Project SVT LIGHTNING

[zippo855]

i finished up the impala and didn't quite think i had enough projects going, so i needed another one.
as some of you know i have recently purchased an airbrush that is supposed to be here friday. i got my compressor last night and went looking for a project to use the new air brush on. So what I came up with was this 99 svt lightning. and the hs i went to didn't have any stencils to speak of but they did have some mask kits for model cars. i saw the lightning ones and then asked about the lightning model so its all good. well here some pics, might try to mock it up later.
i'm thinking metallic black with bright yellow lightning bolts and white accents / shadows on the bolts.

[firebird999]

hmm. seems cool, but you should just do it one color. too ricey with lightning bolts.

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by firebird999

hmm. seems cool, but you should just do it one color. too ricey with lightning bolts.

true it may but i need something to try out with my airbrush, single color i could do with a can, and all those bolts are not going on there, so it won't be an over kill of them

[firebird999]

do black with yellow fade coming up from the bottom.

[mr.hotrod]

the lightning bolts would be cool what chassis will it be on

[blue504life]

nice, please PM me with your mounting and the way you keep the bed attached, i think you should do a bed cover with the lightning on it, but your choice, have fun with this one

[Rovonic]

Lol another project already,I think that black with yellow lightning streaks would look better on an older truck.

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by mr.hotrod

the lightning bolts would be cool what chassis will it be on

thanks, it will be on a car chassis with 2 spacers

Originally Posted by blue504life

nice, please PM me with your mounting and the way you keep the bed attached, i think you should do a bed cover with the lightning on it, but your choice, have fun with this one

i'm toying around with a couple of ideas for bed covers, might do a soft one instead of the traditional hard cover

Originally Posted by Rovonic

Lol another project already,I think that black with yellow lightning streaks would look better on an older truck.

lol, yep another one, i get bored easily so i have to stay busy. we will see i think the lightning will look pretty good on it.

update time
got her partially put together and mocked up. had to trim the bed a little to get it to fit, but she lines up pretty good.

[TripleXmodder(akaXXX)]

hhmmmmm. My same project and I to am using a car chassis. here's the link.

http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14964

[wadethejuggalo]

oh no i think i see a future mini two person contest nice zippo but your slacking you should have got up at 5 and started working on it Jk

[adamcrawls]

Originally Posted by wadethejuggalo

oh no i think i see a future mini two person contest nice zippo but your slacking you should have got up at 5 and started working on it Jk

no! a 3 person contest haha i have one in the works to but its a secret ill give you a hin: its a drag truck, and yours is lookin mighty fine to

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by TripleXmodder(akaXXX)

hhmmmmm. My same project and I to am using a car chassis. here's the link.

http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14964

didn't even notice, but no 2 finished projects can be the same. the car chassis is easier to extend than the truck chassis so most model conversions have the car chassis on it. anyway mine do. i have extended the truck chassis for my tow truck but it was a pain. can't wait to see the finished product of yours bud.
there's likely to be multiple of the same project at the same time. its just how it works out.

Originally Posted by wadethejuggalo

oh no i think i see a future mini two person contest nice zippo but your slacking you should have got up at 5 and started working on it Jk

lol, that's a little early for me

Originally Posted by adamcrawls

no! a 3 person contest haha i have one in the works to but its a secret ill give you a hin: its a drag truck, and yours is lookin mighty fine to

sounds cool, get some pics up!

[Mod-Mad]

You know thats interesting I have the same project that I just finished so it might even be a 4 person contest lol. But I did mine on the truck chassis.Looks like its going to be a nice truck. Can't wait to see it when its done.

[TripleXmodder(akaXXX)]

Cool, we'll have our own little Lightning Club, Lets not make it a competition just for fun.

[blue504life]

looks good, your using a car chassis thou, im was hoping you were doing a truck chassis

(XXX, im in, 94 lighning count?)

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by blue504life

looks good, your using a car chassis thou, im was hoping you were doing a truck chassis

(XXX, im in, 94 lighning count?)

yeah the cars are a lot easier to extend the chassis on. thanks man

[blue504life]

Originally Posted by zippo855

yeah the cars are a lot easier to extend the chassis on. thanks man

true, but the extention needed for that truck is like 1/8th inch, nicely cut piece of styrene works just fine

[TripleXmodder(akaXXX)]

Im sure both will look good and work fine. I just don't have alot of truck chassis and I didn't want to use one for this because the car chassis (which I have plenty of) will work very nice for this lowrider. I can't wait to see some update photos of your trucks.

[zippo855]

well i am running out of things to paint at the moment, so i decided the lightning need a bed cover. i cut one out of a xmod case. what do you think? leave it with the xmod logo, or get a plain one?

[noturday]

i'd probably make a plain one myself, even though it looks cool, i'm not big on huge logos on cars. i would try to make it as realistic as possible, make people think its not an r/c.