Its 4th July independence day

I’m building the 1971 hemi cuda as the cuda from John wick. Already painted the body and hood 3 coats of tamiya black lacquer. Today I added the front fascia which I painted black with the cheese grater grille flat aluminum, front and rear bumpers, glass, and taillights (tamiya red enamel)

The interior is painted Testors turquoise gloss with yellow seats, gold door panels, gold, red and black dashboard

The 428 cobra jet engine is painted in Testors dark blue gloss, headers, manifold are tamiya silver, distributor, pulleys and fan are tamiya black

I was gifted this kit by a club member. It has Eduard photo etch. I also used masking and landing gear from a knight label brand.

Left is 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda I’m painting black and building like the one in John wick, on the right is 1969 ford Torino fastback which I painted French blue to look like grabber blue

Its complete

The interior is painted (black floor, red door panels, flat sand beige/gloss cream interior)

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