Finish - Hyundai Azera Grandeur by Academy 1/24 WIP

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.

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Intersting idea!

I like.

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.

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'. 

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

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

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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.

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

Thanks for checking in, Fellas.

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

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 . . .

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 ...