TransAm sport truck

[Guest Johnny]

Great color choice Daniel! Gunna look awesome!

[DanielG]

Hi Daniel, The gold looks awesome!! What paint/ primer do you like for metal?

Thank you,

Randy

Hi Randy,

I used Tamiya grey primer while sanding out the flaws then smoothed before adding Tamiya fine white primer as an under-coat to Tamiya gold. I am planning to top coat with Tamiya clear which is why I am letting it cure forever (having had a bad experience by rushing)!

[DanielG]

Update, sprayed the clear and a small ridge popped out on the roof so waiting for the clear to cure a bit before seeing if it will pollish out (sigh!) .

[Guest Johnny]

These thing do happen Daniel! But seeing what you have went through to get to this point take heart it is only a minor thing compared to things like, butchering a thumb!

[DanielG]

Update, resprayed the roof gold, nothing bad has shown up yet, knock on wood (reaches up and pats his head)!

[DanielG]

Well, I finally got the courage to tackle the back-end of this bird. It has only been a few MONTHS or so!

I made the bumper out of four chunks of wood, sanded sealed etc.

I made up some red styrene and printed the tail-lights on photo-paper.

I painted the bumper and added BMF and then glued it all on ready for the 'grill'.

The back-end, minus a few small details and glazing.

[Odaroloc24]

This is really cool!! Keep up the great work!!

[Ira]

GREAT BUILD DANIEL!!!

[Tumbler75]

This is turning out super Daniel! I'm lovin' every update on this build! I can't wait to see this bird finished as she is gonna fly above the others.

[DanielG]

Thanks guys. I am hoping to keep at this now and get it finished before the busy summer months.

[ShawnS]

So much coolness in this model. I love the body work, I love the colour, I love the tail panel grill, I especially love the way you did the tail lights with the print out and the red styrene. I will have to borrow that idea for my Falcon build. I can't wait to see more.

[David G.]

I'm glad to see this one back in the light of day.

Very clever solution for the tail lights!

David G.

[DanielG]

Opened up two facets, how many more to go? I am taking these home to drill the pilot holes on the drill-press and will complete them later.

[Harold]

This is incredible. I would probably never have the nerve to tackle a diecast. Absolutely stunning.

Edited May 26, 2012 by Harold

[Joker]

O M G ! ....incredible body work

[Badluck 13]

Daniel,your work with die-cast is amazing....just pure perfection,you attention to detail is second to none....

[cobraman]

Wow ! You are doing a fine job with this die cast.

[James2]

Very interesting subject, never saw one before. Your doing an outstanding job on it.

[DanielG]

Thanks again for your comments. After two failed attempts I finally got a decal job that I can live with. Have to spray the hood clear to anchor everything down once it is THOROUGHLY dry! I figure with all the photopaper and decal sheets (two types) and ink that I used making this bird it probably cost about fifty bucks! (I still have two decals that I can try if I screw this up somehow later)

It is a good thing that I am taking so long to do this, it is like buying it on time!

[Guest Johnny]

Good to see it progressing some more Daniel! Love the taillight work!

[DanielG]

Clear coat screw up, it all comes off! (sigh)

[Guest Johnny]

One step forward and two steps back..................................................

Don't that sound familiar Daniel?

[DanielG]

Yeah, but this time the clear coat goes on BEFORE the decal!

[DanielG]

Alrighty then, I think that I have the hood sorted this time!

[bryan_m]

wonderful work daniel!

ive never saw one of these things before. looks like you nailed it tho!

keep it goin

cheers

bryan