It was the
same day the Pt Pickup was finished, that it occured to me to build
something
from the scrap kits I had. I also had 5 days ahead to set off to
Georgia,
where I would stay for some months; so I had to finish it in 5 days,
packing
up for the trip included !
Laying
out what I had in
hand, I figured out the car:
Body and inner : Copperhead
Hood
and grille : Prowler
Rear
panel
: Viper
Wheels
: Viper (Copperhead's
wheels had gone
to Pt Cruncher)
Tires
: VW New Beetle
Putting parts like Legos,
I configured the outlines as shown.
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To embed the
Prowler hood in the Copperhead's, I drew the outline of the place to be
removed. |
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The Viper rear
was glued onto the Copperhead's, the empty spaces to be filled with
polyester
putty later on. |
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I cut out the
hood as I had marked before. |
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I glued the
Prowler's hood in its place. The curvature of the rear part had to be
revised
for exact fits with the windshield. |
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I cut the bumper
edges at the wheelarch and added styrene part to smoothly integrate the
body and the tail. |
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Now the front
grille. I cut it to fit roughly in as shown. The mating of the center
grille
with the side intakes was a challenging job. I planned to fill the side
gap with putty. But to smooth finish the putty in the tiny places was
almost
impossible, so I decided to apply the putty from the back side, while
providing
a smooth surface on the visible side. |
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I tailor-cut
the grille profile on a cardboard. |
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While holding
the card in place, I applied 5-minute silicone putty on the grille. The
card provided a flat surface that the putty would lean on and dry flat
there too. After the putty settled, I removed the card to leave the
silicone
putty surface to act as the back of the mold, when the filling
polyester
putty would be applied from the inside. |
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I applied polyester
putty from the inside by means of a toothpick, pushing the putty
towards
the silicone mold. |
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Voila !!!
Very clean result, needing only minor fillings with additional putty. I
applied putty in the remaining places with the tip of #11 blade, being
so careful as not having to sand more. |
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