Aston Martin DB4

[Scottnkat]

Here's the Revell reissue of the Aurora Aston Martin DB4. The clear plastic parts were a bit messed up and would not fit. I had to use clear glue to fill the gaps between where the windows ended and where the window frames began. The glass was also cracked in a few spots and was generally not in good shape. It took a bit of work, but it all finally came together. I added flocking for the carpeting in the interior cabin and in the trunk. I also stripped the chrome (since it was not in good shape) and I sprayed the chrome pieces with Alclad. I hope you like it









The doors open - here's the interior



Also, the trunk opens



Here's the engine compartment

[bill_67]

Nice car Scott, I like the color combo.

[peter31a]

Very cool! Love to see an Aston built up. And I understand that's not an easy kit. Kudos.

[slusher]

Super nice build Scott..

[jbwelda]

that's a darned admirable job of that difficult kit! turned out looking great.

jb

[chunkypeanutbutter]

I looked up a picture of the box... Man, those wheels look terrible OOTB... Great build.

[Harry P.]

You did a nice job, but MAN, that body has some serious issues with proportions and contours.

[Ace-Garageguy]

You did a nice job, but MAN, that body has some serious issues with proportions and contours.

I have some earlier versions of this kit that don't look so badly proportioned, in large part because of smaller tires. It makes a difference. I also tend to think there's possibly some odd distortion and foreshortening going on with the camera lens here.

All in all though, a nice job, especially considering what there was to work with.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Decklid is the only thing that screams "improportional" to me. Looks too short, right?

[Danno]

Great car, and good job with what was in the box, but, yeah, . . . the kit looks just a little 'off.'

[TheCat]

nice work.

[sjordan2]

You did a nice job, but MAN, that body has some serious issues with proportions and contours.

It's a sister kit to the Aurora/Monogram Maserati 3500 GTi, which has the same problems -- bad roofline and nose. The wheels don't look too bad if they had less of a wash, but the hub parts stick out way too far. Matt Bacon did an awesome fix on the Maserati last year, which is worth digging up.

Here's his Under Glass result:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74759

His Workbench report:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=71253

Edited November 25, 2014 by sjordan2

[TFchronos]

Very nice build!