JollySipper Posted January 10, 2022 Author Posted January 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Looking great. Your choice for new knockoffs looks good too. Thanks for posting this, as I wasn't actually even aware a kit of this car with a non-blobular chassis had ever been done. Thanks, Bill man! The 'spinners' are from the Monogram '53 Chevy lowrider...... As far as the kit, it's right up there with the '60 Starliner as far as details go. My example has/had a lot of flash, tho......
JollySipper Posted January 13, 2022 Author Posted January 13, 2022 Well, guys.... I can't seem to find any gold paint anywhere! If I'm still gonna do a panel paint job on this, it will have to be with these two colors. The bronze is what I used on the 5 window I recently finished, the brown is the Cordova brown I showed earlier. I put down the bronze first....... What do you guys think? I'm on the fence now about even doing the panel job, I may just paint it solid brown.
rightrudder Posted January 13, 2022 Posted January 13, 2022 It's hard when you can't achieve what you had in your mind's eye. A shame that gold is not available. I think each of these colors looks very good by itself, but the effect is a little muddy when combined. Solid Cordova Brown FTW!
ratdoggy Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 5:16 PM, JollySipper said: THAT is a nice car...... I'm guessing it has the 390 engine? Most likely I'll be using the custom tail lights for this build...... If I was to use the factory ones, I would get some silver acrylic craft paint. They rinse cleanly until dry, so any mistakes could be cleaned with water.... Thank you...Yes it does have the 390
ratdoggy Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 On 12/20/2021 at 12:36 PM, JollySipper said: I have just a quick question regarding detailing the chassis..... The front and rear subframes, were they painted with the floor pan, or were they painted black then installed? You can see the subframe in the rear, some structural braces around the transmission tunnel, and the front subframe that ties into the bottom of the firewall area..... Not sure of the colors unless I look under my car. But that front subframe is bolted to the fire wall if I recall correctly
JollySipper Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, ratdoggy said: Not sure of the colors unless I look under my car. But that front subframe is bolted to the fire wall if I recall correctly I did finally find some underside pics of an over restored one online, the front subframe was body color. There's an engine cradle that's black along with the suspension....... I just ordered some gold paint for this! Should be here by week's end. Finally found some on Amazon..... 1
Snake45 Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 You are inspiring me! I picked up this glue bomb '62 at the local toy show last year and you are making me want to drag it out and shove it to the top of the Build List. Drive on!
JollySipper Posted January 23, 2022 Author Posted January 23, 2022 So, I finally got the gold paint that's been such a struggle to find... To see how it's gonna look, I painted the chassis.... With the gold as a highlight on the body, I think it's gonna turn out okay... 1
rightrudder Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 I'm glad you found the gold paint. Are gold and brown mixed for the chassis, or is the gold sprayed first?
JollySipper Posted January 24, 2022 Author Posted January 24, 2022 I'm using the gold as a base coat..... I'm gonna try to mask what I want to stay gold on the body, then spray the brown. I'll be going for a Watson style paint job....... 2
rightrudder Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 Looking forward to seeing it. What's Watson style?
JollySipper Posted January 24, 2022 Author Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, rightrudder said: What's Watson style? You've heard of Larry Watson, I'm sure.... He pretty much started the "panel" paint job trend..... Here's the engine for this. Also, I've fitted the built interior into the body...... Now I can move on to the suspension, and start painting this thing! Thanks for looking in, guys....... comment freely.
rightrudder Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 Hadn't heard of Watson...will Google. Excellent engine; the rocker covers look great in gold. ?
JollySipper Posted January 30, 2022 Author Posted January 30, 2022 I've made a bit more progress! We had very nice weather today, so I was able to get this thing in the brown paint. I sprayed one coat of gold, three coats of brown, and two coats of clear, all today. These two pics are outside....... I've also got the fiddly suspension done, it's up on it's wheels now...... I've got to wait a few days before I can polish it........ In that time I can decide if I really want to attempt a panel paint job. I had such a good day as far as painting goes, and I don't want to tempt fate and screw something up..... That's what I have for now! Please comment freely....... 1
deuces wild Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Is the intake manifold from the '60 Starliner kit????....
JollySipper Posted January 31, 2022 Author Posted January 31, 2022 Thanks, guys! 34 minutes ago, slusher said: Sweet color! Thank you, Carl! It looks a little better in person, kind of a chestnut color..... 54 minutes ago, deuces wild said: Is the intake manifold from the '60 Starliner kit????.... This kit has the option to build it with a three-deuce setup or a single four..... 1
deuces wild Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Ok, cool... I wonder if my 1st release kit has that intake??? I don't remember seeing one in the box...?
rightrudder Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Love the depth of that gold/brown combo, and it has a really nice gloss too. Direct sun really sets it off!! I know what you mean about tempting fate. I forgot to put on the inside rearview mirror, and if I tried fitting it now, I guarantee I'd smear glue all over the inside of the windshield!
JollySipper Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) I've been working on the foil for this...... I wanted to show you guys a tip on doing long straight pieces of the trim. What I do is cut the foil on the paper the width of the trim with a straight edge. You want it a little long so you can handle the ends.... Then apply to the body. There's no way I could cut such a straight line on the body! I never had luck trimming on the body, so I had to adapt. So that's what I'm working on right now! Please feel free to comment......... Edited February 3, 2022 by JollySipper 1
rightrudder Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 Looking great! Did you use your technique for both the top trim and the side trim? I've got to try that. Are two blades taped together to generate the width of the strip, or do you simply move the straight edge over a mm or whatever? I found that even with a sharp blade I got tiny tears in the foil, so i had to re-do certain sections.
JollySipper Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 Thank you Douglas! Yea, all I've done so far has been cut on the sheet. I use a single blade and just move the ruler over as wide as the trim is.... Something funny? We've both had T Bird projects going, and you said you've an Impala to do..... I also will be building an Impala next! A '67....... 1
rightrudder Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, JollySipper said: Thank you Douglas! Yea, all I've done so far has been cut on the sheet. I use a single blade and just move the ruler over as wide as the trim is.... Something funny? We've both had T Bird projects going, and you said you've an Impala to do..... I also will be building an Impala next! A '67....... Well, it's obvious we both have excellent taste! USPS is so slow...Impala is still in the mail, so I got the Studebaker locally. Thanks for the explanation. I didn't have the courage to do the super-fine trim on the sides with foil.
slusher Posted February 4, 2022 Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 7:55 PM, JollySipper said: I've been working on the foil for this...... I wanted to show you guys a tip on doing long straight pieces of the trim. What I do is cut the foil on the paper the width of the trim with a straight edge. You want it a little long so you can handle the ends.... Then apply to the body. There's no way I could cut such a straight line on the body! I never had luck trimming on the body, so I had to adapt. So that's what I'm working on right now! Please feel free to comment......... TJ, the way your doing your foil is the way Model CarJr does his basically. Foil looks good on your Tbird..
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