Let's See Some Glue Bombs!

[Snake45]

Wow, om617, you did a magnificent resto/rebuild on that!

[Russell C]

I saw that one too Russell, but coundn't make up my mind on it. Glad someone from here rescued it!

Stay tuned for a small W.I.P. thread on it in the near future. I see the 'artistic goal' of what the original builder had in mind, it just begs for better craftsmanship and specific materials to carry it through to being a completed concept.

[Snake45]

Stay tuned for a small W.I.P. thread on it in the near future. I see the 'artistic goal' of what the original builder had in mind, it just begs for better craftsmanship and specific materials to carry it through to being a completed concept.

I've been "restoring" a couple glue bombs in similar vein lately. Hope to have pics posted soon.

[om617]

Thank you Richard. Will be harder in the future now that Modelhaus is gone. 

[FordRodnKustom]

This one's next on my bench for a restoration . 

Any progress on this one?

[FordRodnKustom]

Before

After

[Snake45]

Before

After

Oh, I like that VERY much! The model's not in "my style" at all, but I have nothing but respect for your vision and your execution of that vision. Well done and model on!

[Dave Toups]

I don't know if this qualifies as a glue bomb, but it's a bomb nonetheless

I actually started to fix this

[Dave Toups]

There was this sad 67 Falcon. The rear wheel openings weren't hogged out as happened to so many of these so I decided to save it

Look at all the pretty colors!! There must've been 5 layers of paint on there

It actually came out white!

[Tom Geiger]

Wow Dave!  I hadn't seen that much paint since this one!

[Dave Toups]

Wow Dave!  I hadn't seen that much paint since this one!

I love stripping these old Junkers! It's like a treasure hunt. You never know what you'll find!

[Snake45]

There was this sad 67 Falcon. The rear wheel openings weren't hogged out as happened to so many of these so I decided to save it

Look at all the pretty colors!! There must've been 5 layers of paint on there

It actually came out white!

Fabulous!

[FordRodnKustom]

Oh, I like that VERY much! The model's not in "my style" at all, but I have nothing but respect for your vision and your execution of that vision. Well done and model on!

Thank you Snake!

[1930fordpickup]

Before

After

Nice touch with the vintage box and glue tube. 

[pack rat]

Along with glue bombs, we also have what I like to call lacquer bombs.  

This thing had a thick coat of (I think) Vitamin C/Go Mango lacquer on it....it got worse as the layers of paint came of.  The pics don't really show how badly etched it was.  I ended up having to apply a thin coat of putty to the entire body to smooth things out.

[Snake45]

Along with glue bombs, we also have what I like to call lacquer bombs.

This thing had a thick coat of (I think) Vitamin C/Go Mango lacquer on it....it got worse as the layers of paint came of.  The pics don't really show how badly etched it was.  I ended up having to apply a thin coat of putty to the entire body to smooth things out.

 

 

 

 

I have a '66 Skylark that currently looks almost EXACTLY like that. I think if was painted with Pontiac Blue high-temp engine paint and it took brake fluid to get it off. That's as far as I've gone with it.

BEAUTIFUL save, by the way! Ya done good!

[ChrisBcritter]

Along with glue bombs, we also have what I like to call lacquer bombs.

Yep. This one's right on the edge of savable:

I've gotten it this far; it'll take a lot of careful sanding to keep from losing the emblems and trim. (By the way, did AMT get a bad run of chrome when they made the '62 Fairlane? Almost every one I've seen has very weak chrome.)

[pack rat]

I have a '66 Skylark that currently looks almost EXACTLY like that. I think if was painted with Pontiac Blue high-temp engine paint and it took brake fluid to get it off. That's as far as I've gone with it.

BEAUTIFUL save, by the way! Ya done good!

Thanks, Snake.

Speaking of Skylarks (and lacquer bombs!).....here's whats waiting on my bench right now if I ever get around to it (building stuff for other folks,,,that's another story);

This Skylark looked decent enough when I bought it, but that thick, sloppy Testors yellow paint job hid a surprise; a coat of dull green lacquer etched into the body so bad it looked like it was molded in the same color plastic as the Craftsman kit (you can see traces of the green in the door openings). .

