10thumbs Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 I'm unsure about Pontiac '62 history but that black bubbletop is a dream.I do know for sure that Pontiacs had great over the counter performance parts available.Great work going on Mark!Looking good.
MarkJ Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 I had to Google this car to see what the difference in the back window was, but the more I looked, the more choices I found. 3 different coupes, a four door, wagon and convertible. The gold one is a sedan not a coupe.
MarkJ Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 I'm unsure about Pontiac '62 history but that black bubbletop is a dream.I do know for sure that Pontiacs had great over the counter performance parts available.Great work going on Mark!Looking good.Thanks , Michael for your interest in the build.
LeadSled5 Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 My bad, 2 coupes, 2 sedans. But I found a blue, yellow, and 2 white bubble tops; but have not found one on a GM illustration.
MarkJ Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 My bad, 2 coupes, 2 sedans. But I found a blue, yellow, and 2 white bubble tops; but have not found one on a GM illustration. I'm not sure I am following you in why you are posting these pictures of different 62 Pontiacs? Please explain.
LeadSled5 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 I wanted to see the difference in the rear window and was surprised by the many body styles available.
10thumbs Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) The GM bubbletop was about the best design statement of early 60's cars, my opinion.Huge windshield with a small pillar and a sweeping rear glass. Wonderful design.Buick, Olds, Chevy and Pontiac and even Cadillac had the style. They were all beauties in my opinion. ....and then came some performance to the scene.What a time. Edited January 24, 2017 by 10thumbs
MrObsessive Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 The GM bubbletop was about the best design statement of early 60's cars, my opinion. Huge windshield with a small pillar and a sweeping rear glass. Wonderful design. Buick, Olds, Chevy and Pontiac and even Cadillac had the style. They were all beauties in my opinion. ....and then came some performance to the scene. What a time. Then the safety Nazis jumped in and effectively killed that type of styling. Now we have pillared everything ('cept for the super expensive stuff), and windshield pillars that are waaay too thick IMO. Maybe someday engineering advances along with public tastes will one day bring back the true two and four door hardtops. At least they still make convertibles.............for now!
MarkJ Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 Seats need one more sanding and white primer. Added some handles back that had to be removed to change the trim panels. They need to be primed again with gray and then later with white.
MarkJ Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 Most of the pictures of this car show it with the front tires being white walls. The parts box whitewall tires I had just did not look right for this car so I knew I needed to turn the kit tires into white walls. I found a U-tube video that worked pretty good that uses label paper. I had to buy the circle cutter at my local art supply store because Hobby Lobby did not have it. I added the step where you seal the whitewall to the tire with dull coat lacquer.
MarkJ Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 I guess this would be a good way to make redline tires as well. Just paint the paper circle red before you add it to the tire.
MrObsessive Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Excellent tip about the whitewalls! I'll have to keep this in mind if ever I need to make homemade white or redlines.
MarkJ Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 Excellent tip about the whitewalls! I'll have to keep this in mind if ever I need to make homemade white or redlines. Thanks , Bill. Its amazing how you can find about anything you need on U-tube. There's no way I could have painted white walls on these tires and made them crisp and clean.
MarkJ Posted January 29, 2017 Author Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) Looking so good Thanks , John. Got some interior pieces ready for paint. That's actually white primer. I don't know why it turned out gray in the picture. Edited January 29, 2017 by MarkJ
MarkJ Posted January 30, 2017 Author Posted January 30, 2017 I got the trim panels finished and my paint order came in today. The paint looks beautiful in the bottle. I just hope I can do it justice on the model. I haven't air brushed anything in about 8 years. its just so easy to use Tamiya rattle cans but they didn't have anything close enough to this color.
Bill J Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Mark, Nice work! Always a pleasure to watch your problem solving skills. Looking forward to everything coming together
MarkJ Posted January 31, 2017 Author Posted January 31, 2017 Mark, Nice work! Always a pleasure to watch your problem solving skills. Looking forward to everything coming together Thanks, Bill
Reeves Racing Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Great color, looking forward to seeing it on the body.
MarkJ Posted February 2, 2017 Author Posted February 2, 2017 Mark,You have mail at Randy's.JohnOk, thanks John
MarkJ Posted February 2, 2017 Author Posted February 2, 2017 Great color, looking forward to seeing it on the body.Me too, Mitch. I just hope I can get that metallic color to look right with the airbrush. I'm waiting on a part from Paasche to regulate the airflow on the brush. My compressor never came with a regulator which made it very hard to use.
MarkJ Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 Its been slow going. Its the usual amt model where nothing fits. You have to piece it together by removing plastic here and there. The exhaust are sandwiched between the frame and the lower floor of the car but there is no room for them. Also the engine cant go where they want you to put it because the headers will not fit to the exhausts. Usually on nascar models you make exhausts and discard the factory ones so its not an issue. Also when you put the wheels together you sandwich a hub in between the halves so the tires can roll. only trouble is you have to shim the hub or the tires will slop around because the hubs don't fit properly inside the wheel halves. It been a real hair puller outer. I'm hoping my airbrush valve gets here today so I can go back to painting for a while.
MarkJ Posted February 7, 2017 Author Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) I got to play with the airbrush trying different trigger and needle valve settings. I final got a setting I liked and sprayed the firewall It came out very smooth. I'm just waiting for the wind to die down so I can paint the body , hood and grille. hopefully tomorrow, GO ON TO PAGE 4 Edited February 10, 2017 by MarkJ
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