Traditional Flamed ‘29 Roadster

[OldNYJim]

Thanks everyone!  I started polishing out the body for this one at the weekend having let it sit for it’s prescribed 3 weeks and I don’t know why but I just had a FEELING that I might burn through the clear.  I don’t know why, I gave it the same number of costs as I usually do and I don’t normally have trouble, but I got nervous.  So, after the first round of sanding I stopped and I’m going to shoot another coat on there and let it sit a little longer.

Again, I have NO IDEA why my brain is saying “you’re gonna burnnn thrrrruuu that” but I’d rather give it one more coat to be safe and not screw it all up.  Of course the humidity is through the roof again now so I need to be patient, but better than ruining it and having to go back to square one again.

In the meanwhile, shot a bunch of Alclad, so I’ve got a frame and engine to keep me busy for now anyway...

More soon!

[OldNYJim]

Deja vu all over again!  Back in clearcoat!  Commencing countdown (a second time) until polishing day...

[Slotto]

Very cool. go man go!

[Spottedlaurel]

Doesn't look like it'll need too much polishing, does it? Giving what had been the final coat of clear a polish must have helped this next coat go down nicely?

[OldNYJim]

On 7/2/2020 at 8:23 AM, Spottedlaurel said:

Doesn't look like it'll need too much polishing, does it? Giving what had been the final coat of clear a polish must have helped this next coat go down nicely?

Most of the trick with this Testors enamel clear seems to be shooting it when the humidity’s low - if you’re around 45% (which is low for NY) and you lay it down right it’ll go down like glass!  It’ll still get a thorough polish anyway before I’m happy, but it does lay down pretty nice!  

Just a tiny update, as I’m still working through painting and prepping parts here - got the engine wired and a couple of the Alclad’d bits in place...

To avoid touching and marring the rest of the Alclad’d parts I’ll mount the engine in the frame now and add the pans and blower scoop further down the line:

I wanted to (mostly) build this box-stock, so where I’d normally scratchbuild a pair of shocks  with separate springs I decided to hit the kit chrome parts with some flat black and then buff a little paint off to give the illusion of springs as long as you don’t look too close:

Then I masked up and shot the grille mesh:

...and peeled off the Washi tape and pulled a chunk of the kit chrome off without even trying:

So, one step forward and two back, guess I’ll be shooting Alclad on that too ?

More soon!

[OldNYJim]

Happy 4th everyone!  Hope you’re all having a happy and safe day!  In between eating hot dogs and watching the fireworks, got a little more done here...

Front end Alcladed and installed:

Ditto the rear:

Added some brake lines - the routing is probably a little funky but I was trying to hide those receivers in the chassis that hold the rear axle:

I’ll run one up to the master cylinder once the floor is on - I figure if you can’t see the master cylinder it must be hidden up in behind the dash somewhere, so I’ll route another line accordingly from the rear and pretend the front ones are run through the frame and up behind the firewall.

Shot the wheels with black enamel from a rattle can and gave them a light mist of 50% Alclad chrome and 50% Alclad aluminum to give them a shiny-but-not-too-shiny finish with some nice depth:

And a quick mock-up with the body on so I could see if it’s heading in the right direction - I think it’s gonna be a cool little hot rod!

More soon!

[OldNYJim]

A little more on this one.  Added some fuel lines - I’m trying to build this thing box-stock but I can’t help adding a few lines and wires here and there to add to it a little:

And a little clear yellow to simulate some fuel in the lines:

Floor on (and another line run back to where the tank lives)

And a brief intermission to see how well a Revell 32 body fits on this frame (answer: very well!)

Then, shot the grill with some black enamel and cut a mask so I can Alclad it and leave the mesh black:

A little Alclad chrome:

And finally, shot the interior pieces with my new favorite interior-black (Michael’s 49 cent craft paint)

I’ve about run out of parts to paint, aside from the dash - can’t wait for the body to be ready to polish so I can get it put together!

[OldNYJim]

Finally!  Polishing day!

Where I’m building this box stock (or, trying to, kinda, anyway) once everything was painted and I was waiting for the clear to dry I kinda ran out of things to do - so I was looking forward to the polishing stage!  Came out ok I think - needs a coat of wax but it’s looking pretty level and shiny:

Not much of an update, I know...but it’s nice to get the body on the frame for good so I can finish all the little details and get it done!

More soon!

[alan barton]

Just might be the nicest masked and airbrushed flames I've ever seen on a model!  i don't get to hung up on the axle receptors - I cut them off my first Revell chassis but have left them on the next three I"ve built and they are pretty much invisible even on a light coloured frame. Considering that Revell forgot to put a panhard bar on the rear axle, the receptors do help ensure the rigidity of the rear end assembly.  

Looking forward to seeing the finished rod hit the scale highway!

Cheers

Alan

[Husky1943]

Wow, Jim!  Seriously....Wow!

[Deuces ll]

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[OldNYJim]

Thank you everyone!  

Was SUPER hot here today, so spent the day in my happy-place (at the bench, next to the air conditioner) finishing this one up:

Nothing interesting to report on the last steps - the windshield frame was broken on the sprue (with the split chromed over ?) so I had to do some touch up on that but otherwise it practically fell together!  

Finished pics here - thanks for all the nice comments everybody!