Christine - In Progress

[trekriffic]

Taking a break from the usual sci-fi/trek oriented subjects to build this:



Picked her up at my local Michaels for half off with one of their coupons. She's been sitting up on the shelf scaring the crap out of the other models for awhile now so I thought it was time to show her some love...

More box art:





You get several bags of parts molded in red, chrome, and clear. Tires are molded in vinyl and inserts are included for white sidewalls. A decal sheet is included with decals for the license plates and several different iterations of the name "Christine" for making your own customized version of this iconic, demonic vehicle:



First off, I removed the red molded parts from their bags and soaked them in a bath of liquid dishwashing soap and warm water to rid them of any residual mold release:



I know... exciting.

More to come...

 

[trekriffic]

Re: Christine

After drying the parts off it was time for priming...

I used Testors enamel grey primer. I plan to paint this beautiful beastie using enamels as opposed to the lacquers I've been using a lot of lately. For one thing, the cost of Tamiya lacquer spray cans has been eating up my modelling budget like crazy so anytime I can get away with using smaller Testors or Model Master paint bottles and the airbrush the better. It will be a good way for me to try out my new Neo for Iwata airbrush too:





Front bench seat. There is some nice raised detailing:



While the primer dries I whipped out the instructions. Steps 1A-1C deal with engine assembly:



Hmmmmm.... I think I'll add some wiring to the spark plugs, solenoid, etc. If anybody has any pics of their models with a similar type of engine with wiring added please feel free to share the photos with me. I'm not as familiar with car engines (at least in models) so I could use whatever help or advice you guys can provide.

 

[arohk]

Re: Christine

she will be a beaut but don't be surprised if she gets rid of the rest of your models lol

 

[edz280zx]

Re: Christine

Are you going to remove the "Belvedere" script?

 

[trekriffic]

Re: Christine

Are you going to remove the "Belvedere" script?

Yeah. She is supposed to be Fury according to the book.

 

[trekriffic]

Re: Christine

Well gang sorry to be so long in posting but this car is finished!

The rest of the WIP pics can be found on page 1 of my album on Flickr! here. Each photo is captioned too:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29607470@N08/albums/72157655640073636

 

[Little Cutie]

What a wonderful subject! I love the lights. This is a nice build, but it could've been better if you had used Alclad II, or Spaztix instead of the "Chrome Foil" - it looks like aluminum paint. It's also too bad that we can't buy U.S. American made models any more! Lately it seems that all I can find is "Made in Japan", or "Made in China" everywhere I look. :-[

 

[mrcivicwithstyle]

lOVE IT LOOKS GREAT