1925 5 window coupe *Finished*

[RaceMySS_454]

This one was stareing at me in my collection so i decided to build it and get it out of the way....Its AMT need i say more?

i decided to leave the hood and side grills off...to give it that old hot rod feel..

















And my new project next to the old coupe



and the new projects engine..well part of.



-enjoy and

[bigfrit]

even if it's an amt model, who cares, it looks good except for some small things, like the grille (it's screaming for a black-wash!
, panel lines, lights and some wires in the engine should make it a real stunner too .

but still a good job on an average model, I think .

Olivier

[RaceMySS_454]

Originally posted by bigfrit
even if it's an amt model, who cares, it looks good except for some small things, like the grille (it's screaming for a black-wash!
, panel lines, lights and some wires in the engine should make it a real stunner too .

but still a good job on an average model, I think .

Olivier

thanks man...i was going to do all of the above but...

1.i have no clue how to black-wash
2.the paint is to thick to make panel lines...and will flat balc really show up on that blue?
3. lights??
4.i would do engine wireing but i have no clue where the would go since there is no distributor.

[Modgod]

Looks great SS!

[-Pille-]

Nice! I especially like the gold-silver-green engine bay, looks really cool.

-Pille-

[Midnight Racer]

Great work.

[Purpura Delujo]

Looks cool! I'm looking forward to seeing the Funnycar done! I want to scrap an engine from one of those

[454SS]

I want a Top Fuel engine, well 2 of em. 1 to stick in my 454SS Silverado that im secretly redoing, and one to put in a riced out 00 Integra R that im making turbo 4cyl and AWD.

[Slippery]

Looks nice man.....Im feeling it!
Well done on a nice clean build

[giantsnyy]

wow... finished in one day... i still cant finish my corvette. Will take me a year

[bigfrit]

Originally posted by RaceMySS_454


thanks man...i was going to do all of the above but...

1.i have no clue how to black-wash
2.the paint is to thick to make panel lines...and will flat balc really show up on that blue?
3. lights??
4.i would do engine wireing but i have no clue where the would go since there is no distributor.

Well; to black-wash you don't need that much stuff, actually the best thing to do is to by some acrylic thinner from tamiya. now you take a few drops of thinner and a few of flat black , and you stir it and you put it on the grille, and in between the panel lines.

Wipe the excess paint off, with thinner, or even with water and some sort of stick you use to clean your ears with ... dunno what it's called?
and Voila, you have yourself a nice blackwash.


Also, in case you don't have access to thinner , I heard water could do the trick as well, as it thins your paint. I think you should at least give it a go,j it brings out grilles so nicely and could be a very welcome addition to your models.


oh , and about those lights, I think you put too much clear glue in them, it shows through the lens (if it's at all clear glue)

You should put this glue especially in the lights on with a cocktail stick, and it will look much better.

As for the distributor, I didn't have one also on my alpine, but scratchbuilt one using styrene, following the tutorial I found on this site

It's pretty clear.

I hope I have been of some help


Olivier

[primera man]

Great old classic

[008]

That's a 1934 but hey nice job anyway. If you want a challenge try the AMT '32 Phaeton, makes the '34 seem like a piece of cake. I grew up with these models so they're pretty simple for me.

Blackwash can be done with water and acrylics. I use Testors "water wash-up" acrylics. Dip the tip of the brush in the paint, dip it in water and squeeze the paint out. Keep dipping/squeezing until the paint is almost clear. Then with the brush wet just run it across the grille and the paint will flow between the grille bars. Since water obviously doesn't stick very well compared to paint it may take a few applications. Takes practice to determine the "dip/squeeze to color" ratio but it's easy to wipe off if you screw up.

I have both kits in my projects folder, click the link in my sig if you're interested.