Lee Chambers Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Hi guys, this is the final reveal for this very old re boxed kit. I think it was kitted originally by Lindberg, back in the mist of time, and re booted by Round 2 model company, with a few improvements I guess I should have bare metal foiled the chrome trims, but instead used Molotow chrome, brushed freehand. This was quick, but not the sharpest of lines, but I can live with it. Overall not too bad of a build, I detailed up the engine bay with some chrome parts from my spares box, just to give it a bit of life, not really a show car, I wanted it to look a bit used. I had a can of sign writers white enamel paint on my shelf so I used it to paint the white wall tyres; also scratch built the twin aerials on the back of the car using some nylon bristles from an old sweeping brush. The beach boys wrote a song about this car "My 409". Well I better go and polish that chrome, bye for now. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 The red sure looks good. I have the Lindberg kit and haven't seen the AMT one till now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Nice, an excellent result there indeed. I use a molotow chrome pen instead of bmf also. 👌🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Cooper645 said: Nice, an excellent result there indeed. I use a molotow chrome pen instead of bmf also. 👌🏼 Thanks,i think the chrome pen paint matches the plated kit parts very well,bmf in comparison tends to look much duller in finish,and looks out of place at this scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 A real nice job on this lovely old classic. (The real thing, not the kit ) Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Lovely looking Impala and great photo's as well.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Looks good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 ....my four speed dual quad, positraction 409.... It's not often you manage to get a sentence like that in a song! Very nice modelling there. The colour suits the car and the era perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpion Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Really nice! I particularly like the effort you've made on weathering the underside - it looks incredibly realistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 22 hours ago, TonyW said: ....my four speed dual quad, positraction 409.... It's not often you manage to get a sentence like that in a song! Very nice modelling there. The colour suits the car and the era perfectly. LOL ! Yes i actually shot a video of the model on my turntable with that tune as background music,pity i can't release it on youtube due to copywrite issues,but it was fun to do all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 She's a real beauty, the weathering looks really good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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