Let's See Some Glue Bombs!

[slusher]

10 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Now that I've discovered this thread, let me jump in with the first of many contributions.

This 60 edsel was purchased at a club meeting. At the time I was pretty happy to find one at a decent price, but then realized it was broken in several places, and didn't have any chrome. Thankfully Modelhaus was still in operation...

   

 The panel below the trunk was pretty straighforward, but how to fix the broken fenders? The pieces were long gone, so it wasn't a matter of gluing them back and doing some bodywork. Thankfully my friend Ed Fluck (Drag City Casting) stepped in. (thanks Ed @krassandbernie) He had a wagon body left over from his dads business (F+F Resin) that sent to me so I could cut off the front of the body and swap it onto mine.

 

And, here's the end result

 

I managed to keep the original builders wild interior paint job

Beautiful Edsel!

[pack rat]

10 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

 

And, here's the end result

 

I managed to keep the original builders wild interior paint job

Beautiful!....and bonus points for preserving the original builder's interior.

[Snake45]

Work continues apace on my '65 El Camino glue bomb. Shown here original condition; after stripping; after most of the glue had been tediously removed with small riffler files and the taillighs filled with J-B Weld and filed to shape, and today after scribing out the door and tailgate lines and the first coat of primer. 

 

[cobraman]

Nice work, looking much better .

[slusher]

On 10/5/2021 at 4:14 PM, dave branson said:

Here is some of my glue bomb rebuilders I have collected over the years.

You  have a good collection too choose from sir..

[cobraman]

On 10/7/2021 at 7:17 AM, cobraman said:

I came across these sad looking Cobras on the bay . How could I not buy them ? Using parts I have I should be able to get two of them back to looking ok . Fun fun fun ! 

Making a bit of progress on these Cobras . 

[Sam I Am]

Here is one of mine. I am going with a pre-runner style since so much is missing. I already started on the hood. It had the blower hole cut out and I had an extra scoop.

[cobraman]

I have the first of the Cobras on the run . 

[Keef]

Some glue bombs I acquired today. Going to start on them one day, don’t we all say that? Lol

[slusher]

15 hours ago, cobraman said:

I have the first of the Cobras on the run . 

Ray, is that an amt Cobra?

[Mr. Metallic]

Here's another glue bomb rescue. For full details follow the link

Before: (sorry, no assembled pic, but these parts were all together at one time)

 

After:

[cobraman]

9 hours ago, slusher said:

Ray, is that an amt Cobra?

Yes Carl, they all 3 were.

[cobraman]

Making progress on the two Glue Bombs I bought a few days ago . First one is a drag car and second one in primer will be more of a custom . Many parts were either missing or broken so I had to tap my parts supply . Is there any rule that means if a certain number of parts were not included in the GB that it then isn’t a restoration ????

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, cobraman said:

Is there any rule that means if a certain number of parts were not included in the GB that it then isn’t a restoration ????

Your Cobra projects aren't restorations, they are complete rebuilds.  You're completely free to do anything you want to them. 

[charger74]

I started with this

And it came out like this 

[slusher]

49 minutes ago, charger74 said:

I started with this

And it came out like this 

Excellent work!

[slusher]

4 hours ago, cobraman said:

Making progress on the two Glue Bombs I bought a few days ago . First one is a drag car and second one in primer will be more of a custom . Many parts were either missing or broken so I had to tap my parts supply . Is there any rule that means if a certain number of parts were not included in the GB that it then isn’t a restoration ????

Impressive work Ray!

[1959scudetto]

Here are two of my own gluebombs from the 80's:

Revell's 1977 "Brute Force" Big Rig custom Chevy van with a Mack-lookalike front - picture of the box is from Scalemates:

van is molded in brown, had a slappy two-tone brush paint, which I will remove before refurbishing this one :

 

The second is JoHan's American Classics DeSoto Adventurer I had converted to a convertible/lowrider, a second one was built as a slammer with blacked-out window, and chrometree + chassis and other parts fro a 3rd one are also here.

l will either make a stock or a slightly customized HT out of these...

 

[Snake45]

Would anyone be interested in a rolling "Glue Bomb/Survivor Rescue" community build? I'm not talking about full-on rebuilds here, I just mean cleaning and minor improvements that take a built model to the next level, usually taking no more than a few hours' work. (Many of you have probably seen some of my own "rescue" work here.) I'm thinking along the lines of 30-day time frames--i.e., monthly--because much of the appeal of this sort of thing is keeping things moving in a timely fashion. I find "rescues" to be fun, easy, and very rewarding projects. Sound off it this interests you--if we get some response, I'll start a thread down in the community build section. 

[slusher]

21 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Here are two of my own gluebombs from the 80's:

Revell's 1977 "Brute Force" Big Rig custom Chevy van with a Mack-lookalike front - picture of the box is from Scalemates:

van is molded in brown, had a slappy two-tone brush paint, which I will remove before refurbishing this one :

 

The second is JoHan's American Classics DeSoto Adventurer I had converted to a convertible/lowrider, a second one was built as a slammer with blacked-out window, and chrometree + chassis and other parts fro a 3rd one are also here.

l will either make a stock or a slightly customized HT out of these...

 

Your van is really different and cool, you convertible Desoto is painted and is very sharp…

[1959scudetto]

10 hours ago, slusher said:

Your van is really different and cool, you convertible Desoto is painted and is very sharp…

Thanks, Carl - the van was hastily glued together back then, the continental kit on the DeSoto is a custom part from JoHan's '63 Pöymouth IIRC.

[cobraman]

I’m getting close to having one of the old messed up Cobras I bought on the bay . Started with the yellow one and it’s now green and 90 percent done . Fun project . 

[Scott8950]

1 hour ago, cobraman said:

I’m getting close to having one of the old messed up Cobras I bought on the bay . Started with the yellow one and it’s now green and 90 percent done . Fun project . 

Very nice save!

[slusher]

Looks beautiful Ray..

[Gramps46]

Cool looking slab side Ray, and quick  too.