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Thanks Mike
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hedotwo started following Suggestions how to recreate fender texture on '59 Mercs , 64 Imperial windshield , Amt 1964 Mercury Marauder Fast Back. and 2 others
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I need to replace the windshield on a 64 Imperial convertible. It looks as though a 65 Imperial might work as a donor, and possibly a 63 as well? Would anyone know? Thanks!
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Beautiful job David!
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Thanks Mike!
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Thanks Steve!
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That sounds right about the 64 Lincoln, Mark. The first one is the one I was really stumped on. Thanks as usual!
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These were on a real junker '61 Tbird. Are they the custom wheels from that year? Or kitbashed from somewhere else? EDIT.... added another pic of another wheel. A Ford? Thanks!
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So I went ahead and did the quarter panels. Turned out ok, but not great. I used a PE razor saw to remove the old quarters and fortunately the body trim kept the saw nice and straight. I sanded down the height of the ribbing a bit and bent the pieces just a bit by laying them on a 1/4" rod and pushing hard, just enough to get them to wrap under instead of being flat. Not the smoothest result, but better than nothing I guess. I added a couple of 030 strips to add strength to the pieces when I attached them.
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Thanks for the suggestion Chris... had I known this I may not have bought a sheet of the corrogated, although I can always use it in the future. Turns out the Merc rear bumper is the same as the Evergreen sheet as far as rib spacing and depth so I'll just use the two pieces I've already cut from the sheet. Just hoping to get them to bend under a bit to match the existing. This project is next in line on my bench...
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I made a template with foil of the rear quarter panels, taped to the ribbed sheet and then cut and sanded to fit. Now, I just need to do the cutting of the existing panels (gulp) and then trying to get a slight bend under on these 040 thick pieces. If they don't bend and stay I may try and sand them down to a thinner thickness and try again.
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I like this idea and it's probably worth giving a shot. I used to do german armor modelling years ago and got pretty good at recreating zimmerit by dragging razor saws across putty. Trouble is, I didn't really care if the zimmerit was straight or not. It never was in real life anyway. But I could try on sheet styrene and even putty again (but the putty will need to be just the right consistency to get it smooth and straight I'm guessing). Thanks
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I'm about to start on a 59 Merc convertible that has a bunch of skirt rash. I've done a hardtop 59 previously that had about the same amount of rash that I chose to just remove to smooth, then foil with a matt chrome. Before I start the work on this convertible I thought I'd ask for any suggestions on how to possibly recreate the fine texture on the lower portion of the fender. I'm attaching a photo of Steve Guthmiller's beautiful 59 for what it should look like. Thanks!