outlaw035 Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 this is wild...lov the jet engine paint and detail is awesome...carbon fiber also awesome... im kinda 50/50 on the decals...
lanesteele240 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) Yeah. If i had it to do over they would not have went on. Cant change it now. I wish i could have found some true fire decals but none were available. Some guy on ebay has some but they dont show on dark bodies Edited October 15, 2012 by lanesteele240
BluePopsicle Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 This car is lookin' great! Totally loving the creativity! Job well done thus far. =)
jbwelda Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 he built the engine from a star wars thingamabob. pretty freaking ingenious! this whole thing is wild and that detailing on the motor is super!
Dr. Cranky Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 Definitely my kind of build. I love it. Great progress. Looking forward to more eye candy.
vintagedragfan Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 looking sweet! I was planning on doing a jet car in the near future, I love it!
W-409 Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 Now THAT's cool! I like the carbon fiber on the body and scalloops fit very nicely too. Fantastic work with the Jet engine too, looks like a real deal. Do you have a picture of that kit, where that Jet Engine was included?
Greg Pugh Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 Way to shake things up! It's nice to see something that you don't see everyday. Keep it going!!
lanesteele240 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Posted October 15, 2012 You can score the pod racer on ebay for less than 20 from time to time and the pro street is 13 with a 40%er at hobby lobby
Joe Handley Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 he built the engine from a star wars thingamabob. pretty freaking ingenious! this whole thing is wild and that detailing on the motor is super! I knew that motor looked vaguely familiar and unusually huge!
W-409 Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 Thanks for the picture! I have to score one and see what I can do with it. In some point. I'd like to build Sammy Miller's Vanishing Point Vega Funny Car which ran 3,54 (if I remember correctly) in Santa Pod, England on the 80's.
geemoney Posted October 16, 2012 Posted October 16, 2012 the carbon fibre is awesome!!!!! tell mw how!!!!!!!!!!
lanesteele240 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Posted October 16, 2012 the carbon fibre is awesome!!!!! tell mw how!!!!!!!!!! Well it was tricky. First prime and paint your model simi gloss black. Sand out trash and keep the paint level. You have to work with brand new blades. Change them often. The carbon sheet i use comes with a kinda transparent sheet that keeps the decal from sticking to the plastic bag it comes in. I use it to cut out the basic shape and trim trim trim that pattern till it is very close to where it goes. Use natural breaks in the car as points to start/stop a new decal. You may need to cut reliefs in areas where the model is round. Trim off any overlap because it will shine if you lay down a clear over the carbon. Use micro sol and set to bend the decal into shape. Do any trimming quickly after applying. The pattern can be flipped to be used in the other side of the car. Keep in mind the carbon has a "grain". Keep it square and going in the same direction. Be prepared for some attrition. Spray a decal safe clear to seal in the decal. This gives it a real look but points out your errors like a flair in darkness. I used testors wet look one coat lacour. Use any method of throwing the eye of others off of any errors. I used the kit decals and i will finish it with pe hood pins. One last thing, NOTHING on a car is flat. It may look flat but it aint. You will see this once you put the flat decal on it.
lanesteele240 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) My attempt at heat staining. Led installed as an after burner. I made a rear tire holder oner out of the wheely bar. This had to be fabed up because the rear end was in the way of the jet. So some extending sawing gluing and melting was required to get it to fit and serve its purpose. All the locator tabs were cut off when i cut the tub. That made things difficult. I cut the rear fatties down by 1/2 but they looked like crud. They had to be narrowed because they wont gone fit with the jet and the wide tires were not needed on a jet car. Help was delivered when i got a 65 Fairlane XL in the mail. It came with 2 extra rear tires for a drag option. The model gods smiled at me I am using the stockers on that build so i stole them. And finnaly Edited October 23, 2012 by lanesteele240
bryan_m Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 that thing looks so cool gary........ great imagination, and execution! cheers bryan
lanesteele240 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks bryan. I appreciate all of your and everybodys comments.
BluePopsicle Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Lovin' the details! That LED in the engine is perfect for it. Great job.
Duntov Posted November 6, 2012 Posted November 6, 2012 The engine detail painting is really quite good!!!
DPink Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Personally, I think it would look good with the trunk on, but thats just my opinion
epi4561 Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Looks great... Did you think about maybe adding some transparent yellow to that led to "orange" it up a smidge? or maybe some of your gold foil around the inside of the jet where the red led reflects? just a thought.. kutgw. thanks-epi
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