1967 Shelby Eleanor

Hello Together,

you maybe know me as a JDM cars builder from WIP Street.
I really love JDM car kits, but before I have discovered that love I loved American classics and I still have a nice collection of AMT & Revell kits.
Nice chance to get back on them is the 60´s era contest at SPC. 60´s .... sounds good to call it `Gone in 60 Seconds´:lol:

And that´s my project, AMT´s 67 Shelby GT350 #6633. I loved the movie with Nic. Cage and for sure Eleanore.

This is what I did so far:
Front bumper from Plastruckt square rods and styrene sheets with aluminium tubing for the fog lamps.
Indicators worked into the front by side the head lights.
Removed the grille, door handles, wipers, rear fuel filler cap and fender arches.
Made new arches from Tamy smooth epoxy.
Made side skirts from styrene rods with alu side exhaust.
Opened and reworked the scoops.
Scratchbuild a wheel inlet master from Revell´s Cobra to have real Helibrand Knockoff wheels in 17-18inch.

Still lots of work remains, like the power dome, my own engine set up, rebuild the suspension....

Here some pics, hope you like them:)
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This is going to be great. Nice modifications so far. Looking forward to seeing more of this one.

Looks great so far!

do you know if there is a "ELEANOR" trans kit for the amt 67 mustang?
i to loved the eleanor!
thats even coming from a bowtie guy!!!

god damn those are some sexy fender flares...amazing work! You formed those from putty entirely or using a template?

Many thanks! :)

You formed those from putty entirely or using a template?

Yes, entirely, after I sanded away the molded arches, I only glued a styrene stripe into the arch, then the 2 component Tamy green smooth epoxy.

do you know if there is a "ELEANOR" trans kit for the amt 67 mustang?


You don´t mean the very very very very exspensive I have seen one day on the web? :lol:

You don´t mean the very very very very exspensive I have seen one day on the web? :lol:

:eek: you mean they're very expensive!
cant be if its 124/125 scale!:screwy:

Yeah, no joke... I have seen a website with a transkit in 1/25 for 900 Dollars.

Maybe I find it...

Ah, now I know... there was a discussion on another forum and someone sayd the price, I personally haven´t see it :cwm27:

You mean this one?

http://www.psfhobbies.com/whatsnew.html

I don´t know if it was this, I only know that I love to build from scratch and try the challenge. If I fail, then a transkit:lol:

Yeah, no joke... I have seen a website with a transkit in 1/25 for 900 Dollars.

Maybe I find it...

$900 dollars!:eek:
aint no way!
if you can get that eleanor parts correct do you think you can hook a brother up with a resin cast!:naughty: (as my punk brother would say!)

Nice Job you did there.
Really interesting!
As I planed to make a Group Build on a french Forum, your work is really interesting.
When we start the GB, can I use the pictures from your WI¨P to put on the French Forum?
Thank you for your answer.
Can't wait o see next UP.....!
:grinyes:

Jamme

Dude, you're doing a great job. It's clean, it's looking very convincing and accurate... atleast to me.

Keep it on and i await your updates impatiently.

Oli

PS; Any specific reason you chose for the AMT?

Many thanks for your nice words! :)


When we start the GB, can I use the pictures from your WI¨P to put on the French Forum?

Please PM me more info about that, OK? :grinyes:

PS; Any specific reason you chose for the AMT?

AMT the kit? I had it in my collection for ages and I think AMT has plastic which is really easy to cut. I like other kits more, but some cars are only available in AMT kits. :)

The AMT 67 fast back (the latest release, not the re-issues) is actually a very nice kit. it, imo, is quite correct, or at the very least, one of the most convincing '67 fastback 'stangs out there.

You are doing a great job, Risko! if this turns out half as good as the blue S14, it will indeed be a fantastic build as well. Not only that, but I'll have to get started on my '64 UHH, Elane? convertible 'stang.

Excellent progress on the bodywork so far! I'm looking forward to regular updates here.

Hi Ilja,

nice job so far.

I've been following this on SPC - great job you have been doing on the bodywork :thumbsup:

Nice job brow!!!!

