AMT Munster's Koach - Like I needed to start another project ...

[Jonathan]

Gifted to me by my Brother-in-law for Christmas 2023.  The AMT Munster's Koach.  

Note the plastic tires.  And the one piece body - lots of masking for this one.

So far, after multiple sessions with Tamiya tape and low tack Frog Tape, here is what I have (Tamiya gloss, matt, seme-gloss, and Nato black).  It's hard to see the different sheens, but it's there:

 

 

Now to paint the curtains, interior, and the rear doors ...

[stavanzer]

Looks Good, so far. The Multiple shades of black will look better when it is closer to done.

[lordairgtar]

I really have to dig up mine

 

[hedotwo]

Nice start to a cool vehicle!

[Jonathan]

Thank you all.

Question - what would be the best way to replicate the "gold" or "brass" trim?  I've used Tamiya lacquers for the body, and Tamiya acrylics for the curtains. 

[Jonathan]

Answering my own question, so maybe it's the wrong answer

I had some Alclad II Candy Golden Yellow.  Trying that over the kit chrome, and I get this, which I think is close enough for my purposes:

 

Edited September 3, 2024 by Jonathan

[Jonathan]

Been a little while since I've been at the workbench. 

I managed to get the pinstripes on, after several attempts.  I used Bare Metal Gold Foil, and promptly removed the gold coloring when I polished over the trim.  Oops.

[hedotwo]

Nice progress Jonathan!

Who doesn't love the Munsters? ?

[Jonathan]

A few updates.  Hopefully, I'm close to putting this on the shelf.

For the pinstripes, I airbrushed Alclad II Candy Golden Yellow over the entire car, and ended up with this:

And now I'm getting close to actually finishing:

[Jonathan]

finished!

 

 

Edited October 29, 2024 by Jonathan

[RockinRoller]

Hi,

visit the original car at Dezerland/Florida in 2023... didn´t know that it was the real thing when I stand in front of it! But I took pictures... The AMT kit had many issues... OK - not really because it was meant to be a fun project for the kids back then. AND it needs to be "buildable"... for us aduld modellers it is sometimes a shame when things are so much details got lost in this process. But it stands for what it was -> a fun project that reflects the correct "Zeitgeist" as we say in Germany.

I tried it more than 2 times to build that Drag-U-La the right way... everytime it ends up half done in the box and got traded/sold. I think sometimes we must let things go their way they meant to be and get things done. Hope you understand me...;-)

Nice work, nice ideas in craftmanship and solutions!!!

 

Greetings from Berlin/Germany

Oliver

[Jonathan]

On 10/31/2024 at 10:10 AM, RockinRoller said:

Hi,

visit the original car at Dezerland/Florida in 2023... didn´t know that it was the real thing when I stand in front of it! But I took pictures... The AMT kit had many issues... OK - not really because it was meant to be a fun project for the kids back then. AND it needs to be "buildable"... for us aduld modellers it is sometimes a shame when things are so much details got lost in this process. But it stands for what it was -> a fun project that reflects the correct "Zeitgeist" as we say in Germany.

I tried it more than 2 times to build that Drag-U-La the right way... everytime it ends up half done in the box and got traded/sold. I think sometimes we must let things go their way they meant to be and get things done. Hope you understand me...;-)

Nice work, nice ideas in craftmanship and solutions!!!

 

Greetings from Berlin/Germany

Oliver

Thank you, Oliver.

And yes, this kit has a lot of issues when compared to the "real" car, but it was a fun build, and people seem to recognize it right away for what it is supposed to be