Hi all! I know I don't post over here much, but I had to share some recent in progress photos. Inspired to actually start the build by my daughter, ("Daddy, when are you gonna build King?") I've made some good progress.
First, here's a reference shot from the Disney/Pixar movie Cars of "King", voiced by Richard Petty.
First up I decided to tackle building King's mouth. I cut out the grill, widened the mouth & shaped the corners with Aves. The headlights were also smoothed over as King doesn't have this feature. I've also made two strips that will serve as his teeth.
If you look closely at King, there's significant differences in his body shape & length. Nose length, door length & trunk length are most prominant. His rear wing is also larger than the kit's .
Here's the planned cuts & what I ended up with after the Dremel got done with it. I took out all the areas between the lines, but decided not to take off as much from the nose as I first planned.
The model's box states that the Superbird model is 9.25" long. After surgery, I shortened it to 8.5", taking off .75", shrinking it to a more accurate form.
That's it for now. I'll post more as I build.