What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)

[meechum68]

They look great! Excellent work man! 

[meechum68]

Did some work on the Skyline stuff and some work on the Pontiac which is posted on the Pontiac.

Here's the one bit for the Skyline. 

I am not gonna use this color, but it will still be a nice base for what I am using. 

 

[johnyrotten]

Assembled the interior and started on some detail work. I like the way the manifolds weathered up.

[meechum68]

John,  this is awesome! That interior is slick! The manifold rusting is spot on.

[johnyrotten]

23 minutes ago, meechum68 said:

John,  this is awesome! That interior is slick! The manifold rusting is spot on.

Thanks man! Interiors are the bane of my model building, I haven't quite figured out all the methods yet. The manifolds are engine color followed by LIGHT dry brushing both cast iron and rust colors. Pretty easy, honestly. 

[meechum68]

Your welcome! 

[JollySipper]

John, man, did you foil all the details on the interior? It's looking really good.............

[johnyrotten]

8 minutes ago, JollySipper said:

John, man, did you foil all the details on the interior? It's looking really good.............

No foil this time, molotow on this one.

[meechum68]

I got color on the Skyline hood, as much as I had thought a contrasting color would be better I am really pleased at how this came out. Tomorrow will be 2nd coat, then 2 coats of clear. 

 

 

[meechum68]

I did some flash trimming on a S-10 I am gonna build for my oldest boy, and did some flash trim on the 57 Chevy for the wife. 

Got the 2nd coat of paint on the Skyline hood as well, and interior for the Pontiac painted (Went with something entirely different, that I think will look great for this build.) 

 

[johnyrotten]

Made new "glass" (.010 acetate) and started making the headliner for the roadrunner. Headliner is styrene as well.

[meechum68]

WOW!! That headliner is wild!  I love it man!

[meechum68]

I just prepped a bunch of things for paint and touch up painting. Funny how fast an hour goes lol 

So tomorrow should be all my painting.  

I also got a couple more prep steps on the Pontiac engine done too.  Once things dry then it's primer and paint and detail painting. 

[meechum68]

Stuff done! 

Hudson interior parts primed and 1st coat of paint on.

S-10 has primer for the oldest boy.

57 has the interior roof painted, build for the wife. No pics of that yet lol. 

 

[johnyrotten]

Sneaking up on the final fitment for the headliner. My plan is to use a high tack two sided tape to secure it to the roof, and cover it with an eyeglass polishing cloth. Very tight,thin material. Fingers crossed this works.

[Falcon Ranchero]

First kinda model car work in a while; got this die cast ‘70 Elcamino yesterday but the tires were lookin’ a bit too bland so I applied the Firestone wide oval decals from my ‘71 Olds 442 kit. Looks pretty cool.

[Mattilacken]

Dyed the tires today after giving them a thorough sanding. Then decals

[catpack68]

I’ve been plugging away on the Hasegawa 67 VW Type 2 pick up project I’ve working on.Getting ready to put all the accessories I have for it.I should have it finished up soon.

Edited 22 hours ago by catpack68

[johnyrotten]

48 minutes ago, catpack68 said:

I’ve been plugging away on the Hasegawa 67 VW Type 2 pick up project I’ve working on.Getting ready to put all the accessories I have for it.I should have it finished up soon.

Can't wait to see this completed. Looking forward to it.

[johnyrotten]

Headliner is done, added some ribs. Now to get this build to the point where I can install it.

Edited 21 hours ago by johnyrotten

[catpack68]

48 minutes ago, johnyrotten said:

Headliner is done, added some ribs. Now to get this build to the point where I can install it.

The headliner and interior is looking really good!

[FoMoCo66]

My thing now that I have access to a nice and reliable printer is that any time I see something cool that I want. I wanted a cleaning pot for the ole airbrush so I looked online for a file, and sure enough I found one. The unfortunate thing about it is that the threads are not a standard size so I will not be able to use it on a mason jar.