Academy Hyundai Grandeur HG/Azera, off the ship

[Edward Gore]

http://imgur.com/a/FFIYI

Box art

 

 

This is my first snap together kit in a long long long time.

My plan is to build this into an Azera that just rolled off the ship into North America from Korea. This is how cars look while going through customs as imports. It will not be covered with Cosmoline but instead be wrapped in paper and plastic inside and out.

 

The I-Sheets start with the one piece pan/chassis assembly so this is where I started as well.

The wheel hubs and muffler parts snapped in from the chrome sprue. I just aerosol can sprayed it all flat black.

http://imgur.com/a/FFIYI

thanks for looking ...

Edited July 16, 2017 by Edward Gore

[Foxer]

Good to see one of these getting built. The South Koreans are the only auto companies taking any chances with design these days.

[Edward Gore]

Thanks for checking in. Yes, Hyundai and KIA are coming out with several Hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles. I wonder why Academy chose (or Hyundai commissioned) the Azera and not the Veloster or SOUL?

[Edward Gore]

The front seats are basic snap together parts as well. I wanted to replicate the rear storage pocket behind each seat so I used wine bottle lead sheet wrapped around a wire. Styrene sheet for the hard plastic seat back.

The interior will be black so I'll spray paint it Hotrod Gray Primer to look scale black. The picture above shows the difference between the two flat black colors.

The new scratch built detail probably wont be seen anyway. I realized this after I was done.

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2017 by Edward Gore

[hjracing]

Nice start, keep it coming!

[Edward Gore]

ok, I will. Thanks for the comment.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

I always wondered about this kit.  keep it up. 

[da_ashman]

Looking forward to seeing more!!

[Edward Gore]

Modelbuilder Mark, da_ashman, Thanks for checking in. I'm working on the pan/chassis part now. It's all one piece so I'm going to try and get as much out of it with just paint as I can.

[Edward Gore]

It's all one piece so I painted it

 

 

Edited July 16, 2017 by Edward Gore

[Edward Gore]

The door armrest/handle parts were on a chrome sprue. I don't know why because nothing on the 1/1 prototype is chrome except the door locks. These were spray painted the Hotrod Primer black over all along with the door parts that were molded in black.

The door locks were made with parts of the chrome sprue cut to size and shape then glued into place in the unlocked position. The touch of Gunze Sangyo 'Salmon Pink' gives this away.

The door armrest parts were then snapped into place into the door parts. The difference in the gloss black and dark hotrod primer "scale black" is clear in these pictures. Also I've installed the door audio speakers decals and front door seat adjustment button decals.

The tiny bits of lint is just landed on the parts but I didn't notice until I uploaded the pictures.

 

Thanks for looking....

 

 

Edited July 16, 2017 by Edward Gore

[Bennyg]

Nice work. The back of seats being hollow seems to be a widespread problem. 

Ben

[Edward Gore]

Hi Ben, The seats in this kit weren't hollow but they had a strange tab that stuck out the back which I filed down smooth.

[Edward Gore]

Interior going together with detail painting and decals. Rear seats are painted then detailed with a fine tip pen then drybrushed to get visual depth before wrapping with plastic

The gear shifter was relocated to the left. The kit has this in the center of the console but it is not on the 1/1.

Dash details are painted. All displays are painted like they are off (power off). The dash speedometer cluster are kit supplied decals. I installed these water slide decals as per instructions but they would not stick to location. I had to "glue" them down in place with Kristal Klear. After this cured I followed with layers of Smoke acrylic to achieve an OFF status. Then thin layers of Kristal Klear were filled in to make the cluster lens.

Edited July 22, 2017 by Edward Gore

[Edward Gore]

Progress continues... I know I know, the following will all make sense later.

Plastic wrap and protection in all it's appropriate places.

 

 

thanks for looking...

Edited July 22, 2017 by Edward Gore

[da_ashman]

Looking Good!!

[Edward Gore]

Thanks. I'll try to finish the dash board and steering wheel protection plastic tonight.

 

[Dann Tier]

This is definitely a cool way to build!! Love all your added details!!  I've heard horror stories about Academy kits, even had one of their Countach kits, it was a DISASTER! thanks for sharing this with us, looks like they're kits are getting better. Cant wait to see more of this!!

[Edward Gore]

This Academy kit is very well designed for a snap together. Most painting can be done while on the sprues because each gate point will be hidden after assembly. The snap assembly points are very solid. It reminds me of how some die-cast cars are put together.

[Edward Gore]

 

Edited July 22, 2017 by Edward Gore

[Edward Gore]

I sanded off the molded in mud guards.

Edited July 22, 2017 by Edward Gore

[robertburns]

Good work! I've had to peel off that plastic wrap from hundreds of Jeeps, Hyundais, Mercedes, Chryslers, and Audis 

 

[robertburns]

Are you going to reshape the grille insert to Americanize it?

[Edward Gore]

 Thanks for checking in and your comments.

Americanize the grille insert? Do you mean the chrome grille part?

[robertburns]

Yes