Keep us posted!!!!

Cesar Bossolani

Good start on this one! I will follow you WIP!

What color do you plan to paint it?

Thanks very much! :D

Now I really hope the dirty part is over, the primer will show. :lol:

The bodywork is finished so far, I´m tired from the dust. The hood is fished as well, I have glued 1mm styrene along the rear border to have it longer at the front then. Now the hood fits much better :D

Last pics before primer, hope you like, and that I can call it Eleanor. :smokin:

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Man, what a work :eek:
That's going to be a really nice model :thumbsup:

Man, what a work :eek:
That's going to be a really nice model :thumbsup:
:1:

I admire your working speed, too


P.S. I am also working on that. Took me pretty much time already:rolleyes:

Very nice!

very nice. Gérald

ehh, it's ok. judging by the speed of the body work, I'd say it isn't that difficult to do. I think it's all a hoax, that's just some kind of body kit or something.


haha, j/k friend!

that looks outstanding!!! The front of the hood "bubble" appears to be a bit to steep if you are going for a "correct" build, but it does look good, might be the camera angle.

Great work so far!:wink:

I want to see more:grinyes:

Keep the good work!

Thanks very much for your nice comments! :wink:

Primer update :D Sure, needs some overwork, esp. the hood, but, it could be worse. :smokin:

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Thanks very much for your nice comments! :wink:

Primer update :D Sure, needs some overwork, esp. the hood, but, it could be worse. :smokin:



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i think your paint chipped on that hood!:naughty:

^^ Are you doing bad jokes about me? :screwy:

It was not the paint, the paint shows what was there before :smooch:

^^ Are you doing bad jokes about me? :screwy:

It was not the paint, the paint shows what was there before :smooch:

no!:shakehead i was just letting you know of something thats all!

Oh ok then, I´m just a bit sensitive about that annoying part (the hood):wink:

man that looks great. I need to send you my convertible body! haha

Excellent work, so far :thumbsup:

I knew you were up to your usual magic tricks again. Even before the primer was on you can see the excellent work you are doing here. I have to admit I can't get over how good looking this car is. What a beauty. Keep it up and looking forward to more progress too.

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Defenetily one of my favourite american cars. This is amazing. Even though its not finished I think that right now it looks really good. Maybe because you have not added spokes to the wheels and it looks really deep dish but this is really cool. The body work is so good. I always wonder how you and many people on this forum can get the putty to be so smooth. Anyway REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD! :thumbsup:

Awesome stance and sexy flare work!

Thanks very much.

Small repairs, too bad I didn´t buy me a new putty so far, so I had to use the Tamy Basic again... what a pain, it removes the primer and gets hard. Then new putty to the blade and add very quick before it melts the plastic... no fun. :shakehead

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I changed the design of the hood, the V is longer now.

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Eleanor becomes a scunk, primer stage 2, matte black rallye paint from can. Some tape then and I have the scunk stripes. :)

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The paint job then will be Testor´s Metalizer experiment, hope it will work.

Great work so far. The Eleanor seems to be a somewhat over-built subject, but you are doing a tremendous job with the scratchbuilding, so I'm excited to see the finished product. Are you planning to do a fully-detailed engine, too?

Looking forward to more work.

Alex

Thanks Alex:)

Yep, I know what you mean, Unique Performace does maybe too much of them, but when the customers want Eleanors, they will continue become more more more and much more rich...

Yes it will be with engine... still not the perfect plan in my head, I´ll see how much time remains to deadline. If enough, it will have a really special setup.:p

BTW, I started the Billet-look-through-grilles :grinyes:
Update soon.

it is absolutely amazing how the entire car just disappears under that flat black paint! haha

Looks great man, keep on going!

Thanks :D

I tried to build a Billet grille....

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But it looked worse than the thing at home at the window. :lol:

Second try from this:

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Ended in this and this will stay.

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Finished the hood, new fuel filler cap place and trunk hinges. 8)

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.... did I say that I hate Imageshack?

