StevenGuthmiller

Easy off oven cleaner works nice Charlie. It won't hurt the plastic. Or you could go to your local auto parts store and get some "Super Clean". The stuff in the purple bottle. This stuff will strip your parts as clean as a whistle & it will never hurt your plastic. I've soaked parts in it for a month or more with no affect on the plastic. Mind you, some flat paints & primers can be a little tough to remove no matter what you use, but I'm confident that once you try these options, you'll never go back to finger nail polish remover. Besides, the acetone in the polish remover will damage the plastic if you're not careful. If you do decide to try either the oven cleaner or Super Clean, be sure to wear gloves & in the case of oven cleaner, a mask. The fumes in the oven cleaner can bring you to your knees in a hurry & the Super Clean is as affective at removing skin as it is paint. The Super Clean can be used over & over again & it is biodegradable. Very cost effective. I bought a gallon of it a year ago & am still using the same stuff. Here's a couple of shots of what can be done in a couple of hours in Super Clean. Steve

Nice save Mike! Looks like the previous owner glued it together with a caulking gun!! Steve

Hmmm.... poop brown. Was that baby poop brown, or just regular poop? Or could it be cow poop brown with a touch of green? Steve

I've been using the stuff for a while now & I love it too! First time I saw it was @ Hobby Lobby, so I thought I'd give it a try. Now I order several re-fills of the 6mm at a time from Burbank House of Hobbies for $2.60 each. Steve

Spent a little time @ the bench today getting some foiling done. It's always exciting to me to get the foil on these '50s cars. It really starts making them come to life! Got a pretty good start on the interior too. Starting the detailing on that as well. Steve

The only thing I'll say is one of the reasons I use a siphon feed air brush is the fact that I use a lot of MCW paints. Pop the lid onto the jar, & you're good to go. When I'm done, I don't have to clean cups or jars, just the brush. Plus any detailing paint I have left, I store in airbrush jars. Keeps forever & when I'm ready to use it again, Just screw on the lid & go. One of these days I would like to get a cheap gravity feed brush just for the small quick jobs when I don't need much paint or where I'll be doing several color changes. But for painting bodies & such, there's nothing wrong with my trusty old Badger. By the way, I run MCW "airbrush cleaner" through mine all of the time. It's some pretty wicked stuff! If it doesn't destroy the seals, nothing will! Steve

I use WLC the same as any other clear. between 2 & 4 fairly wet coats. A lot depends on how much polishing your going to do. If you're a little heavy handed with your polishing, like I am, more coats are better to cut down on the possibility of grinding through the clear to the color coats & beyond. But, as Bill said, every builder on the planet will most likely give you a different answer. Just like most things, trial & error will eventually get you to a system that works for you. Steve

This is how they look when you're a total slob......like me! I think I better get out a little Windex! Steve

Pretty cool! I'm a little surprised at the "Root Beer" color. It's nicer than I had guessed. More of a deep brick red than a dark brown. Steve

Very nice Alan!! I'm not real big into four doors, but this was the car you were much more likely to see on the road in '57. Kind of has a refreshing feel or "hominess" to it. A nice departure from all of the "blingy" top of the line cars from that era. Steve

I've been using a Badger 200 single action suction feed for probably 25 years. I've had others, but I always gravitate back to it. Has always been good to me & does what I need it to do. I figure, why change now. Steve

Do you actually do any work in there? Mine looks a lot more like New Orleans After the hurricane! Only with more dust & empty boxes! Steve

So, if they don't list them on their website, how do you get them? There are 7 "factory" patterns on the website. Sure would be nice if there were more.....that we could see. Steve

As far as I know there are no rules John! As there are apparently no winners or prizes. You can do whatever you like! I build almost exclusively factory stock, as do a lot of other members here, so yes, stock is absolutely appropriate! I think this is just a good opportunity to get a bunch of guys together to build a Lincoln & show it off. Is my assumption correct guys? Steve

Scale Motor Sports is the only company, that I know of, producing 1/25th scale upholstery patterns. (I wish there were more) They have maybe a half dozen factory style patterns from different decades as well as several custom patterns such as zebra, giraffe & elephant hide as well as Mexican blanket patterns. I think some one might be able to do a fair business producing some factory correct patterns from the 50s & 60s. There seems to be a pretty good call for them. I'd buy them! Steve

Nah! Looks pretty crummy to me. Or at least it should, completing it in one day!! I couldn't do that in a million years! At least not well! Another nice job Al. But do us all a favor & take a break. You're making us look bad! Steve

I'll probably do my '60 hardtop.....or my '59 hardtop. I guess I have time to decide! Steve

No rules, remember? If you can't contain yourself, I guess an early entry would be ok. Steve

C'mon Al! This is your dream car! take your time & blow us away!! Steve

Hey! I'll bet even I could stick to those rules! With all of the Lincolns I have laying around, I should be able to get one of them finished in that time frame. Maybe even sooner! Steve

Terrific Emmanuel!! This is exactly what I picture when I think of these old Hudsons! The color is exactly the sort of combo I would have picked. Killer!! Steve

Thanks Kurt. I knew there was no way on Gods green earth that I was going to replicate all those little "snow flakes"! Just wanted to get something close, or at least something with some visual interest. Steve

Thought you might like to see how I "tried" to tackle this interior. There was basically no way I was ever going to replicate the upholstery pattern on this New Yorker, but I did the best I could. The dash, steering wheel & tops of the doors are painted body color over dark gray primer to give a little contrast with the body which was painted over white primer. The dash pad is bare dark gray primer with a coat of satin over it. I began the seat pads & door panels with dark gray primer & then put on a random pattern of large & small "dots" with a silver Sharpie. Then I over coated that with a very light coat of light metallic purple letting the dots show through slightly. Finally, I masked off the seat pads & door panels & sprayed the rest of the interior with a slightly darker metallic purple. The purples were custom mixed from Testors metallic silver, flat blue & flat red. Not perfect, but if nothing else, it adds interest. Still have to do the rear package shelf & floors with charcoal gray. Then detailing can commence! The body is clear coated & ready for polishing. Steve

Got my '59 hardtop & a '63 convertible last night also. Got the pair for $25.00. My inclination is to do the '59 for our "build off", but if I do that it could be several months by the time I get my current batch of chrome back & then get another batch sent out & get that back! I guess if I join in, it will have to be my '60 hardtop. Steve

Got a pair of Lincoln Continentals from ebay for $25.00. A pretty nice '59 hardtop, & a '63 convertible, mostly complete but a few issues. Steve