stevielewis
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Post by stevielewis on Apr 1, 2020 5:23:39 GMT -6
That looks great!
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Mr. E Modeler
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Post by Mr. E Modeler on Apr 1, 2020 12:39:34 GMT -6
A bit of color always stirs up some excitement! Very nice looking red. I can't wait to see this one with the graphics applied!
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 4, 2020 6:58:51 GMT -6
Thanks Paul, Steve and Eric. Got the R/H side decaled up today. This......was a JOB!!!  I've still got to paint the roof white.   Mocked Up:   |
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Post by Mr. E Modeler on Apr 4, 2020 8:10:08 GMT -6
Looks fantastic! This is going to be one stellar piece to your collection soon.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 4, 2020 8:12:23 GMT -6
Looks fantastic! This is going to be one stellar piece to your collection soon. Thanks Eric. I dunno bout that "soon" part.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 13:25:55 GMT -6
It is looking good though.
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Post by 41chevy on Apr 5, 2020 9:59:44 GMT -6
Looks really good! Paul
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 6, 2020 15:15:30 GMT -6
Thanks fellas!! Ok gang....the first of the corrections has been accomplished. Where I cut the decals to fit what I thought was a little bit better and turned out being too much above the wheel openings has now been corrected. I've gotta touch up the interior headlining a little bit now but that's small stuff. The more I looked at this the more it bugged me. Before...paying close attention to the white area above the wheel openings... ….and after the corrections. Next up.....the roof repainting to white.  |
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stevielewis
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Post by stevielewis on Apr 7, 2020 6:45:32 GMT -6
Much better looking now. Nice fix.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 8, 2020 13:11:08 GMT -6
Much better looking now. Nice fix. Thanks Stevie! I managed to mask off and paint the roof white without destroying the rest of the paint/ decal work that I've done. It aint perfect in regards to "correctness" but I got it close enough for me to be able to live with. I've also applied the gloss coat over everything...  This build has been going a lot slower than a lot of my other ones just because of parts....and the money to get them. Used to I would buy everything I needed BEFORE a build. Now I'm having to spread everything out as I can afford it. Things are slowly coming together now. Sometimes it's a "one step forward and two steps backwards" gig. Like another "for instance", I saw that one of the rear wheels that I shot with Molotow has cracking in the chrome finish. Dunno what happened there as the other rear wheel is ok. Guess it's a bath in oven cleaner and a re-shoot for that one though. The other thing that I've noticed was the rear bumper. There are two HUGE sink marks on the outside of the bumper where the two mounting tabs are located on the inside of the bumper. Looks like that's gonna get stripped and some body work is coming down the pike. One thing after another with this kit...………...BUT......that's modeling. The other thing that has been hampering me is myself. Like....forgetting to paint the roof white. And just yesterday I saw where I forgot to paint the tail light panel black. No biggie....just masked off and shot it semi gloss black this morning and it turned out ok. Updated Mock Up Shots:   ![]()   |
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stevielewis
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Post by stevielewis on Apr 8, 2020 18:17:48 GMT -6
That's old school modeling. You work on it when you can. I used to try to build kits as fast as I could back in the day. Now, a model can take me a couple years to finish...and you know...I'm ok with that. Anyway, your build is coming along nicely. I like it. Keep doing what you're doing, it's turn out great.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 9, 2020 7:04:55 GMT -6
That's old school modeling. You work on it when you can. I used to try to build kits as fast as I could back in the day. Now, a model can take me a couple years to finish...and you know...I'm ok with that. Anyway, your build is coming along nicely. I like it. Keep doing what you're doing, it's turn out great. Thanks Stevie. I find that in the morning before anybody wakes up is the best time because I don't get bothered much by demands on my time. I appreciate the comments bro. Finished up the hood this morning. Applying white over red was NOT an easy job to do. Fought the color bleed through thing all the way BUT....I got it!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 10:03:15 GMT -6
That hood looks great. You can't tell that you had problems getting the white to cover. You should just tell guys that it was a cinch. Sure, just threw on some paint. Nothing to it. LOL!!
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 16, 2020 9:38:15 GMT -6
That hood looks great. You can't tell that you had problems getting the white to cover. You should just tell guys that it was a cinch. Sure, just threw on some paint. Nothing to it. LOL!! Thanks Steve! Well I got some more done on her this week. I cut the rear and two side windows out of thin clear styrene and decaled the side windows up with racing stickers. Just waiting on those to dry so I can dunk 'em in some Future so I should be going in with those tomorrow it looks like. Then came the moment I've been waiting for at the rear of the car. Upon close inspection of the deck lid you can see some lock studs, quick release pins and cables at the rear most corners of the lid. I received my lock pin set two days ago so I was able to get some progress done on that. Going back to that reference shot:  Progress so far. Still have to dot the 4 spots on each plate to simulate screws with some Molotow and add the cables later but here we are for now:  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 12:10:16 GMT -6
Nice work! It's the little details that will make the car special.
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