Maindrian Pace Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 Looks great, what brand of clear did you end up using? 1
Modelbuilder Mark Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) On 6/4/2022 at 8:33 PM, CabDriver said: Thanks fellas! How long do you let their lacquer flash out before clearing? Curious to know if I caught it in a window where the clear wrinkled it or something…odd… I do not think I have ever sprayed clear in under 24 hours, but that has a lot to do with my time more than the plan. I have been using 2K lately, but may go back to standard clears, they just feel more scale correct to me. Edited June 13, 2022 by Modelbuilder Mark 1
MADmodelDOCTOR Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 10:33 PM, CabDriver said: Thanks fellas! How long do you let their lacquer flash out before clearing? Curious to know if I caught it in a window where the clear wrinkled it or something…odd… Got that right brother! ? Regardless…we’re back in color a week later - take 2! Definitely NOT using their clear this time around - back to one of my trusty favorites… Spent a bunch of time today cleaning up and printing bunch of little parts for a marathon painting session tomorrow, got the interior into color ready for the next stages: And spent some time masking up the frame (which I had already painted black) ready for the next steps. Today‘s fun was shooting a typical primer-with-body-color-fades type deal, and tomorrow I’ll start shooting the metal colored bits metal colors: Actually, most reference pics I can find of these cars show about everything black under there so this might not be accurate…but I wanted to make a little more effort than to just shoot it one color and call it good. Maybe this one will represent an inaccurately-restored car - or perhaps some DID roll off the production line like this…it’ll give me a chance to do some nice detail painting anyway and show off the nice detail under there… Anyhoo - that’s today’s pitiful progress - thanks for looking! Try Krylon Crystal Clear. Nice looking build! 1
OldNYJim Posted June 8, 2022 Author Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) Thanks for the kind words everybody! 3 hours ago, Maindrian Pace said: Looks great, what brand of clear did you end up using? Testor’s enamel, thinned with lacquer finish…my favorite route to a low-fuss shine! Thinned with the lacquer thinner it doesn’t end up too dipped-in-syrup-y looking (at least to my eyes) and it’s a nice tough clear that polishes out well. I’m starting to run low on my supplies of it…I’ll miss it when I get through the rest of my stash of it… Tiny bit of progress tonight - I wanted to get the carpet pieces into the interior tub…mostly because I thought it was going to be difficult and tedious to get them all laid down, so I wanted to get it out of the way… Actually went pretty smooth! I had some blue wire I was going to use for the trim, but it didn’t look as nice as the white (even though it would’ve been more correct…) Quick check with the seats in place to make sure I’ll still be able to snap them into place ok without the carpet interfering… Looks like that’ll work! Still a LOT to do on the interior, but I got the part I was least excited about out of the way…I think this white interior with the blue carpet and seatbelts is going to be a nice looking combination! Thanks for looking everybody…more soon! Edited June 8, 2022 by CabDriver
moparfarmer Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 I would leave the clear the way it is but maybe polish after a week or two to make sure its hard and dry..Be careful with polishing and don't burn through..Lookin' real good as is though.. 1
OldNYJim Posted June 9, 2022 Author Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, moparfarmer said: I would leave the clear the way it is but maybe polish after a week or two to make sure its hard and dry..Be careful with polishing and don't burn through..Lookin' real good as is though.. Thank you! It’ll definitely need polishing, but it’s a good starting point anyway… Tiny bit of progress again today…first up I wanted to handle the wheels and tires because I normally get to the end of a build and then I’m disappointed in myself that I didn’t do them sooner. Future me will thank me… I really didn’t want to strip the chrome on these, but they were kinda dirty and needed some attention - plus three of the four had some crusty glue smears on…did some very careful cleaning with Novus and they mostly came out good…one of the tires has a wonky white stripe on, but I can hide that by putting it on the back at least… A blackwash probably wouldn’t hurt these either - they’re nicely detailed and pretty accurate to the 1:1 Tonight’s other project was folding some Gopher racing seatbelt buckles and making some belts with a nice dark blue belt material that Hiroboy sells… Blue seatbelts like this were available from the factory in ‘66 - I think they make for a really nice looking interior! Love all that contrast with the white and blue. Conversely, I THINK the parcel shelf was normally black regardless of the color of all the other trim…but I’m pretending you could special order one to match the carpet ? Need to handle pedals next and some little bits of detailing to the tub itself (electric window buttons, primarily, but I think I have some nice photoetch that I’d like to use for those)…another couple of steps further along! Thanks for looking, and for all the nice comments so far! Edited June 9, 2022 by CabDriver 1
