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Armorama 500 entry finished
Jacques
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Minnesota, United States
Joined: March 04, 2003
KitMaker: 4,630 posts
Armorama: 4,498 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 04:01 PM UTC
Here it is in all it's glory...a Armorama 3-tone NATO Dragster Funny Car.

Now that I have built this thing, I have a new found respect for car-modellers. Messing with this thing, especially the choromed pieces, was a MAJOR pain. However, I did learn quite a bit from it, so it was a good experience on the whole.

This is a straight out of the Box build, with the exterior paint scheme having been changed. I added some of the kit decals,, (which for the most part were WAY too thick, would not conform to the curves they were supposed to go over, and did not settle properly, even with solvaset) and witha BIG THANKYOU to several Armorama members who helped me with my custom decals problem, I added my own custom decals. The logo's are off of the website, including "Staff JIm's" Snoopy logo on both sides.

The custom decals were the funnest part of the build though...






Joker
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: May 28, 2004
KitMaker: 813 posts
Armorama: 522 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 04:13 PM UTC
That's great! well done!
Joker
Hwa-Rang
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 6,760 posts
Armorama: 1,339 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 08:00 PM UTC
Hey, what a funny car (I know, I know, totally lame joke)

Seriousley, you've done a great job on your NATO funny car. I really like the camo paintjob. Very original.
The custom decals look fantastic.
The engine look very detailed. Could we have some close ups of that beautiful V8?
wolfsix
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Ohio, United States
Joined: September 27, 2003
KitMaker: 754 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 08:26 PM UTC



Now thats cool! I really like the way this turned out. The decals look great.
Harry
Jacques
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Minnesota, United States
Joined: March 04, 2003
KitMaker: 4,630 posts
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 05:33 PM UTC
Thanks for the nice words guys. I will see what I can do for a better shot of the engine area...
campari
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Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
Joined: February 02, 2005
KitMaker: 371 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 02:45 AM UTC
WOW thats great.This car have a nice Armorama soul.I think this is the best suit car for this campain :-) .Nice work, good paint, exelent decals and briliant idea.Congrats
Sensei
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Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
Joined: October 25, 2003
KitMaker: 1,217 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 02:51 AM UTC
Marvelous!!!

nice car and even nicer "commercial" idea

i like it very very much!

Mirko
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