Ertl Cuda build

[Thereal9thdoctor]

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I made this one out of a recycle tub and a bathroom exhaust fan, cut down a furnace filter to protect the guts of the fan and you're set

Very nice. Maybe I could rig one like that up with regular fan and ductwork. Still leaning towards buying one of those small collapsible ones though.

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

So while I wait for plastic polish so I can hopefully save the damn windows, I decaled the body.
I had not used Micro Sol or Set for a couple years. Forgot just how handy they are for decals.

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

So I got the plastic polishing kit today. Its from 3M and designed for clear plastic headlight covers. After an hour with it, the windows aren't perfectly clear, but clear enough that you can see through them, so I call it good enough.

So the car is completely together.

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

The interior:

 

[urumomo]

You need to do the side windows the same and park that thing on lover's lookout

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

You need to do the side windows the same and park that thing on lover's lookout

If it had them I would do that! Zoe had that idea the other day, but I had no clue how I'd make side windows. Wonder if I could find in scale figures for it....

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

Found some 1/25 figures, but none in modern dress. I found 1/24 figures in modern dress though.

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

Blargh... lookin on Ebay for 1/25 figures. Wanted to surprise my girl by finding one that looked like her and painting it up to go with the car. Have found a couple that do looka fair amount like her, at least facially... but all are 1/24.

 

[urumomo]

That's only a 4% difference .
a 6 foot person would scale to about 6 foot 3 ( an extra 1/8 inch taller in 1/24 scale ) as an example .
Not really an issue .

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

Maybe I will do it then.

 

[urumomo]

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!(RUNS)

 

[urumomo]

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

Heh. You've seen pics of Zoe. This is the closest one I found.


I know its... idealized, but I think painting it properly it'd look alot like her.

 

[pro]

The interior:View attachment 16274View attachment 16275View attachment 16276

Looks great

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

Looks great

Thanks! Other than the window snafu I am happy with it.

 

[Belugawrx]

Thanks! Other than the window snafu I am happy with it.

The Cuda came out nice, adding a figure is a great idea!

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

The Cuda came out nice, adding a figure is a great idea!

Thanks. And I like the figure idea too, especially as a thank you to my girl for painting the chassis for me.

 

[Thereal9thdoctor]

So the 1/24 figure I wanted to get and paint up as my GF is here. Got it Thursday. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get it painted before today, but whatever. She still loves it.

So I have spent the last hour doing the main colors. The hair is painted as she currently has her hair dyed(she changes her hair color waay to much, like every couple months).

Btw the skin color is way off right now, I decided to use the darkest shading color for the base given the size of the figure, and that was clearly a mistake. The actual flesh tone is now gone take a ton of coats to cover right.

 

[pro]

So the 1/24 figure I wanted to get and paint up as my GF is here. Got it Thursday. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get it painted before today, but whatever. She still loves it.

So I have spent the last hour doing the main colors. The hair is painted as she currently has her hair dyed(she changes her hair color waay to much, like every couple months). View attachment 17027

Btw the skin color is way off right now, I decided to use the darkest shading color for the base given the size of the figure, and that was clearly a mistake. The actual flesh tone is now gone take a ton of coats to cover right.

Still not bad just say there from Southern California inland where they tan. Lol, I see you like to do the dew. Use to drink a lot myself should try to stick with original with real sugar just read HFCS causes you retain more fat and glucose. Real sugar breaks down more easily and is turned into energy. Have you tried the other flavores code red and orange and others I think they said there was twenty flavores but the ones at Taco Bell are custom flavores that are a mix of the commercially sold flavores.