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Originally Posted by 7th_skyline
Wow! Thats awesome! I love the rims, though I would personally do the centres a solid color rather than chrome, but thats just me, it looks fantastic. An awesome job.
Also, I've seen a couple 1:1's of them up close, the build quality involved is nothing short of craftsmanship, awesome thing.
Very Cool!
Can't wait to see the 411 when its done, too, BTW.
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I was torn between leaving the spokes chrome or painting them myself. In the end i didn't because I was worried that the huge expanse of chrome rim might look odd without. Also I did a little research and found that these rims generally have bare spokes but the recess down the sides of the spokes and around the lug nuts is painted so I followed that. On mine that area is dark mettalic grey but it's so small it's difficult to see in the pics. Here's a 1:1 rim...
The 411 is a real struggle
It's made by Master and is a reproduction of a 1960's motorised kit. You can just imagine the quality and detail..or lack of it
I decided to build it as a Japanese police car. So far I've sourced the police parts and decals and a nice set of plain steel rims for it. The windows are a real problem. They are made from thin vacuum formed plastic and whatever mold they used as a former was rough as hell so you can barely see through them
Mind you with the standard of interior detail it has that might not be a bad thing! Once i get the paint on it I might post a thread. I am kind of reluctant to do progress threads on most of my odels as I build stuff so incredibly slowly
