Chevrolet Opala racing

RonaldoM

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Someone may have seen in my blog the Opala model (free distribution) which is considered today the best chevrolet ever produced in the country (Brazil)due to its simplicity, robustness and smoothness to drive. Now that's past, but it stayed a legend. I even learned to drive in one of these when I was 15. Soon these cars have taken the race tracks and became rivals of the Ford Maverick
Here in this paper I reproduce the model piloted by one of the most successful pilots at the time - Peter Victor Delamare.
It is a model that I'm still developing on the basis of the previous model.
 

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zathros

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The Opala was one of the nicest model cars i have seen in years. This one you are building is going to be a gem! :)
 

RonaldoM

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while not received my blades I prepared the cabin
 

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zathros

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Wow!! This is really going to be nice. I have been experimenting with Liquid Electrical Tape to paint on the wheels to make them look rubber. It's cheap and painted on in thin layers, very interesting. :)

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zathros

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Good Luck, they're mostly all the same. It works good as undercoating too. It's great on motorcycles. :)
 

RonaldoM

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Thank Rhaven ! It looked like a quickly assembled model but it has a number of small changes over the previous model that need to be tested then the assembly goes slightly slow.
 

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The Interior is awesome. I was hoping to find some interiors for your incredible buses!!!
 

RonaldoM

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The Interior is awesome. I was hoping to find some interiors for your incredible buses!!!

I developed interior furniture just for two models, another one was a scratch ! But the next will all have detailed interior...I think!
 

RonaldoM

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almost finished our opala it seens to look like a race car.

Using a thick paper, 180g difficult finishing Details
 

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zathros

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This car is awesome. You Buses are awesome too. Buses with interiors are extremely hard to come by. Actually, everything you do is awesome!! :)
 

RonaldoM

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Thank's Zathros
In fact is a matter of practice. The more you practice the development of models, more you can always improve a bit. So is everything we did, isn’t it? We practice and we getting gradually to do good things. That's why I always try to be developing a project. Is to “keep the hand” ...and a bit of satisfaction
 

zathros

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Very true, and I have been watching for years, and your models are excellent, only thing is they seemed to have started out that way!?! :)
 

RonaldoM

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Yes, watching the way to create a model like the real object, that's what give me a trully satisfaction to do it.
Now, I just finished the wheels and brig some pictures of that
 

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