Post by tcoat on Nov 28, 2023 9:27:57 GMT -5
Not sure how I missed this one when I was posting up my builds when I first joined here but better late than never I guess.
When I decided to start building my "Cars I Used to Own" series I realized I had not built a car model since I was about 10. I also have NEVER painted gloss finishes since I got back into the hobby several years ago. As I was gathering up the kits I needed for my actual cars I grabbed a few cars I would LIKE to have owned for practice. Figured I could screw these up and not have to go on a quest to replace them as kits of cars I actually owned can be hard to come by.
The first one I did is a want list '70 Plymouth Cuda Hemi. It is a much newer mould from Revell so has nice crisp details and loads of little extras like chrome door handles, separate windshield wipers and even an interior mirror. All in all a beautiful kit compared to what I remembered car ones to be as a kid. All in all it came out pretty decent and served well as a learning test mule but I can do much better now.
Oh... and it was my first crack at taking pictures in a LED light box so please excuse the wash out and reflections. I have learned that process as well.
I did it as a newish but still slightly used look.
The chrome trim is all Bare Metal Foil and was a total pain to put and keep on! Bumpers and other kit chrome parts were sprayed with flat clear to knock the really bright plastic look down a bit and then covered with black tinted Future floor polish finish to bring them back to a more scale brightness and bring out detail.
Went with the very popular white and black interior and it looks really great with the blue. The white does have some slightly dirty thinner brushed over it to give some definition and highlights. I really sucked at getting the light proper!
The hemi and engine bay are decently detailed. I did not do full plumbing but added plug wires to busy it up even more. I used uncommon restraint on weathering the engine. I am far more used to having leaky oil soaked ones.
Underneath is far different than what I ended up doing for my own cars! It is almost pristine.
When I decided to start building my "Cars I Used to Own" series I realized I had not built a car model since I was about 10. I also have NEVER painted gloss finishes since I got back into the hobby several years ago. As I was gathering up the kits I needed for my actual cars I grabbed a few cars I would LIKE to have owned for practice. Figured I could screw these up and not have to go on a quest to replace them as kits of cars I actually owned can be hard to come by.
The first one I did is a want list '70 Plymouth Cuda Hemi. It is a much newer mould from Revell so has nice crisp details and loads of little extras like chrome door handles, separate windshield wipers and even an interior mirror. All in all a beautiful kit compared to what I remembered car ones to be as a kid. All in all it came out pretty decent and served well as a learning test mule but I can do much better now.
Oh... and it was my first crack at taking pictures in a LED light box so please excuse the wash out and reflections. I have learned that process as well.
I did it as a newish but still slightly used look.
The chrome trim is all Bare Metal Foil and was a total pain to put and keep on! Bumpers and other kit chrome parts were sprayed with flat clear to knock the really bright plastic look down a bit and then covered with black tinted Future floor polish finish to bring them back to a more scale brightness and bring out detail.
Went with the very popular white and black interior and it looks really great with the blue. The white does have some slightly dirty thinner brushed over it to give some definition and highlights. I really sucked at getting the light proper!
The hemi and engine bay are decently detailed. I did not do full plumbing but added plug wires to busy it up even more. I used uncommon restraint on weathering the engine. I am far more used to having leaky oil soaked ones.
Underneath is far different than what I ended up doing for my own cars! It is almost pristine.
