1966 Olds 442

[crazyjim]

Here's my '66 Olds 442 painted in HOK lite teal pearl with a Rustoleum fuision paint roof. Tires are the new red lines and are F60 x 15 front and L60 x 15 out back mounted on Spyder wheels shot with Alclad.

[slusher]

Very sharp Olds Jim, a real looker...

[om617]

Really nice shade of blue,the tires fit very well. What is the diffrence between F and L60?

[crazyjim]

Thank you Carl and Tommy.

The difference is G, H, I, J, K, Tommy. LOL. Assuming you mean size, I'll take some measurements when I'm out in the shop later.

[cobraman]

Very cool. Nice wheels and I like the interior.

[crazyjim]

Thank you Ray.

[Monty]

You seem to be having good luck with those HOK paints, and this particular shade looks close to some of the factory colors of the day, but with a little more pop. That white roof really sets it off nicely, too.

The redlines look sharp and the Sypders are a nice alternative to the ubiquitous Cragar S/S wheels.

Question: did you modify the suspension or does this kit build up with that stance? Either way, I like it!

[crazyjim]

Thanks Monty. yeah, I really like the HOK line of paints. I bought a couple bottles of the new Gravity paint over the weekend to try out.

The roof is actually more ivory than white.

I reversed the spindles on the front to lower it. Back end is stock (kit) height.

[JTalmage]

Thats a good looking build.

By the way, has someone been swinging on that engine in the background? LOL

[TooOld]

That's really sharp Jim !

Those redlines really compliment the color .

[crazyjim]

Thank you Jesse and Bob.

Looks the engine shifted when I was moving the photo booth around.

[Mister Twister]

Super clean work JIm!

[crazyjim]

Thank you Darryl.

[Sidney Schwartz]

You nailed that one.

[crazyjim]

Thank you Sidney.

[Scale-Master]

I was told once that the phrase on the license plate means "Go die now". Is that correct? If not please share what it does mean.

I like that blue.

[10thumbs]

Hi Jim, great looking Olds!

Great paint too. May I ask what primer you use with H of K paints?

I have lots of their products, but can't find a decent primer for usage. A little bit of filling material in the primer would not be a problem. What do you use? I'm in Europe, so name brands will not apply here. What is the stuff made of? What is it specifically? A primer for plastics? A real world 1:1 metal primer?

Can you help me?

Michael

[crazyjim]

I was told once that the phrase on the license plate means "Go die now". Is that correct? If not please share what it does mean.

I like that blue.

Not even close. I would never put something like that on a build of mine. Translated from Vietnamese, it means "go quickly".

[crazyjim]

Hi Jim, great looking Olds!

Great paint too. May I ask what primer you use with H of K paints?

I have lots of their products, but can't find a decent primer for usage. A little bit of filling material in the primer would not be a problem. What do you use? I'm in Europe, so name brands will not apply here. What is the stuff made of? What is it specifically? A primer for plastics? A real world 1:1 metal primer?

Can you help me?

Michael

I use only Duplicolor primer in either white, red oxide, or grey. Sometimes I use their filler/primer and sometimes their sealer/primer. It's a real world 1:1 metal primer that I buy it at local auto parts stores. Plain old model kit primer is primarily for enamel paint and won't hold up under lacquer paints. Hope that helps.

[10thumbs]

10:4!

We have Duplicolor paints here. But I've tried primers for styrene, then H of K....catastrophe, just like you wrote.

I'll get the real 1:1 and give it a whirl.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Michael

[crazyjim]

Cool. Don't forget to post pics afterwards.

[peekay]

Nice job on that, love the colour scheme.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks for the translation Jim. Fits the car much better than what I had.

[slider51]

Nice build!Love the color scheme!

[crazyjim]

Thanks Peter & Don.