Custom Hearse Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 That looks great Marcos! The work you did on the BMF looks awesome! Makes me want to finish mine. Keep up the great work!
cruz Posted May 14, 2009 Author Posted May 14, 2009 Hosted on Fotki Okay guys, this is proof that I have been at the bench, not for many hours, let alone minutes but I have been. I might just have a little more time now that I left the part-time job I had for need of some rest, I was just not getting enough of it. This little feature is also to promote Norm's phenomenal resin parts. You guys know about Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland right??? Well, Norm is my father!!! Okay, okay, Norm doesn't look as Puerto Ricanish as I do and of course he is not my Pops but I can assure you that some of us that know him well would be proud to call him "Papa"!! As mentioned before, I purchased the Model Car Garage Detail Set for the Starliner but the front grille in the set does not include the headlight bezels so Norm and Harold Bradford (my uncle ) decided to make them in resin. I am even including the instructions so that you guys can see there is an order to follow when installing these, Harold and Norm really do their homework when it comes to designing these resin parts. I call them the 2 mini engineers, so if there are any modelers out there that don't have an idea how these parts work, after seeing this small tutorial, if you will, by the end you will be adding it to your next Starliner project, it really makes it stand out. By the way, Harold Bradford is the owner of Historic Racing Miniatures, his work is out of this world as some of you guys know. These were patterned by him. Here is the Grille and buckets, like with any resin piece, a little bit of cleaning is in order but it is very minimal, the parts go very well together. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki These are the instructions so, as you can see and read, there is definetly an order to follow, nothing out of this world but an order!!! As you can see, one side is thicker than the other which means that they have to all be installed in the same fashion.... Hosted on Fotki If you study the kit's grille, you can use it to gauge your progress, it shows the manner in which the bezels are to be installed. Hosted on Fotki After cleaning my parts, I dry fitted them and they look very real, much better than the kit grille. I will be Alclading mine soon and will show more pictures of my progress with the front grille, I just thought I'd share this information with you guys in case you are in the market to make this kit really stand out!!!
Custom Hearse Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Good to see you back at the bench again Marcos! I'm looking forward to seeing the photoetch work your doing on this.
cruz Posted May 14, 2009 Author Posted May 14, 2009 Good to see you back at the bench again Marcos! I'm looking forward to seeing the photoetch work your doing on this.Thanks Marshall but please, keep that tornado away from my bench, I don't want to loose any parts laying around!!!
John Goschke Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Really nice work, Marcos! I love that color on the Starliner. Cursing in Spanish or English works quite well to relieve the stress of applying BMF; best to wait 'til the family's outa the house though.
torinobradley Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Check this out guys, when I removed the model from the dissolver it maintained the shape of the body!!!Crazy, no????? Actually, it looks like something Boyd dug up in Oklahoma!?!?
cotto Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Hey man, this liitle tutorial on the grille is perfect, I just bought this kit and will definetly be using the system, I was just afraid to see if I could handle it but seeing how easy you make it look I will try it. Thanks for sharing and hope to see this thing completed soon. Is the address and phone number on the instruction sheet current?
Custom Hearse Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks Marshall but please, keep that tornado away from my bench, I don't want to loose any parts laying around!!! I'll try.... But I give NO guarantees....
cruz Posted May 14, 2009 Author Posted May 14, 2009 Hey man, this liitle tutorial on the grille is perfect, I just bought this kit and will definetly be using the system, I was just afraid to see if I could handle it but seeing how easy you make it look I will try it. Thanks for sharing and hope to see this thing completed soon. Is the address and phone number on the instruction sheet current?Yes Jay, try him at that number or address!!!
cruz Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 Here is the semi-completed grille w/ its bezels, just need to add the lights to complete. I don't know about you guys but the P/E grille looks a lot better than the kit's one, I am just loving it!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
Custom Hearse Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 You won't hear me argue about which grill is better. You're doing an excellent job on this!
B67ville Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Marcos, This is a sweet build you got going. Beautiful, this car will be just beautiful. I'm doing a 60 Starliner at this time as well though, more outta the box, and not to this extent. Keep up the marvelous work. Jerry
cruz Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 I was talking to my good friend and fellow club member Mike Dube about weathering the engine bay on some of my models, he tells me that they look more realistic specially on these types of builds. Mike really knows how to build some really sweet models. Well Mike, here's to you, I decided to go ahead and practice it since I have a bit of experience with pastels, didn't dare do it your way I even went as far as doing the chassis, okay okay, I got a little bit carried away but I think that you and the rest of the guys will like it, at least I hope. I also took some photos of the partially but almost completed interior, it will be simple though so there's not much to see there..... Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
Raul_Perez Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Marcos, It's all loolking really great, but I particularly like the light weathering you've done to the bottom!! Keep up the GREAT work!! Later,
MikeMc Posted May 24, 2009 Posted May 24, 2009 Marcos, It's all loolking really great, but I particularly like the light weathering you've done to the bottom!! Keep up the GREAT work!! Later, Weathering?? looks so real!!! I'm in awe as usual....the grill put it over the top!!!
cruz Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 Okay guys, this is just a little preview of the build, I just need to add the license plate and a few little items here and there and that's it, I will be taking photos outside tomorrow and adding it to the "Under Glass" section of the forum. Hope you guys like it!!!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
MrObsessive Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Cruz, that is an absolute STUNNER!! You just keep churning out the hits! That's definitely contest winning material for sure!
cotto Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 I'm with Bill on this one Cruz, the paint is just awesome. Looks like a lot of work on the P/E stuff also but it's a winner for sure. How much more to finish? Looks like it's all there to me
cruz Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 I'm with Bill on this one Cruz, the paint is just awesome. Looks like a lot of work on the P/E stuff also but it's a winner for sure. How much more to finish? Looks like it's all there to me Thanks guys!! I still need to add a license plate and little details like the P/E door locks and other small things. I will have to wax it at the end again, it's a little "finger smudged"
Dr. Cranky Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Wow, buddy, what a gorgeous, flawless build. Those white walls add a wonderful classy accent to the build.
Raul_Perez Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Marcos, I've got to go with everyone else on this build...that's definately a show winner!! The colors, stance, rake and period correct details are all right on the money!! Thanks for sharing,
Custom Hearse Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 That is awesome Marcos! you did an excellent job on it!
Starliner Kustoms Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 Wow! What a spectacular build. I love the 60 Fords and you did this kit a world of justice. Bernie
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