Post by Kevin C. on Jun 9, 2012 15:39:29 GMT -5
After what seems like forever, I'm actually making a little progress on this F/C build I'm putzin' with. There's an NNL meet mid- July here in OKC and I'm hoping to have it wrapped up by then and get it on a table. This is NO rivet-countin' accurate replica in any way shape or form- just a fun build how I wanted to do it so don't be too harsh on me! I'm trying to marry some old-skool and modern day elements together into this car, so no tellin' how it's actually gonna end up.
Seems like all these "kit" funny cars sit the rear end up way too high, so I hacked and whacked on it and finally got it settled down the way I wanted- nice and l-o-w. Created a few issues I had to deal with but so far so good I think.
I also plan on doing the bumpers in BMF, but I'm not confident at all on how to make these compound corners work out smoothly- so any tips or advice on that matter from you master-crafters out there would be verrrry appreciated!!
The paint is HOK cobalt blue fine metallic lacquer and I decided to go with no intercoats or clears this go around. Wanted to see how well I could polish just the lacquer out and I'm fairly pleased with it so far. I could have gotten a little more depth with a few coats of clear I think, but oh well~ I have the coarse polishing done, got most of the decals laid on so now I can finish out the graphics, start the final polishing steps, and then a few coats of rubbed canuba wax for the finished product.
As always, please share any comments or suggestions you may have and hopefully I'll have another update later this weekend.
Thanks for peeking guys
