Finish - Hyundai Azera Grandeur by Academy 1/24 WIP

Azera seat backs

The kit seats are lacking the storage pocket on the back so I replicated this with wine bottle lead sheet, wire and styrene sheet. The lead sheet was wrapped around the wire at the top to look like a hem line then sculpted in some depressions with the back of a knife.

The interior will be black so I'll spray paint it Hotrod Gray Primer for a scale black look. The difference in the colors are subtle but visible. You can see this in the picture above next to the flat black chassis part.

 

thanks for looking ...

Hello!

Lookin' good!

How did you come across that "off the ship idea"? Is that type of Hyundai somehow significant to you?

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Hi Pawel,

Thanks for checking in. I live near a port town and there are many cars rolling off of the ship and in parking lots in the area, and I've not seen it done yet.

It's a one piece pan/chassis so I painted it.

Hmmm;

   This is an interesting idea . Most folks would say , " well , why cover it all up , especially if you get a  super good paint job " .

Fact ; Super Good or not , it is a way that cars have NOT been modeled .Good on you ! T.B.

Haha Actually it wont be completely wrapped. Just the hood, roof and trunk lid and a few patches of the fenders will be covered.

see image below (you might have to copy and paste the link):

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/completed-hyundai-solaris-vehicles-sit-with-body-panels-covered-in-picture-id484326040

The door armrest/handle parts were on a chrome sprue. I don't know why because nothing on the 1/1 prototype is chrome except the door locks.

These were spray painted the Hotrod Primer black over all along with the door parts that were molded in black.

The door locks were made with parts of the chrome sprue cut to size and shape then glued into place in the unlocked position. The touch of Gunze Sangyo 'Salmon Pink' gives this away.

The door armrest parts were then snapped into place into the door parts.

The difference in the gloss black and dark hotrod primer "scale black" is clear in these pictures.

Also I've installed the door audio speakers decals and front door seat adjustment button decals.

The tiny bits of lint is just landed on the parts but I didn't notice until I uploaded the pictures.

thanks for looking . . .

Hello!

Nice job on the doors! Putting a part that doesn't need chrome on the chrome sprue sure doesn't get the kit designer any new friends... Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks for checking in, Fellas.

Thanks for the comment. I'm working on the dash board and steering wheel now.

I was gonna reply to this yesterday and got busy here. Outstanding workmanship going on with this build Bob! I like all the detail you're throwing at it.

Thanks for checking in, Mustang.

Interior going together with detail painting and decals. Rear seats are painted then detailed with a fine tip pen then drybrushed to get visual depth before wrapping with plastic

The gear shifter was relocated to the left. The kit has this in the center of the console but it is not on the 1/1.

Dash details are painted. All displays are painted like they are off. The dash speedometer cluster are kit supplied decals. I installed these water slide decals as per instructions but they would not stick to location. I had to "glue" them down in place with Kristal Klear. After this cured I followed with layers of Smoke acrylic to achieve an OFF status. Then thin layers of Kristal Klear were filled in to make the cluster lense.

Protective wrap in place for the interior. I know I know, this will make sense later.

Thanks for looking in.

Hello!

Now that's something you don't see everyday - unless you work at a car dealership, that is :-)) But you sure don't see something like that in scale often! Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Hi Pawel, Thanks for the comment. That was sort of the inspiration to do it was that I've never seen it in scale yet. I want to bring it to shows and put it on the Table just to see if anyone 'gets it'. 

The Hyundai Azera don't already have the mud guards installed when they roll off the ship so I had to sand these off the body part.

Intersting idea!

I like.

Thanks for checking in!

Pawel

Hello!

Now that's something you don't see everyday - unless you work at a car dealership, that is :-)) But you sure don't see something like that in scale often! Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

 

Reminds me of my college days working for Budget Rent a Car and getting brand new cars off the truck and having to prep them and peeling off all the plastic coating, adding the front license plate mounts (if it was a separate item) and putting floor mats in place. I was amazed at first at how much trash all that stuff created.

Great job on the car. I am not familiar with that particular model, but I'm not a Hyundai guy. I have an old Fujimi Infinity Q45 curbside kit that I got from the clearance bin at Toys R Us many years ago for a whopping $2.90. Interesting idea.

Oh My ;

 I do like what you are doing here. Now If I could find a KIA SOUL model ,  I would do my new car as it was when I first saw it !   T.B.

Rob, LOL then you know exactly where this project is going. BTW, I bought a similar Aoshima J30 kit for $18 off the shelf at a LHS because I like 4 doors. I was thinking I'd make a beat up taxi from it. 

(edit: Infiniti kit and kit mfgr)

T-B, Yes, I wish they did a SOUL or Hyundai Veloster instead (or both). 

This is one interesting and a very unique build!  Great job!

Toshi

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Rob, LOL then you know exactly where this project is going. BTW, I bought that same Fujimi kit for $18. off the shelf at a LHS because I like 4 doors. I was thinking I'd make a beat up taxi from it. 

T-B, Yes, I wish they did a SOUL or Hyundai Veloster instead (or both). 

 

I will note that this was 1984-85 when we used a lot of Chrysler products, mainly the Dodge Aries K and Plymouth Reliant K cars. Seat adjusting knobs would break off at the first attempt to move seats forward or backwards, window cranks would just spin and not lower windows, and cars with less than 3 miles on the odometer would sputter and hesitate as you stepped on the gas pedal.

Hi, Toshi, Thanks!

Rob, Wow, these would make great stories.

The front and rear, Euro/Asian license plate frame part receptacle cavities of the body needed filling and reshaping.

^ Rear ^

v Front v

I accidentally sanded out the front tow hook cap detail. I had to make a tool from an old sable brush by boring out with a sharp drill bit. Then pressing into front bumper location to replicate that detail again.

The decals for the side view mirror, turn signal lights (9 and 10) are not called out in the assembly instruction sheets. However they are in the picture of the finished model in the instruction sheets, if you look closely. The decals are yellow in the center but that's if the turn signal(s) are on.  I'll have to try and place a thin strip of BMF over the yellow part to achieve the look of them being off (non-illuminated).