COMPLETE: Customer's 1995 Caprice SS

[tigeraid]

Surprisingly, this is the first B-Body sedan I've made other than my own! Based off the Impala SS kit, with the moldings shaved and bumpers smoothed.

Window trim detailed with a Sharpie, wheels are 9C1 Police wheels from modelhaus.com. License plate and skunk stripes are my own custom decals.

Taillights and headlights were blacked out with Tamiya "Smoke," with SS fender badges from a Camaro SS kit. Mirrors were relocated to the A-pillars as with all 95-96 B-Bodies.

Interior is stock Impala SS, apparently HVYCHVY will be doing that swap in the near future...

Engine is from a Monogram '93 Z28 pacecar kit (as those who followed the work in progress thread are aware, the Impala kit's engine is poorly detailed)... Fabricated the RAISS cold-air induction pan out of sheet styrene with an S&B conical filter.

Guess that's about it. Interior is grey, exterior is Dupli-color GM Ultra Silver, just like the real car. Comments welcomed!

[tigeraid]

geez, that bad guys?

[bb0yATL]

Well, I never cared for the car myself. Now if it was a Mercury Marauder with a Supercharger decked out like a secret service car, I'd love it. But the model itself looks pretty good!

[NissanSkylineGTR98]

Nice work, I dunno why but i've always sort of liked this car, maybe because Rob Halford owns one?

[blueboost]

nice clean work man.

[tigeraid]

Thanks

[mikemechanic]

Originally Posted by tigeraid

geez, that bad guys?

Yeah John, it's awful. Looks great. How did you smoke the lenses? Was it airbrushed on the inside or the outside or did you brush it? I'd like to see a better picture of those wheels, do you have any pics of them without the paint? Did they come with the centers? Looks like a great representation of the 1:1.

Mike.

[Dave5.0]

Nice work John, under the hood looks great...good choice to kit bash for a better detailed engine.

I don't know if its the light or maybe just silver, but you don't get much relfection in the pics. I think its taking away from the overall build?

[tigeraid]

Well, it may very well be my photography skills, but I also haven't laid a coat of wax on it yet? Probably has something to do with it. It gets a decent shine.

[quadzero]

I think this is a pretty cool car. You don't see many in model form but good to see yours in this scheme. The black graphics really add a lot to this.

[rod_k2]

After you wax it you will put some pix,right?? Because that is looking GREAT!! I looooove impalas!!
If I lived I would buy one model of yours,because my skills are cra.....
It's looking awesome!!!

[tigeraid]

Originally Posted by rod_k2

After you wax it you will put some pix,right?? Because that is looking GREAT!! I looooove impalas!!
If I lived I would buy one model of yours,because my skills are cra.....
It's looking awesome!!!

Heh, well I appreciate the kind words, your work is pretty impressive too, don't sell yourself short. I ended up sending it to the customer without a wax as I was afraid the decals weren't fully set yet, an he was anxious to get his hands on it. I explained to him how and where to apply the wax, so hopefully I can get him to take some pics, even outside.