realgone58 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 I built this at the request of a friend of mine, who owned one like it. I went from his memory, and the old photos he provided. It's '69 Chevy Burghandy Metallic laquer with three coats of DuPont 7480S clear, I added the vinyl roof using Model Master black vinyl top spray (don't care for that stuff much). I also removed the Nova scripts and gills from the front fenders, as his car did not have them. Front tires are from an old promo, and the rear tires are the custom tires that come in the Phantom Ford van kit. I added the yellow ladder bars from the parts bin. I used the optional headers and formed the exhaust to fit into the collectors, as his was. I added a Fatkidd Hobby Products dist and wires, used my own fuel line and brake line from the master. The rest is out of the box. Nice kit to build, but I do notice that the wheel wells are a bit inaccurate to the real car. The AMT kit has better lines. Oh well, it came out ok, and hopefully he'll like it.
Porscheman Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Beautiful build Alan. The top looks pretty good, it's just missing the seams.
james460 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 I can't tell you the number of Nova's I seen over the years done up like yours. You hit the late 60"s early 70's look on the nail. nice.
TooOld Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Great looking Nova , it has the " look " we all wanted back in the day ! Really nice work .
bbowser Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Great work, and back story. I always like the builds that replicate a real car from someone's past.
Belugawrx Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 That came out great!! Buddy will love it Front grille looks good Cheers
majel Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Your buddy had a sweet ride and now he has a great model of it! Good job!!
Harry P. Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Nicely done except for the ignition wires, which should "sag" and lay down along the engine contours.
Toast Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 I love the color, and the stance is perfect for that car! Very cool model.
PappyD340 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Very NICE Alan, I have a friend who had one that looked very similar to that one only it was blue.
realgone58 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Posted April 22, 2014 Nicely done except for the ignition wires, which should "sag" and lay down along the engine contours. Harry, it's "hard wired".....lol. They are more of a bendable type wire, not really soft enough to get them to bend quite right without kinking them. I've got NAPA Beldens on my 1:1 car and they sit up like these. They are a harder, glossy type wire.
Bob Ellis Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 realgone58, Nice work, looks great. Since, you didn't like the vinyl top spray, have you considered using to Evergreen strips to show fabric lines, and a little lacquer thinner to wrinkle the plastic before painting?
Harry P. Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Harry, it's "hard wired".....lol. They are more of a bendable type wire, not really soft enough to get them to bend quite right without kinking them. I've got NAPA Beldens on my 1:1 car and they sit up like these. They are a harder, glossy type wire. Ok. I'll give you as pass!
realgone58 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 realgone58, Nice work, looks great. Since, you didn't like the vinyl top spray, have you considered using to Evergreen strips to show fabric lines, and a little lacquer thinner to wrinkle the plastic before painting? Yes, I did forget the Evergreen strips. Later, I thought of two very thin strips of tape for the fabric lines. This was the first vinyl top I did. Next one, I am trying something that one of my fellow club members used. Krylon Shimmer texture spray. Sounds weird, but I saw it done and it looks good. He shot that stuff first, then satin black over it, came out to look better than the stuff I used on this Nova. One thing I did notice about the Model Master stuff: It's slightly out of scale, a bit large. Also, the can tends to shoot out a large drip every now and then, thus making the texture look extremely large. Live and learn. Could have been worse.
espo Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Like you, I have never cared about vinyl roofs in scale or 1:1. The one that I have done was a '50 Ford Crestliner. I had good luck using Rust-Oleum Textured paint. It has an almost to rough finish for vinyl, but with a light coat of flat or semi it looks good. Being a rough finish you need to remember to paint it last as masking would be very difficult.
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