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LOL Grant... "mouse-fur carpets"...!?!?!? First I paint the area that I want to flock with a flat paint color that closely matches the color of the flocking I'm using. Then I paint on a water-thinned coating of Elmer's glue and apply the flocking using a small strainer over a paper plate. I put a fairly thick layer of flocking down, let it set for a few minutes, and then gently tamp it with a finger, then turn the part over and knock off the excess on to the paper plate. Sometimes I do a second coating depending on the piece and the coverage I'm looking for. When done, I fold the paper plate and slide the excess flocking back into its container.

Yes Mike, I've considered it... but I just find it easier and safer to just paint it chrome silver than to try to foil such a small and delicate part. I also just use chrome silver paint on thin steering column shifter and turn signal levers and the thin vent window upright pieces.

Welcome back to the hobby Scott. You'll love it here with the rest of us.

Great idea and tip Joshua. I'll definitely use that technique in the future. Thanks a lot.

Congratulations to all the winners... well deserved awards.

Looks great Shane. Those interior side panels look pretty good to me..!!

Great pictures Ira. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jon. I agree... they do look pretty darn cool. Derick, there's nothing stopping you from picking another "earlier" year... Thanks very much Shane. Daniel... so many models - - so little time..!! Yes I saw your Primered cars. I made some more progress today. The interior is assembled. I trimmed the dashboard gauge panel to fit. glued it in with some Elmer's, and put some clear epoxy over it for a lens panel. I also added a drop of epoxy to the center of the steering wheel. The more I looked at everything, the more I got carried away with adding little details. You can see through the bottom of the interior because the firewall is not attached yet. All the engine compartment pieces have been detailed and are ready for installation once the body and chassis assembly are joined... ----- The firewall is paint detailed, holes have been drilled for hoses, a brake line has been added to the master cylinder, and a couple of PE bolt heads were attached. ----- The radiator and support piece have been painted, an aluminum radiator cap was added and an overflow line runs from the radiator cap to the overflow container. ----- Horns are painted. ----- The battery has been paint detailed and cables have been added. ----- Rubber upper and lower radiator hoses are ready. The upper one has PE hose clamps attached. The lower one doesn't because it probably won't be seen (if it doesn't give me too much trouble installing it that is...) ----- The vacuum canister has hoses attached and silver paint used to indicate clamps. The hoses will be trimmed a bit shorter when installed in the car. ----- Heater hoses are ready for installation, also with silver paint for clamps and they also will be trimmed when installed. ----- The underside of the hood has charcoal flocking applied for underhood insulation. It has been "sealed" with a coat of brushed on dullcoat so it doesn't "shed" all over the engine compartment. I'm hoping with fingers, toes, legs and eyes crossed that everything goes together smoothly when it comes time to fit the chassis / engine / interior assembly into the body. At first look it appears that it will be "tight" and I hope nothing breaks or that no paint chips off. If it happens, it happens and I'll deal with it. Thanks for following along. It won't be long (I hope) for this pretty little lady to have her "coming out party".

Thank you so very much Charlie, James, Daniel and Bill. Charlie, like I stated at the beginning of this thread, the slight inaccuracies, etc. (to me) of this kit don't bother me one little bit. I'm just happy to have a kit of a '58 Plymouth. Yeah James, I like to be a little different with my builds rather than just doing the "same old - same old" builds. Daniel I think I'll be building the '58 Edsel with the continental kit next, when this Plymouth is finished. I ordered one from Model Roundup and it just shipped today. Bill I truly appreciate your kind words... it means a lot coming from a builder of your caliber. Thanks again to all for following along on this build. I think today I'll be able to finish up and assemble the interior as I received the dash gauge face panel in yesterday's mail from Kevin (Magnum4342). Thanks again buddy...!!! It's looking like this little girl will be finished up by this weekend... hopefully.

Great job Manny. It looks very real. Great photos.

Holy you know what...!!! If the first few pictures weren't of the modeled bus, I would have thought all the stuff piled up inside was REAL...!!! Yep...........WOW.

Thanks a lot Grant. The foil really helps the plain white sparkle. After looking at these pictures I touched up the side trim insert on the right front fender. When I trimmed the BMF I didn't notice at the time that I pulled up the clearcoat and the aluminum paint underneath it... my new XActo blade must have cut through the clearcoat. The front and rear glass went in today and I touched up the interior flocking along with doing some more detailing on the engine compartment pieces. This is going to look pretty cool when finished. Thanks for looking in on it.

Yep, real glad to have it back.

That looks wild Bob. I love it. Keep those ideas flowing.

Thanks Matthew and Tom. Tom, thanks for the reference picture but I think you should have sent that one to Dr. Cranky instead...LOL.

Looks great Ron. Yeah, you've gotta cut smaller BMF strips to avoid all that waste.

