DaveCov's "Starsky & Hutch Striped Tomato" - Revell 1/25 1976 Ford Torino (07038)

[The Smythe Meister]

More progress to report.

I sprayed some parts with H130 Satin Gloss White and brush-painted the engine block with H48 Gloss Mediterranean Blue:


Once the blue was dry, I added some of the chrome parts previously painted plus the exhaust manifolds. Parts of the front suspension were brush-painted with H11 Silver. Drive belts were painted H33 Matt Black:


Mr Postie delivered these 1/25 figures today and I may use some of them in this build:


That is all for now.

Dave

Loving watching this coming together Dave,used to love the series when I was little

[davecov]

Time to cover all that lovely red:


Alclad 2 Gloss Black Base was sprayed on all exposed surfaces:


I then applied Alclad 2 Chrome (ALC-107) and removed the masking. Note that I didn't paint the door locks as there are decals for those:


I will let the chrome paint cure before giving the bodyshell a coat of gloss varnish:


That's all for now.

Dave

[Guest]

I thought you were going to mask the body for spraying the white areas

[davecov]

@Jakko Even now, I may well mask off and paint the white stripe areas. It all depends on how the decalling goes. I am concerned that the kit decals alone will look a bit pink so I will be printing off some extra white stripe decals to go under the kit decals. If that works, then no more masking and painted will be needed. Only time will tell.

Dave

[davecov]

More progress to report.

The rear window was glued in place:


Followed by the windscreen. The yellow masking tape is on the inside and shaped to form a handle which makes holding the windscreen much easier when fitting:


Once the windows had dried, I glued the interior to the bodyshell:


Using some nickel silver rod, I fabricated a curly lead for the red light. It still needs painting but it won't be fitted until the end of the build:


I printed off three copies of the white stripe decals onto white decal paper:


I carried out a test of the white decal paper to see if it would look white or have a pink tint. As it turned out, it looked white:


I can't do a test with the kit decals so to be safe, I have decided to apply a set of my own stripes as a base for the kit decals. It will also give me good practice aligning the decals:


That's all for now.

Dave

[Mini Me]

Good progress Dave.....the chrome trim around the windows and wheel wells is very impressive. :thumb2:

[davecov]

Getting near the end now.

The bodyshell was glued to the chassis:


I applied one of my home-made decal stripes to the roof:


I then put the kit roof decal over the top and put home-made stripes along the sides:


I put the kit stripes along the sides and applied the rest of the decals. The door mirrors, front and rear bumpers, grille and lights were glued too:


View from the rear:


I still have to apply a coat of varnish and put the light on the roof and then it will be completed.

That's all for now.

Dave

[papa 695]

Fantastic work

[Andy the Sheep]

Very cool look, Dave.
Smart idea that of a two white decals layers. The effort definitely paid off.

Andrea

[Lee Drennen]

Dave Very impressive and nice updates

[Tim Marlow]

Looking mighty fine there Dave. Great decal work on those compound curves.

[Mini Me]

:thumb2: Getting better all the time.

[minitnkr]

Looking very good.

[Guest]

That was a good idea, to double up the decals, yes. Looking good

[outrunner]

Looking great Dave.

Andy.