This is the first model I have built and detaied in 30 years. I am so glad to have refound this lost hobby. Hope you enjoy this sweet lowrider.

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I have all the body detailing to do, clear coat finish and decals. I'm using real auto tint (35% net, left over from my Crown Victoria's tint) on the windows at the moment. It 'seems' to be working. More on the tint later.

In the wire,
J. Barry

Welcome back to the hobby!! :)

Hey man, by CV do you mean a real CV? We don't see enough Crown Viccy lowriders out there, I don't know why no one has pimped out a new crown victoria and turned it into a lowrider. Welcome back man, and I hope you stay in it for as long as you can now.
The 20s on that kit are a bit cheesy....

Welcome back to the hobby!! :)

Thank you. I have a lot to learn.

In the wire,
J. Barry

Hey man, by CV do you mean a real CV? We don't see enough Crown Viccy lowriders out there, I don't know why no one has pimped out a new crown victoria and turned it into a lowrider. Welcome back man, and I hope you stay in it for as long as you can now.
The 20s on that kit are a bit cheesy....

Yes, the CV in my sig is real. I'm going to do a lowrider model CV. I think if it looks good enough, maybe I'll drop a couple inches off the real CV. Lower is better :iceslolan

What do suggest I do about the wheels?

Only 2 replies. hmmm. What's up with that? Because I'm a newbie? Or because it's a Chevy Lowrider? Or does it just suck and no one wants to tell me? Oh, well..

In the wire,
J. Barry

Umm, just a question, Are you brush painting everything?
Looks pretty good from what I can tell. The pics are kind of blurry.

Umm, just a question, Are you brush painting everything?
Looks pretty good from what I can tell. The pics are kind of blurry.


I sprayed the body and some of the parts and I'm brushing the rest. Yes, the photos suck. I need a better digicam.

Thanks.

J. Barry

That is Cool !

Considering how well my other project came out using PMan's HOW TO prepare a body for priming and painting and his HOW TO.....Use Rubbing Compound And Polishing A Body I have decided to strip the Impala down and redo the paint.

It is only right and just.

Thanks primera man, I had nothing else to do today :)

Barry

The 20s on that kit are a bit cheesy....

Bro! I bought some nice 19s for her (code name Wendy). I'll post some pics in a while. I'm still fitting them and waiting for paint to dry. I think you may like these.

Barry

Yes, the CV in my sig is real. I'm going to do a lowrider model CV. I think if it looks good enough, maybe I'll drop a couple inches off the real CV.
they make crown vic models, where where?!!!

I like the color, and the chassis came out well. BTW are you from Boston? If so, i'm your neighbor from RI :smile:.

Sweet man, post some flickas up! you may have dificulty finding a Crown Vic model, so maybe make a 1:1 version instead of a 1:25 ;)

Lindberg makes late model crown vic kits as cop cars, not to too hard to convert em'. :sunglasse

they make crown vic models, where where?!!!

Lindburg makes a kit and Testors makes a diecast kit.

I like the color, and the chassis came out well. BTW are you from Boston? If so, i'm your neighbor from RI :smile:.

Glad you like her Ryan. Yes, I'm from Boston. Right now I live halfway between RI and Boston. About 20 minutes either way. ok ok...it's 25 minutes to RI :)

Sweet man, post some flickas up! you may have dificulty finding a Crown Vic model, so maybe make a 1:1 version instead of a 1:25 ;)

I'll get some shots up asap :)

I was going to lower my Crown Vic an inch. It's a handling thing. But maybe I may go 2. Vics look tight as hell when they're lowered. The first thing I do this spring will be to drop her a couple inches.

Barry