#nomad vantage

[mynonsenseistingling]

It's time for another Cyberpunk related car build!

I "finished" the Nomad Vantage a while ago and I wasn't really in the humour to work on another (despite having started 2 others while working on the Vantage), but the desire to work on this hit too hard so I may as well start it.

I picked up a 1:24 Porsche 911 Turbo (930), same model as Johnny's and I'm making a Nomad version of it.

The Vantage was a cheap rc car I picked up for €10, the 911 is diecast aluminium, so I'm less likely to melt this one and have to rebuild the whole front.

Initially I was going to go with the CrystalDome windows but it has a full interior so it'd be a shame to cover that up. I haven't made up my mind just yet, the CrystalDome would be better aesthetically. I'll flip a coin at some point.

I've already stripped it down to the bare shell, the front bumper was just glued on the the rear is moulded to the body so I had to carefully cut it off with an angle grinder. Hardly the tool for surgical precision but some of it was 8mm thick.

[mynonsenseistingling]

WIP Whenever

Tagged by both @ghostoffuturespast and @wanderingaldecaldo

It's been 9 months since I had an update on the Nomad Vantage since I either didn't have the time or the space to work on it. But big advancements.

I figured out I could just make decals from really thin printer paper and glue it onto the model. The only printer I have access to is a monochrome laser printer, but it turns out if you put clear lacquer over the printed toner it completely seals it. Then use thin pva glue to adhere it to the model. I mean what nomad vehicle would be complete without flaming horse skeletons. Plus a few others.

I also threw some old waterslide decals on it for good measure, mostly to fill out some blank spaces. I went to clear it, to seal down the decals and the lacquer reacted badly to everything but the decals and I've had to repaint around them. Not the worst that's ever happened, but not an ideal situation.

I also added a light bar to the roof to, which helps to break up the silhouette. Gives it a more aggressive profile, as if the armour plated bumper wasn't doing enough.

Next to do is finish fixing the paint and then do some weathering. I should be done before the sequel comes out.