'36 Ford Phaeton

[DumpyDan]

This looks like a real winner, Nice work

[J Witt]

Thanks for the compliments, folks.

Here is a little more progress. After listening to the good suggestions, I ended up making the welting out .012 monofiliament fishing line.  There is a nice little V-notch formed where the fender meets the body side and that was uses to locate the monofilament. The line was painted with gloss black Model Master enamel and allowed to dry.

I drilled a .013 holes in the running board where it meets the fender, then threaded the monofilament through and glued it on the bottom side with CA.  The line then was stretched over the fender top in the V-groove and glued with a small drop of CA at the trailing edge of the fender.

Another bit of the monofilament was bent in a vee shape and CA glued to the bases of the tail lights to form the edges of the black rubber gaskets on the real car. These gaskets were glued on with CA also, one half of the tail light at a time.

Regards,  John

 

[David G.]

Fishing line, I don't think I'd have come up with that one. Looks great!

David G.

[J Witt]

Sprayed the running boards and then the gloss clear on the body, and also leather color on the interior panels.  The interior work is going to slow things down some, especially the top since the exposed ends of the top bows and some of the interior metal bits will have to be fabbed out of brass and styrene.  But I'm reasonable happy with it right now.

[Eric Macleod]

Looks good.  That was a great idea using the fishing line. It's coming together nicely. 

[J Witt]

Some more bits glued on and interior work. have the panel in, though it looks less interesting in the model than the real car.  It's a rather plain panel anyway.  In the real car all the instruments work, which is somewhat rare as they have a delicate construction.  Next up is the rear floor mat and then the seats.  After that, the top, which will require some scratch building -- wouldn't be fun without some of that.  Actually those chromed trim strips on the edge of the running boards are some small half round styrene strips with Bare Metal chrome, so I guess that counts.

Current state pictures:

[slusher]

Looking great!!!!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Would love to own the 1:1. She looks great. 

 

[J Witt]

I've been occupied with other stuff and didn't get a chance to do any model work for awhile.  The 1:1 car has been getting an engine rebuild and will be back in my shop in a few days to get the nose put back on.  I'll be out of time to model build again for however long that takes.  I also play in a community orchestra and we are getting in the final rehearsals for a couple of performances. It's been a busy summer and that's likely true for many of us.

In the meantime an few things are done.  The interior was finished and the top, so those pieces are installed, making the project close to finished.  There are still a number of details to be built that aren't kit parts, like the outside mirrors, snaps on the top and the side curtain sockets on the top edges of the body.  Sorry these pix aren't too good.

 

Edited August 12, 2016 by J Witt