moparfarmer Posted June 9, 2022 Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, CabDriver said: Thank you! It’ll definitely need polishing, but it’s a good starting point anyway… Tiny bit of progress again today…first up I wanted to handle the wheels and tires because I normally get to the end of a build and then I’m disappointed in myself that I didn’t do them sooner. Future me will thank me… I really didn’t want to strip the chrome on these, but they were kinda dirty and needed some attention - plus three of the four had some crusty glue smears on…did some very careful cleaning with Novus and they mostly came out good…one of the tires has a wonky white stripe on, but I can hide that by putting it on the back at least… A blackwash probably wouldn’t hurt these either - they’re nicely detailed and pretty accurate to the 1:1 Tonight’s other project was folding some Gopher racing seatbelt buckles and making some belts with a nice dark blue belt material that Hiroboy sells… Blue seatbelts like this were available from the factory in ‘66 - I think they make for a really nice looking interior! Love all that contrast with the white and blue. Conversely, I THINK the parcel shelf was normally black regardless of the color of all the other trim…but I’m pretending you could special order one to match the carpet ? Need to handle pedals next and some little bits of detailing to the tub itself (electric window buttons, primarily, but I think I have some nice photoetch that I’d like to use for those)…another couple of steps further along! Thanks for looking, and for all the nice comments so far! Very nicely done and the color keyed package shelf looks good.. 1
OldNYJim Posted June 10, 2022 Author Posted June 10, 2022 Thanks fellas! Didnt get a bunch of bench time tonight, my wife invited company over…but got the engine assembled and wired at least… I really wanted to keep close to box-stock with this build (ish), so I limited myself to adding a 3D printed distributor, plug wires and radiator hoses. If I was allowing myself to make the change, I would’ve gone with a darker color than factory Cadillac engine blue…the brightness relative to the body color bothers me a little…a white block would’ve looked sharp too with the white interior, but this IS meant to be a fairly stock looking build, so I showed restraint… That’s tonight little bits of progress - thanks for looking! More soon!
Modlbldr Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 Simply gorgeous! I love the interior with the carpets. Nice job on this. Later- 1
espo Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 I think the white piping on the carpets give it more depth. A solid dark color, while more correct, would lose the carpeting detail. 1 1
OldNYJim Posted June 11, 2022 Author Posted June 11, 2022 16 hours ago, Modlbldr said: Simply gorgeous! I love the interior with the carpets. Nice job on this. Later- Thank you! 13 hours ago, espo said: I think the white piping on the carpets give it more depth. A solid dark color, while more correct, would lose the carpeting detail. White piping probably wouldn’t be very practical for a floor in real life, but I agree, this kinda adds a little to the carpet! I like how it looks! 2 hours ago, slusher said: Really nice engine! Thanks brother Carl! Tying up some little bits and pieces this evening - some boring stuff…priming a few little parts and cleaning up some others - but I did work on one interesting thing today… Some of the Cadillac dealers would give away miniature signs along with promos - just some cool little things that matched the big signs out in their lots but designed to sit on your desk. They seem to fetch decent money online, but they’re not so complex that I couldn’t just redraw one in software and make a little mini kit of my own… above pic is the 3D model in software, and here’s a test print of a few of the parts: Need to mess with this a little more to get it perfect, but I think it’ll be a fun little companion piece to the car… Speaking of the car, quick test fit of the body on the rolling chassis just for my own amusement - excited to get this body polished out and to the point I can do some assembly ? (Excuse the long radiator hose…that’ll be cut to length in due course) Thanks for looking everyone - the weekend is upon us, so hopefully some good progress to come over the next couple of days!
