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'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Of course, Rusty! These lenses, wherever they're from are perfect replicas, including the little channels for the attachment screws. (Wow! Several object lessons in this shot, including; "Epoxy is not an archival method for attaching photo-etched emblems!," and "Here's why kit glass is junk!") -
1967 Pontiac Bonneville. 2/20, COMPLETE!!
John Goschke replied to StevenGuthmiller's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Yep, that's the right color, alright! Looks terrific, Steve! -
Thanks! After looking for awhile this was the first one I could actually almost afford that wasn't completely roached. Thanks, Steve! I actually sold the emblems off this hood. You hardly ever see one with stock caps. Thanks! Clean ones are definitely at a premium. This one was a bit of a glue bomb but, at least, hadn't been painted. I'm finding that where the discolored plastic is thin along the edges, like the window moldings, it is very brittle and chips easily. Thanks, David! Like some other things in this world, she may be sweet, but can be tough to work with! Thanks, JC! The goal will be to finish the '58 Fairlane first but I will be paying some attention to this one, too. Should soon have an update on a cheap and easy engine upgrade for it. Thanks, Geno! Yeah, I know what you mean. Darn Chevies are everywhere!
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'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Chris. Just don't overthink it -- that's the kiss of death for a lot of projects. Ask me how I know! Thanks, Marcos! Hope to see you at Sept. Showdown. This won't be there unless I bring it as an unfinished project. -
'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Rusty! I think Juha Ario may have tinted this or similar material for his builds. Bill Geary did the vac thing for his '59 Impala. Thanks, Chris. The '57 Ford piece is actually more accurate, but since my custom may just have a chrome bullet over the wiper shaft for a cleaner look, I didn't want to shave the wipers off and scribe the missing ventholes. Sounds like you had a good plan for the taillights, too bad it didn't work out. I wish I could remember where I got the clear red lights on yellow and black car - they were a custom option in an early '60s AMT kit. The fender ornaments were scratch-made and consist of a carved plastic base, a thin aluminum strip ring filled Micro Kristal-Kleer, with two little dabs of Kristal-Kleer on either that are painted gold. You can see them better in these two shots (The foils needs to be redone on the bases!) -
Having just acquired a pristine bed floor from one of the eBay parts purveyors for this old truck I took a break from the '58 Fairlane to fit it to the model and resolve some other issues. The new floor was shortened to match the original one. When I originally shortened the bed I wound up with an extremely fragile joint at the front corners of the pickup box where it attached to the cab. So I worked up a new joint method by first cutting the front wall of the bed away where it was molded to cab then cemented it to the box. After which I cemented a new sheet styrene rear cab wall and cut a large notch out of it. Then I cemented the piece cut from the notch to outside front bed wall so that it would fit into the notch when the cab and bed were put together. A sheet styrene tab was cemented on top of the piece from the notch on the bed which would overlap the inside rear of the cab wall when the cab was slipped over it, locking the two together. Hopefully the photos illustrate this better than I can explain it. I also tweaked the wheelbase a bit to get the rear wheels centered under the high point of the rear wheel opening and lowered the rear to get rid of the jacked-up stinkbug stance and get it a more subtle rake. The bed was also dropped down a tad from its original position to get the upper body crease lined up through the cab and bed, after which it was necessary to shave a little of the lower edge of the bed forward of the rear wheel opening and too reshape the rocker panels.
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In spite of the headaches the end product looks fine!
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Nice clean job! Perfect color choice, too. The stance, track width, etc. looks just right.
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'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Rob. Yep, this stuff is great. However if you are too aggressive when bending or the curve is too sharp it show fine internal stress cracks that look like fogging. -
'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Terry! Of course now I've gotta clock in an extra three to four hours on almost every build from here on! -
'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Bill! After doing this I really wish I'd used this technique on the '58 Impala I recently completed. The "glass' on that one is ridiculous. Fortunately that's another where the wrap-around windshield doesn't have a compound curve. You're right, vacuforming is the only answer though for a bunch of other cars from the period – yeah, I'm lookin' at you '59 Imperial! -
'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Mike! -
New Build 1957 Ford Del Rio Station Wagon Finished !
John Goschke replied to Metalmad's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Great craftsmanship on this build! -
1967 Pontiac Bonneville. 2/20, COMPLETE!!
John Goschke replied to StevenGuthmiller's topic in WIP: Model Cars
The engine bay enhancements look terrific, Steve! -
Looks promising. Keep it going!
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'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Phil! She's got long way to "Under Glass!" Time to stop fussing with the body and create some sort of interior. -
'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Geno! Gotta say these last few operations have felt kind of risky but it feels good to push things a little further on this one. -
Nice builds! Looks the photo thing is working for you – let's see more!
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Very cool! I like the color combo. The aggressive look of the dark wheels and tires against the pale pearl green body gives it character – a not-so-subtle street racer pretending to be a sleeper.
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Very sharp! The color makes that car!
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'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Well, got a cowl vent in, fixing that little detail that AMT missed. It's a bit of a compromise, since it's from the new-tool Edsel Pacer, and so isn't entirely correct, with four slots in each front-to-back row where the real cars had five. I chose it over the more-correct AMT '57 Ford piece because the wipers are separate. I drilled a series of holes in the Ford's cowl and carefully carved it out while preserving the original windshield molding in place. Then the vent was roughly sawed from the Edsel body and trimmed to fit in place. Before & After And on the left an early attempt from around 1980 to scribe the vent in... Also replaced the vintage AMT glass with PVC sheet. To do this I created patterns by covering the outside of the kit glass with Tamiya tape, then installing the parts and tracing the outline of the window openings onto the tape with a fine black marker. Then the glass was removed from the car and the tape was carefully peeled off, after which the tape was applied to a piece of file folder stock and the pattern cut out with a #11, being careful to cut about 3/32" outside the marker outline – this makes the pattern slightly oversize which will allow the new "glass" to overlap inside the window opening. I then installed the patterns in place of the glass and traced their outline inside the body with the fine marker. After removing the patterns I cemented styrene strips inside the body to hold the new glass in place. With the strips cemented in the fit was tested using the patterns. The patterns simply pop in place without cement. Then the new glass was cut out of .2mm clear PVC sheet from the art supply store and snapped in for test fit. A HUGE improvement over the kit glass! -
'58 Fairlane 500 Semi-Custom! Finished at Last!
John Goschke replied to John Goschke's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks, Bruce! -
K&R Kustoms+Rods 33/36 Coupe -update Halloween
John Goschke replied to Rocking Rodney Rat's topic in WIP: Model Cars
I keep looking at this, thinking "swoopy front-hinged door..." Thankfully pixels are easier to fill and scribe than plastic!