In reply to BenB (Forum Supporter) :
Yellow TR7 looks fantastic! Are those the wheels that came in the kit?
In reply to BenB (Forum Supporter) :
Yellow TR7 looks fantastic! Are those the wheels that came in the kit?
I went with the windshield and gave it a starburst chip and a nasty crack. Then I glued in the interior and the chassis, attached the bumpers, and installed the blower.
Meanwhile the backside of the wheels have been painted black and I dechromed the front wheels. I also painted the taillights transparent red. All that's left is to glue those parts on and the zoomies.
Once it's all together I'll do a weathering with sponges and brushes.
Technically completed. Still need to weather.
Much better! Onto the touch ups...
Anybody ever do anything with the moulded in headlights on these old kits? Considering drilling them out and finding buckets and lenses to replace them... or maybe some model railroad fake water over them...
Does anyone have a Vega kit they'd like the Cosworth decals for?
In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :
That looks cool! You work fast!
Ive always been in awe over what some modelers can do with weathering techniques.
In reply to BenB (Forum Supporter) :
That came out really good! Lol at the scale BMC panel gaps.
In reply to Saron81 :
For the molded in headlights, Molotow Louis chrome if they aren't already chrome, then a layer of Elmer's white glue, then a shot of gloss clear. Makes a passable looking lense.
Thanks, everyone!
@Benswen, yes, those came with the kit. They look like the trailer wheels you used to be able to get at Western Auto. I would have put some resin Minilites on it, but that would have cost me about three times what I paid for the kit. 
I could spend another thousand hours weathering this thing and not be satisfied. Interior and bed:
The exterior, as it stands:
Most of the marks on the sides are much less visible to the eye than to a camera flash.
In reply to slowbird :
That's looking great!!!
In reply to slowbird :
Love it!
In reply to BenB (Forum Supporter) :
They look like Longchamps to me. They'd be perfect on an AE86.
Progress:
In reply to Benswen :
I love those wheels. (I have a set like that, that I think I'm going to be using on a build soon.)
1 week in and I have a new direction. Once more pics upload to Google will share them. Gonna be close trying to get this one done. Is deep pearlescent purple over flat black base okay for the apocalypse? Sure why not. Give that neat shine in the odd lighting and smoke right?
In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
If you're combining those two kits it would be epic! Either way, cool project.
Deep pearlescent purple over flat black.
Which tires? If I had more time I'd adapt the 4wd system from the Jeep to the Pinto and go with the super swampers. Think I'll stick to the dirt trackers.
Painting has begun.
In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
Oh hell yeah!!!
I thought it was gonna be the Jeep body on the modified chassis, but this looks awesome too 
slowbird said:I thought it was gonna be the Jeep body on the modified chassis, but this looks awesome too
I thought about that but the shape of the Pinto speaks to me!
Finished!
In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :
That turned out great! Love the cracks in the windshield!
Looks like the TR7 is all I'm going to be able to finish before we have to pack up everything in the house. I'll have to finish the Revell Reynard in August, although I'm still hoping to finish the Tamiya Mustang GT4 this week.
Wasteland photos:
Loving these builds plus the backstories.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Me too!
making progress...
The Brabham is ready for decals and a few final paint touch-ups. I hope the decals go as well as the McLaren ones did, but nothing on this kit went as well as the McLaren...
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