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[Snowman]

This is "Bad *ss"!

Thanks Rick, much appreciated! :thumb2:

 

[Snowman]

....and the rust work continues.

 

[Mini Me]

Very impressive! Rick H.

 

[papa 695]

Looking very rusty Gavin, great work.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Gavin
Looking really good. It's not easy to get a "wreck" to look realistic.
Jim

 

[Snowman]

Looking really good. It's not easy to get a "wreck" to look realistic

Thanks Jim, I hoping not to wreck it too much. I holding thumbs that I can pull it off.

 

[Bortig the Viking]

All very nice, this is the standard I would like to get myself, the weathering/rust especially. Need to move on from factory fresh type models, they look to clean, but I will continue practicing until I'm satisfied.

 

[Snowman]

I will continue practicing until I'm satisfied

Where there is a will, there is a way.... :thumb2:

I'm not big on practicing, I tend to jump in with both feet and pray I don't muck it up. Likewise with my Valkyrie build, I watched an on line tutorial and plowed straight in - not perfect, but I generally achieved the look I sought.
So yeah, I was happy with the result! pre-shading, post shading, bleaching, etc!:astonished:

 

[Snowman]

The base is now ready...

I've just gotta finish the body and put it all together:tongue-out3:


Thanks for watching!

 

[Mini Me]

That is going to be a wicked little street machine when you complete it. Cheers, Rick H.

 

[Mickc1440]

Some very impressive work Gavin, great butchery and the paint job is starting to look really good.

 

[papa 695]

A great looking base gavin, this is coming along very nicely indeed.

 

[Snowman]

Thank you for the kind words! :thumb2:

 

[Snowman]

Well, back to the body.....

Did the chrome strip around the body with Alclad Chrome......happy with the look.

Trial fitting the bumper. Had to remove the moulded bumper strips as they were too fussy and did a bit of chipping......again, very happy with the look.

Next, more rust!



Thanks for looking! :thumb2:

 

[papa 695]

Liking the work on the body gavin

 

[Jim R]

Hi Gavin
Looking very good. That front end shot is very realistic.
Jim

 

[Snowman]

A small update today, finally got around to fitting the seat belts. I opted for lap belts as that is more in keeping with the seats - ideally a full racing harness and roll cage should be fitted by that will be contrary to the look I am trying to achieve.


Thanks for looking. :thumb2:

 

[minitnkr]

Really coming on Gavin. The bodywork is excellent. Can't wait to see what you do for fuel & cooling. PaulE

 

[Snowman]

Can't wait to see what you do for fuel & cooling

Ha! You got me there, I was planning to cheat on those as you could not see them. :thumb2:
In theory the rads will be mounted just inboard of the intakes as there is space for them - vented out through the rear wheel arches and floor pan and the fuel cell will be positioned under the bench seat.

 

[papa 695]

Great work on the lap belts, coming along nicely Gavin.