GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 OK, here's another in the shop of the Unforgiven, now I got this from a friend of mine and was going to go pro/mod, but ahhhh what the heck try something I usually don't do, now tha plan is simple realy, drop her in the rear, with some molded cruz'r skirts, fill in the rear pan, and the front valance, with a set of lake pipes, on beauty ring'd with moon cap'd white walls, well these first few shots are of before I started the body work, so I'll let the pic's show you, , After some body work, frenched the tail light's in, molded the cruz'r skirts. still have a lil work to do like the fill in the front valance, and smooth out the rear pan Now quick mock up, not to happy about the ride hight
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 14, 2009 Author Posted July 14, 2009 Like I said wasn't to happy about the ride height in the rear, just wasn't in the weeds, sooooo I fixed that, some new mock ups, and this is where she sits today
pstreet Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 Awesome, this should be pretty darn cool. I think it might look even better with a bit off the top.
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 15, 2009 Author Posted July 15, 2009 Shouldnt even bother updating this, with all the responces, but what the heck, just a small teaser of the interior, an yea its crushed blue velvet
Bernard Kron Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 This build's really fresh , especially the wrap-around molded in skirts and the overall sculpted look. The stance, now that you've brought the rear end down a little more, is spot on! What are your plans for the grille, if any? Any thoughts on paint?
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 15, 2009 Author Posted July 15, 2009 This build's really fresh , especially the wrap-around molded in skirts and the overall sculpted look. The stance, now that you've brought the rear end down a little more, is spot on! What are your plans for the grille, if any? Any thoughts on paint?
Bernard Kron Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Well the paint if all goes right will be Dupli-color metal spec Silver, with a few coats of Kandy Cobolt Blue, as for the grill I was thinking of useing the kits costom grill, and filling in the front valance, and the hood intake grills, The front end sounds good, in keeping with the molded in look of the rear. Filled in grill intakes on '59's always look cool. Regarding the paint, IMHO the problem with something like Duplicolor Metalspecks is that as a metalflake it doesn't scale well down to 1/25. The flakes look gigantic. (It's even worse when photographed, especially in sunlight or flash.) You might want to try more ordinary metallics with a finer flake. A few test shots will tell the tale. Just my 2 cents worth, which probably ain't worth much... Edited July 16, 2009 by gbk1
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 16, 2009 Author Posted July 16, 2009 The front end sounds good, in keeping with the molded in look of the rear. Filled in grill intakes on '59's always look cool. Regarding the paint, IMHO the problem with something like Duplicolor Metalspecks is that as a metalflake it doesn't scale well down to 1/25. The flakes look gigantic. (It's even worse when photographed, especially in sunlight or flash.) You might want to try more ordinary metallics with a finer flake. A few test shots will tell the tale. Just my 2 cents worth, which probably ain't worth much... Well it gets me to thinking, I did have a can of metal flake from HOK, but its all gone, but man I'm just not into paying like 5 bux a can plus shipping, for a lil can of the stuff, but I will do a spoon test, your probly right tho....
Bernard Kron Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 ...I will do a spoon test, your probly right tho.... It's too nice a build not to nail the paint. You might try some of the hobby metallics like from Testors or Tamiya. Sometimes they're coarse enough to work as metalflakes. I use Duplicolor metallics but they're very fine and work well as candy apple base coats. Probably too fine for a scale metalflake, though. Whatever you decide I'm sure it wuill be fine 'cause the overall build will show you the way...
pstreet Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 I love the carpeting and seats, is the rest of the interior staying white?
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 16, 2009 Author Posted July 16, 2009 I love the carpeting and seats, is the rest of the interior staying white? Yea most of the interior will be white, doing the door pannels as I type this, but am having issues with the window cranks, have to figure out how or what to use to scratch build them I guess, or just go without them, and let everyone think it has all power goodies....
pstreet Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Yea most of the interior will be white, doing the door pannels as I type this, but am having issues with the window cranks, have to figure out how or what to use to scratch build them I guess, or just go without them, and let everyone think it has all power goodies.... Power windows would be the easiest route i guess. Im sure you could carve out a pair of cranks from a piece of styrene, or maybe rob another kit for its cranks. Either way, this build is going to turn out great.
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted July 19, 2009 Author Posted July 19, 2009 OK, just a qiucky update, cept for a few minor details, like the speaker grill's, and the rear dash, oh and the window cranks, which I have to wait for a friend to send me, the interior is all but done, so here it is
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