smellyfatdude Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) I quite like how this has turned out so far. I hope you do too, 'cause I'm never foiling one of these Hornet coupes again! I'll do the ' 52 convertible, or maybe a resin hardtop, but I can live without ever having to squint that much again, quite happily. Duplicolor medium quasar blue over Tamiya TS-54 light metallic blue. Probably not a close factory match, but it's a nice, subtle effect with the slightly darker roof. So, I'm fine if it's a day two car. The interior pretty closely matches a couple cars I found reference pics of, and for that I used grey primer and Krylon Bahama Sea. The blue had too much gloss, so I brushed on a couple coats of Tamiya flat clear, then brushed some Testors dullcote on the grey portion of the seats. All the rest of the pieces are painted, and for those of you who've foiled one of these I think you'll agree, the hard part is done. Edited October 31, 2015 by smellyfatdude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bismarck Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Wow man!! That's beautiful !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looking good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 GREAT start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGL Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Looks really good, I'm just starting this one and was trying to figure out how the trim ran down the sides, all that hard work makes a great reference for me, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper Monkey Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I like it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Beautiful paint color and foil SFD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khier Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It turned out to be very nice. I do not understand what do you hate about foiling this car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Excellent start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Looking great! Excellent paint and BMF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) I know what you mean about the foiling.I'm just starting to do the foil on my '53 Hornet and those miniscule belt line mouldings are driving me nuts trying to get them done!I'm dreading trying to do the side window frames.This model may be the first one where I need my Optivisor to do foiling. Edited September 18, 2015 by ZTony8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Great paint and interior. They go together well. I know what you mean about foil. Anything from the '50s thru the '60s is going to use a lot of foil and try your patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Hoffman Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 What you have done so far is outstanding. I have this kit unstarted and feel the chrome trim on the rear fender area is too lightly molded. Was it raised enough for the blade to follow? BTW, I'm in 100% agreement with you on the upper chrome. I did the '53 and kept saying there has to be an easier way to do this. Finally gave up on the roof line molding and brush painted between them. The '54 looks a little easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellyfatdude Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated. Al, the side trim wasn't too bad, even for me and I'm half blind. You can see there actually is a fairly prominent ridge there along the trim, where you have to cut. My instinct is always to cut a little wide anyway, then go back and give the foil a closer trim if it's sticking out a little too far. But those side windows . . . . . aack! Try it with ultra bright chrome, that's what I used on the entire body. It's a lot thinner, tears easier, twists itself in to the shape of a curly french fry when you peel it off the sheet, and doesn't stick anywhere near as well. But ooohhh, that shine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Hoffman Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I try to avoid the Ultra-bright for the reasons you mentioned. I meant to mention earlier and forgot to watch the throttle linkage air cleaner fit. My linkage wouldn't let the rear air cleaner sit level without some massaging. Really like your color selection too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 nice paint, really shiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Looks good, I bought one and can't wait to custom it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanK Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hope you painted the gas tank door ...it'll take some carefull gluing with all that great paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbrad Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Well done. Totally agree on the foiling. I did one of the 53's couple yrs ago. Seemed like it took a week to foil it. I put a Ford motor out of the AMT 60 in mine. Still have the Hudson 6 sitting here. Thinking of doing a rat rod with the new 29 and using it in that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbo Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Man, that paint and foil look striking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellyfatdude Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) Thanks again for the input. Haven't had much time to build anything, but I did get the door panels and dash finished. Like on the ' 53 kit, the trim on the interior panels just wasn't there, so once again I added Evergreen strips and foiled them. They didn't score a win with the location of the rear window cranks on this one, either. They're still a couple scale inches too high. But ehhh, it's a Moebius kit, right? I'd still tell anyone who'd never built one to go ahead and just do it. I've been trying to get some other projects painted while the weather is co-operating. I convinced myself I don't do enough builds in fun colors, so I painted this ' 66 Cutlass with Krylon Dual satin ivory over Testors one coat flaming orange, then clear coated with Rustoleum lacquer.. And the ' 60 Desoto, sprayed yesterday with the Krylon ivory over Duplicolor Bright Teal. Looks like a fun color, too! Edited October 7, 2015 by smellyfatdude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson_15_ Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated. Al, the side trim wasn't too bad, even for me and I'm half blind. You can see there actually is a fairly prominent ridge there along the trim, where you have to cut. My instinct is always to cut a little wide anyway, then go back and give the foil a closer trim if it's sticking out a little too far. But those side windows . . . . . aack! Try it with ultra bright chrome, that's what I used on the entire body. It's a lot thinner, tears easier, twists itself in to the shape of a curly french fry when you peel it off the sheet, and doesn't stick anywhere near as well. But ooohhh, that shine! This is terrible news! Im building the kit right now so im going to have to go through all this as well! I also am using ultra bright and I know what you mean. It sucks but the result is great. Edited October 5, 2015 by Anderson_15_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Nice! Foiling the '54 is a cakewalk compared to foiling a '52 or '53. Lot's less intricate trimwork in the greenhouse. But yeah, the convertible is easiest of them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Beautiful foil work SFD, and interior is looking good. You have two really nice painted bodies there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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