The Castafiore Emerald (Peugeot 403)Visualizar: apresentação de slides Mosaico Lista 1November 16, 2017The Peugeot 403 Taxi that finally removes Bianca Castafiore from Marlinspike Hall... 2November 16, 2017Resin casts of the shell from an old toy Peugeot 403 3November 16, 2017Chose the best one for the main body. Chassis comes from a Bandai Ultraman mini-kit. 4November 16, 2017Sanding the body smooth and scribing some panel lines for the doors. 5November 20, 2017Shell trimmed, door/trunk cut out and chassis cut and glued together. 6November 20, 2017Trunk opened up too. 7November 20, 2017Wheel alignment seems good. 8November 26, 2017The seats need to be wider... luckily I’ve got lots to work with. 9November 26, 2017A bit of sanding and voilà! Two bench seats 10November 26, 2017All still fits. Whew! 11December 8, 2017Dashboard and trunk space scratched up and assembled. Needs a bit of sanding though. 12December 8, 2017Let's pause for a moment and reflect on how far we've come... 😉 13March 23, 2018Got the trunk boxed in so it was time for a bit of paint. 14March 30, 2018Masking for the seats. 15May 13, 2018Seats painted brown, added some floor mats and gave the dash board a few highlights. 16May 13, 2018First coat of paint on the body revealed some flaws, so back to the putty and sanding we go! 17May 15, 2018Much better. I like the blue and the grill backing mesh looks good. 18May 15, 2018Trunk fits... wheels need some work though. 19May 17, 2018Ah! Much better. The chrome detailing on the doors, headlights and bumpers make the blue pop! 20May 21, 2018Now time to get some handmade luggage for the trip... also need a luggage rack to put them on. 21May 27, 2018Luggage painted, just needs some handles and we'll be ready for final assembly. 22March 6, 2024 23March 6, 2024 24March 6, 2024 25March 6, 2024 26March 6, 2024 27March 6, 2024 28March 6, 2024 29March 6, 2024 Comentários2 June 2024, 17:56 - Project infoThe Castafiore Emerald (Peugeot 403)29 imagens1:72ConcluídoScratchbuiltTodos os álbunsVer todos os álbuns »