Lunajammer Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) This is my entry into the 2022 Cannonball Run CBP. I wanted a searchable record for this build so future curiosity seekers won't have to pool through 29-pages of Community Build. Also I'll be adding slightly more info that gets into stuff that might just hog space over there. The CBP theme is "year of birth." I was inspired by revisiting a kit I built in my tweens sometime in the mid 70's. This was the first model I used spray paint on. I didn't love the kit so I never prized it, but I'm more nostalgic now and it's like visiting an old friend. My starting point. Talk about a timeless kit. Since this is supposed to be for a hypothetical cross country, outlaw race, I'm doing it as a street machine. First task, I'm hogging out the wheel openings and adding flares. This is what I'm using for the flares. Edited January 22, 2022 by Lunajammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 While I intended to use the spare Thunderbird 390 engine from the Lindberg '34 Ford pickup, I decided to keep it simple by sticking with the kit-provided engine, which is a 427 big block Chevy... ya know, the one with the hole through it. So that's the first thing to patch. I bought the kit at a swap and the engine halves and heads were glued on with no particular care. I'll live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) I'm considering some five slot deep dish wheels from my vast parts box inherited from many over the years, but one rim is broken, so I tried to fix it with a spare ring. Broken rim is ground off and the ring is prepped. All four after repair and awaiting paint. Still undecided if these are what I really want to go with but that's where I'm at for now. Edited January 22, 2022 by Lunajammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Primed and sanded. Got some paint. It's a Krylon color called Celery. Discontinued, I bought it on sale some years ago and have been waiting for a project to use it on, wasn't even sure if it's still any good. Also, I'm still undecided about the five slot mag wheels, so I did a mock up with some deep dish, six lug steelies that I cast a few years ago. Still undecided, but I'm getting the picture of where this is going. After priming, the interior bucket was shot with camouflage tan from the big box hardware store. It's a fairly dark tan and is very flat. It has a micro fine texture, almost powdery. Edited January 22, 2022 by Lunajammer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Interesting build so far. Like how you done the wheel arch flares using the quarter round. Nice repair work on the wheels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcaps55 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Awesome build so far it's going to be a hard choice on those wheels i like both they both fit the build and what you did for the wheel wells looks great nice way to finish the body line off just perfect with the size tires nice.!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 I've had some Scale Motorsports decals for a few years and decided to give them a try. First order is to tame that flat tan with gloss so the decals will stick better. To create my pattern I taped over the seats and tried to get rubbings of the piping. Then cut out the pattern and lightly laid them over the sheet to cut the decals. I used painters tape. If you use this rather than light tack tape, I recommend rubbing it over your pants first to decrease the stick. Yikes! While it's not my intention for this to be looking so "Town-'n'-Country," it certainly looks like adding a tent and fishing rods ought to be next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Good job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 Had our first warm day of the season and I got a little impulsive to finally get that clear coat on the '61 Ranchero. Didn't think it through and put a coat of Testors One Coat lacquer over my Rustoleum green, which I think is acrylic enamel. The green almost turned white and obviously put on a finely crazed surface. I think this is the first time ever I've had to strip a body that I painted myself. Grr! 😠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Feel for you paint looked real nice. May I ask what you used to largin your wheel openings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 I used .08" quarter round strip. I forgot to mention in this thread that I got some detail elements from Art Laski over at Scale Pro Shop. You can see the obvious problem with the dated interior bucket of the '61 Ranchero. I'm guessing the lack of hard edge, protruding door detail has more do with the state of molding in the early 60s than it does about anything else. Regardless, I'll build these old dinosaurs any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica007 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Like what you did with the body mods and the unusual color choices look good, feel bad about the paint results too. Real nice fix on the wheels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Super Clean, or whatever it's called now, (purple pond) really did the trick. An overnight soak and a soft toothbrush cleaned it like a whistle. Nothing residual in the scripts or grooves. Very happy, so all I've lost is a little time, and I've got lots of paint left. Also I got the photo etch details onto the interior doors. Not liking the old-man-trousers look of the seats I grunged them up a bit with a careful wash and knocked down that gleaming white and spotless tan. Now it's more like vintage-thermos-found-in-a-shed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairlane1320 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 6:20 PM, Lunajammer said: I used .08" quarter round strip. I forgot to mention in this thread that I got some detail elements from Art Laski over at Scale Pro Shop. You can see the obvious problem with the dated interior bucket of the '61 Ranchero. I'm guessing the lack of hard edge, protruding door detail has more do with the state of molding in the early 60s than it does about anything else. Regardless, I'll build these old dinosaurs any day. Hmmm... looks very similar to what I need for a Maverick project...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Yeah, that's pretty close. I don't recall what other patterns Scale Motorsports had but it might be worth looking into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Cool project. Flares look great on this body. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Nice work, sorry about the paint problem. Been there a time or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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