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Hello! Ive always wanted to build a 1A for myself and since seeing the brass etched parts from PGMS i couldnt help myself find an old AMT kit and splash out on all the extras

Here is my list of supplies ive collected so far:-

AMT Ecto-1A kit. Cheap from ebay as it has missing tyres.
PGMS brass etched detail parts
Slaysghost's awesome decal set
Micro set and sol for the decals
Tamiya masking tape
Tamiya spray paints
Cast tyres and hubcaps made by myself from my girlfriends kit.

Heres a photo of everything layed out ready to begin.


I plan on making this a super detailed and accurate model, using all my techniques ive learnt over the years, and hopefully learn a few new ones

You going to backlight the LED boards (using the photo-etch set)?

Can't wait to see your latest effort with the 1A, Round One looked great.

Awww man, it's already all screwed up! You're doing everything wrong! Just send it to me and I'll dispose of it for you

Thanks Ben!

Heres my 1st effort...


And my 2nd...


Hoping I can improve on these

And thankyou vince you're too kind

where did you get the yellow dome on the top rack? How did you tint the windows and the grill?

Thanks

The dome was taken from a donor polar lights ecto 1 kit. The grills were sprayed silver and given a black wash and the tint was just a light spray of black from the inside.

What are your plans regarding the headlights on this one Nick? You going to drill them out and get some actual clear ones or paint the chromed parts?

Ill br drilling out the lights and replacing them with clear casts. I may light them too

Ok, found some time today to make a start on the kit. I thought id begin with the interior as this would mean I could practice with the etched parts and if i messed up they wouldnt show too much on the finished model. Here is the beginings of the rear deck. All brass parts that will be black have been attached and the light grey panels have been sprayed.

Ok bit of paintwork on the rear deck. Got the computer monitor all finished up too using the brass etched frame and screen cut out from the PGMS kit.

How'd you manage to paint the buttons on the etch set so clearly? Was it effectively dry brushed on?

Just a tiny brush, a steady head and held breath

Got in my 2 hours of me time tonight and got the interior finished up minus the dashboard (thats next).

Lookin' good!

Thanks!

Ok little more done. Got the wheels painted up, the chasis drybrushed and the interior altered a little. Wasn't too happy with the two-tone seat so painted it all a dark grey.

Looking good, I was wondering why the seat had the two-tone pattern to their colour.

Have you added some sort of flock to the carpet areas? They look rougher in texture compared to the boards under the gurney.

Thanks Ben! No no flock added, just the texture that's moulded into the kit.

How did you paint that cool effect on the bottom of the car?

Its a technique called drybrushing. Here is a video on how to do it ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRLsaXGHPfc

Ok work has begun on the body. I began by washing it in warm soapy water and then buffed it with metal cleaning paste so make it super smooth. After another wash I glued on the fins and filled in the join where they meet the body. I then primed the body and buffed it again with the metal polishing paste. Here it is ready for the first coat of white.

Paint and decals added to the body. Up next is the chrome.

Beautiful.

Thanks Ben!

Ok, window tinting added and headlights drilled out. Here's everything so far dryfitted together. With the grill primed like that it really reminds me of the kenner ecto-1

lookin good! Happy to see the decals on!!

Thanks! Your decals are great quailty, were a breeze to apply

Meant to ask, what kind & brand of paint did you use on the body?

Tamiya primer, pure white and pure red.

Little update. Masked off the whole car today so i could spray the chrome paint on. Everything went fine until I went to pull off the tape as it also pulled off the decals. Bugger! Also I had a large patch of silver on the body work where i hadnt masked it off as well as though. At this point i was ready to call it quits on this but decided to carry on.

Luckily the metal cleaner removed the overspray and my girlfriend let me have the decals from her 1A kit as long as i replaced them

So here is how its all looking now! Not sure when ill be able to continue with this as from tomorrow all my time will be devoted to shells and SB trays. But a good stopping point for now

Looking good Nick.

Have you given some consideration to adding roof struts to the inside of the glass? I know it's something that wouldn't really be all that visible once the car's complete, but would break up the solid block of black on the inside of the car windows.

Where did you get the PGMS brass etched thing from?