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Posted

hey guys

i kinda stole the idea for the paintjob from a camaro i've seen on here

i used a peice of old screen door to get the scales on the side of the car

this will be my first polished model, my first time using putty (i removed and filled in the front license plate from the bumper) and my first time foiling (what a PITA)

hope you like it so far and as always, suggestions/comments are welcome

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Posted

Nice work Eelco,

It has the look of carbon fiber. I like the result.

You did a great job on the foil work, I could never guess it was your first try, looks like you got it down.

Can't wait to see more of your progress.

Posted

Well El, if you were goin for the "fishscale" look, ya got it down! Doesn't really look like C/F to me, it's too big a pattern, but that's just me. I knew a guy in Hi school who had a Yellow 70 Challenger, and he did the same thing in a green/blue spray fade out.His was on the shoulder line up to the top edge of the fender. We called it the party car, caz he had Bubbles and orbs on it too. It LOOKED like an acid party! :D

Posted

thanks guys

i was really going for the fishy/reptilian look

i tried polishing it up but im not yet fully satisfied with those results

at least now i know how to go about it

(thanks RJWood)

im thinking i might be able to get a nice carbon fibre look by painting this same pattern in different shades several times

im gonna have to try that some time.

the foiling actually looks better in the pics then in real life

i think i may have polished through it on a few places

but all toghether im not dissatisfied with that result

im thinking of foiling the front bumper aswell since i had to remove all the chrome to fill the licensplate section

Posted

tried wiring up the engine today and im not sure about it

i used the wires from a LAN cable

they look nice but are a little bit hard to form

ill post some pics when i can snatch the wifeys phone ;)

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Nice!!! I was wondering what that huge intake scoop would look like if I had used it. I saw that camaro, your car reminded me of it. keep up the good work can't wait to see this one finished. Mike

Posted
Nice!!! I was wondering what that huge intake scoop would look like if I had used it. I saw that camaro, your car reminded me of it. keep up the good work can't wait to see this one finished. Mike

thanks

i chose the big intake because i dont like the way the stock hood looks (just my personal prefference)

plus i thought , a car with a custom paint job like this needs a decent engine

i did some work on the interior this week but nothing too much too mention

i also changed the tires to some larger ones in the rear

im hoping to get some better progress pics over the weekend

also, ive decided to tint the glass in this one

i was going to ask is the dist on front of most mopar's and yours is on the back

or is it just the hemi's and 440

not sure to be honoust

i just put the dizzy where the instructions told me too

(this is the 440 by the way)

Posted

El, ALL Chrysler R(383) and RB(440) and Hemi blocks have the distributor located at the front of the engine.The LA series engines(340 360) had it located in the rear. It just MAY be a tricked out 340! Either way,it looks good! ;)

Posted

got a little more work done over the weekend

i did most of the interior and got the stance just about right

im waiting on some window tint film to show up in the mail and then ill finish her up B)

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