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Post by junkyardjeff on Dec 14, 2015 23:32:56 GMT -5
I think I had some of those decals but gave them away,30 years ago I got all the extra parts from the kits my cousins built back in the 60s and they were in a box that I traded to a local hobby shop that deals in parts and built kits. I did not think those old decals would have been good for anything so I let them go.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 16, 2015 21:27:55 GMT -5
Here’s a brief update. I’m making good progress. The body is cleared with Duplicolor Clear. A couple of days to cure and then I’ll rub it out. In the meantime the motor is wired and plumbed and installed and the interior is finished. A couple of pictures of the interior are below. The gold stripes are Pactra TT29 Gold Trim Tape with the main interior surfaces done in Duplicolor Oxford White with Tamiya Gold Acrylic paint and highlights in chrome silver gel pen. Thanx for Lookin’, B.   |
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Post by dogfish7 on Dec 19, 2015 10:18:37 GMT -5
Nice touch with the the Gold trim B!
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 20, 2015 23:33:35 GMT -5
Thanx Bruce. After an intense last few days of clear coating, polishing, foiling, detailing and assembling, this project is done. Modeling in the modern style with all the high quality tools, materials and techniques we have at our disposal really changes the basic character of the resulting model, even when we’re trying to replicate box art from the beginning of the 1960’s like this. Our paint is better, we can detail out things like chrome trim and engine plumbing in ways that were, for most modelers, difficult or impossible 50 years ago. Combine that with the fact that much box art is an idealized version of the real car or the model (which is it, anyway….  ) and box art builds can only be an approximation of the artist’s conception. I printed out a large AMT logo (some 7 inches tall) to provide a background in an attempt to replicate the box art composition in photographic form using my model. But the drawing is hopelessly distorted in scale and perspective so the best I could hope for was to try and capture a bit of the spirit of the original. I took some liberties in my final build, not only using green edges on the scallops so I could print my own decals, but finishing the engine compartment in white, and using white running boards. But the real difference is the crisp realism of a modern model, which contrasts strongly with the fuzzy idealism of the 1960s. I only had time today to shoot some images to create my version of the box art. I’ll photograph a formal set of “beauty shots” and post them tomorrow. In the meantime here’s the result:  |
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Post by wylee on Dec 21, 2015 5:58:20 GMT -5
outstanding job sir!!!
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Post by coyotecrunch on Dec 29, 2015 15:06:31 GMT -5
Beautiful!!!!
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) and box art builds can only be an approximation of the artist’s conception.
It's an interweb thing.....