Zenrat's Flying Circus

zenrat · May 10, 2021, 01:16:48 AM

S&H Gran Torino is finished apart from white lenses on the turn signals in the centre of the rear lights which I may leave as there is a very high chance of stuffing up and I don't have spare lenses.

74 Ford Gran Torino - Striped Tomato by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Beauty pics tomorrow. Probably. If I get time.

Old Wombat · May 10, 2021, 02:35:40 AM

Slick!

NARSES2 · May 10, 2021, 06:10:55 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on May 10, 2021, 02:35:40 AM
Slick!

One can't disagree

scooter · May 10, 2021, 06:23:43 AM

No Kojak light (yet)?

PR19_Kit · May 10, 2021, 07:14:34 AM

I can't help feeling there should be some slight diagonal scratches across the bonnet (hood...) where Starsky (or was it Hutch?) slid across it at the start of every episode.

But it looks MAGNIFICENT nonetheless.

zenrat · May 11, 2021, 04:54:43 AM

Kojak light is on. I had to check which side it went on. The destructions show it on the left I remembered Hutch clamping it on the roof from the passenger side. Turns out it moved depending on which episode'
You'll note I girded my loins and painted the white centres in the rear light lenses.
I'd tried to depict the car use din the pilot episode. This differed slightly from those used in the rest of the shows in that it had grey under the bumpers and chrome door mirrors rather than body colour sport mirr.rs.

74 Ford Gran Torino - Striped Tomato. - 19 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

74 Ford Gran Torino - Striped Tomato. - 18 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

74 Ford Gran Torino - Striped Tomato. - 4 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

74 Ford Gran Torino - Striped Tomato. - 20 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

74 Ford Gran Torino - Striped Tomato. - 12 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

I've also got the transfers on the Drag-Rap.

DH Drag-Rap WIP 11-05-2021 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Flyer · May 11, 2021, 05:08:54 AM

Not normally a fan of car models but that looks damn good! If it wasn't for the background I'd mistake that for a real vehicle, excellent work!

zenrat · May 11, 2021, 05:15:39 AM

Quote from: Flyer on May 11, 2021, 05:08:54 AM
Not normally a fan of car models but that looks damn good! If it wasn't for the background I'd mistake that for a real vehicle, excellent work!

Thanks mate, I appreciate that.

PR19_Kit · May 11, 2021, 05:46:30 AM

I'm FULL of admiration over the Torino Fred, and I AM a car modeller.

[Later] So much so that I remembered to Whiffie nominate it.

NARSES2 · May 11, 2021, 06:26:35 AM

Quote from: Flyer on May 11, 2021, 05:08:54 AM
Not normally a fan of car models but that looks damn good! If it wasn't for the background I'd mistake that for a real vehicle, excellent work!

It's not so much I'm not a fan of car models is just that I don't understand them if I'm honest, but I totally agree with your sentiments there. Terrific build Fred

Rheged · May 11, 2021, 08:25:11 AM

I'm not a car modeller (the last car I made was an Airfix Beetle back in the 1970's) but I do appreciate real quality when I see it....and the Torino has it; doubled and redoubled in spades!

Old Wombat · May 11, 2021, 08:37:03 AM

Torino is fantastic but I'm liking the Rapide, too!

kerick · May 11, 2021, 08:49:53 AM

I love the Torino!
At least when they made the show they didn't destroy a bunch of cars like "them Duke boys".

TheChronicOne · May 11, 2021, 03:03:43 PM

That turned out friggin awesome! I not ashamed to admit that like the "new" movie, too! With ol' what's his name and what's his name... Owen Wilson and..... "Blue Steel. "

zenrat · May 12, 2021, 04:28:02 AM

Thanks folks.

Thanks for the nom Kit but it's not a whiff. For once I actually went out of my way to make it more accurate than the kit.