Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
In another total waste of time I decided to make a Christmas present for a friend of mine. I've known him since he was a kid and he races sprint cars now.
Despite having most of the valuable die cast cars stolen from the farm I still have hundreds more. Among the ones left were several 1/64 scale sprint cars. These were made by RACING CHAMPIONS and they came with a card that had the driver's picture and a stand. I decided to make a replica of his car and give it to him.
So far I've removed one of the cars from it's blister backing and cleaned the adhesive off of the plastic. Then I used my computer/printer to make a new card with his image and a new name for the stand. I also re-made the backing for the blister pack. All that's left is to re-paint the car and print new decals for it. Then I can re-assemble it and it should look like one that was purchased at a store.
My biggest problem so far is finding high resolution images of his car. The only ones I've got are 300 dpi and I can't reduce them without losing all of the detail. He doesn't live close by and his car is dismantled now. I've considered trying to duplicate the pictures that I've got of his car by putting them up on a 50" TV and re-photographing them at a higher image setting. I don't know how well that will work.
In another total waste of time I decided to make a Christmas present for a friend of mine. I've known him since he was a kid and he races sprint cars now.
Despite having most of the valuable die cast cars stolen from the farm I still have hundreds more. Among the ones left were several 1/64 scale sprint cars. These were made by RACING CHAMPIONS and they came with a card that had the driver's picture and a stand. I decided to make a replica of his car and give it to him.
So far I've removed one of the cars from it's blister backing and cleaned the adhesive off of the plastic. Then I used my computer/printer to make a new card with his image and a new name for the stand. I also re-made the backing for the blister pack. All that's left is to re-paint the car and print new decals for it. Then I can re-assemble it and it should look like one that was purchased at a store.
My biggest problem so far is finding high resolution images of his car. The only ones I've got are 300 dpi and I can't reduce them without losing all of the detail. He doesn't live close by and his car is dismantled now. I've considered trying to duplicate the pictures that I've got of his car by putting them up on a 50" TV and re-photographing them at a higher image setting. I don't know how well that will work.