I decided to try and make ignition cables. I couldn’t find what little left I had of my lead wire so I had to use copper instead. I drilled holes and glued wire for each cylinder.
Wiring started
Copper wire is a bit harder to bend and also a bit springy, but after a while I got them in place.
All cables glued
Then I gave them some paint.
Cables painted
Some decals on the oil filter and generator.
Decals added
On the pics I’ve seen there’s no mesh covering the radiator cooler package. Instead it sits on the hood. So I decided to cut it away.
Radiator mesh removed
The suspension parts was painted and the engine and frame was assembled.
Chassie and suspension parts
Inside of radiator painted and some more parts assembled.
Build progressing
The interior was assembled.
Interior assembled
And seat belts was added.
Seat belts added
Some more decals added and details painted.
Details painted
I cut some plastic and created 2 recievers for the seat belt clips.
Interior finished
Next will be to sort the cooling system and build the rest of the chassie.
According to the instructions, some parts are supposed to be painted silver, but after looking at some pics it seems like most of them have a polished steel or chrome look. So I decided to try my chrome colour in the airbrush for the first time.
Some parts painted with chrome
It turned out looking a lot better than I had expected. I need to paint some of them on the other side as well, and I might give the tank a few more layers. Actually not very much colour used to achieve this look.
More painting! This time aluminum.
Some parts painted aluminumMore aluminum
Engine and transmission sits together in one pice, and I just have to work with that.
Engine and suspension parts
I started assemble the engine parts just to notice that I hadn’t got paint everywhere it was needed, so I had to sort that before I could continue.
Most of the engine assembled
The oil filter needs a decal that I’ll put the when the gloss blue have cured.
Speaking of decals, the interior have quite a few.
Interior decals added
Getting the decal on the stick was quite fiddly!
The body frame needed some more paint and I also masked and painted parts of the exhaust system with chrome.
Chrome and aluminum painted
The exhaust system was touched up some and the tape removed.
The painted exhaust system
I decided to add ignition cables so I’ve drilled holes for them, but I need to figure where the other end should go. According to the pics I’ve seen it seems like they go somewhere under the black boxes on the valve covers.
I’ll also continue assembling the chassie once everything else is in place.
I bought this kit some time ago, just because it looked cool and had Shelby in the name. I wasn’t aware that Shelby had constructed a car of his own, but evidently he had. Anyway, I thought it was cool, and put it on my planned build list.
I order to do this kit justice, I decided to have something to practice on, and that’s why I started the BMW 507 Cabrio. That build have partly come to a halt, due to missing pieces. I will still try out the metal paint on the body, and hopefully I’ll manage to get it good enough to try it on this one as well.
Boxart
As usual it start by preparing parts, and on this I started with both engine and interior parts.
Preparing parts
Some parts needed a mix of black and gold.
Special mix painted
It’s only about 5% gold, so it’s barely visible except maybe that it has a slightly different hue.
Then it was time for some aluminum.
Aluminum painted
Then some steel/iron.
Steel painted
On some parts the instructions called for silver, but after looking at the pics on the box, it looked more like chrome or polished metal. So I decided to try my chrome colour in the airbrush for the first time.
Chrome painted
It turned out better than I had expected, but I think some parts need another cote to look real good, and also some parts needs to be painted on the other side.
It might not fully look like chrome, but good enough to look like polished metal.
The instrument panel and the panel for the gear shift was masked and painted dark grey.
Panels painted
Tape removed.
Masking tape removed
Seats and side panels was painted.
Seats and door panels painted
After some detail painting the interior parts looked like this.
Interior parts painted
Some decals needs to be added to complete the interior.
I’ve started assembling the engine and painting parts needed for it. Also some other parts will be sorted and painted before assembly. Many parts will be painted in aluminum.
