landman Posted May 12, 2015 Author Posted May 12, 2015 Some nice engineering work you did there Pat Thank you Jim. Sometimes you just have to.
landman Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) Started widening the Packard roof and windshield to fit the Cadillac body, Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Always love to see a resto job on an older model, especially with modifications. Nice work. Like your resto-shop dio to pose her in too.
landman Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) The widened windshield is a much better fit. Added some itty bitty pieces of wire to replace the lost beading along the edge. Removed the widow cranks from the door panels. Added the broken tab to the dash panel.It will be trimmed later. Gave the grille a shot of wash. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 18, 2015 Author Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Added the side panels to the roof & tried it on for size. Need to fill in the back of the old roof well. Started with a piece of strip styrene, took a pattern off the body & shaped it. Close. Added some putty. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 18, 2015 Author Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Decided to go for a paint scheme along these lines. The fenders are going to be a dark grey (Tamiya Gunship grey.) The sides are going to be Eastwood's siver Cad with Tamiya pearl clear. The top of the hood, body & deck are going to be the same grey as the engine in my '34 Chevy. May as well use what I have. the interior and seats will be purple. I think I will Alclad chrome the wheels. Not decided what color to put the roof and spare covers. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) Had to add more putty to the body. Gave the wheels and windshield their gloss black. Gave the fenders some clear. There is either dust nibs or bubbles. Hope that'll polish out. While all this was drying, I looked as the chassis. The wheels had broken off and had been epoxied back on. Tried to clean up the backing plates and drums. Need to make a new front axle. Started on that. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) Roof. There was an annoying gap at the rear corner so I tacked on some plastic. I find that easier to shape than putty. Filed it down to a reasonable fit. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) Rear axle. The flange had broken off one end. So I inserted a small tube to keep things centered and added a spacer and bushings to the backing plate and drum. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) Front axle. Made some mounting plates since the old ones were broken. Made some axle brackets out of square tubing & attached them to the de-epoxied backing plates. Laid it out on the cutting board to check the width of the track & glued the axles in place. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
Eric Macleod Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 This would look sweet with blackwall tires...just saying. You are making great progress.
landman Posted May 20, 2015 Author Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) Gave the front axle its u-bolts. Alcladed the windshield and the wheels. the wheels may need another coat. Touched up the exhaust. Managed to touch up the frame too. Will catch that when I paint the front axle. Managed to make it stay together long enough to take this photo. I think Eric had a good idea with the conversion to a roadster. It does look rakish , doesn't it? Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
wayne swayze Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 Love the roof profile! Nice work! Really nice work on the entire car. IMO , I would go with the whitewalls, as I think they're classy on this stylish car.
Eric Macleod Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 I like it. I really did not mean to create so much extra work for you but WOW does it look good. While I almost always like the look of a car with blackwall tires better than whites, I tend to agree with Slusher on this one, especially when comparing the front and the rear of the car. Or...consider a compromise ala a '30 Franklin Deauville Sedan that has a VERY narrow whitewall. This could be accomplished by stripping the black paint off the raised line on the outside edge of the whitewall. Can't wait to see the end result.
landman Posted May 21, 2015 Author Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) On 5/20/2015 at 2:29 PM, sjordan2 said: I vote for the very American gangster whitewalls. And so it is... Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
landman Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Painted the roof. Those strips I added almost look like they belong there. Body is in primer. Is that the roadster look you were looking for Eric? How do you guys like my wheel dollies/ Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
Eric Macleod Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Yup, you have nailed it. Out of curiosity, do the wheels still steer? If they do it might be fun to add my favorite accessory, either 1:1 or in scale-dual Pilot Ray driving lamps. I did this with my '30 Cadillac 452 Madame X Convertible Coupe a few years back. I really like the dollies you have in your photo. You should do a tutorial on your garage accessories! Edited May 22, 2015 by Eric Macleod
landman Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 No Eric, the wheels don't steer anymore. Do your light steer with the wheels or are they poseable? The dollies are from Shapeways.
landman Posted May 23, 2015 Author Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) Cutting down the upper door moldings revealed the top of the door inners. And the dash sticks up now that it isn't hidden by the base of the windshield. Lowered the dash, cut down the tub and used the cutoffs to fill the gap between the inner & outer door panels where the "glass" would have been. Now I have to make some door caps. I'll try to copy these using styrene angle. This is a bit outside of my comfort zone. Edited January 3, 2021 by landman
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