Art Laski Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Man, that thing was rough. Another display of your impressive skills, David!-Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Considering what you started with. This is a pretty impressive project. Nice work. Can't wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the comments everyone! As I said in the last post, I found some waves in the body. I blocked the major surfaces with some 180 dry and found about 5 spots that needed to be addressed. Once I had them flat, I followed it up with some 320 wet and primed it to see how I'm doing. I don't think you can see it, but the body is recessed around the headlight bezels on the 1:1 so I started shaping them and the headlights fit pretty good. Edited January 6, 2015 by Psychographic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Really nice work. This project isn't sows ear to silk purse its pig poop to silk purse. Looking forward to more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finks Garage Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Great job! If by some chance you decide to toss that in rubber and make copies....I would LOVE one to build! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 I think I've found a way to scribe the doors. First I made a huge mess trying to scribe the lines straight and smooth. I then worked off of this disaster and kept carving until I had a shape I could deal with. I then filled it all in with finishing putty and before it set completely, I scribed the lines again. This was followed up with some sanding and re-scribing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 I used .020 square rod to make a drip rail for the roof. I also was reminded of how much I hate working with Ca glue. I almost made it with one piece, but it was about a half inch to short. One of the front corners split, so seeing as the joint was going to be in the front anyway, I cut both sides.just behind the front doors to add the needed piece. It's crazy how a little detail like this changes the whole look ( at least to me it does) of the van. The corner closest in this pic split too. If I can't sand it round to follow the contour of the body, I'll cut it out and make a new section to fill in. I started looking through the inventory for some donor door handles. I found a pair from a 56 Nomad that looked close enough. Here's my rig for making the mold. I've never tried to cast something so small, I hope I don't screw it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Outstanding Modeling! Great to see the transformation from a resin brick into a nice looking van. My earliest car memories are of our families Corvair Greenbrier. When I was about 6yr old, while my dad was working under the rig in the drive. I crawled in under with him and he gave some odd ball wrench so I would feel like I was helping. Well help I did! The wrench just happen to fit the oil pan bolts of which I had promptly removed all but one before dad discovered my mechanical skills. The only thing keeping us from being drenched in motor oil was the gasket seal! Any Nascar pit crew would have been proud at the speed those bolts made their way back in place, my dad was amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 On resin casting those door handles. I'd suggest burying a short length of straight pin on the button side to make it easier to install on the finished van. When I do door handles and mirrors this way, I glue them from the inside of the body so there is no danger of marring the exterior finish. The above photo are manifolds that I drilled out and glued in the pins, but you have the opportunity to mold around a pin with resin. You'd only need one pin for a door handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 You are doing a great job here, the body work is impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 I cut out the corner of the drip rail and added a new piece. Next I used some .030 rod to make the wheelwell lips and used .020 rod for the bottom edge of the rockers. After a pass with some finishing putty and a quick sanding it's starting to really look like something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vairnut Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Great Work ! Really startng to look like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc7wzl Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 wow great work... that body needs to have a mold made!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubaja Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 What an amazing transformation so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wheel trim looks great, David... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 David...is this project on the shelf? I was totally enjoying your work. Hope you bring it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 David...is this project on the shelf? I was totally enjoying your work. Hope you bring it back! It's on hold until it warms up a bit. My workbench is in the basement which isn't heated, but usually stays fairly worm. This year it's been fairly cool down there and I hate being cold. The good news is warm weather is in the 10 day forecast for my area, so I should be back on this soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Man, that is some rework. Looking great. Like the folks say, this needs to have molds pulled when you're done. Way too much work on this to be only a one-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Wow. Just found this. It should be warming up soon. I'll be watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codie27 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Just found this thread and took my time going thru it, great work so far on bringing that lump of resin to life,its shaping up nicely. I hope you stick at it,and like everyone else im looking forward to seeing more updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 This is truly a labor of love.One can only hope the caster of the original has seen this and is as impressed as the rest of us are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) great job you are doing. thought you might enjoy this. Edited May 17, 2015 by Ken Gilkeson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finks Garage Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Any updates Dave? Really enjoy seeing your progress on this van! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) looks great !! Edited April 28, 2015 by crazyrichard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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