TROOPERFRANCO Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Hi guys, i want to share with you this step by step build of this Chevy Nova used in the movie Beverly Hills cop driven by the funny cop Axel Foley. I based my model on the Chevy Nova Copo made by revell with some minor modifications. The basic idea is that this is a pretty weathered and rusty chevy car The kit is well manufactured, built in white almost with no flash what make the work easier. The initial idea was make some dent on the body due to the actual state of the car in the movie. I did some tests onto an old model i have with some heat coming from a hair dryer On this Audi it worked pretty good, the plastic was warped easy, however when i tried to do this on the Nova the plastic was really hard to warp no matter how much temperature i gave with the hair dryer., actually i ended breaking the left window pillar.[:S] I repaired this window pillar with some styrene bar that i had. The left door actually ended a little dent, i think im going to let it like that and not trying to do this on other parts of the car, because i can end breaking the full body The engine came pretty well detailed, although came with no plug wires, so im going to try building them with phone wires
TROOPERFRANCO Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 Sanding the body Testing some plug wires, im just learning.
TROOPERFRANCO Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 I start with testing some rust paint on the test model, im going to try the hair spray technique and the salt chipping technique Using the hairspray technique (by the way one of the cheapest i found, nothing special) After the rust paint was dry, i aply the hairspray with the airbrush and let it dry for about 15 min.
TROOPERFRANCO Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 Well, so there goes the thing , I hope it was not too long and boring . I appreciate the time you spent reading this post. Its very important to me your feedback and suggestions To be continued...........
chadrob30 Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Great job so far...interesting way to run the plug wires.
Scale-Master Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Some nice weathering work there. And the way the wires are run is very much like they would have been from the factory.
1930fordpickup Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 "Be careful with my car, all this stuff happened last time I parked here. " Looks good so far.
Darbo Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Very nice, can't wait to see it finished! What colour Blue did you use?
Miserable Soul Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 "Fall for the banana in the tailpipe I will not " ....Yoda
TROOPERFRANCO Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 Very nice, can't wait to see it finished! What colour Blue did you use? Thanks for your feedback. Because i didnt find any blue color that match that crappy blue, i prepared mine with light blue, 10% dark blue and a couple drops of red.
Petetrucker07 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Your doin a fine job on this. Very nice work. Great detail work.
Jantrix Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Your doin a fine job on this. Very nice work. Great detail work. Agreed. It looks outstanding. Add an black acrylic wash to all the trim and window/door gaps, as well as the cowl.
mikemopar70 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Your Nova looks really realistic.. Nice weathering techniques..
Zandmann Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Looks good, weathering and all. Realistic. Definitely following this one closely.
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