landman Posted November 20, 2016 Author Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Gouged the front apron to accept the frame horns. Better now but still off. May have to move the entire front suspension aft a bit. The resin kit provides Hawk hubcaps. Painted them up. Still need to do the S in the red inserts. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
Ron Hamilton Posted November 20, 2016 Posted November 20, 2016 Pat, I will be following this one. I have one of the Missing Link Resin Gran Turismo Hawks in my collection to be built also. Mine has been mocked up and is ready to be painted. That red one you showed looks quite good. I worked for a man in the early '80's who had a Black one with a red interior. They have always looked very nice to me, and your '64 is very handsome. Thanks for the detail pictures. Now all I have to do is get the paint.
landman Posted November 21, 2016 Author Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Me being me i broke a few things taking the Starliner's suspension apart. So I had to make a few things. Painted the S in the wheel centers. Lost one of the flattened exhaust tips supplied with the kit. My car had beveled round tips so I made some. I thought I had a shade close to the "Moonlight Silver" of my car with this Duplicolor "Spruce Green" but it is way off, much closer to pewter.. That's the way it'll stay. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman To correct mistakes.
landman Posted November 22, 2016 Author Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Started on the interior. Printed three sets of '64 Studebaker colors. Moonlight silver actually looks closer to what I bought than my car. So it is possible that when they repainted it they used another shade altogether. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted November 22, 2016 Author Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Added a shifter and working on the dash. I gave up on the idea of doing a woodgrain accented interior like mine had and am doing the silver/aluminum accents of the 62. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted November 23, 2016 Author Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) Dash almost complete. The paint brings out irregularities in the casting. Luckily none of this will be apparent once inside the car. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted November 23, 2016 Author Posted November 23, 2016 I wonder if this should be moved to The Workbench? How does one go about doing that?
landman Posted November 27, 2016 Author Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Working on the engine among other things.Used the Starliner's basic assembly, added the resin Hawk valve covers and added two filler caps to same. Made a dual four intake using an Avanti part and a top from the parts bin. Used some of the leftover Avanti belts & pulleys to make up a supercharger drive and alternator drive. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted December 1, 2016 Author Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) Installed front and rear suspensions and the resin dual exhausts. Started on the hated BMF. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted December 1, 2016 Author Posted December 1, 2016 Thanks David. Glad you like it. I'm still not sold on the color but now that I've started with the BMF, it is staying.
MrObsessive Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 I LOVE it!! Really hoping Moebius or someone kits up some new tool Hawks someday!
landman Posted December 2, 2016 Author Posted December 2, 2016 I LOVE it!! Really hoping Moebius or someone kits up some new tool Hawks someday! I am flattered.
thatz4u Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 I LOVE it!! Really hoping Moebius or someone kits up some new tool Hawks someday! I would like to see them kit a Studebaker pick up some day!!
landman Posted December 3, 2016 Author Posted December 3, 2016 Added a "chrome" strip to the roof to edge the vinyl. Completed the BMF. I feel like I applied around two hundred square feet of it. Next is the clear. I don't know whether I'll brush some pledge on "à la Harry" or whether I'll attempt to airbrush it or just go with the rattle can clear.
landman Posted December 3, 2016 Author Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) The car is sitting in the engine shop, waiting for clearcoating. Fabricated an induction system for the dual fours. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted December 5, 2016 Author Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) The engine is complete save for the air intake & filter. It sits further forward tn the chassis than it did as a Starliner engine due to interference between the supercharger, fuel pump and upper A arms. I'll sleep on this tonight. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Thank you all for the good words. I did some carving on the chassis and now the engine sits in its mounts. Made a futile attempt at a vinyl roof. Will have to start again with better masking tape. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
landman Posted December 11, 2016 Author Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) Added the minuscule PE emblems. On the home stretch now......unless i strip it and repaint it. Edited December 22, 2020 by landman
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