Shelby Cobra 427 SC

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This one's fun; I used the body for a demo for my primer article in Scale Auto. I perfected the smoothness of the body, got it primed and photographed (and sent it to SA for a cover shot photo :cool: ) and now it's back home.

I was very indecisive about color. Eric and Wayne convinced me to paint it similarly to Eric's bare metal 427; but with a twist. They decreed that I had to make it with polished stripes :eek:

Actually it wasn't too difficult; I used Krylon dull aluminum which works great and it polishes out a bit by merely buffing it with a soft polishing rag. I masked the stripes off and polished away, and got a nice subtle color change and a bit of a polished appearance. Ultimately I'd like them to be a bit brighter, but that might not happen. They're good now, and the body will get more detail and some meatballs and sponsor decals. Fun project :) Wheels/tires are from a parts-box Fujimi GT40 Mk II, much better rolling stock than what Monogram provides.

http://images112.fotki.com/v587/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1291-vi.jpg
http://images24.fotki.com/v824/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1292-vi.jpg
http://images112.fotki.com/v581/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1293-vi.jpg

[snake doc]

This one's fun; I used the body for a demo for my primer article in Scale Auto. I perfected the smoothness of the body, got it primed and photographed (and sent it to SA for a cover shot photo :cool: ) and now it's back home.

I was very indecisive about color. Eric and Wayne convinced me to paint it similarly to Eric's bare metal 427; but with a twist. They decreed that I had to make it with polished stripes :eek:

Actually it wasn't too difficult; I used Krylon dull aluminum which works great and it polishes out a bit by merely buffing it with a soft polishing rag. I masked the stripes off and polished away, and got a nice subtle color change and a bit of a polished appearance. Ultimately I'd like them to be a bit brighter, but that might not happen. They're good now, and the body will get more detail and some meatballs and sponsor decals. Fun project :) Wheels/tires are from a parts-box Fujimi GT40 Mk II, much better rolling stock than what Monogram provides.

http://images112.fotki.com/v587/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1291-vi.jpg
http://images24.fotki.com/v824/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1292-vi.jpg
http://images112.fotki.com/v581/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1293-vi.jpgIt came out nice.

[Eric Cole]

Very nice, now I have to do another one!

[Zoom Zoom]

Here are a couple more shots; I added SNJ polishing powder to the stripes, and also added dark gray panel line washes.

http://images112.fotki.com/v587/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1375-vi.jpg
http://images23.fotki.com/v808/photos/1/10258/4875792/IMG_1377-vi.jpg

[Eric Cole]

You can really see the difference in the second pic. Looks great along with the panel lines.