gtx6970 Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 2nd part of my dual build. The Bob Ford - Len Richter driven - 4 speed car. Finished it up last night . Duplicolor Ford gold exterior with a mix of Tamiya champagne gold and Duplicolor Arizona beige on the interior with the white door panel inserts picked out by hand . Other than the decals its straight out of the box. Wheels are done with the chrome pen and I like them,,they have the chrome reverse look to them I was after. All the window trim was done with a chrome pen,,,,,and I will NOT be doing that again. If you handle the car at all ,,even after letting it dry a few days,,it'll still fingerprint and dull the finish. The Fred Cady decals on this one fought me tooth and nail. They cracked when trying to lift them off the carrier sheet , and after drying over night they wanted to just fall off the car. So I quickly put a top coat of future over them to 'hopefully' seal them down. I'll usually use wet look clear but I was afraid the force of the panting would blow them off the car. I decided to drag all the T bolts I have finished for a family photo just for fun Again thanks for looking and comment or criticisms more then welcome.
smellyfatdude Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Sharp looking, and of course it goes without saying that's quite the fine collection!
TooOld Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Another sharp looking T-Bolt , can't even tell you had issues with the decals ! And good to hear a "real" first hand account about the chrome pens . The wheels look really good , did they dry okay ?
gtx6970 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Posted March 9, 2017 Another sharp looking T-Bolt , can't even tell you had issues with the decals ! And good to hear a "real" first hand account about the chrome pens . The wheels look really good , did they dry okay ?Wheels look killer and actually look 'almost' as nice as kit wheels off a chrome tree . I pushed them in the tires a few days after 'chroming' and haven't touched them since, so they look pretty good. The trim around the windows themselves not so much,,,,, with just normal handling assembling a kit the window trim turned to almost a Testors silver. Once the car was done, I carefully went back over the trim with a 1mm pen. Now I just have to be a little more careful how I pick it up. As the body side moldings are still bare metal foil so I just grab the car from the sides of the body if I have to pick it up
mredjr Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Great job Bill! Looks like you will soon have them all built I think Ford had 25 of them built.
shoopdog Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Great looking Thunderbolt again. You've made me nervous hoping mine comes out half as nice.
donb Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Sharp looking, and of course it goes without saying that's quite the fine collection! Yup!
Dodge Driver Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 Great color combo. The wheels have the perfect sheen to them. Better than kit chrome, with more depth and shading built into the finish.
gtx6970 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) Thanks all. And a special thanks to member Elvin Gaither aka mredjr With the decal issues I had , he sent me the lettering I needed to replace the name on tops of the doors. They are now back on, sealed down with the some future and the car is done, waxed and in my case with the others,,likely to never come out again. So its on to the next in line,,,,,, just not sure which one 1st, Maybe even another dual build. Edited March 10, 2017 by gtx6970
bytownshaker Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 Awesome build.. I truly admire all your T-Bolt builds
gtx6970 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Posted March 12, 2017 Thanks all, If I get a chance today for some bench time and If I pushed it, I could probably have the Reynolds Ford car done today. Chassis and suspension / wheel choice is done for it. And interiors are done for both. That's the advantage of building basically the same car over and over. They're all the same basic drive-train and interior colors,, just different exterior colors and decals.BUT, both bodies still need all the trim BMF work done and glass glued in. ( aka my least favorite part of building )
Bill J Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 Great looking T'Bolt collection. All very nicely done
D. Battista Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 Great looking T'Bolt collection. All very nicely done X 2... !
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