Well I obtained this little car, from the Junkyard, about a year ago. I was told, that it was purchased from
Paul Francis Studio's, and (could be?) pulled from one of the origonal molds, from the movie. I noticed one
other member have one (Tee), and his was painted green. I noticed his was lacking some fine details like
mine. So they must have come from the same place. Well I decided to try and clean mine up, and make a
little garage for it. Fifth Element style!
Using a Screen Used reference Picture, I figured out how I wanted to build the garage. I decided to
use balsa wood for the frame. Much easier for me to cut and sand, till it looks right! The garage
itself, I purchased at Hobby Lobby. It's a little cardboard style box. I was going to place the car
in the garage at first, but I did'nt want to hide it! The plastic for the door, and trim, I purchased
at Hobby Lobby as well. Just some railroad stuff.
I found a gaming site, that had these printable buildings. So I glued one to some thick cardboard,
and used small wood blocks, to help hold it together. Than I cut a hole for the garage to fit in.
Here's my garage below. To the right is the Screen Used Doors, I decided to use as reference.
Here it is all together! I thought The car should look like a Futuristic sports car. I used a new Automotive
custom paint color, to make it look.....Pretty! Than painted the bottom a smooth silver. I also used Alclad 2
chrome, for the grill, headlight's, and rear air intakes. Than sprayed Future Floor wax, to give it some shine!
The building, and garage, I used, Tamiya's Smoke black, along with red oxide, for that dirty look. using the
airbrush, and Dry brush technique's. Than sprayed a satin top coat, to seal it off.
I just used a small thin, acrlyic rod to hold the car in place.
The Zork ship, I purchased off of Evilbay. I have now Idea of it's origonal maker? I layered
several coats of silver, charcoal, grey, and I just did not get the look I wanted. so I used
the same Dupli-color paint used on Matt Munson's Multi-pass kit, and it looked just right!
After sanding, off and on and dry brushing, silver and Tamiya Smoke. I thought it was right.
Oh! Thanks again Matt!
That's all for now! Thanks for looking!
Paul Francis Studio's, and (could be?) pulled from one of the origonal molds, from the movie. I noticed one
other member have one (Tee), and his was painted green. I noticed his was lacking some fine details like
mine. So they must have come from the same place. Well I decided to try and clean mine up, and make a
little garage for it. Fifth Element style!
Using a Screen Used reference Picture, I figured out how I wanted to build the garage. I decided to
use balsa wood for the frame. Much easier for me to cut and sand, till it looks right! The garage
itself, I purchased at Hobby Lobby. It's a little cardboard style box. I was going to place the car
in the garage at first, but I did'nt want to hide it! The plastic for the door, and trim, I purchased
at Hobby Lobby as well. Just some railroad stuff.
I found a gaming site, that had these printable buildings. So I glued one to some thick cardboard,
and used small wood blocks, to help hold it together. Than I cut a hole for the garage to fit in.
Here's my garage below. To the right is the Screen Used Doors, I decided to use as reference.
Here it is all together! I thought The car should look like a Futuristic sports car. I used a new Automotive
custom paint color, to make it look.....Pretty! Than painted the bottom a smooth silver. I also used Alclad 2
chrome, for the grill, headlight's, and rear air intakes. Than sprayed Future Floor wax, to give it some shine!
The building, and garage, I used, Tamiya's Smoke black, along with red oxide, for that dirty look. using the
airbrush, and Dry brush technique's. Than sprayed a satin top coat, to seal it off.
I just used a small thin, acrlyic rod to hold the car in place.
The Zork ship, I purchased off of Evilbay. I have now Idea of it's origonal maker? I layered
several coats of silver, charcoal, grey, and I just did not get the look I wanted. so I used
the same Dupli-color paint used on Matt Munson's Multi-pass kit, and it looked just right!
After sanding, off and on and dry brushing, silver and Tamiya Smoke. I thought it was right.
Oh! Thanks again Matt!
That's all for now! Thanks for looking!
