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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #20 on Aug 29, 2011, 12:56pm »

Nice paint.

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #21 on Aug 29, 2011, 6:23pm »

Thanx guys. Got the stripes masked, guess this is what it would've looked like with yellow stripes...I'll stick with the white. Resprayed the gunmetal. After I got home from work today, noticed I went a little heavy on the nose. The rest of the car is fine. Found out on this build that I must be careful when spraying this metallic. Spraying a little too heavy is very noticeable. Live and learn! I'll mask and respray. I'm gonna touch up all of the white after this is fixed
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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #22 on Nov 13, 2011, 7:41pm »

Hi all. Been a very busy family summer, not much time for building. Did finally get the body glossed. I redid the gunmetal and stripes with Citadel Boltgun, and Polyscale Reefer white. Both paints are nice to work with, although the polyscale stuff mixed with distilled water seemed to crack, but it sprayed good. The Citadel layed down real good. Think I'll be using it more in the future...speaking of future...that's what I cleared with.
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After taking the pics, I'm gonna make some inserts for my paint booth to take pics. Just can't get enough light off of florescent bulbs.

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #23 on Nov 14, 2011, 10:50pm »

Gonna be a nice one!

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #24 on Nov 15, 2011, 10:47am »

Looks great.

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #25 on Dec 4, 2011, 5:47pm »

Thanx guys, just bout done with this...quick build ::)

Was messin with the plenum, was gonna paint silver for the clamps...no! Bare metal was a pain. So I decided to brush Alclad.
Started with this.
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Painted gloss black, thinned with lac. thinner, dried quick.
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Fist and second coat.
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Turned out ok, Should be done with this tonight.

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #26 on Dec 4, 2011, 9:27pm »

Well, almost got it done tonight. Got the glass, interior in and on the frame. Engine all together. Then Bang! Found some paint under one of the lenses, tried to pry it off to fix, snapped it in half. Found one half, the other went the way of the buffalo! Still looking for it. Anyway, I made it this far.
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Broken lens
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Pretty sad looking puppy right now, I'll figure something out.
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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #27 on Dec 5, 2011, 9:20pm »

Oh man just when you were so close and the gremlins bite and it is looking sooooooo good

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #28 on Dec 9, 2011, 12:01pm »

Yea, the gremlins got me good! Well, I'll never say "Quick Build" again! Turned into a horrible kit. Anyway, I tried to figure out this lens. Found the other half, glued it and tried to sand and buff, broke again.
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So I glued it back, and sanded smooth.
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This is what I had at that point.

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #29 on Dec 9, 2011, 12:18pm »

So after thinking about it for a while...that's scary! I covered it with bare metal, to make it stronger.
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Put a piece of thin plastic sheet, out of a box a toy came in, over top of it.
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Got the trusty Daffy blow dryer.
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And melted it over the lens the best I could. It's not perfect, but close. Gluing it down was tough, had to cover the top with paint because of the glue marks.
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Like I said, horrible kit, great fitting until the end. Allot of it probably my fault, but I'll never build one again. It'll be finished later today, then far up on the shelf she'll go.

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #30 on Dec 9, 2011, 8:45pm »

Well, here she is. I'm gonna vent now. It went together well, until the end. The lens, totally my fault. The hood is warped, tried to bend it before paint, but not enough. Stripe decals, terrible! That's why I tried to paint them. I did redo the glass with sanding and toothpaste, turned out pretty good. The body is a very tight fit, that's good in a way, no need to glue. But when it's on... it,s on! After I put the body on, I notice it didn't fit on up front correctly, it ended sitting too high, and there is a horrible gap between the front top deck and dash. The hood mechanism does not work. Oh. the rear mirrors broke trying to push them in the slots, and the glass didn't fit into them. OK, I'm done. I'll get the rest of the pics in showroom stock.
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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #31 on Dec 10, 2011, 5:36pm »

My bucket account is gone

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Re: Viper, quick build
« Reply #32 on Dec 11, 2011, 10:04am »

Just had to repost all of the build pics this morning. Don't know what happened, it was just the Viper pics, nothing else. What a job! This kit is still biting me in the...!

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