Today, I would like to introduce you the General Lee I show you the December 29th. As I told you, this is a gift received from the user "testarossa" and it's a damaged G.L.: as you can see from these new pictures, the bumpers are painted and crusted with grey paint, the rims are painted with a mat black paint and the interior are painted with a light tan color.
   Considering the large numbers of G.L. in my collection, this time I want try to create the pre-Cooter version used in the 2005 movie: to do this, I will chrome the bumpers, I will substitute the rims (on the passenger side, I just removed the old damaged rims to install the new rims), I will paint the interior with mat black paint and then I will try to damage the shell adding new graphics and some rust.

Posted by: Fabiano on Thu 1/8/2009 12:24

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   As announced in my last post, yesterday evening I worked on the front bumpers: with a thin sandpaper I removed part of the grey paint and I tryed to level off the surface. Then, with a chromed paint I painted the front bumper and this morning I put the lights grill on it. I'm very satisfied for the result obtained, especially considering the initial conditions of this piece. During the weekend, I will try to do the same job on the rear bumper.

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 1/9/2009 15:12

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   During this weekend, I worked on the pre-Cooter's rear bumper. As the front bumper, this part has been painted by the previous owner with a grey paint. So, I tryed to remove the crusted paint and then I painted it with chromed paint.
   The result is good, so the work to create the pre-Cooter General Lee continues.

Posted by: Fabiano on Sun 1/11/2009 16:45

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   In the last days, I worked on the pre-Cooter General Lee. First of all, I removed all the graphics from the shell using a simple nail varnish remover. Subsequently, I used a thin sandpaper to remove the bright coat and now the orange paint looks more opaque and unattended: I need to correct some points, especially on the roof, but in the next days I will try to add the "rust effect", so the car will appear like a real clunker car!! Finally, I put the "01" graphic on the doors and then I created the CB antenna for the trunk.
   In the next few days, I will continue to work on this model (especially on the interior), so stay tuned!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Wed 1/14/2009 11:39

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   Yesterday, I worked on the pre-Cooter General Lee so now it's possible to open the doors (like in the movie). To do this, I removed the original plastic blocks and then I created (with the plasticard) two thickness to maintain the doors aligned. A slight change to obtain a great result!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 1/16/2009 16:20

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   Yesterday, using some plastic beams, I created the new full roll cage for my pre-Cooter General Lee (as you can see from the pictures, I used also some parts from the original roll cage designed by ERTL). Now, this cage is unrefined, but during the weekend I will scratch it with a thin sandpaper and then I will paint it with mat black. Have a nice weekend!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 1/23/2009 15:12

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   In the previous days, I worked on the pre-Cooter General Lee. Finally, I finished to work on the full roll cage: I painted it with the primer and then with a mat black. Moreover, I worked on the final rims painting them with mat black. The next step is to work on the interior (creation of the rear seat and a new color for the seats and the dashboard).

Posted by: Fabiano on Wed 1/28/2009 20:32

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   The day before yesterday, I worked on the pre-Cooter General Lee and I created the rear seat: to do this, I used only the plasticard and when I obtained the right shape, I painted it with the grey primer and then with the usual mat black paint. During the weekend, I will paint the dashboard and the door panels. Have a nice weekend!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 2/6/2009 16:14

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   Finally, during the weekend, I finished to paint the dashboard and the doors panels: now, all the interior parts have a mat black color, but to complete my customization I need to add an aged effect to these parts and to the shell.
   Moreover, during the weekend I worked on another famous model, the Nova used on "Death Proof": tomorrow, I will publish new pictures about this car, so stay tuned!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Mon 2/9/2009 12:11

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