exesivefire Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Looks great as usual. I myself have a love hate relationship with the cameras. Saved me a few times for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Looking good Bill. Can't wait to see this one finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 yes yes yes .. soo nice !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 I sincerely appreciate everyone's comments. She's closing on the point where all the bits will have to be final-fitted and primered. Wish I had more time to work on this, but I'm glad for what little I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Good adjustment on the faring, Bill Looks more in line with the shape of the body now. I am really enjoying watching you work out the design on this. You seem to have a very good eye for creating a sense of motion through shape. Good stuff. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Edman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 exceptionally cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Good adjustment on the faring, Bill Looks more in line with the shape of the body now. I am really enjoying watching you work out the design on this. You seem to have a very good eye for creating a sense of motion through shape. Good stuff. Scott Thank you very much. exceptionally cool Thank you too, sir. -------------------------------------------------------------- One of my methods for creating finely-sculpted shapes is to tape off areas I want to build up, and only add filler where it's really needed. That worked out well, and the right side now matches the left side...as much as it's gonna. I got ol' Lefty to sit in the car again, this time with the seat installed on the frame rails, just to verify that the driver's head will actually be in the center of the fairing as-built. Things seemed to be close enough to shoot a few coats of SEM self-etching primer. This stuff is really hot, and when shot very wet, really hammered on, it makes the styrene swell somewhat. The bondoed areas don't swell. I use it because it provides exceptional adhesion, and this model will be the plug for a set of body panel molds. I want to do a few takeoffs on this design, but I don't want to do all this work again. I also don't want to have to repaint it after molding, and really good adhesion of the primer is insurance against the finish coming off and sticking to the mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Looking good. Great update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 (edited) I put the black-primered body in the sun for a couple hours to cook off, then scuffed it with a gray ScotchBrite pad, and shot a couple coats of SEM high-build buff primer over it all. In this scale, it's pretty much like sprayable bondo, and fills 180 grit sand scratches well. Again, let it sun-bake, and sanded it with 400 wet. After sanding, I sprayed a couple of coats of PlastiKote scratch-filler gray primer. Getting close, but still many minor issues to tighten up. It's necessary to re-scribe the panel lines after every primer application, and some of the details are softening from the thick primer. I'll need to sharpen them back up after this coat hardens, and then shoot a couple of coats of sandable, non-high-build white primer. I also have to be very careful of primer buildup on the louvered areas, and that takes a different technique to avoid. Edited April 12, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm digging the look of this Bill - thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Looking very good Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 looks great !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Twister Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsxse240 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I am awestruck. Some of the best bodywork I've seen. I cannot wait for more updates. Honestly, the progress of this build is so inspiring, in don't know if I would like to see it finished! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Great body work Bill and love the look.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Amazing body work. Very crisp and clean. The design looks great. Looking forward to seeing more progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Thanks guys. i just buried the rear bellypan in SEM high-build buff, and shot a couple more coats of scratch-filler PlastiKote gray on the upper body. Details are crispening up, but I'm going to let her shrink in all work-week. I'm getting a little antsy wanting to see her in paint now...and that's the time to put on the brakes. This is really an exercise in self-discipline for me, 'cause normally I would have put her to the side and started on something else weeks ago, when the build got a little more involved than I'd originally anticipated. I thought this was going to be a relative "quickie", just to get one actually finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Beautiful bodywork Bill. I need to get a can of that SEM high build myself. I keep torturing myself w/ the can of Duplicolor I cant seem to just toss out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 This is really an exercise in self-discipline for me, 'cause normally I would have put her to the side and started on something else weeks ago, when the build got a little more involved than I'd originally anticipated. Which brings up something I've been meaning to PM you about sometime. I recall a lot of really great unfinished concepts you've posted to this site or another. I'd like to request that you start a thread showing all the cool primer projects and start ups you've done, maybe with a note or two. Finished or not, they're inspirational. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 when the build got a little more involved than I'd originally anticipated. I thought this was going to be a relative "quickie", Ha! Every project goes down that merry path! Stay the course, finish it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Looking very slick at this point.I would have been tempted to leave as it looked after the "sanded with 400"photo but then tht's not the style you are building.I have never heard of that SEM thick primer.What's the normal source for that?Thanks for sharing.I like this more with every update. Edited April 15, 2015 by misterNNL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuzzed Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Ha! Every project goes down that merry path! Stay the course, finish it! Yep- all too often, the most simple stuff turns out to be the most simply complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) Hey Bill really want to see more of this one!I'm away a lot so don't get on the forum much nowadays...All the best,-Don. Edited May 2, 2015 by DonW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFleckMoonbird Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Love the vintage lakesters, and really like seeing old glue bombs salvaged .....nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedster Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Wonderful job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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