Gloss coat on the body after a nice wet sand. Added plug wires and touched up some detail on the engine. Hopefully tomorrow it all comes together.
I'm getting there. Made some progress this morning. I'm going to sand and repaint the hood- not happy with it. Chrome the mirrors and scoop. Pretty happy with this and am learning more about building cars. For future builds I've ordered Proscale paints and am looking forward to seeing how their products fare. I'm really enjoying the car builds so much so that I'm looking at an aftermarket kit for a 67 Shelby that will cost about 5x what I paid for the kit! Never thought I'd do that but the amount of detail I see others putting into their kits is inspiring me to focus more on details. So thanks guys!
AK lacquer gulf blue. For the 400 (67 gto) I used Ak laq light blue 5gtt and Ak raf azure blue 1gtt. Not sure what's a better representation.
Nice! Beware though, it is a double edged sword!focus more on details.
Wrapped this up this morning. Not sure what to do about the hood it doesn't want to lay flat and nothing is obstructing it. Overall pretty pleased with my build. I added spark plug wires, terminals on battery and battery cables, and seatbelts. Paint finish is not what I was shooting for but I feel like I'm improving and hitting more details with my builds. I'm supposed to send this to my brother but… Hope you guys like it!
You bet! Very nice, all around.
Motor is almost done. Had to cut out transmission bracket, trim firewall and some of the internal engine bay to get the motor to fit. A little too long and tall at transmission. I thought about chipping off the top half of the transmission since it won't be seen but opted to keep this beautiful motor as one piece.
Oops wrong thread! Haha
I really like the color as it came out. It's got a slight sheen to it more like a satin black which I think is really cool.
Looks great, I've also ran into the hood issue a time or two but most of the time the stance is with the hood open so not a big deal. I like it good job!
Thank you. I had thought about making a hood prop but it seems to have settled.
Vinyl? Those are imported alpaca leather! Thanks!
Looks good. I did the revell Bandit version in a group build. Thought it was a reasonable kit for the price. Pantherman
I got that one as well just last month I believe. Yours turned out good!
Nice! What is the scale?
1/25 scale. Pantherman
I saw hobby lobby had a 1/14 78 trans am. I think it was 1/14. It was big. Now I'm tempted.
Got to be done. Pantherman
Thank you. Building a car was an enjoyable change.
Plus, it's a way to have a "Jay Leno collection" on "Ron's budget"!
Nice engine work bud, looks great.
Thanks! I think the gto is even better. I'm waiting to finish it off. I've bought some 2k, never used it before, and want to get two more car bodies ready to varnish at same time in case I have leftover.
