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Slipster17
Joined: 08 Feb 2021 Posts: 21
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:17 am Post subject: #24 Jeff Gordon Dupont/ Superman Chromalusion (1999 Season) |
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What began as a pipedream in December is now reality. Using promotional/ diecast box art I recreated the Superman image on the side of this car as a full vector-based graphic for a Sim-Racing project. Once I was all done with that I got the itch to see what else I could use it for...
The result - A one-off build of Jeff Gordon's special paint scheme from the 1999 Winston Select. Sporting custom decals from 3 Amigos Decals . Sam was able to take my Superman graphic and build the rest of the decal set around it - with awesome results! I cannot say enough about how rewarding it was to work with him on this project! We passed a few test pages back and forth, I would print them out and test fit them to the Revell body to verify the scale and coverage was correct and then get back to him with any changes I thought might be needed. Just about every decal on the car also has a separate white underlayer to help the color pop like it should over the darker paint.
The awesome paint I chose, BTW, is called "Darth Blue" and is a colorshift airbrush paint available from GreenStuffWorld. The chroma effect looks about as close to the real deal as I could have hoped! Applied over a gloss black base of course. Chassis is painted SEM Chassis Grey.
Some supplemental decals under the hood and on the wheels from older Slixx sheets.
Custom interior touches include a newer version of the Revell drivers seat, self-fabbed leg protection, ignition module under the dash, more accurately positioned fire extinguisher, self made Earnhardt bar and the rear shelf from a Ford model to better reflect the look of the real car. This was also my first attempt at cutting out the stock plastic window net and fashioning my own from strips of painters tape.
Enjoy, feel free to comment and thank you for looking!
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1972 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Very nicely done!! _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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dirtman
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 48
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:22 am Post subject: |
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Some real work here. Very well done!
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bangor boy
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 451
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Super, man. |
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Slipster17
Joined: 08 Feb 2021 Posts: 21
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Henryjint wrote: | Very nicely done!! |
Thank you! And a random question - where in the Hudson Valley are you from? While I'm down near Hagerstown in Maryland now I was born and raised in Middletown and Goshen. |
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1972 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Slipster17 wrote: | Henryjint wrote: | Very nicely done!! |
Thank you! And a random question - where in the Hudson Valley are you from? While I'm down near Hagerstown in Maryland now I was born and raised in Middletown and Goshen. |
Monroe since 1982 _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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Slipster17
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Henryjint wrote: | Monroe since 1982 |
Nice! I ran auto parts out of the CarQuest there in town for a few years after college. Between like 2006 and 2008. |
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Shunter
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 459
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:14 am Post subject: |
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Excellent job… |
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