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Topic starter
15/07/2018 4:38 am
One of none..... I thought, LOL.
So I had mentioned in the past I thought these would make beautiful convertibles. I had this one sitting around as my sample car and late Friday I started the conversion then finished it early yesterday. Needless to say I made the boot which isn't perfect but for a sample its fine. Didn't have any sun to shoot good pics as its monsoon season here.
Long story short I was posting it here and forgot to change the size of the pics so I didn't. I did however post it elsewhere and to my amazement though it was a true one of one in diecast/resin until it was pointed out that BoS launched there convertible version late Friday.
I checked the site on Friday, didn't see it but I am glad I didn't buy 6 when I bought this one as I would be stuck with overly expensive convertibles nobody would buy.
Onto the car, as you see and it may be the only red convertible version done (they launched a blue one). These are more time consuming to do then a metal car because of the car needed to make sure not a crack the fragile resin body. Because of this I got lazy and didn't mix the matching color for the boot or sun visors and just used some tan that was reasonably close I had pre mixed.
Thought I would share and have a great Sunday.
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15/07/2018 5:08 am
Looks great.
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
15/07/2018 5:51 am
+1 ... This looks really great !
15/07/2018 6:46 am
Impressive work. Stunning model!
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
15/07/2018 7:34 am
Now that's a perfectly beautiful model !
15/07/2018 9:05 am
The blue one, just for the record
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15/07/2018 11:12 am
I want one of each along with a removeable up top.
15/07/2018 11:25 am
I like the red one better.
15/07/2018 11:27 am
Looks GRT John & it's happen to me. I mod something only to find out a company will release it.
15/07/2018 11:34 am
Beautiful.
Topic starter
15/07/2018 12:24 pm
Interior on this is made for the convertible plus because
I was limited time wise I didn't paint the snaps on (also because the color was wrong) and didn't do the downturns on the ends into the interior which I probably would have done if I did a run of 6 of them. All that is water under the bridge now.
15/07/2018 1:41 pm
The red one looks great, John!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
15/07/2018 1:42 pm
300H wasn't available in this color!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
16/07/2018 1:04 am
It looks great! Nice work.
16/07/2018 5:06 am
That looks fantastic!
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