Jantrix Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 That looks great Rich. Excellent work as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Amazing build of a very beautiful car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 WAY nice job on that, Rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks very much everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Pretty!!! -MJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 That's very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks guys. I emailed pictures of this finished model to my younger brother in New Hampshire and he replied, asking me where the curb feelers were..!!! I had them on the real car and totally forgot to add them to the model. I'll put them on today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Very well done. congrats. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTS GUY Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Very nice build. How cool to be able to build a car that you actually owned. It does make a difference in the deatails when you know how the real car looks. Sorry to hear no longer have the car, we all have one of those stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Beautiful build Rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drgon63 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 hey rich speefreak see that as a space ship... ya gotta show him ZZZZZZZT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendog261 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Very nice and I love the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's one sweetheart of a ride I'd dearly love to have in 1:1. Wouldn't even mind paying for all the gas it would take to cruise in that much cool. Great looking model, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thank you all very much for your great comments. Bill, that car got an average of 16 MPG. It only had a 20 gallon tank and I used to have to fill it twice a week if I drove it to work every day. You are so right about cruising in that much cool...!!! The car turned heads wherever I drove it. Yeah Tom, I'll bet he would like the ZZT Dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Turned out GREAT Rich! Hope to see it on Sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thanks Jeff. Yes, you will see it on Sunday in Castle Shannon and I look forward to seeing you again. I'll also be bringing the '56 Nomad that you helped me out with the parts for. See you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am73grand Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 This is really, really, nice!! You really nailed the look of the real car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I can't believe I missed this one . . . another real beauty ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Sharp looking model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thanks a lot guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruleworld Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 your model looks fantastic, but BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH! the 59 dodge is an ugly car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Very nice build Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Rich, how did you tint the windows? Did you airbrush them? Looks so fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks very much guys. Sorry Walter, but while you are entitled to your opinion, I tend to disagree with you. Jon, there's a bit of a story about the windows. The promo kit that my friend John gave me had a one piece clear glass piece that had the front, rear and side glass. I didn't want the side glass in the car so I decided to use both my razor saw and my dremel to remove the side glass. I inserted the glass piece and scribed a line with my XActo knife along the front edge of the rear B pillars. Being a smart Alec, I thought that I could saw the front windshield off by eye instead of scribing a line along the rear edge of the vent window posts...... WRONG...!!! I wound up cutting it about an 8th of an inch too short and about half of the vent windows had no glass...!!! Fortunately I had 2 '59 Dodge promo glass pieces in my parts stash but they were tinted green instead of being clear. I chose the one that was tinted a lighter shade of green. I then inserted the glass piece and scribed a line on the green glass along the rear edge of the vent window posts. Then I carefully cut both the front glass from the green piece and rear glass loose from the clear piece with the saw about 1/16th of an inch short of the scribed lines and used sanding sticks to remove the remaining glass up to and including the scribed line. I polished the front green and rear clear glass with Novus 2 polish to remove fine scratches. At final assembly a drop of CA glue landed dead center on the inside of the front glass about 1/4 inch below the window molding.!! I spent about an hour or so polishing out the CA glue mark with the glass being attached to the body.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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