Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Eighth Completion of 2012

These are pictures of the model I built for the Revell Gearz Model Car Contest.

My build theme was "A muscle car with custom features." I started with the Revell 1966 El Camino kit and made a lot of changes to suit the vision I had for the completed project.

I changed the 396 375 H.P. motor and 4-speed transmission for a 505 H.P. Z06 motor and 6-Speed gearbox. I scratch built the exhaust system and used mufflers and exhaust tips from a 1996 Corvette ZR-1 kit.

I lowered the car front and rear and it rides on deep chrome reverse "smoothie" wheels.

I used custom parts from two 1961 Ford kits to create matching custom front and rear ends. I reshaped a lot of body panels to get a smoother look.

I airbrushed Duplicolor Corvette Torch Red paint and covered that with Kilz Clear Coat. I polished the body with 3200, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 grade polishing pads. I further polished the paint with Novus 3, 2 and 1 polish.

It was a fun project.

Enjoy!

 

 

Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1015378.aspx

Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo

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