Revell '54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Now in "Under Glass" Section-09/16

[nicknkim14]

Your killing it Joe...nice job...

[KWT]

good deal... looking killer

[slusher]

Man it's nice to see the door installed Joe. Headlight bezels and handles look awesome. You do quality work Joe.... 

[mustang1989]

Thanks Nick, Jeremy and Carl. Hopefully I can start moving along a little quicker with this thing now.

[mustang1989]

Well..............I had success with the gloss coat on the hood today and I discovered something by accident. I decanted my aerosol MM "Wet Look" Lacquer into a paint bottle and shot it through an airbrush and it turned out REALLY good. The problem is that I have two airbrushes and only thought I'd run enough thinner through the airbrush to rid all of the Alclad from it. I will say that it's a bittersweet mistake in the fact that if I ever want a slight glitter in my gloss that I know what to do now. What I'll do from here is shoot another coat of black followed up with another coat of decanted "Wet Look" without the glitter in it as opposed to dunking the whole thing in brake fluid again.

The glitter seems to show up well in photos as does the gloss:

[KWT]

That is super slick... Dang, makes me wish I had an airbrush now..

[mustang1989]

Thanks Jeremy.

This morning I worked on a couple more interior items. I was looking for something to put at the R/H rear corner of the flooring to hide the light that can be seen between the R/H rear wheel opening and the floor and my eyes cast upon a 1/43rd scale Great Garages kit that I've got in my stash. There's a tool box in there that in 43rd scale is supposed to be a parts trunk but in 25th scale it works perfectly as an "on-the-go" toolbox. I primed it and painted it yesterday and detailed the handle and hinges. This morning I applied a couple of decals to give it a more "true mechanics toolbox" look and installed it on the floor.



then I applied a "Chevrolet/ Bowtie" banner on the wall just behind the couch.

[crazyrichard]

nice details !!

[mustang1989]

Thanks Rich. One day I hope to be able to tackle the worn paint jobs like yours.

[slusher]

Rolling man cave just keeps getting better Joe!! 

[mustang1989]

Thanks Carl. I may have an item or two more up my sleeve yet. lol

Ok. I've got the headlamps installed and am now working on the grille. I really like the custom one that is shown on the box top but it needs a lot of clean up which means...........well......stripping all the chrome off, cleaning up the mess and .............you know..........applying Alclad in place of the kit chrome. The stock grille doesn't look as good in my opinion but doesn't require even half of the work. Looks like I'd better get the Easy Off oven cleaner ready for the chrome stripping process...........

With the stock grille



and with the custom grille: (Yeah.........we'll go with this one!)

 

 

[mustang1989]

A shot of the rear bumper with the license plate installed. I'll be attaching a couple of PE mounting screw heads to this now that I'm looking at it in photos to add a little more "flavor" to the plate.



and here's a shot of the front bumper after Alclad application. Still gotta fill in the park lamps with amber but I'm happy with the results so far. I also got the windshield, vent windows and steering wheel installed.

An overall progress shot:

 

[slusher]

Looks killer Joe! 

[blunc]

^^ x2

[KWT]

Dang Joe, I can see that at a car show right now, with a sneeze guard and bibs to keep the drool away... Looking killer..

[mustang1989]

Thanks Carl, Mike and lol ......Jeremy.

[Randy D]

Joe,  The '54 is looking awesome !!!   Those bumpers are killer,  well done my friend.

 

Randy

[mustang1989]

Thanks Randy. I've been working on this thing steadily and it keeps getting closer and closer to the end but nothing worth posting pictures about.

[mustang1989]

 Ok gang. There are some areas that I need to touch up on this thing as far as the body goes but I'm at the point to where some of it I'm almost afraid to do anything with. At this stage things can get very unforgiving for me and it's either don't do anything about it or take the chance to correct it and risk starting all over again with the body. After what I've been through with this thing, starting over with the body would result in at least a 2 month set back and another set of decals that I'd have to get printed and shipped to me.

Anyways here's what's left out of that list I had a couple of pages back. I'm almost there...........

1. Rearview Mirror and “Tree”
2. Install Rear Bumper
3. Install Radiator Hoses and clamps
4. Install Body Onto Chassis
5. Install Door Handles
6. Gloss Coat Hood Assembly
7. Install filler placard for area below rear door

[JustAce]

Great build so far, loving all the custom body work

[mustang1989]

Thanks Sylvester.

[crazyrichard]

looking great coming together great !!!!

 

Thanks Rich. One day I hope to be able to tackle the worn paint jobs like yours.

jut start one day you will have a blast !!

[mustang1989]

It's on the modeling "bucket list" for sure.

I've now got everything done but the radiator hoses and clamps and the hood glossed. I'm going to save the progress on the body till the "glamour/finishing" shots but will share the "Little Tree" air freshener hanging from the mirror here.

This is like really teeny so I had to zoom in a little. The boo-boos will NOT be visible to the naked eye.

[Daddyfink]

It's on the modeling "bucket list" for sure.

I've now got everything done but the radiator hoses and clamps and the hood glossed. I'm going to save the progress on the body till the "glamour/finishing" shots but will share the "Little Tree" air freshener hanging from the mirror here.

This is like really teeny so I had to zoom in a little. The boo-boos will NOT be visible to the naked eye.

Very nice! Reminded me of this!! 

 

[vintagercr]

Nice build and love the air freshener