High octane Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 I remember riding in one of those '59 Plymouth Fury's back in the day when they were brand new. My father had a friend who had just bought one, and my dad borrowed it to take the family to Buffalo for a few days. What a sweet car.
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 My dad had a '59 Savoy 2 door sedan in the late 60s when I was about 5 or 6. It was a second car for a while & then it began to have some mechanical issues. I remember it sitting beside the house & spending many hours behind the wheel pretending to be a young driver. Finally, one day it was gone, sold to the highest bidder. Wish I had it now! Steve
10thumbs Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 As a kid we had a neighbor across the street, he was kind of a wild-type character. He had this car in baby blue! Swivel seats and a record player under the dash. Crazy!
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 26, 2015 Author Posted May 26, 2015 Just a few pics of the foiled & detailed body. I've been finishing up the details over the past few days. I think I've just been avoiding working on the interior! Can't avoid it anymore! Steve
72 Charger Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 That's fantastic body work there Steve . I would love to find a 59 Plymouth .
MAGIC MUFFLER Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 This lifted my eyebrows!!!!! Really nice job you're doing.
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 26, 2015 Author Posted May 26, 2015 Thanks everybody! With any luck, I hope to have this one finished within the next couple of weeks. Seems to have been very slow going for the past couple of months. I need to focus on building a little more I guess. Steve
1 bad55 stan Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 That is just awesome Steve,i enjoy looking at your work..thanks for sharing
YBlock292 Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Steve, paint and foiling are excellent!!! Which Kind of BMF did You use (I usually have "new improved chrome" which is more felxible on litte Details but this seems to be a more shiny foil)? Ludwig
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 27, 2015 Author Posted May 27, 2015 Thanks Ludwig! Nope, exact same stuff you're using. Just have to make sure the trim you're putting it over is as smooth as possible. And even more important is how much you "burnish" it. I think a lot of guys make the mistake of just rubbing on it enough to make it conform to the shape of the trim. The more you rub on this stuff, & the harder, with a soft cotton cloth, the shinier it will get. If you think you've burnished it enough, do it some more! Steve
mustang1989 Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 The paint is turned out masterfully!! The BMF job is what I'm zoomin' in on though. Nice and smooth!!!!
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 27, 2015 Author Posted May 27, 2015 Thank you guys! Still struggling with working up enough motivation to finish with the interior painting, but I did get a little more masking done last night. I'm setting myself the goal of having at least the paint work on it done before the weekend. That way I can get some more detailing on it done over the weekend. taking next Friday, June 5th, off from work, so I'll have a whole day to hopefully get some modeling done, uninterrupted! At least that's the plan. My wife may have other ideas on how I should spend a free day! Steve
Ron Hamilton Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Just a few pics of the foiled & detailed body. I've been finishing up the details over the past few days. I think I've just been avoiding working on the interior! Can't avoid it anymore! Steve That looks wonderful, Steve. Reminds me of my neighbor's '59 Plymouth when I was a kid. I wonder why with today's technology, why couldn't AMT get this look on their '58? The JoHan tool looks so much better. If I were doing this, I would find a way to adapt the AMT guts under this gorgeous body.
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 28, 2015 Author Posted May 28, 2015 That looks wonderful, Steve. Reminds me of my neighbor's '59 Plymouth when I was a kid. I wonder why with today's technology, why couldn't AMT get this look on their '58? The JoHan tool looks so much better. If I were doing this, I would find a way to adapt the AMT guts under this gorgeous body. I'm sure retrofitting the '58s innards wouldn't be hard to do. Just not my style. As I've heard others say, the most likely reason that a lot of these old kits were more accurate in appearance than some of the newer ones, was the fact that Johan had access to the same plans that Plymouth did in 1959. Makes perfect sense to me. Thanks Ron! Steve
10thumbs Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Hi Steve, I'd like to say again what a sweet looking model! Compliments. Michael
om617 Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Looks really good. For the gold scripts/detail,do you use bmf or paint?
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 28, 2015 Author Posted May 28, 2015 Looks really good. For the gold scripts/detail,do you use bmf or paint? Depends on what I'm doing or how I want the finished product to look. In this case, I used gold foil. Steve
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