting... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17200. So to answer the question, yes I did the body mods. They were all pretty easy to do..I began with AMT kit #38492, 1967 Shelby GT 350. You know Len, it was a posting on our forum that led to a kit review on the Automotive Forums (maybe it was your posting, I don't remember) that convinced me to do the conversion. I think the resin transkit was $85 or $90 dollars. I figured that I could replicate the mods, add a few ideas of my own and save a few bucks. I was just not sure what color to paint it. I almost did it in charcoal (like your beautiful build...that is the resin kit, right?) but I would have used the pearl white stripes instead of black, just to be different. Right up to the last minute, I almost grabbed the charcoal paint bottle, but the Shelby blue was calling to me and I am so glad I went with the blue. As a little side note, it took two paint jobs to get it right. First, as I was removing the stripe masking, chunks of the pearl white under came up which made me see red. Then I cleared the hood (which looked great, no missing stripes) with the clear lauquer I always use and it reacted very strange to the Tamiya blue. It made the blue paint seperate and the silver component was showing through the blue...it was so strange. I had my hands full just fixing all of the paint issues...so this time, after the paint looked right, I cleared with Tamiya clear so I would not have the same issues with compatability. My son wanted me to paint it burnt orange pearl with white, but I just couldn't do that. Anyway, thats for the nice comments and I will post the completed car in a few weeks after the foil and final assembly.
Len Woodruff Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I love the color you picked Peter. Yes mine is the resin trans kit. What kit supplied the 427 engine for your car?
Peter Lombardo Posted February 8, 2009 Author Posted February 8, 2009 Len, thanks, I am glad I went with the blue too....back when the Revell Parts Pak engines were available, I stocked up a few of each one, this is the 427 Ford engine. I dechromed the block and trans and sub'ed the air cleaner from the AMT "66 Fairlane 427 kit. The aircleaner from the parts pak (which is quite a bit taller) will go one the Fairlane which will also have a teardrop hood bulge grafted on to the hood.
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