Nice job on that grill. How many coffee breaks did you have to make it so precise? I can't wait to see how you do the engine, I know we are all in for a treat.

Hehe, thanks :lol:

No brakes, no time, I don´t really like to repeat same work 20 times :grinno:
No honestly... it took nearly 2 hours and 1 hour after I glued them in place.

Update again,

body is painted, guess with what?
Testor´s metalizer Burnt Metal, it´s tricky, but works wonderful, when nothing is touched before the Sealer for metalizer is sprayed. Once this is done, it could be painted with clear laquer.

This are the first pics, now I have repaired some areas at the stripes, lower window border and right skirt. As next I´ll add BMF matte alu and cover then all in clear cote.

For the stripes at bottom which says which G.T. it is I need to do decals.

Hope you like and enjoy :p

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wow looks amazing. i love your bodywork. i tried to make eleanor once but failed miserably. everything looks good except i think the stripes should be a little thicker. looking at pics of the real car, i think they should be wider. however still a beautiful build. i especially like the grill

heres something that you might be interested in-
http://www.classic-recreations.com/

and this as well which happens to be the actual movie car!
http://www.moviecars.info/items_images/shelby_gt500_3.jpg

http://www.moviecars.info/view.php?ItemID=8

Wow, I love the wheels on the blue convertible!:eek:

Thanks, more ref. pics showing more differences to mine, lol.

Now I officially rename this thread into Risko´s Eleanor :lol:

Edit: I think that ^^ car is the prototype of Unique Performance´s serial production. I borrowed the DVD for reference and I think the movie car has a little bit different colour and different wheels.

I have now over 200 ref. pics of Eleanors and it´s very diffycult to find one of the movie cars:runaround: I thought that Unique only does them and didn´t know about Classic Recreations. The biggest difference what I see is the rear suspension and I think the cars from C.R. are a little bit nicer. What I really like on the C.R. cars is the hood fastener´s position. I had doubts mine are too far back, but this helped me to feel good about the position I chose.

Other difference on my car will be the wheels. The real Helibrand wheels are 6 spokes and not 5... so, yes, however, my Eleanor:grinyes: No doorhandles, thinner stripes, bigger fuel cap, 6 spoke wheels, rear bumper and engine....
But I hope it will be a nice Shelby E though and everybody likes it :lol:

Update before short holiday brake.
I got a nice package from a fried from NZ with the casted wheels, officially THANKS :D , great job, I couldn´t see if my master piece was good enough, but the resign parts are really great.
And delivery just in time to show you how it will look. The wheels makes the car to a car, right?

Pics :grinyes:

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what will your friend charge(us dollars) to have a set of those wheels made for me!
cause ive been looking for those wheels since im going to be building one myself as well!!!

Haha! Now an income seem to start:lol:

I don´t know if it´s allowed really, because I only have modified the part from Revell to have the inner dish for a sleeve which I made from another Revell wheel.

Does somebody know about copyrights of modified parts issues? All info would be very helpful via pm maybe. Please.

Another problem is that the mold is damaged:disappoin
2 of the outer openings are gone. But, I still have the master piece and it´s just a question of time I´ll ask him about doing a new mold.... for my 67 Corvette :smokin:

I'd be happy to help out, I have a bunch of mold material and resin that needs to be used, and I don't see it being used up in any big hurry. Unfortunately, I'm in the U.S. so shipping would be an issue (expensive)

the wheels do look awesome, and the car is just perfect, not that I didn't expect it. You, my friend, are a truly talented individual.

about the wheels on your model, They actually look almost identical to the ones on the real car at the top of this page. great work, man!

very awesome...i wish the kit companies would make one!

Hi Ilja,

somehow I missed your last updates.

Once again I must repeat the great work on the body :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: .

However the grill tears this model down. The rods in the grill are not parallel and bent, looks extemporized to me :confused:.

Wheels aren´t bad at first sight, but they seem to have some hard-to-remove air bubbles and - aren´t they a little bit too big compared to the car of the film?

How about the finish? As BMF is already fixed, I guess you cleared the body. Is it already polished?

