'95 Viper [Taking Suggestions!]

[Henchmen4Hire]

Have this spare kit and have no good idea for what to do with it, any suggestions? (AMT 6550 - Viper RT10)

Are there any iconic Vipers out there? I don't like making brand new looking models because painting a flawless body is hard, so some kind of junky badass Mad Max type design would be cool.

So far I sprayed everything with VHT Vinyl Dye as a basecoat and chopped up the trees to make drybrushing easier. Pretty happy that many of the parts are supposed to be black anyway heh

Edited September 18, 2014 by Henchmen4Hire

[freakshow12]

I have always liked the red with yellow wheels. Then you could dirty it up a bit to look like it's had a hard road course day. Brake dust on rims and dirty sides etc

[Kennyboy]

I have always liked the red with yellow wheels. Then you could dirty it up a bit to look like it's had a hard road course day. Brake dust on rims and dirty sides etc

Yeah! Kind of a Cannonball Run Viper.......that would be cool!

[kovey10]

I have the same kit, just collecting dust. I was thinking of using the Viper engine and putting it into a 70s Mopar...hmmm

Edited September 18, 2014 by kovey10

[1930fordpickup]

Maybe do it as a body mans car. One he bought that was wrecked and he is working on it while driving it. Front nose piece and door one color the hood another color or primer but not matching the rear and other door.

[Henchmen4Hire]

Decided on some kind of industrial color scheme, like orange/black/grey/metal, kind of like how Black & Decker drills look like. Maybe some striped "CAUTION" decals, jet exhausts, a giant wing lol

Some progress, along with a shot of the radiator and underside that I spent an hour drybrushing so they look scraped up, only to have the picture hide all the careful brush strokes

I like this kit, there's enough little pieces to help me practice painting little things

[kovey10]

That's looking good man! I opened up my Viper kit last night after reading your post, not the same kit you have, but a fun little engine to build nonetheless!

[Henchmen4Hire]

Test fitting the engine, and I use that term loosely because there are no engine mounts on this kit, just a little indentation on the chassis where the engine rests. However, the engine does seem to have cavities for engine mounts...

Also, please ignore the nasty paintjob on the red parts lol. I'm probably going to paint them gloss orange.

[Gord Martin]

Your engine weathering is very effective.

Yes, I have one of those tucked away too that I'm not sure

what to do with.

[Henchmen4Hire]

Hate this camera so much

I found some Testors International Orange in a box so I used that. It looks red in pictures grrrrrr so I tweaked the image. Its a little darker than I wanted, but it's alright.

Edited September 19, 2014 by Henchmen4Hire