JTalmage Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Just finished this one. I wanted to build a near-replica of the shop car a friend of mine used to have at his hot rod metal fab business. I had good photos of the car and it's lettering so I had the decals created by STS Decals. The car is an original 1960 styrene kit, not a promo. Though the glass was from a promo that I had to heat and stretch to make fit! The body was really rough and I had to fix, fill, sand, and file a lot of heavy glue marks and damage on the car. The lower quarter trim was almost non-existent. I had to file the lines back into them. Not perfect but better than the mess they were. I got the fender ornaments from Norm Nolder. The actual car doesn't have them, nor the logo on the hood but I didn't want to change that. It took several promos and styrene annuals to be able to build this car, all from sourcing different chassis and interior parts, glass and bumpers... I didn't think I'd ever get one of these put together. The paint is Rustoleum 2x sea blue and navy blue. I wish I had chosen a slightly different color for the top coat but I made it work with rust washes once I sanded thru the dark blue in spots to get "the look" I was after. I cleared it with a satin acrylic I found in the craft aisle at hobby lobby. It cracked the roof and no othet spots so I sanded it smooth and re-cleared. Then added some rust and weathering powders and washes. Did all the panel lines as well. The wheels and tires are from my parts stash. The baby moons are parts by parks. The wheelbacks I designed and 3d printed. I made the front seat Mexican blanket by finding a pattern swatch online. Shrinking it and copying and pasting it like 20 times to make it the right scale and size. Cut it out, wadded it up like 6 different ways, and glued it to the seat with white acrylic paint. I used dullcote on it to bring out the colors. I added some rust powder to the metal parts of the interior, blackwashed some spots on the floor to make it look dirty. I brushed on molotow on the dash and steering wheel. Added some speed parts and old hot rod parts in the interior along with some tools and a toolbox with pinstripes. Enjoy 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Very cool and well done, nice attention to detail!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 OMG, that came out FANTASTIC! And thanks to the wonderful photos you showed us of the 1:1, it shows your skills all the more as you nailed "the look". Thank you for posting this wonderful build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernurd Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Terrific 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittagskind Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Heakes Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 ☝️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 You captured the paint finish of the real car perfectly. Someone at some time must have painted it with a paint brush. Like how you did the seat covers, have to remember that one. The added debris inside looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbuildr Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Excellent weathering and detailing. Truly a miniature recreation of the real vehicle. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Great looking weathered wagon! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Nice replica of a cool car. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Excellent weathering and detail. It looks very realistic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Great weathered build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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