Well it's great to see that this Forum is up and running again. I finished the BMF on this Plymouth and it kicked my butt for some reason. I had to redo it in a couple of spots but it came out great. I used a sheet of foil that my friend Mike, who I built the Rambler for, gave me, and this is probably the SHINIEST BMF I've ever used...... it almost looks like chrome plating..!!! I also detailed the interior headliner with some flat gray paint, flat white on the visors, and BMF strips. I'm itching to just throw this thing together but I'm restraining myself to be patient so it comes out neat and clean...Slow and steady wins the race. Today I'll glue in the front and rear glass, and do some touch ups on the interior side panel flocking. The engine compartment pieces are all painted and detailed, ready for installation. I even added valve stems to the wheels. It won'y be very much longer and this baby will be done. I duplicated the side view picture so here's a picture from the rear

Hey Tom...... I just think that ALL of the cars from the 50's are cool, but for some reason I like the looks and styling of the 58's best. I love all the "chrome-laden land yachts". While I'm "on a mission" at the present time to build as many of the 58's as I can, once I've gone as far as I can go on them, I'll pick another year from the 50's and try to build as many of the cars from that year, and so on, until I have a pretty large collection of 50's models built. I just bought a '58 Edsel with the continental kit online, and I'll be picking up a '58 Oldsmobile from The Modelhaus at the NNL East in April (I preordered it). I have a '58 T-Bird and Corvette in my stash yet to build. There are a few more '58's that Modelhaus makes that I want, but I only treat myself to their stuff 2X a year......my Birthday (April) and Christmas. I'd also like to find an IMEX '58 Cadillac kit. Between plastic kits and resin offerings I've got a lot of work ahead of me on all the great 50's cars.. I really like the '59's too, as you do, and have already built a Chevy, a Dodge and an Imperial. I also just bought a '59 Caddy online too. The '59 Buick is on my wish list too. Then I've got a few '56 cars to build... an Oldsmobile and Pontiac (Promos), Chevy DelRay & Nomad and a Ford. Then there are the 57's... and so on... down the line. By the way,I'm hoping to post more progress pictures of this Plymouth tomorrow. I polished the clearcoat, painted the interior headliner and finished detailing the engine compartment pieces today. Tomorrow will be BMF day and hopefully some assemblage. .

Great looking model Guy. I built one of these abut 15 years ago after I got back into the hobby but it looks nowhere near as good as yours. Your build makes me think about redoing mine. Nice job..!!

i use the brush on jar paint. Never had any problems with it. Be sure to keep it well mixed or stirred up for best coverage.

That Ford is looking great Ron. You're right... slow and steady and patience, not rushing, gets the job done right. A suggestion...... you may want to brush some dullcoat on those seat decals to knock down the shine a bit.

Thanks a lot Jim, Kevin, John and Gary. Yeah Gary, I like to be a little different than the crowd with my builds. More progress made yesterday... I flocked the seats and interior side panels in gray and charcoal gray... The front seat back has been BMF'd and flocked in gray... The side trim insert on the body has been painted with aluminum metalizer.. . Today I'll clearcoat the body and start painting all of the engine compartment pieces. Thanks to all for following along.

MODERATORS - - - Please - Please - Please - do NOT close, Lock or Delete this post... Yeah it's amazing how we go into withdrawal when we can't get something that we've been used to having everyday isn't it..!! According to Gregg, it is necessary to upgrade the Server, and, due to (according to him) the circulation #'s going down, and the fact that Gregg lays out the $200 per month to keep the Forum up and running OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET and NOT the magazine's, he's almost at the point of thinking that it may not be worth the cost (to him) for the upgrade. I for one (and I'm sure many others here too) would be more than willing, and happy to do it, to contribute to the cost of keeping this site up and running as efficiently as possible. With all that we spend on this great hobby (for kits (plastic or resin), parts, tools, paints, glues, magazines, going to shows, etc..) surely we can find an extra buck or two (or maybe even more) to keep this little part of our addiction going. There are how many hundreds and hundreds of people who are members of this Forum..?? If we each threw in a buck or two, (I don't know where we'd throw it yet since this is only a suggestion at this point) Gregg (who has enough troubles with his constant back pain issues......he said he'd have to be wheeled to the NNL East if he was actually able to go) would not have to lay out ANYTHING from his own shallow pockets...!!! Lets stand up and be heard about this issue...... Who wants to help to keep this Forum going...???

What a beautiful truck Rod. Great job.

More progress today. The chassis is completed, the engine is in, and the wheels are on (and all 4 touch the ground - - WooooHoooo..!!!) For those who haven't built this kit yet, I gotta tell you that the exhaust system is a P.I.T.A. to install. The instruction sheet is vague about placement. After you install the engine (don't attach the air cleaner until AFTER you get the exhaust all connected and installed properly...... I knocked the air cleaner off 2X and lost the breather..!!) You have to attach the front part of the exhaust to the engine manifold and the locating holes on the bottom of the chassis floor pan. THEN attach the chassis frame to the chassis floor pan. THEN snake the tailpipe pieces under the rear end and around the shocks (not hard to do) and THEN glue the tailpipes to the rest of the exhaust and the locating holes at the back of the chassis floor pan by the gas tank. The interior side panels have BMF on the trim, and the handles & cranks are painted chrome silver (I can never get BMF to cover handles & cranks properly). The upper door sills are painted white. Once all this dries properly I'll apply the gray flocking to the textured areas on the side panels, seats, and rear package tray. The body and hood are painted Duplicolor Arctic White. The paint lay down nice and smooth with NO SCHMUTZ OR DUSTIES...!!! I'll give it a day or so to gas out and then I'll paint the side trim insert aluminum and then clearcoat it. Tomorrow will be flocking day for the interior. This build is just rolling right along. Thanks a bunch for looking in and/or following along.