surfjunke Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) This started out as a Hot wheels die cast I found @ a toy outlet store. This sat in the collection for a few years before I figured out what I wanted to do with it. After taking the car apart, the surgery began. The rear body was shortened by one scale foot. The roof was angle chopped by 3 scale inches. Evergreen plastic was used to fill in the header exits in the body, blower opening in the hood & the new lower nose section. The parts were "tack" glued was CA glue & then finished glued with JB Quick Weld. I also used the JB Weld as a filler, is sands & feathers very well. The headlights were ground flat with a motor tool & Evergreen rod glued & flared the fenders to accept MV lenses. As noticed, I did not strip the paint, only removing the paint where needed & sanding the rest smooth. The die cast companies bake their paint finishes & they are very tough to chip. I have not found a primer yet that sticks to the metal like the factory paint, no mater how I prep the body. I have tried many types of paint. Any suggestions out there. The wheels are from Renaissance of France. The make quite few different modern wheel sets as well as some fine 1/43 & 1/24 multi medea kits. The chassis pan & interior are all from Evergreen sheet & strip plastic. Dash is from the parts box. The seats are resin castings a friend made for me from a master I made. The etched harnesses are from Tameo. Paint was acrylic lacquer primer, followed by a white HOC base coat. The 2 colors were from House of color bought from Black gold. The stripe is cut Mirco Scale decal film. All was covered with Dupont 2 part clear. Edited September 13, 2011 by surfjunke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfarmboy Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Neat build there. I have done some 1/43rd units. Won a 2nd Place @ Dery City Shootout recently. My model(s) were a Peterbilt rollback with a 32 Roadster pickup as its load. You have inspired me to do some mod work on a door slammer sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white-snake Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 That is a really awesome build, I love the color combo. What is the name of the purple you used from HOC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Exceptionally well done! Great detail work and beautifully finished. The colors and style really set it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfjunke Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Chris, the HOC purple I used is called Violet Pearl, which I bought from Black Gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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