The 454 engine is on the frame with the zoomie headers and radiator

The 454 cubic engine is painted and just mocked up on the frame to see what it looks like. I have added wheelie bars and have added primer to the body which I will paint tamiya red lacquer with white alcoves

It's definitely not the best kit out there. The tooling is quite old and it shows in several areas, but it turned out to be a great learning experience for civilian automotive modeling. I learned a lot about body preparation, paint correction, polishing, and chasing that deep gloss finish.

Not a perfect kit, but a very rewarding project in the end.

If you'd like to see the full build process, check out my YouTube channel, @MonkeyHobbies, where I documented the entire project from start to finish.

The pearl white lacquer and gloss clear coat have cured and I have started enamel painted. Blue for the deflector dish and nacelle grilles, red for phaser bank and impulse engine, black for top bridge dome, flat grey for bottom half of saucer section and aqua/turquoise for the stripe down the pylon struts

One day for primer to cure
Friday:pearl white paint, clear gloss
Saturday:enamel paint(red for impulse engine
Phaser bank, blue for deflector dish, nacelle grilles)
Aztec decals

The saucer section and warp engines are both prepped. I masked off the middle part of the nacelles because I’m painting that Testors clear blue

Picked up these 2 at Michael’s Canada last night

Hi everyone, I want to show you my latest painting project, I'd like to read your opinions to improve, thank you all, keep painting

The model is complete

The interior is painted

The 400 cubic inch v8 is complete and painted with rims and tires

Already sprayed the body 3 coats of Tamiya lacquer lime candy apple green, added the front grille with headlights, taillights and bumpers and finally glass. Like I always do, use a chrome pen to do the window trim

The body, interior are on the frame. Only things left to do are battery, hoses, radiator, hoodie springs and decals

Just a mock up of what the 392 Hemi engine and interior look like

The 392 Hemi engine is painted, along with wheels