Thanks guys,

Rsxse240, these are very nice words, I appreciate it much, thank you:)
But, look at the wheels, mine have 6 spokes, and on the real cars they look like 5 spoke Torque Thrusts which were opened. :grinyes:

Micha, do you know a better solution about the grille? I don´t, so that´s why it is how it is... I coudn´t find in any hobby shop a PE part which looks like a custom Billet grille, I don´t have the idea where to buy a wire which is not bended in a circle:disappoin

The wheels would be 18inch for 1/25. It´s what Pegasus says, you recognise the tires? I like 18-19" on a Mustang... main thing to me it´s smaller than 20":lol:

And yes, it´s clear painted with Humbrol and sanded down again and pre-polished with toothpaste. I still have to add a decal to the lower sides, which says which G.T. it is. Once these are there, it will have some layers of Tamy clear again and will be poslished to shine. The BMF is under the clear, I like it bc it stays then for ever there, and it´s BMF matte Alu, which looks like the regular chrome once it´s added, so the clear makes it looking real matte Alu.

Thanks Jyrii:)

yes, I nearly have bought 3 of the F150 grilles to keep 1 for the bumper and do from the another 2 the grille for the main opening, but I thinked then that´s too much.:grinno:

Actually, it would be nice to see those cars in colors other than the gray, too...




Here's a page of different color GT500E's:

http://www.uniqueperformance.com/colorselection.aspx

Hi Ilja,


Micha, do you know a better solution about the grille? I don´t, so that´s why it is how it is... I coudn´t find in any hobby shop a PE part which looks like a custom Billet grille, I don´t have the idea where to buy a wire which is not bended in a circle:disappoin


I buy rods and tubes (brass, alu, steel, plastic in hobby shops that offer RC-airplanes or in Karlsruhe in a shop that sells material for students to build their architecture models, etc. These tubes / rods come in different sizes and are ca. 1 m long.




The wheels would be 18inch for 1/25. It´s what Pegasus says, you recognise the tires? I like 18-19" on a Mustang... main thing to me it´s smaller than 20":lol:


No, I don´t know these wheels, I use to measure the wheels by myself, I don´t trust them concerning the diameter printed on the box ;-)) .




And yes, it´s clear painted with Humbrol and sanded down again and pre-polished with toothpaste. I still have to add a decal to the lower sides, which says which G.T. it is. Once these are there, it will have some layers of Tamy clear again and will be poslished to shine. The BMF is under the clear, I like it bc it stays then for ever there, and it´s BMF matte Alu, which looks like the regular chrome once it´s added, so the clear makes it looking real matte Alu.

I see, usually BMF is on the clear, I had no problems so far.
I hope you bring lots of shine to the body, I use 2K-clear.

I buy rods and tubes (brass, alu, steel, plastic in hobby shops that offer RC-airplanes or in Karlsruhe in a shop that sells material for students to build their architecture models, etc. These tubes / rods come in different sizes and are ca. 1 m long.
Aaahh, :banghead: yes, I totally forgot about these shops, yes streight 1m wire.
I have not that good shops around me, I always wanted have alu or steel but they only have brass, so I forgot them. Thanks:icon16:

It seems I have reached the level of modelling which includes buying me a soldering iron which is smaller than 5mm.:lol:

Hey Risko, just wondering if you ever considered usint guitar string? I use it all the time now, It's straight and holds its shape very well. A pack here is very cheap and you get various sizes as bonus. But I have to admit I have never soldered it before.

Risko, you are so right about the wheels. You should never have said anything, and no one would have ever noticed! If someone were to tear one of the monogram wheels apart, and use only 5 "spokes" it could be corrected quite easily.

about the guitar string soldering. I don't think it could be done. I mean it COULD be soldered, but I don't think it would hold it's shape well enough to make that grill look right. I'd suggest using the guitar string, and gluing it to a "frame" that is the same shape as the opening, and then hold it in place with epoxy.

Personally, I like the mesh grill like this
http://www.modelcargarage.com/store/pc/catalog/mcg2258.jpg