Help and Hints

[Super28]

HELP!----------------------Anybody know where you can get door/fender mirrors? Need one for 60s Corvette. How 'bout Antennas? Buy? Make?

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[crazyjim]

Just about every kit has mirrors.

Antennas?  Use straight pins and cut off the head.  After drilling a pilot hole and gluing the pin, put a couple drops of Micro Krystal Klear on the top, let dry, and paint.

[Super28]

  On 8/9/2017 at 3:41 PM, crazyjim said:

Just about every kit has mirrors.

Antennas?  Use straight pins and cut off the head.  After drilling a pilot hole and gluing the pin, put a couple drops of Micro Krystal Klear on the top, let dry, and paint.

Thank you sir

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 8/9/2017 at 3:33 PM, Super28 said:

HELP!----------------------Anybody know where you can get door/fender mirrors? Need one for 60s Corvette. How 'bout Antennas? Buy? Make?

                                           Help out an old man...

There are a lot of us that would love to see some after market mirrors.

For the time being, I've had to resort to casting resin copies for some of my builds.

As far as antennas go, I make my own using steel syringe tubing & stretched pieces of sprue.

this build has both.

 

Steve

 

[peteski]

  On 8/8/2017 at 6:54 PM, StevenGuthmiller said:

You can do the same thing with "Laser Bond" glue.

Squeeze in a drop, hit it with UV light & it's hardened in a couple of seconds.

Steve

I would be cautious with this one too. To begin with, it has a slightly amber tint and also since it is UV-cured, it does not (by design) have any UV protection, so it might also yellow in time.

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 8/10/2017 at 4:34 AM, peteski said:

I would be cautious with this one too. To begin with, it has a slightly amber tint and also since it is UV-cured, it does not (by design) have any UV protection, so it might also yellow in time.

Only time will tell.

Most things, including clear kit plastic, will yellow over time.

I've got quite a few old kits with yellowed glass.

 

Steve

[Super28]

  On 8/10/2017 at 1:57 AM, StevenGuthmiller said:

There are a lot of us that would love to see some after market mirrors.

For the time being, I've had to resort to casting resin copies for some of my builds.

As far as antennas go, I make my own using steel syringe tubing & stretched pieces of sprue.

this build has both.

 

Steve

 

I like to see pictures on making this. That's real nice. Love the car too

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 8/10/2017 at 3:05 PM, Super28 said:

I like to see pictures on making this. That's real nice. Love the car too

Thanks Terry.

The mirrors are pretty straight forward.

On this one I used the 2-piece mirrors from one of the Revell '59/'60 Impala kits to make a mold using "mold putty".

Then I just cast them in resin & finish them with Alclad or a Molotow pen.

The antennas are easier than you might think.

The base is just a small piece of sprue shaped into a little "bead" shape & drilled out to accept the tubing.

The lower half of the antenna is a piece of the syringe tubing slipped through that bead.

The top of the aerial is merely a thinly stretched piece of sprue fashioned to fit inside of the tubing.

A touch of heat melts the tip of the aerial into the little ball on the top.

Then the base & the top half of the antenna are either sprayed with Alclad or hit with a Molotow chrome pen.

For extra realism, sometimes I'll dip the base partially into a little bit of black paint to give you the rubber gasket between the base & the body.

Maybe I'll do one for the "Tips & Tricks" section sometime to show how it's done.

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 8/10/2017 at 3:05 PM, Super28 said:

I like to see pictures on making this. That's real nice. Love the car too

Hey Terry, I had some free time today so I whipped together a quick tutorial on how I make the antennas.

You can find it in the "Tips, Tricks & Tutorials" section under the heading "Making Antennas".

Hope it helps!

 

Steve