Dragonhawk1066 Posted May 19, 2023 Posted May 19, 2023 Here's my version of AMT's 1969 Ford Torino Cobra Fastback, painted to resemble an old Aurora slot car from my youth. It's painted in a custom mix of craft paints, Apple Barrel Yellow and Decoart Honey Brown, with Createx UVLS 4050 Clear. Black craft paint was used for the interior, and I used some embossing powder to replicate carpeting. I used some assorted craft paints to give the chassis a weathered look. Thin copper wire was used for door locks and valve stems and I also added spark plug wires for extra detail. Bare Metal Foil was used for the window trim, 2 pieces of 1/8" styrene tubing were used for the exhaust tips and were painted with Molotow Chrome. This is actually a fairly basic kit with not a lot of parts for the factory stock version, although there are a lot of parts to also build a "stock car" version. Some areas of the assembly were rather tricky including the glass and rear bumper, with the trickiest part of the whole build being fitting the chassis to the body while maintaining a decent ride height. I ended up using some 1mm x 4mm styrene strip pieces and a couple of my insulin needle covers glued to the inside of the body and at the back of the chassis to hold the ride height. All in all though, I mostly enjoyed the build and am pretty happy with how it turned out. 14
kelson Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 Beautiful work!!,looks great with the corrected ride height.
XYHARRY Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 Nice Torino Craig, that colour looks good on this. I also have this kit in my stash and will be aware of the faults you encountered with yours. Again, well done. Cheers, David. ??
Pierre_tec Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 Really nice,nice work! What thinner are u using for the craft paint. Really inspired to start building mine previously I used distilled water, alcohol and glycerin mix as thinner but keep spitting paint, so returned to my common painting techniques
Rattlecan Dan Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 Very nice build. Very clean and detailed. Thanks for posting.
Classicgas Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 Stunning build. Makes me want to finish my Talladega.
Dragonhawk1066 Posted May 20, 2023 Author Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/19/2023 at 7:14 PM, Hard_2_Handle_454 said: Looks good for that kit. On 5/19/2023 at 7:19 PM, michelle said: nice work looks great 23 hours ago, Gustavo Reis said: Very nice model. 22 hours ago, Horrorshow said: Very realistic…fantastic work! 21 hours ago, kelson said: Beautiful work!!,looks great with the corrected ride height. 21 hours ago, atomicholiday said: Really nice work. Very clean. 21 hours ago, XYHARRY said: Nice Torino Craig, that colour looks good on this. I also have this kit in my stash and will be aware of the faults you encountered with yours. Again, well done. Cheers, David. ?? 20 hours ago, Kenmojr said: Stunning looking Ford and love the paint! 19 hours ago, bh1701 said: Very nice! 19 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said: Very nice build. Very clean and detailed. Thanks for posting. 13 hours ago, PappyD340 said: Very nice Torino, well done! 12 hours ago, Tom99 said: Nice work! 9 hours ago, ChrisR said: Looks great! 6 hours ago, Tommy124 said: Very nice, looks great. 4 hours ago, Classicgas said: Stunning build. Makes me want to finish my Talladega. Thanks everyone, much appreciated! 20 hours ago, Pierre_tec said: Really nice,nice work! What thinner are u using for the craft paint. Really inspired to start building mine previously I used distilled water, alcohol and glycerin mix as thinner but keep spitting paint, so returned to my common painting techniques Thanks! I have to say that's exactly what I'm using as a thinner, 3 parts distilled water, 1 part 91% isopropyl alcohol, and 4-5 drops of glycerin as a flow improver per 8 ounce batch. I started out using plain blue automotive windshield washer fluid until I found this mixture. I do find the craft paints very tricky to get thinned right sometimes, and I end up adjusting the thinner/paint ratio on the fly until it flows smoothly.
ybsluos Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 Nice muscle specimen C.M. Those big body Fords and Mercs hauled the mail!
AMT68 Posted May 21, 2023 Posted May 21, 2023 Superb example of this kit. Nice work on the block lettering at the edge of the hood.
espo Posted May 21, 2023 Posted May 21, 2023 Great looking paint color and very smooth looking finish. Like the "C" side stripes.
Dragonhawk1066 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Posted May 21, 2023 23 hours ago, ybsluos said: Nice muscle specimen C.M. Those big body Fords and Mercs hauled the mail! 21 hours ago, AMT68 said: Superb example of this kit. Nice work on the block lettering at the edge of the hood. 19 hours ago, bondo bill said: sweet build 12 hours ago, H.A.K said: Clean build. 7 hours ago, espo said: Great looking paint color and very smooth looking finish. Like the "C" side stripes. Thanks guys!
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