´77 Monte Carlo- seventies style lowrider

[Antikainen]

Revell snap kit.
Tamiya metallic paints + tamiya lame flake + ink pens + formaline chrome tape.
Pegasus tyres, pegasus + revell wheels.
Lake pipes, rabbit ears tv- antenna, small TV etc.
Here you go:

Thanks for looking!

[Modlbldr]

Wow! I love it. That took some real talent there! Great job. It looks like it is straight out of the magazine.

Later-

[Antikainen]

Thanks!

[1972coronet]

Whittier Blvd @ Interstate 605 ...

Just the kind of Lowrider that I used to admire as a youth in west Whittier !

Excellent work !

[Young iron]

Fantastic build and paint ! You nailed that specific look I love more and more everyday. Next Nostalgia trend ?

[slusher]

Man, that's a sharp build. Excellent Paint...

[Antikainen]

Thanks guys!

I think I´ll build bomb next...

[72 Charger]

How did you do that?.........

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

Nice Job ! I really dig this ! Alot of work in the paint job WILD!

[OldTimer50707]

That is a killer paint job. Great work.

[donb]

1st - Holy Cow! 2nd - Holy Cow! 3rd - You nailed it! Great job!

[Daddyfink]

Very nice! Saw one or two almost like that back in the day!

[bobthehobbyguy]

Nicely done.

[cswilliams1963]

Well done !!

[Robberbaron]

Not my style, but great attention to detail! In fact, I believe yours is the first build of this kit that I've seen with the bumper rub strips done correctly in gray, including the white accenting in the grooves. Seems like everyone just paints them black, but this is the way they actually looked on 1:1 77 Montes, it was one of the few differences from the previous model year.

[Antikainen]

Thanks guys!

Doobie:

I painted body with tamiya sprays. First I layed titanium gold, then lame flake ( which is really intented for lexan bodies but works on polystyrene also. You just have to remember it dries really slowly ).

Next step was masking. Then I shot pearl white from greater distance to sides and hood, top and trunk centerline areas. Some masking job again and champagne gold areas were painted.

I used formaline chrome tape to outline different painted areas.

Next I grabbed my ink pens and started making lines and patterns, designing them on the flow ( and it shows I think. )

Next It was time to shoot some more lame flake, following with few coats of regular clear.

Of course some careful sanding was some between all coats of paint.

Robberbaron:

Yeah I noticed that those bumper strips should be gray, it´s always useful to do your research when starting with new kit.

I also separated headlights and grille from front bumper to make model look less toy - like.

One thing that effects to the whole appearance was painting upper surfaces of bumpers body color as they are in 1:1 car.

Here are some work - on - progress pics from interior:

I used instruments from hasegawa ´66 Caddy decal sheet:

Of course there should be full custom, long hair upholstery on a lowrider from this era but I thought I´ll make it more stock looking to make a contrast to custom paint on the body.

[Prince Ital Mike]

Very cool!!!

[Tompidom]

Eventhough this is absolutely not my thing. This is some amazing craftsmanship!

[Chris White]

great job

[Markku N.]

This is so cool! Gr8 build Jarkko! I'm stunned about the paint job, I'd never have the patience to do that (nor the imagination) =)

[om617]

I admire the patience you must have to pull off this kind of paint job. It looks fantastic.

[phil-east]

great work, it looks awesome.

[Maxicoop]

all I can say is ..... WOW !!! WOW !!! WOW !!!

[RAMBENNA]

wow that is excellent , I love it . great colors just all round excellent

[Roger U]

That is a beautiful model and an amazing paint job. WOW!!!