Hello, all, I have been working on a car model for the past month and a half. Things are steaming along nicely, but I hae stumbled upon a few problems. I've finished painting the exterior except for the clear as well as finished the interior as well. Engine is nicely detailed. but not done yet. Primed the Chassis and Enginebay.
Anyway, here are some pictures.
I used TS-54 Light Metallic Blue as my basecoat, and I painted over White Tamiya X-2 for the Stripes, and it looks really awesome. Since I do not have any Bare Metal Foil for the trim, I just painted on some Chrome Silver Tamiya and it looks really good by itself. I loved how it turned out, but I have yet to add clear on top of it.
Here are some pictures of the Ford FE 428 Cobra Jet Engine:
So I painted the engine block blue by mixing some Tamiya Gloss Blue and Gloss White together, and it looks the part. Unfortunately, I feel that it's a bit dark, but it's not too problematic.
The distributor I drilled out with my smallest drill bit and super glued Fishing Line through it. I used real pictures to know the firing order of the engine, and I glued it to its right place. I painted Gloss Red to pop out the wires, and not black because it would make it harder to see, red makes it much better to see and more aggressive. There is no air cleaner because I tried to strip the chrome off with acetone but the whole piece dissolved, so I designed a new one to 3d print but I do not have one.
Here are the pictures of the Chassis:
I added modifications to the chassis such as the rack and pinion (I think that's what it's called?) and brake/fuel lines as well. Here is the real picture, but it's upside down:
Here is the interior:
And the tires I also painted the letters with white to bring the detail out:
But here's the main problem that I've had with the engine bay. The real engine bay on the real car has a triangular support for the suspension, shown here:
But on the model, it is not present at all. Rather, the wheel wells can be seen protruding through the engine bay, and instead of a triangular post there, a semi circle is there instead.
So here's the problem: in the picture on the top there is a large gap between the radiator wall and the suspension post, but in the model, there is very little gap.
That's not a huge problem, except for the battery.
The Battery is on the corner of the radiator wall, and as you can see, it's attatched lengthwise with its length facing the side of the engien bay.
Here is a picture of me trying to fit it in:
The gap is too small, so I can't really fit it in the engine bay. My options are to either cut the battery diagonally so it fits with the wheel well, or I cut the actual wheel well, but it's going to be messy. Maybe do both. I don't know, but maybe you guys can give me some advice.
Anyway, that's pretty much it. Sorry for making the post too long, but I hope you guys enjoyed reading this.
TM