nova pro street

Hey Guys , have'nt been doin much of late apart from the lincoln I started a couple of weeks ago. Found this body in an old forgotten box and thought why not . I wanted sumfin a little different to kick start my building again. hope you like !!!!...............

Im a little undecided as to what colour yet , however I'm leaning towards vivid yellow...

Im going to lash out and buy one of those new electric tooth brushes and try to lay a good coat of paint down on it ................or perhaps I will use a straw


I have about 6 kits all ready for painting and now its stress and anxiety time . I absolutely loath this part of the modelling process but you'd think i'd get better with time . Any way all comments welcome at this stage
fanks

Something different you say ... I say congrats - you've done it.

Hmmm I love the painting (Just discovered airbrushes and luuurvin it) Yellow would look good but I always feel vans have a lot of surface which can make one color look like too much ...needs another color to break it up. Even just a stripe but then again Im a BIG fan of 2 tone so I am a little biased.

Looks good so far. Dont fear the paint mate because if ya hose it up ...into the brake fluid and try again!

Mate, that body style is AWSOME!! That wil look supurb no matter what colour you do it. dont be scared of the old air brush, they are easier than a can thats for sure. will be watching this one closely, can't wait!

Very nice mate. I love the concept of the wagon.

May I ask where the body came from? is it a kit or resin?

Cheers

AJ

baZOOKa wrote:
Yellow would look good but I always feel vans have a lot of surface which can make one color look like too much ...needs another color to break it up.

One colour does look a bit too much, unless your having Decals of some sort.
But A stripe or two tone would look nice.

How about yellow with pearl clear coat on top,you could use Tamiya rattle can paint,just a idea for ya to think about.

Andrew , cant remeber where i got it , its a resin job by the way

"Im going to lash out and buy one of those new electric tooth brushes and try to lay a good coat of paint down on it ................or perhaps I will use a straw".

Not sure what you mean about electric toothbrush? Is this a new technique or just a bit of humour?

Anyway the build is different for sure and already looks awesome - well done.

Man where you been hiding this, just saw it today, I gotta say, way wild wicked, keep it going, im gonna watch this.....

Tezza , I can't paint for sh*t , so I humour myself with unorthadox painting methods

Hey Mic,"TOTALLY AWESOME" cant wait to see it finished.

Those nova's look great as a van, especially as a pro stock is it a 66 ?

Mic looks very cool mate! decided on a colour yet? give us a yell if you want any painting tips, I'm not the best but I've got lots of info Ive downloaded over the years. Knowing what brand and type (spraybomb vs airbush) might help us help ya out too. Good luck and keep that resin away from brake fluid, use easyoff oven cleaner if you have to strip it.

Beautiful work Mic, the chassis require much chopping to fit? Is it the Soft Seal 57 chassis? I've got the same body to build up it's a Jimmy Flintstone. A nice deep red would look nice on it.
And I better put the predictable bits in too! Got to love the vans!!! and
Cant wait to see some more pics of it.

wow another beautiful drag, looks like the softseal 57 are a diamond dozen,here if you own this kit hold onto it, they're hard to get now..even the rereleases are no longer...

keep up the great work with this kit

(i own 3 and i'm keeping em hehe)

Lol, I just parted out 3 of them to build other cars

ToranaDan wrote:Lol, I just parted out 3 of them to build other cars

I brought a dozen re issues just to part out, did the same with the lapd camaro back in the day too.

Sorry bout the thread hijack Mic

No probs Brett , I have a mate in ohio that races slot cars , so I have about 50 complete pro stock/pro street chassis I can play with and chop up in my retirement . Hopefully by then I will be able to paint

Hello lads , Thought i'd post a few updated pix of the nova .....


I'm reasonably happy with the new electric toothbrush , a damn site better than a straw for painting .Still have to make windows , interior and do the plug leads ....


More work to do , so I'll leave you to it then .....

Thats turned out really nice. Love it

Mate,,, that is so cool

That paint scheme really grabs ya by the curlies and says LOOK AT ME! Well done mate, look out when you get the hang of that thing!
Cant wait to see that thing detailed and finished.

Looking really neat, I like it.

Thats lookin way cool. Looks like it should be in a early 90's Street Machine Mag.

Thanks for the comments lads !