'49 Ford glue bomb restoration

[dino246gt]

I wanted rubber, not chrome around the windows, so I masked,

AND airbrushed Tamiya acrylic rubber thinned 50/50.

Then I brushed acrylics to the headliner and around the windows inside. (this is the car upside down looking in)

I made a dome light with a '32 Ford kit's chrome mirror and a piece of the clear throw-away things.

I reshaped the windshield for somewhat of a sunvisor look inside. (actually turned out pretty good once painted.

[Vintage AMT]

Looks killer.. I like the visor job.

[moparfarmer]

Fantastic work on that 49 Dennis..Great work as always..

 

[espo]

Your details on the windows and the visors look great. 

[slusher]

Really nice work!

[dino246gt]

I got the glass, interior and chassis all glued together!

I believe that's called the marriage.

Now just the "honeymoon" left!!!

I want to have this finished by the weekend.

[espo]

Really like how this looks. 

[Paul Payne]

Looking very good- looking forward to seeing it finished.

[ewetwo]

looks great!

 

[slusher]

She is a beauty. Now I want too build on similar to that color. I built 3 over the years.

[dino246gt]

The rims I had, well the fronts were damaged from sprue removal, so I'm using those as the rears, I can glue them with the damage up, hidden by the body.

Won't matter that the fronts are in back and vise versa because I'm using hub caps, but I did have to switch the back halves of the rims.

I sanded where the halves meet so the rims fit deeper into the tires, I like that look.

I found some cool old Firestone tires in the parts box which I cleaned up and used.

Drilled for valve stems, I use the same .030 ignition wire for these, a bit over size, but still cool to my eye, also did a black wash to highlight those 4 slots on the rims.

Edited April 21, 2022 by dino246gt
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[dino246gt]

The bumpers were also in poor shape, as usual the wrap-around corners need sanding.

I foiled all 4 sanded corners.

Of course I got little wrinkles where I tried to wrap the foil, but I think it's less of a "flaw" than the huge mold lines from the kit.

After I install them, I'll polish the foil with Novus 2 for a better shine.

Edited April 21, 2022 by dino246gt

[dino246gt]

I drilled out the old battery and added some simple detail to the heater motor.

I glued photo-etch cable ends to a strip of .020 styrene then drilled and filed the styrene to follow the shape of the photo-etched parts.

I added a center post, red wire and flat ground cable, then painted some .030 styrene rod with ends painted yellow for caps. Logo is just printed on a piece of plain paper.

Here's the battery assembled and the heater motor.

I also made up some "stuff" to put on the firewall, just scraps and sprue.

 

[moparfarmer]

Very nicely done..Maybe when Dino gives me the other one he will mistakenly give me this one instead..Here is hoping..Sure is a sweet build..Dino does unbeliebable work..Shop of Ezmerlian is one of the best shops around..

[dino246gt]

Farmer, your paint is still better!

 

Edited June 29, 2022 by dino246gt

[dino246gt]

Here's how all that stuff looks installed:

Remember I didn't have a kit, so a lot of this is made from scraps, and what the glue bomb had attached.

Do NOT have the trunk chrome handle, but I think I can trade for one with Jerry G.

 

Edited April 23, 2022 by dino246gt

[dino246gt]

I was able to score a trunk emblem from Jerry G. Thanks Jerry!

I also foiled the rear trunk hinges, so I think this little glue bomb has been rescued!

 

 

Edited April 25, 2022 by dino246gt

[slusher]

Beautiful 49 Ford!

[ewetwo]

Looks fantastic.

 

[Paul Payne]

That is soooooooooooooooooo nice!

[Bainford]

Nice clean ‘49. Im digging your wiring harness. Very nice!

[NOBLNG]

Super nice job on this one Dennis!?

[sbk]

Yeah, so cool! Great restoration with Dennis touches.

[bisc63]

Beautiful save! Can you share with us the paint/color you used, it's very nice.

[Jantrix]

Outstanding work. What are the plans for the black one? From the pic, the paint looks save-able?