On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Jim, Siu, Joe G, and Bob D. > Attached are four more snap shots. The steering wheel was made to look like > wood using water color followed by a few drops of Future Acrylic floor wax, > sanding when dry and repeating the process until I was happy with it. > The instrument panel was cut out and re-glued back in with a layer of clear > plastic sandwiched in-between. > > Zioprudenzio provides simple wheel assemblies and also a more advanced seven > piece wheel and tire. I tried the simple ones but decided to give the more > complicated assembly a try. The first four seven piece wheels were not > round. I therefore tried again with another four, this time butting the > tread strip rather than overlapping and am pleased with the result. layers > of Future were dabbed on the hub caps while I constructed other sub > assemblies. > The rear bumper license plate lettering is out of focus; I will probably add > an overlay of some sort. > Zioprudenzio has a number of close up photos at his website which I must > admit I did not reference until mine was all put together. Siu, those photos > will help a bunch as I just guessed while building. > The headlights look great! Just a few drops of Future made 'em that way. E > A S Y. > I hope you are able to see all four photos and they do not cause anyone > download grief. > Special thanks to Zioprudenzio for his great skill and sharing. > Bob Penikas > > Well, it is especially enjoyable for US to see as well….a really fine job, > Bob! > Only wish you could provide a few more pictures as this build is certainly > something special to see…most excellent job on the finish! > > Thanks for sharing photos of this build with us! > > Cheers! > Jim
Outstanding, Bob. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
