Damn inspiring!! Obviously you've spared no expense!!
I'm looking forward to what you do with the roof. I'm thinking of doing a CNC machined piece of clear plastic for mine if it can be thin enough.
I have a lost world mercedes kit i put together somewhere, i was thinking about stealing the roof off it if it will work. Hate to do that though. It's probably too small since it's 1/24 or 1/25
I thought i might have gone too far up the body with the yellow but i think i'm ok. It'll look better when i paint the running boards black and paint the red stripes. Hard to do with rattle cans
I think the yellow is fine. Looks awesome! For the red look for paint pens. WalMart, and Michaels has a good selection. I prefer Craft Smart Paint Pen it can right on Metal, Wood, Plastic, Glass, Etc. Very easy to clean up if a mistake happens.
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I thought i might have gone too far up the body with the yellow but i think i'm ok. It'll look better when i paint the running boards black and paint the red stripes. Hard to do with rattle cans
Looks about right to me.
I photoshoped the stripes from the real car onto my model so far, and i'm really amazed on the roof on how it lines up almost exactly. This will be a good painting aid for me to determine location and size.
For your clear roof part you could just use a piece of balsa carve and sand to shape fill it with some filler and prime it to get it smooth and use a thin sheet of clear styrene to vac form over it.
I painted the hood stripes and added lights. Stripes look good but there is some slight seepage in the grooves on the hood which i will have to touch up to fix. I used vinyl as a mask and it just wanted to stretch back instead of conform. It'll be ok though i'm not worried about it.
Fixed. Not a real decal btw. The blue lights came off a truck rollbar, not sure what though. Just a bunch of old crap in a box LOL
I woudln't sweat the touch ups. You've acheived an amazing paint job, especially with rattle cans.
I like the red you're using, its appears darker, like the movie cars. Do you think they started with a maroon explorer and left the original color on the body?
From what I have seen in the Making Of books, the Explorers they used where originally all white.
Yeah i'll have to post a pic of the Mercedes too. I built that when it was new, still looks pretty good for it's age, and for how old i was when i made it. Still have the box as well. The touch up looks really good now, just one little spot that bothers me but it's not terrible. I have the masks cut for the sides and rear, just have to get to it. Shouldn't have too much trouble with it but i need to be more careful around the jams. Maybe i should use a little heat to make the vinyl conform better, just afraid of it getting too sticky. I've seen in the book that the truck used in the tree scene was white, but that was also gutted to lose weight, not one used for driving around.
Sorry for the crappy pics, the seats i remember doing with a toothpick dipped in silver paint, each little dot one by one.
Did you see the British Top Gear with Jeff Goldbloom? They were all, what do you drive? And he explained he drove a Mercedes but didnt know what it was called because he got a free one due to JP3.
Say what you will about the film, that's one cool model. Is it also 1/20 scale?
Looks really good, your paint work looks spot-on. Don't scrap it's dome for the Explorer, it's a great model and will look naked without.
Yeah on further review i'm not touching the mercedes! It's pretty cool. So it's another crappy pic but here's a teaser, just painted it tonight. Not as much touch up needed this time. Still a lot of work to go untill paint is done. I'm letting it dry for a while before i pull the masks on the roof, which i'm sure will need brush touched up. I really should have primed the domed roof or painted it green. It's not horrible but it is a lighter color. We will see how it looks i might leave it or respray it. Hate to do that since the shine is amazing.
Been Watching your build Pelco looks real good. So do you got a Rex that's scale to it to menacingly look like its going to crush it yet ?. Just curios if you were gonna go diorama or just have the piece sit by itself.
Well this is what i have now. It was made at the same time as the lost world car, and kinda made to that scale. Originally i had ferns, fences and raptors. Not sure if i'll do anything with it now probably not. Don't know if there are any 1:20 scale T-Rex kits out there. would be cool though.
Hey Pelco, nice work on the JP cars.pelco said:
I have the Merc model and I believe it's 1:24 or 1:25 scale.
Also, in the same set there is a T-Rex model, a Raptor model and the Hunters Humvee model. They are all supposed to be the same scale but the raptors look a little large to me. The T-Rex however looks the right size and would be perfect for your diorama.
Red on the car is just testors dark red, if you're referring to the sign i'm not sure, been a long time. I think the horizon kit is 1/20 scale. Anybody ever buy recast vinyl kits? Finding an original reasonably priced would be tough.
Last edited by pelco; Jun 16, 2012 at 10:34 PM.
Some of the JP toys were very well detailed and I recall a large T Rex that may not be as posed as the kit but perhaps in scale with your explorer.
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