IM BACK!!! With 1971 Hemi Cuda.

[bah humbug]

The model was a little dusty when I took pics, I hadn't touched it for awhile. The rear window trim needs BMF, the bumpers need alclad II sprayed on them because they were chromed badly. I also molded the botom half of the face of the car to the body with putty so that there would be no panel line. IMO it looks better. I put a lot of primer paint and clear then sanded from 3600 to 12000. Rubbed out with Novus and BMF polish. Im just practicing with a lot of compounds and stuff lately to see which one works best for me. This is probably my favorite car of all time. I don't know I just really like it. I hope you do to.

BTW I haven't been here for so long because all I do is play Socom II Us Navy Seals online. Yesterday I played it for 12 Hours from 2 pm to 2am.
Its really addicting and I'm crazy about it.

[supermod04]

Loooks good!!! i cant wait to see more progress!

[SchuberT]

are you going to paint the hood with the body color or a matte grey/black color? so far it looks awesome man, great job

[bah humbug]

Originally Posted by SchuberT

are you going to paint the hood with the body color or a matte grey/black color? so far it looks awesome man, great job

Nope, but I know what your talking about. I have a book that has the top painted in matte black color. If the top was seperated from the model, or if it atleast had a panel line to mask off I probably would have done it.

[GvEman]

nice! but the area around the grill are painted black on the real car.. jsut so you know

[SchuberT]

i was actually talking about something like this



would look pretty badass with the orange and black/grey

[kunta]

Welcome back!

Looking pretty good so far. keep it up!

[SonyMobile]

Nice, I recently built the same kit, in the same color, it looks great with a flat black hood.

[spoolin12]

Welcome back!!!

Cant wait to see more progress!!

[ol' dude]

Yeah that looks good, nice paint job!!

[bah humbug]

Originally Posted by GvEman

nice! but the area around the grill are painted black on the real car.. jsut so you know

You know what, I tried blackwashing that grill but it kept getting all messed up! I couldn't get it to look right so I just gave up on it. Anybody have any suggestions to getting the lines in the grill black.

Oh yeah, I didn't know you were talking about the hood. But I guess Ill just paint it flat black. It would be a lot easier too. I thought you were talking about the roof, my mistake.

One more thing, do you guys think I should put those big Hemi decals or no.

I'm also happy to be back, but I might get a little delayed with this project. I might have to start working on it again maybe in June.

[JBarry]

Welcome back with a bullet of a model. The 'Cuda owns. It was 'THE' major blast when I was in high school. Great to see it on AF. I vote NO to the HEMI decals. What kit are you building? Love the color.

You have to check out the mopar search engine <- LINKY, LINKY.

Keep up the great work.

J. Barry

[GvEman]

I have cheked som reference pictures of '71 hemi cuda... and they dosent have the hole area in the fron painted black... so your painting is corect
but some models of the Cuda have that area painted black... vut i do not remeber how it is on my friends hemi cuda....

[bah humbug]

Ok, then I guess I won't paint the grill. It would look a little more detailed though.

Hey, the link isn't working. Could you make another. The hood is in Brake Fluid right now, probably will be painted matte black tommorow.

I was thinking about putting alclad on today but I feel so lazy.

[supermod04]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

You know what, I tried blackwashing that grill but it kept getting all messed up! I couldn't get it to look right so I just gave up on it. Anybody have any suggestions to getting the lines in the grill black.

I just blackwashed a grill on my 69 charger. it was pretty easy. i poured so black paint in a jar, and thinned it down to water. then when it was brushed on, it would fill the little holes, and leaving the lines chrome, gave it the realistic depth, then i wipped the front off with a towel. looks good