Toast Posted January 23, 2015 Author Posted January 23, 2015 Thanks! Round one of polishing is completed. The dash also got a shot of semi-gloss to simulate the vinyl cover and seal the carbon fiber decals. The climate control decals are from a 98 Camaro so they're even GM. I have a screen from the Uptown Chrysler 300 kit that will go in the opening of the center column. And here are the carbon fiber side moldings.
Toast Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 Nice productive weekend so far. Got the polishing of the body done last night. As well as a few of the trim pieces attached. The breaks mounted to the front wheels so they're ready to attach as soon as the body is mounted to the chassis for the final time.
bill_67 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 This thing looks amazing can't wait to see it done. Great job on all the carbon fiber details, it really a lot!
Toast Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Thanks. Ha ha I can't wait either! Had to pull myself away from the project bench to get some sleep before work. I was getting a bit frustrated with the bare metal foil so it was probably a good time to call it quits. So here's how she's sitting after the weekend. Finished the decals on the dash and attached the modern head unit. Foiled the steering wheel, glued it to the column, and attached them to the dash. Then mounted the dash assembly to the interior. The intake just needs a little touch up tomorrow and it will be resting in the engine bay. Rear badge mounted. Front Bumpers/grill assembly is mounted. And it's hard to see but the passenger side chrome molding is foiled. Touching up all the small chrome pieces with BMF is pretty tough. There's so many chrome parts and most of them are very small. It's coming along though and with some good momentum and time at the bench I think she'll be done by my Feb 1st deadline. Edited January 26, 2015 by Toast
Jeremy Jon Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 How did I miss this? Looks fantastic Ryan, awesome detail work, bravo!!
slusher Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Beautiful shine on the body after progress. Carbon Fiber decals look great Ryan...
Toast Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 We're on the home stretch! Thanks again for the support on this one. This has been the most involved and technical build I've attempted and was ready to put it aside a few times. The engine covers particularly had me wondering if I was going to be able to hand this over as a completed kit. I'm not super excited about how they turned out but they look the part and finish off the engine compartment nicely. Here is the third and final attempt glued onto the engine. If I had the time I would start with a new set and use the third method I tried. It worked great but the covers had been painted and stripped two times prior so they weren't in the best condition. The intake was glued into place as well. Tonight I brought the body and chassis together. Very worried about it but the process went smoothly. The hood has a few dobs of epoxy on the hinges to keep it open. It will be in a display case and don't want him to have to pull open the case any time the hood fell down. Plus it was a lot of work to get the car set up, figured the engine is kind of the point of this build. It also displays the eagle painting on the under side of the hood. I took as good a picture as I could of the original, tweaked it in photoshop, then printed it out on decal paper. After the decal set I blended it in by dry brushing the body color around the edges. Here's how I left it tonight. Ready for her shiny new shoes tomorrow and a few small trim parts.
mademan Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 AWESOME work! Ive been silently following, and patiently waiting to see the final product. Cant wait to see it all together, you've really done a great job.
exesivefire Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) This is really nice Edited January 31, 2015 by exesivefire
Toast Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Just finished! I'll get the display base done tomorrow and hopefully have some nice light outside to take some better pictures. Just in time to relax for the weekend!
Toast Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Thank you She's now under glass! http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=98427
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