Deadman Disciple
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After a year & a half, ive finally stopped my wife from nagging me & found a Ford Capri model kit to convert into a Del Boy Ford Capri from Only Fools & Horses.
Picking up a pre-built Monogram Ford Capri II kit from a seller on ebay, whilst taking it apart I discovered that the seller had used what looks like superglue to put it together & whilst it came apart very easily, I was shocked to see he hadnt done anything with it.
No painting & no interior decoration, well that is all about to change.
Glueing the clear windshield & rear window into place with my glue n glaze & getting the main shell for primer with masking tape, when I sprayed with the primer the shell instantly looked a million times better with just the primer.
Then came the interior, after I primered that too I started on the seat covers with the tigerprint decals sheets.
Starting with the back seats, I created some templates with some microwave pizza box card & drew around with a pencil onto the decal paper & cut them out.
Using Microset & Microsol, I then placed the decals onto the seats (which was quite easy) & just used some of the offcuts for patching up around the edges.
Same principle for the door panels, but using some greaseproof paper as tracing paper, I then traced around the side panel inserts & cut them out & applied them to go around the border of the inserts & again patched up with some offcuts.
The dashboard was a little bit of a problem, but the Microset/sol did its job around those difficult corners, I decided not to decal the instument panel, as it was very fiddly & trying to cut around the dials didnt work out, so I removed the decals & painted in black with the dials in white & drybrushed in silver to bring out the detail.
Then came the task of the front seats.
Basically cutting out a square for the seat & a rectangle for the backrest, with a wraparound for the back of the seat & the sides of the seats, with another wraparound & a little hat for the headrests.
Was very fiddly indeed & using some more offcuts to patch up here & there, the final result is not too bad, even if the headrest so looks a little square instead of rounded, but once the shell is on top, hopefully they wont be noticable.
Once I sealed the interior, I started on the bodyshell.
Masking off the car apart from the roof & a little on the side, I sprayed with Halfords gloss black, once dry I took all the tape & newspaper & masked off where id sprayed black & sprayed the rest of the car with Humbrol 38 Lime Green.
Then I sprayed the underneath chassis in Halford gloss black & picked out the prop shaft, exhausts & the fuel tank in silver, which will be rusted up later on.
All-in-all so far the Capri is looking a helluva lot better.
Cheers,
Wayne.
After a year & a half, ive finally stopped my wife from nagging me & found a Ford Capri model kit to convert into a Del Boy Ford Capri from Only Fools & Horses.
Picking up a pre-built Monogram Ford Capri II kit from a seller on ebay, whilst taking it apart I discovered that the seller had used what looks like superglue to put it together & whilst it came apart very easily, I was shocked to see he hadnt done anything with it.
No painting & no interior decoration, well that is all about to change.
Glueing the clear windshield & rear window into place with my glue n glaze & getting the main shell for primer with masking tape, when I sprayed with the primer the shell instantly looked a million times better with just the primer.
Then came the interior, after I primered that too I started on the seat covers with the tigerprint decals sheets.
Starting with the back seats, I created some templates with some microwave pizza box card & drew around with a pencil onto the decal paper & cut them out.
Using Microset & Microsol, I then placed the decals onto the seats (which was quite easy) & just used some of the offcuts for patching up around the edges.
Same principle for the door panels, but using some greaseproof paper as tracing paper, I then traced around the side panel inserts & cut them out & applied them to go around the border of the inserts & again patched up with some offcuts.
The dashboard was a little bit of a problem, but the Microset/sol did its job around those difficult corners, I decided not to decal the instument panel, as it was very fiddly & trying to cut around the dials didnt work out, so I removed the decals & painted in black with the dials in white & drybrushed in silver to bring out the detail.
Then came the task of the front seats.
Basically cutting out a square for the seat & a rectangle for the backrest, with a wraparound for the back of the seat & the sides of the seats, with another wraparound & a little hat for the headrests.
Was very fiddly indeed & using some more offcuts to patch up here & there, the final result is not too bad, even if the headrest so looks a little square instead of rounded, but once the shell is on top, hopefully they wont be noticable.
Once I sealed the interior, I started on the bodyshell.
Masking off the car apart from the roof & a little on the side, I sprayed with Halfords gloss black, once dry I took all the tape & newspaper & masked off where id sprayed black & sprayed the rest of the car with Humbrol 38 Lime Green.
Then I sprayed the underneath chassis in Halford gloss black & picked out the prop shaft, exhausts & the fuel tank in silver, which will be rusted up later on.
All-in-all so far the Capri is looking a helluva lot better.
Cheers,
Wayne.