53 Stude Carrera-Panamericana racer 11/25

[Alyn]

Great looking Stude, Rob. One of the nicest looking that I can remember seeing. All your efforts compliment the design quite well and make a an iconic car even nicer.

[Jantrix]

Well I am finally back at this one. I finished up the un-marked racer for the 2012 Cannonball on the SA forums, but now it's time to finish it into the Carrera-Panamerciana racer that I've wanted from the beginning. First up - seat belts and window nets.

Working on the decals now. More soon.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Somehow I missed this one. Love it.

[Jantrix]

Bill, this one has a year of dust on it so no surprise you might have missed it. I have some very cool racing livery in the works. Glad you like it.

Edited November 26, 2012 by Jantrix

[doggie427]

Wonderful eye candy. Well done.

[Danno]

Nice.

Love the colors!

[Jantrix]

Thanks guys. More soon.

[Gluhead]

Cool project, Rob.

[Jantrix]

A full year since my last update. Sheesh. I'm such a knucklehead.

Finally. My Carrera Panamericana racer is all decaled up and ready for clear. If the clear goes south I will put a bullet in my brain. The decals for this have been such a trial I cant tell you. The hood is already cleared, so it "should" be okay. The Stude decal on the hood, the Carrera logos behind the door and the roof decal I made on my printer and they are four footers. Which means they look great from four feet away or more. More soon. I have this week off so with a little good fortune, I might finish it soon.

More soon. Hopefully.

[crazyjim]

Looking mighty fine, Rob. Don't you just love SHINY :) ?

[rv1963]

Your paint and decals look great, good luck with the clear, just in case do you have ammo, lol.

[Jantrix]

just in case do you have ammo, lol.

Hydro-shocks. And I'm very happy with the shiny JIm. My deuce will be getting some shiny type update tomorrow. Stand by.

Edited November 25, 2013 by Jantrix

[cobraman]

Looks great, nice interior.

[Bernard Kron]

Looks great and I love the really-real race car touches like the rolling stock and stance. The decals look good so far. Looking back through the thread it seems like you have done all your own decals. How are you managing the white parts? Are some from various decal sheets? A few pages back you showed the graphic for the CP race number shield and it seems like you were printing it yourself. Do you have a printer that will do that or are you using an inkjet and layering clear and white decals? Whatever the combination the overall decal scheme has great impact and complements the car beautifully.

[Erik Smith]

Back from the depths…great to get one out and keep it going! The decals look very cool.

[Jantrix]

Thanks Bernard. The roof decal, side Carrara decals and the Stude "S" on the hood are the only printed decals. Everything else is from various decal sheets. They are printed onto white decal paper with an inkjet. The results are less than stellar, but I'm dog tired of this build languishing for well over three years. I'm very glad you like the overall effect. I chose each decal and it's location carefully to reach an aesthetically pleasing image. The roof decal sort of breaks it up, but I really wanted one.

I sure hope the clearing goes well tomorrow. I'm going to take my time and throw a lot of light coats before I throw a wet coat.

[Jantrix]

Well gang the clear is laid. Only a couple small decals lifted a bit but they laid back down. There is just a slight ripple that you cannot see with the naked eye, but can feel with your finger. Aside from that, looks BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH near perfect. I won't waste time with new photos yet, just imagine the other shots with body the same level of gloss as the hood. I'm pretty happy with it.

[Kennyboy]

Looks great Rob!! It's gotta feel good to have it to this point!

This would look awesome next to my Carrera-PanaAmericana Ferrari 340 Mexico (once I get the body back from Greg Wann.)

Heck, you'll be able to build your own soon!!

[Jantrix]

Thanks Kenny, but I'll pass. After all, it's been done already.