1963 Olds Starfire by chromecop

by chromecop Thu 07 Jan 2016, 5:07 pm

Not only doing VW's, I'm also into this "street Machine" build of a 1963 Starfire (by Jo-Han). I had to scratchbuild a new hood as I'd given the stock one away to a friend. I found a custom hood from an old AMT 1964 Cutlass that worked after some modifications. The interior will remain stock but I put a couple of extra instruments and a fully chromed T-shifter in the floor-console and switched the steering wheel. Body mildly shaved and engine got a set of twin carbs. Still in primer....

by allan Thu 07 Jan 2016, 6:02 pm

Interesting build.

by zenrat Thu 07 Jan 2016, 8:46 pm

Love that kit. Destroyed one as a kid (also moulded in green) and have been looking for a cheap one since.

by mgy125 Fri 08 Jan 2016, 5:25 pm

Different subject matter...I like it.

by chromecop Mon 11 Jan 2016, 2:33 am

Done some painting:

by allan Mon 11 Jan 2016, 10:08 am

Now that's cool.

by ozmodeler Mon 11 Jan 2016, 6:30 pm

kool subject , nice work.

by DeeCee Tue 12 Jan 2016, 9:37 am

Nice roof mate. bigthumbsup

by 70cudatj Tue 12 Jan 2016, 10:08 am

Great lace work on the roof bigthumbsup

This might be a dumb question but how did you do it, lace?

by chromecop Tue 12 Jan 2016, 6:08 pm

70cudatj wrote:Great lace work on the roof
This might be a dumb question but how did you do it, lace?

Yes, I got an old pair of lace underpants from my wife that I cut pieces from to mask part of the roof then shot some of the semiflat white paint over. The "purple" paint is chameleont-color that changes from blue to green to purple depending on the light!