Tashina Howard
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Started with this early 70s era hobby shop dead stock "Entex" 1/24 plastic model kit from Evilbay. I was impressed with the small box for a big model, the crispness of detail/body shape & lines compared to the modern Minicraft iteration on hopelessly shot toolings, and how everything was so neatly packed within the less than 12in/30cm long (roughly the size of a small loaf of bread), heavy cardboard box. Only thing is, the murky picture of a crudely built kit on the box inspires little confidence.
I sealed the hood/trunk due to marginal detail underneath, detailed the interior according to guidelines from Bring A Trailer auction archive listings for both these and S-series Bentleys in "standard steel" coachwork, did basic underneath/full curbside detail, used Elmer's Glue to glue in the glass, used real steel axles from the last dregs of a wrecked AMT promo model GMT400 Chevy in place of the stock brittle styrene ones, replaced the decaying natural rubber tires with AMT Firestone Super Cushions, and detailed it in a very fitting color scheme of Humbrol Acrylic Spray "sterling silver" with vermilion red pinstripe/wheel discs and a well detailed 2-tone red interior with felt "shag carpeting", hand painted woodgrain, detailed gauges/radio/switches and US/CDN (NADA in Britspeak) lighting. Finished it off with an era correct California press photographer plate.
DSCN9663
Started with this early 70s era hobby shop dead stock "Entex" 1/24 plastic model kit from Evilbay. I was impressed with the small box for a big model, the crispness of detail/body shape & lines compared to the modern Minicraft iteration on hopelessly shot toolings, and how everything was so neatly packed within the less than 12in/30cm long (roughly the size of a small loaf of bread), heavy cardboard box. Only thing is, the murky picture of a crudely built kit on the box inspires little confidence.
I sealed the hood/trunk due to marginal detail underneath, detailed the interior according to guidelines from Bring A Trailer auction archive listings for both these and S-series Bentleys in "standard steel" coachwork, did basic underneath/full curbside detail, used Elmer's Glue to glue in the glass, used real steel axles from the last dregs of a wrecked AMT promo model GMT400 Chevy in place of the stock brittle styrene ones, replaced the decaying natural rubber tires with AMT Firestone Super Cushions, and detailed it in a very fitting color scheme of Humbrol Acrylic Spray "sterling silver" with vermilion red pinstripe/wheel discs and a well detailed 2-tone red interior with felt "shag carpeting", hand painted woodgrain, detailed gauges/radio/switches and US/CDN (NADA in Britspeak) lighting. Finished it off with an era correct California press photographer plate.