superduty455
06-03-2009, 09:41 PM
It's been a long hard winter. However, I was able to get back to the bench a bit at a time. Sometimes forcefully. Depression is a b*tch.
Had this kit in my thoughts ever since I saw the 97 Hurst. This was one of 7 cars built that year with a total of 10 cars being built. 3 of which are '98 versions.
This is a 1/20 scale Lindberg Firebird Firehawk kit. It took no less than 4 other kits to complete just this one. It's still not complete due to the difficulty I am having in finding a Lindberg Camaro F1. This has the correct front valance I need to complete the car. Also missing are the Hurst/Pontiac Lingenfelter decals for the sail panels. I am having these custom made and hope to have them by months end.
Paint used was all Tamiya. TS-14 black, TS-21 Gold and TS-13 clear.
I started out by scuffing the highly polished body. I then laid out Tamiya fine surface primer. Each coat was wet sanded until I was happy. Then color coats were applied. Again, each one wet sanded. I then applied two clear coats and applied my coats of gold paint to the spoiler and hood. This was then clear coated multiple times again. Each wet sanded with 4000 polishing cloth. I then did a final polish with 6, 8 and 12,000 grits. After all that I applied Meguiar's Scratch X to get the fine scratches out. I also use Mothers Reflections polish as a final coat.
The interior was finished in Tamiya colors as well, basically the line of blacks was used throughout. I also flocked the rear trunk area as well as the floor pan. It's pretty blah, but that was how GM liked the interior.
This kit was warped, bent and outta shape like you would not believe. I was happy to have all the extra kits on hand to mix and match parts until everything fit together as best it could. I will admit to lots of CA and 5 minute epoxy.
The window glass was bad in all the kits. distorted and marked. I tried to clean them up the best I could without marring them. I also had to mask of the windows to add the black surround on the inside to make it look a little more realistic.
Well, here it is for now. I will take some pictures of it outside after work tomorrow in the sun.
Here are a few images for you to look at:
http://images49.fotki.com/v1504/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst12-vi.jpg
http://images50.fotki.com/v1515/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst16-vi.jpg
http://images49.fotki.com/v1520/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst13-vi.jpg
http://images46.fotki.com/v1517/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst1-vi.jpg
Thought I had a picture with the hood off, but apparently not. Will get that tomorrow too.
More pictures can be found at My Fotki (http://public.fotki.com/73superduty/my_completed_model/1997-hurst-firebird/)
Thanks for looking.
Chris
Had this kit in my thoughts ever since I saw the 97 Hurst. This was one of 7 cars built that year with a total of 10 cars being built. 3 of which are '98 versions.
This is a 1/20 scale Lindberg Firebird Firehawk kit. It took no less than 4 other kits to complete just this one. It's still not complete due to the difficulty I am having in finding a Lindberg Camaro F1. This has the correct front valance I need to complete the car. Also missing are the Hurst/Pontiac Lingenfelter decals for the sail panels. I am having these custom made and hope to have them by months end.
Paint used was all Tamiya. TS-14 black, TS-21 Gold and TS-13 clear.
I started out by scuffing the highly polished body. I then laid out Tamiya fine surface primer. Each coat was wet sanded until I was happy. Then color coats were applied. Again, each one wet sanded. I then applied two clear coats and applied my coats of gold paint to the spoiler and hood. This was then clear coated multiple times again. Each wet sanded with 4000 polishing cloth. I then did a final polish with 6, 8 and 12,000 grits. After all that I applied Meguiar's Scratch X to get the fine scratches out. I also use Mothers Reflections polish as a final coat.
The interior was finished in Tamiya colors as well, basically the line of blacks was used throughout. I also flocked the rear trunk area as well as the floor pan. It's pretty blah, but that was how GM liked the interior.
This kit was warped, bent and outta shape like you would not believe. I was happy to have all the extra kits on hand to mix and match parts until everything fit together as best it could. I will admit to lots of CA and 5 minute epoxy.
The window glass was bad in all the kits. distorted and marked. I tried to clean them up the best I could without marring them. I also had to mask of the windows to add the black surround on the inside to make it look a little more realistic.
Well, here it is for now. I will take some pictures of it outside after work tomorrow in the sun.
Here are a few images for you to look at:
http://images49.fotki.com/v1504/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst12-vi.jpg
http://images50.fotki.com/v1515/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst16-vi.jpg
http://images49.fotki.com/v1520/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst13-vi.jpg
http://images46.fotki.com/v1517/photos/0/95430/7607452/hurst1-vi.jpg
Thought I had a picture with the hood off, but apparently not. Will get that tomorrow too.
More pictures can be found at My Fotki (http://public.fotki.com/73superduty/my_completed_model/1997-hurst-firebird/)
Thanks for looking.
Chris