Ajay Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) This is another one I've been playing around with so while I was shooting the Hornet I thought I'd take a couple of pics. I've robbed the fade away fenders from the 48 Coupe kit but the thing I didn't like about them was how high they joined the rear fender. so I took out a "vee" section to reduce the height in the rear. The drawback is that I've got to re-scribe the door lines - I've made a start on them but it's a job I hate as they're never as good as the original ones. Anyways a picture is worth a thousand words as they say !. Thanks for looking. Andy Edited August 9, 2012 by Ajay
Draggon Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 I love those modified fade aways. The kit ones made the body look way too fat.
Olskoolrodder Posted August 10, 2012 Posted August 10, 2012 Looking good Andy,I digs it! What are those,'58-59 Caddy caps in those whitewalls? Look good on it whatever they are!
JasonFL Posted August 10, 2012 Posted August 10, 2012 Love the way those fenders just flow right into the rear ones., those are some cool wheels going on, I would also like to know what they are. Nice build so far, keep it going
Dr. Cranky Posted August 10, 2012 Posted August 10, 2012 Very smooth and beautiful. Looking forward to seeing this one in paint.
Ajay Posted August 10, 2012 Author Posted August 10, 2012 Looking good Andy,I digs it! What are those,'58-59 Caddy caps in those whitewalls? Look good on it whatever they are! Thanks Stephen If I recall correctly the Caddy hubcaps were from SJS Details (they've been in my spares box a long time !) Cheers Andy.
gman Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 This is another one I've been playing around with so while I was shooting the Hornet I thought I'd take a couple of pics. I've robbed the fade away fenders from the 48 Coupe kit but the thing I didn't like about them was how high they joined the rear fender. so I took out a "vee" section to reduce the height in the rear. The drawback is that I've got to re-scribe the door lines - I've made a start on them but it's a job I hate as they're never as good as the original ones. Anyways a picture is worth a thousand words as they say !. Thanks for looking. Andy http://www.trainshack.com/browse.cfm/atlas-snap-saw/4,4115.html ^^ I find these (combined with a masking tape guide and a steady hand) are good for starting straight and in-scale door lines when they have to be scribed or corrected. Start with the saw, finish with a scriber or even a new piece of sandpaper inserted into the door line to clean things up and remove fuzzed up styrene from the door line.
Ajay Posted September 16, 2012 Author Posted September 16, 2012 Managed to get the paint done and polished out - the color is Zero Paints Saburu World Rally Blue basecoat plus clear. Thanks for looking
cobraman Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 Great looking car. The color is beautiful.
zaina Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 very nice! cant wait to see this one finished.
JasonFL Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 That was the perfect choice of color for this custom especially with that white top. Just beautiful, keep it going
Dennis Lacy Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Beautiful! You're right, those fadeaways look a bunch better sloping down lower to the rear fender. Looks great with the chopped Carson top too!
Ajay Posted September 18, 2012 Author Posted September 18, 2012 Thanks for the comemnts guys - much appreciated.
Bernard Kron Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 Very nice. I also like the Caddy 'caps, they look good against that classy deep blue and the sweeping lines of your modified fadeaways. It's interesting, I've now seen several builds where builders either raised or lowered the line of the fadeaways. In virtually every instance it was an improvement over the shape Revell had chosen. Certainly in your case, by matching the shadow line of the fadeaway to the crest on the skirts, the result is far more graceful and elegant line than what you started from. On another build I liked, the modeler had raised the fadeway so it joined just above the wheel well opening. That looked nice, too.
Albie D Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Cant wait to see this one finished. Gonna be one of the greats for sure!
bryan_m Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 that is really nice man! nice paintwork......what color is planned for the interior? i think white would look great. cheers bryan
Ajay Posted September 20, 2012 Author Posted September 20, 2012 that is really nice man! nice paintwork......what color is planned for the interior? i think white would look great. cheers bryan Thanks Bryan, Yeah I'm planning on a white interior with blue inserts (just to break up the white a bit). Hopefully I'll get a bit more done over ther weekend. Cheers Andy
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