Unfortunately, this one is a disappointment...traces of the etched plastic are still showing under the new paint. (sorry for the murky "after" pic)  Not sure how I'll fix it, but that's months away.      

Edited October 2, 2016 by pack rat

[pack rat]

Yep. This one's right on the edge of savable:

I've gotten it this far; it'll take a lot of careful sanding to keep from losing the emblems and trim. (By the way, did AMT get a bad run of chrome when they made the '62 Fairlane? Almost every one I've seen has very weak chrome.)

Yup...I can see the burn on that one; the plastic has that chalky look left on the surface after you strip it.  They applied nice thick coats too; looks like the paint ran down the sides and puddled up just above the rockers.  Looks savable, though.

I have a built-up '62 Fairlane, but the chrome on mine is really clean...I think every '62 AMT kit I have has pretty decent chrome, except my Galaxie hardtop (it's the 1969-ish reissue so it doesn't count). 

[gtx6970]

Along with glue bombs, we also have what I like to call lacquer bombs.  

This thing had a thick coat of (I think) Vitamin C/Go Mango lacquer on it....it got worse as the layers of paint came of.  The pics don't really show how badly etched it was.  I ended up having to apply a thin coat of putty to the entire body to smooth things out.

 

 

 

Very Nice.

I have an original MPC builtup in the pile. And I think you just gave me my color choice for when I get to it .

Edited October 2, 2016 by gtx6970

[Earl Marischal]

Here's a before pic of something I found in a box in the garage. It was built by me in the early 1970s and hasn't survived a few house moves well by the look of it. In fact, I had forgotten I still had it. Will get round to restoring it one day...

steve 

 

[Ron Hamilton]

Along with glue bombs, we also have what I like to call lacquer bombs.  

This thing had a thick coat of (I think) Vitamin C/Go Mango lacquer on it....it got worse as the layers of paint came of.  The pics don't really show how badly etched it was.  I ended up having to apply a thin coat of putty to the entire body to smooth things out.

That came out beautiful. Well worth the work!!!!

[Ron Hamilton]

I don't know if this qualifies as a glue bomb, but it's a bomb nonetheless

I actually started to fix this

There was this sad 67 Falcon. The rear wheel openings weren't hogged out as happened to so many of these so I decided to save it

Look at all the pretty colors!! There must've been 5 layers of paint on there

It actually came out white!

Dave,

I am waiting to see both of these finished.

My 60 was not as bad as those two

but my '62 Corvair was as bad if not worse.

It had the custom front and rear clips glued and puttied on, and a Testor's Copper paint job form the '60's.

It took quite a bit of sanding and polishing to get it to this state. Now I have 4 early '60's Corvairs to do.

  I may just do them all at one time to display them together.. My '64 is not a glue-bomb, just needs painting detailing, and re-assembly.

[pack rat]

Very Nice.

I have an original MPC builtup in the pile. And I think you just gave me my color choice for when I get to it .

That came out beautiful. Well worth the work!!!!

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

I really wanted to avoid the in-your-face look of most '71 Cudas, hence the black paint.  E-bodies look best without all of the add-on stuff.

I also wanted to go with a color that was available (and looked good with) with an argent-colored grille surround (I much prefer it over the body-colored surround).  

For comparison, here's a Monogram Cuda with the full gingerbread treatment....I know which look I prefer.  (of course, the Mono version is handicapped with proportion issues, but we won't get into that)    

    

[pack rat]

 

Dave,

I am waiting to see both of these finished.

My 60 was not as bad as those two

but my '62 Corvair was as bad if not worse.

It had the custom front and rear clips glued and puttied on, and a Testor's Copper paint job form the '60's.

It took quite a bit of sanding and polishing to get it to this state. Now I have 4 early '60's Corvairs to do.

  I may just do them all at one time to display them together.. My '64 is not a glue-bomb, just needs painting detailing, and re-assembly.

Nice save on that '62, Ron!  That was pretty rough.