David G. Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 Wow! The chassis and interior look great! I agree, the white piping is the right way to go. BTW what material did you use for the carpet? David G. 1
OldNYJim Posted June 12, 2022 Author Posted June 12, 2022 16 hours ago, David G. said: Wow! The chassis and interior look great! I agree, the white piping is the right way to go. BTW what material did you use for the carpet? David G. Thanks David! The carpet is flocked sheet - I picked it up at Hobby Lobby. This particular variant is designed to be used with a Cricut for lettering on teeshirts and whatnot, but they have a bunch of similar products in the paper section too. I’m really enjoying using this stuff instead of regular flocking - super fast and easy, looks in-scale to me and it’s really clean. A little more progress today - working through some of the little projects that would normally slow me down come assembly time. Found some parts-box lens ‘glass’ for the headlights: Gave the lenses a wash of white pearl Createx paint and then installed the glass: Best way would’ve been to drill them out, but I didn’t have the heart to ‘ruin’ these old kit parts. Added some Molotow chrome to the rear taillights and installed those to the rear bumper: Replacement license plates are in progress…more on those soon…and today’s big (literally) project was printing the 1/25 dealer sign that I showed in the last post. I printed some much smaller test pieces last night, made some tweaks and then let the printer run for a few hours today to make the base, frame, cans and sign faces: As you can see, they still need to be cleaned up and then I can start test fitting the pieces before paint, but this is a fun little side-project…it’s in 1:25 scale and stands about 11 inches when assembled. Thanks for looking…tomorrow’s project is likely going to be polishing out the body - shiny Sunday!
David G. Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 The headlights and tail lights look great Jim. That sign is going to be cool when it's done. David G. 1 1
slusher Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 I agree with you on not drilling the headlights. Headlights look so much better with the clear lenses on them. great looking tail lights and bumper. Cool Cadillac sign! 1 1
OldNYJim Posted June 13, 2022 Author Posted June 13, 2022 Thanks fellas! I was planning on polishing out the body today, but I found a tiny little pinhole in the clear on the roof…no biggie, I just dotted a drop of clear on there and I’ll let it dry for a few days and have another try later in the week: Seeing as I didn’t end up doing a bunch of polishing, instead I wired the firewall (not that it’ll be particularly visible when this is done anyway…) Epoxied the gauge ‘glass’ and started detail painting the dash…need to do a little cleanup and a couple more steps before it’s ready to install: Painted the 3D printed license plates that I’ll be using: They need a coat of satin clear to dumb down the shine a little, but I’m pleased with the embossed-looking effect! They’ll look something like this, once installed… And finally, did some clean-up on the dealer sign frame and base and mocked it up…sure looks big next to the car! Thanks for looking - more soon!
Pierre Rivard Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 Love the 60's Cadillacs. Your work on this oldie is mighty impressive. Thanks for sharing. 1
OldNYJim Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said: Love the 60's Cadillacs. Your work on this oldie is mighty impressive. Thanks for sharing. Thanks Pierre! I had a list of little jobs to complete this evening…and then this happened: It passed by without too much drama…but seriously curtailed my building time this evening. That said, got the interior mostly finished up ready for installation: I’m really excited to get this thing together now…got some little pieces to work on (radiator, mirrors, polish the glass, detail the battery) and then I’m just waiting on the body being polished out and the chrome added. Exciting! Thanks for looking - hopefully a ‘real’ update tomorrow! Edited June 14, 2022 by CabDriver 1
David G. Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 That interior looks so sharp and clean! And details! I love all the little details you're adding to this build. David G.
OldNYJim Posted June 16, 2022 Author Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 7:46 AM, David G. said: That interior looks so sharp and clean! And details! I love all the little details you're adding to this build. David G. Thank you sir! Some more progress this last couple of nights…we had some SERIOUSLY hot days this week, so I figured I’d see if my little spot repair on the roof of the body was ready to be buffed out yet. Looks good to me! Worked through and wet sanded the rest of the body and got it ready for a second look tomorrow with a fresh set of eyes - it’s looking ok though! I’m excited to start with the final step if everything looks good! This part of the process is always kinda funny to me - you spend hours sanding to have it look WAY worse than when you started…but once you get to the final couple of stages it all starts to pay off… In other news, I wanted to add a little texture to the base of the sign I printed at the weekend to make it look more cement-y…my wife picked up this textured Crayola kids paint that she thought I might have a use for and I was curious to try it - worked pretty well I think! And a shot of primer to lock it in… Ready for airbrushing tomorrow! I realize a concrete block might be the most boring thing ever posted on here, but the rest of this side project will be a little more interesting hopefully… Thanks for looking - more soon! 1
David G. Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 It looks like the paint is shaping up nicely for you. I can't wait to see how the sign comes out. David G.
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