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Enjoying this! Looking good, Mike.
Thanks Greg and GMorrison!
I started on the body by adding the side markers. I used 4 shirt pins inserted into holes that I drilled with my pin vise and a small drill bit the size of the pin shaft. I painted the lenses with an amber and a red Sharpie. And, I couldn't resist a mockup!
More Barracuda to come...
Very cool idea.
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Thanks Lee! I may try adding a sliver of a 1/8th inch styrene tube or something smaller around the pin head as part of the light assembly. We shall see...
MPC made a 68 barracuda model. I built and have one from 20+ years ago. Decent kit.
I kept looking at my side markers and I felt that they could be more. Last night, I sliced 8 styrene rings from a 3/32 inch tube. I only needed 4, but sliced 8 just in case I would loose one or more. This morning I painted them with Model Master Aluminium Metalizer and then I attached them to the side marker pin heads I had previously made. I need to go back and touchup the side marker with some Tamiya Clear Orange and Clear Red.
I am not 100% happy with them as they do stand out from the body quite a bit.
Hi Mike;
What I used to do was similar. But, I would cut the tubing with a miniature tubing cutter. Why? Well, the cut wheel had more angle to the faces there for giving the little rings the taper on the face they had. That way they don't stand so proud of the body in that scale.
I tried sanding the tubing down to where I was hitting the pin head with the sanding stick and I like it. The other three tubes came off the pin heads, so I glued them back on and will try sanding them tomorrow. I have been thinking about other processes to try and I will have to experiment those ideas!
With the tubes glued to the pinheads, I sanded them down, applied some Molotow Liquid Chrome and Tamiya Clear Orange and Clear Red paint. Now, they are closer to the body and don't look as bad as they did before.
Much better.
Thanks Lee! It was suggested that i sand them down and it worked.
Everything is looking very good so fa, i really like the color
Thanks Charger74!
I started foiling this afternoon. I started with the hardest areas to foil. The wheelwells, rocker panels and the rear taillight. The wheelwells alone took me almost an hour to do.
I keep hearing Heart and their song, Barracuda in my mind!
Aha!
Still the prettiest " Cuda" out there. Looking Good!!
Thanks T-B!
Mr Mike. Thats some fine work there !
Nick.
Thanks Nick!
Excellent.
Thanks Lee!
I finished foiling this afternoon. Now to paint the interior ceiling and assemble the whole thing.
Its going to look really good
I got the Barracuda into 3 coats of Testors Ultra Gloss Clearcoat this morning. And, the underside of the Barracuda hood got a coating of Model Master Bright Calypso Metallic.
Sweet.
Thanks Lee! Some polishing and assembly and another one off the bench.
It's getting there! I started adding the valances and bumpers. So far the rear is done and the front is being worked on. If there is a reason why I don't like old AMT/MPC kits, this is one of them! I have been stressing for hours on the grille and front valance since they don't want to fit correctly!
You Know;
It's funny you should mention that. I had the same problem with my MPC release of that kit. Same molds perhaps? They did swap molds a lot back then.
The more I stared at the front of the Barracuda, the more I hated it! I don't like the poor fit of the grilles and the open ends of the lower grille header. I tore it all apart! The grille header will have some shaped styrene added to the ends and I will try to reshape the grilles and the grill header for a better fit! And, I thought I was making progress!
Hey!
I know the feeling my friend. The Revell Caddy Eldorado. The Brougham. Took four tries before I thought the curve from the bottom of the Windshield over the top and to the bottom of the Rear window looked proper when viewed from the side.
Before, it definitely didn't match ANY pictures.
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