A snake stars to shed its skin. 1/24 Cobra/Pegaso conversion

[luiggiallo]

Hi all, this is my first W.I.P. in this forum, the conversion of a Cobra 427 to a Pegaso Z-102 Spider Touring Competition.

Pegaso was a spanish make of trucks,but also produced sports cars between 1951 and 1958.

these cars was ahead of its time in the mid 50s, as they had a five-speed transaxle gearbox,in-board rear brakes, and very powerful supercharged quad-cam engines!

Just 86 cars were produced, i want to make the two cars which ran at Le Mans 1953 race, coached by carrozeria Touring, equiped with 3.2 litre DOHC desmodromic 32-valve V8 360 hp supercharged engine.




the basis Fujimi 427 SC Cobra:



first of all, in order to increase the thickness of the body shell, I filled it with milliput and polyester putty



Once it is cured, I start the sanding process




. The result is less muscle look, it`s a 1953 Design





more milliput is added to the rear



side view is still familiar



rear has a new shape



. Now its time to re-shape the front end:














. a new Hood is made from styrene and placed into position









The Cobra has gone, the new car is still unrecognizable

[lotus123]

This is great model building. A true artist can see the sculpture inside the block of marble and bring it out, and that's what you're doing here.

I also like the choice of subject. I'll be following this one with great interest.

Oh yes, welcome to the forum.

[DominiqueBeerts]

This is great stuff! You not only need to possess the necessary skills to do things like this, but also the courage.
Respect!

[jaykay640]

Unique subject and project! Very cool! Your start looks very promising!

[PROPELLER]

I agree with lotus 123...This is absolutely fantastic! I'll follow this with great interest. Congratulations!

[F1Tommy]

Very cool. I know they destroyed one of these at the Carrera Panamericana, but shipped it back to Spain in boxes. Saw color footage of it. What a cool car with Italian like roots(same engine designer as used by Alfa Romeo). Very good start on the model. So basically you are scratchbuilding a Pegaso!!!


Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012-Speciale theme Mille Miglia/Targa Florio Italian road races

[cinqster]

Nice project...I like the way this one is going already!

[ChillyB]

This is one of the coolest projects I've ever seen on this or any other car modeling forum.

Can't wait for more.

[Scalemodelfanatic]

Guys...be prepared...I have seen this project from start to finish in an European modeling forum some time ago, the modeler is truly a MASTER and true ARTIST in the conversion and detailing of this beautiful car.....and his other models and conversion are nothing short of spectacular, hope he post them here in the forum also!!

In respect to the author of this thread and his possible desire to keep the scractbuilding/conversion postings organized, I will not post the link to the other modeling site....but in my very personal opinion you will enjoy this project very much indeed!!!

[914joe]

Nice!!! Looking forward to watching

[luiggiallo]

Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments! Thank you very much! I hope you enjoy the process.

I scribed the hood surface to improve the bonding between styrene and milliput, after sanding, some areas was very Thin and prevents chips on the layer of milliput



The Silhouette of the new car

later, several layers of Tamiya primer spray coating was applied to unify the entire surface


the cowl hood was added and scribed


To make the air intakes, I applied a light layer of jelly lube on the surface were placed in.


when milliput cures, the intakes can easily separated and reshaped to archieve a definitive form



lights surrounds and wheel arches was also modelling with milliput


Finally,I scribed doors panels and trunk, more coats of primer and the outer body shell it's nearly done.

[512BB]

Not too crazy about cobras, but your skill is amazing and a good lesson to learn. I will stay tuned!

[TZ2]

Great!
Hope to recieve my kit within the next days.

[lovegt40]

incredible work..and starting from a cobra, that has really so few in common with this car.
U are really a great. Go on posting and thank u for sharing this masterpiece.

[Macio4ever]

Very, very nice putty work!