'67 Olds 442

[Harold]

This one has been much kinder to me than the Plymouth. This is the Lindberg kit with wheels from the AMT '50 Ford and AMT Eagles. It's Plastikote 1096 Dark Blue Metallic with Dupli-Color clear. She should be done next week.

[lordairgtar]

I'm really digging the blue paint, I had a 64 Lesabre in that color.

[rollinoldskoo]

car looks really klean man

[Monty]

Very nice! Been a while since I've seen pics of a built one.

Couple questions if ya don't mind:

1) What all did you have to do to make the steering poseable?

2) Do you have some interior shots? I'm curious as to how people are detailing hte dash.

Thanks!

[Harold]

Very nice! Been a while since I've seen pics of a built one.

Couple questions if ya don't mind:

1) What all did you have to do to make the steering poseable?

2) Do you have some interior shots? I'm curious as to how people are detailing hte dash.

Thanks!

To make the poseable steering was a cinch. The spindles are molded to the lower a-arms. I taped this assembly to the chassis and drilled out the pivot points (top and bottom) with a #61 bit in my pin vise (thru the arms and into the spindles) and then cut the spindles away from the lower arms. The attachment points on the spindles where the tie rod fits on were drilled out, again with the # 61. I then superglued a straight pin into one of the spindles and cut it off with about 1/16 of an inch protruding out. I repeated this for the other three holes and assembled the front suspension and spindles. To attach the tie rod, I slid a pin through the tie rod point (from the bottom, as the tie rod goes on top) all the way to the pin head on both left and right sides. I then mixed up a small batch of 5- minute epoxy and, using a toothpick, applied it to the top of the tie rod. After the epoxy cured, I clipped the pins off flush with the tie rod. Just be careful not to get epoxy between the tie rod and spindle. It's easier than it sounds here. My secret weapon for this kind of stuff is a 4x magnification jewejer's loup, available at any well stocked LHS. Good luck. For dash details, check out www.oldsmobility.com.