Old Blue got off the cutting board for a few laps tonight. Most of the rough stuff is done. Gear Buster posted a nifty chop top a while back and I made a mental note. Note to self: "That's cool. Gotta have one!"
The standard roof was too angular to work with for the look I was after. Didn't have a blue one anyway! A new roof was roughed out from the nose of a sacrificial XK140 and a small slice of the forward roof of a Camaro. The XK nose has nice curvature and fit perfect along the Hotrod's back trunk. Pretty much a no brainer!
The "A" pillars are the upper door sills from the XK. The hood side fills are the Camaro hood split down the middle. The whole shebang sits on a rear drop axle chassis. The AFX steelies came from a beater Nomad that got diced and sprayed onto the Orange Crush coupe. So far I like the look.
The forward edge of the roof sides still need pie cut and pulled in a bit. "A" pillars are still kinda thick, but I like them solid to start with. After they're cured it actually makes thinning them less scary.
Once the roof fits a little better I'll cut an oval window in the back prior to bonding. I'll build and prefit the remaining glass at the same time. Probably gonna go with the smoke look cassette box for glass.
This body was the lighter blue Super Modified example. The final shade will be the darker blue XK 140. Over all she's still rough but she's finally looking like a car.
The standard roof was too angular to work with for the look I was after. Didn't have a blue one anyway! A new roof was roughed out from the nose of a sacrificial XK140 and a small slice of the forward roof of a Camaro. The XK nose has nice curvature and fit perfect along the Hotrod's back trunk. Pretty much a no brainer!
The "A" pillars are the upper door sills from the XK. The hood side fills are the Camaro hood split down the middle. The whole shebang sits on a rear drop axle chassis. The AFX steelies came from a beater Nomad that got diced and sprayed onto the Orange Crush coupe. So far I like the look.
The forward edge of the roof sides still need pie cut and pulled in a bit. "A" pillars are still kinda thick, but I like them solid to start with. After they're cured it actually makes thinning them less scary.
Once the roof fits a little better I'll cut an oval window in the back prior to bonding. I'll build and prefit the remaining glass at the same time. Probably gonna go with the smoke look cassette box for glass.
This body was the lighter blue Super Modified example. The final shade will be the darker blue XK 140. Over all she's still rough but she's finally looking like a car.