We had some heavy white stuff drop on us last night so it's dead in the store today. Good and bad, good I get to update you fine gentlemen on my build so far but bad because I'm gonna go out of business if no one comes in to see me.
Anyway, onto the update. Sorry for the amount of pics, I don't think dial up exists anymore so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for anyone but I was over due so it had to be done. :) Thanks for understanding.
The '66 Chevy SS 396 Hardtop. Molded in white, going to be Vallejo Lightning red (I think).
Some white primer and body lines with a fine pen. I've been trying to build up body lines as I paint, not sure it's working yet but I simply can't do it afterwards. I'm too shaky and fudge it up. lol I read someone suggested doing it this way so I'm trying it.
the 396, next time I do an engine I'm going to paint it black and dust the chevy red on like Mustang detailed in his build. I think that's the real key to getting the colour to look accurate. I think it was mustang who did the engine that way-sorry if I miss credited.
I did this thing where I wrapped thin solder around the springs, then painted them flat black and scraped off the paint to show the solder. It turned out pretty good, I'm not sure how scale it looks but it seems like just enough extra detail to show the suspension a bit.
The backs look better than the front but you can just see them peeking out a bit.
So I snagged a set of Cragars from another kit, I'm not sure the ploy gt tires are accurate but they look much better than the stock steelies with hubcaps. I read an article where the dood painted the rims with Tamiya smoke to make the chrome less toy like so I tried that. They look pretty nice.
I read another article about 'reverse bare metal' I believe that was what it was called. Anyway, the technique was to lay the bmf on the primer before the paint, then scrape away the paint revealing the scripting. It was really easy and I think it turned out pretty great for a first attempt. I did both fender scripts/flags and the badge along the trunk.
Interior, I think I've shared these already.
Under carriage. I tried the rust flaking thing on the tank. It turned out ok, then I messed with it and ruined it, then I fixed it and it looked ok, then I ruined it again, then I fixed it again. I think it's still in ruined state now, I am not calling it a success just yet.
Test fitting. I had to shorten the axle a bit to tuck the rears under nice.
I'm not sure why this set turned out upside down but you get the idea. I fixed a few in photobucket.
And that's how she sits today. I just started some bare metal on the body then some a/c lines need to be painted up for final assembly. I still have a couple weeks before I can get any significant damage done.
I didn't share any of the brake booster pics. Hey now I have something to add tomorrow :)
More crappy pics in a photobucket slide show here: http://s293.photobucket.com/user/elass0wyp0/slideshow/Scale%20Models/Revell%201966%20Chevrolet%20Impala%20SS%20396%20Hardtop?sort=3
Thanks for reading and sorry again for the length.
Gordy