'64 Prince Gloria Mild Custom

[W-409]

I won Arii's 1964 Prince Gloria model kit from Model car contest. It's 1/32 scale, and that kit doesn't have engine. I decided to build it as Mild Custom style with matt black body and gloss red steelie wheels. Just a fast build between more serious projects, it took about week to complete, but because I had no enough inspiration, this build was off the bench for few weeks. But now it's complete.

I lowered the chassis and painted interior as two tone with red and white. I painted the body flat black, and chrome trim is painted with a brush. I used masking tape on the other side, but other side went without it. Grille and bumbers were painted by Humbroll's Polished Aluminium and grille was black washed with Detailer... Exhaust pipe was shortened and I drilled hole there too. Here are the pictures, please let me know, what you think.

[Dr. Cranky]

Simple, but a very interesting subject. I like the flat black look.

[hotrod59f100]

Looks good

[Draggon]

Well that brought a smile to my face! Way cool!

[Erik Smith]

Those Arii kits are fun little builds of not-so-common cars. They present some challenges too, as many aspects are very toy-ish. I love the Gloria's lines and the "custom" look you gave it fits very well. Nice work and thanks for posting it.

[Chuck Most]

Very cool. Kinda looks like a '64 Fairlane in front, at certain angles.

[W-409]

Thanks, Virgil, Shane, Glenn, Erik and Chuck.

This kit is really simple, but with some more work and fixing some little problems it can be built to look good. Flat black look fits fine to it. And it truly looks like '64 Fairlane a bit.