I really only go to Autemo to check this thread nowadays

lol

started on seats today i made the tunnel to big , i could still add seats but in the end i figured why not try a bench that flows around the tunnel .. stylewise i like this more , more vintage then like bomber seats

so i took a pick-up bench and cut it up and made it smaller , sawed a square hole so it fitted over the tunnel , then glued in thick styrene plate so i could file and sand a form in there ...

the right side was the start of getting some shape in the added styrene left just styrene glued in





followes the tunnel nicely and the tuck and roll lines (?) run through into the new styrene

started on a shifter , made from brass tube and wire



took some sprue and made a shiftknow , well not a knob but ..haha



in the rod > the brass will be chrome and the knob will get some paint



sprayed the bench in a base brown matt color , same as the body paint .. this will disapeir its just that this paint is a great base for some oil paint , and washes

Those do-it-yourself smallies are great , love the shifter . I think red leather seat would go great with the steelies .

thnx and yes i thought about red but then it kind of sticks out to much i think

well i painted the shifter all chrome , looks great , the bench i washed with darkbrown .. in the end it kind of looked right after that first threatment .. now it really blends in .. would i make it lighter of elss brown like the car i think it would stand out to much









then made a magazine with real pages .. i dont know why i never did this before took me like 14 minutes with printing and glueing all together , in the garage i used styrene and glues a front on , man that now looks so fake ..
i will also make new ones but then with real printed pages inside (now they are just blanc)



bend it a bit so it looks read

omg ......................

after a lot of testing and trying in teh past i was never happy with the results .....
tonight i just thought i will try again ..

what ? pinstriping on scale with paint .... now this time i was rather happy with the result , i kept it real simple and choose red and white to match the white walls and steelies

i used a wooden meat stick with sharp point to paint ... now its rather simple and i will try to develope this in the future and maybe get some real designs on cars

teaser > under the tails







here they are







tomorrow in daylight i think i can make better pics of the pinstripes , and i want to rub them with a soft cloth and wash the rear a tiny bit so it blends in

some daylight pictures

pinstripes on the bench



some shots outside with a bit of sun







without the sun the brown has got a different tone

found some headlights and 2 matching lenses in the partsbox , they where a bit knackered but that kind of fits the theme anyway ..

mounted them on steel pins a bit raised with a styrene rod inbetween them and painted them chrome on the car with a brush ..

will get a wash later on

sorry for the many updates but i washed , drybrushed the headlights with oil paint ..