1963 Super Torque Ford

[gks1964]

Nice fix!!!

[MarkJ]

2 hours ago, gks1964 said:

Nice fix!!!

Thanks, Gerald. Now let's see if I can keep from messing it up again. That's another good thing about acrylic paint. You can strip it rather easily with a toothbrush and some non-caustic nail polish remover. Right where you sit to build the model.

[MarkJ]

Primed and painted the hood. I thought I would put another coat of paint on, but I think I will go straight to clear. I don't want to mess the hood up again and so far, it looks pretty good.

[Pierre Rivard]

Yup, smooth!

[MarkJ]

1 hour ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Yup, smooth!

Thanks, Pierre. This Createx paint is thinner than Vallejo, so I had to adjust the thinning ratio to 50/50. I bought a wider brush also to do the body. It's a 3/4 inch. Both changes seemed to help. I will definitely be glad to get back to opaque paint for my next build. This pearlized paint is pretty but a lot more difficult to get on consistently.

[TooOld]

I agree "stop while you're ahead" and go to the clear , looks like you've got it this time !

[MarkJ]

3 hours ago, TooOld said:

I agree "stop while you're ahead" and go to the clear , looks like you've got it this time !

Thanks, Bob. I did just that. I will put another coat of clear on the whole model today and then let it sit a couple of days before I polish it. Will finally start on the interior tub.

[MarkJ]

I put the second and final coat of clear on the body and will just let it sit for a while before I polish it with novus 2 and 3. I'm really going to try hard not to go through the clear into the paint. I started on the interior and decided to use the sprue cutter instead of an exacto knife to remove the back seat and the console. It went a lot quicker on the back seat doing this. I will clean it up with exacto and sanding sticks before I reform the tub with styrene sheets.

[gks1964]

Oh yes, Progress!!!

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by gks1964

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Gerald. 

Glad I'm basically through with the painting. Didn't turn out as well as I hoped, but I think the final product will be okay.

[MarkJ]

Removed the console and that portion of the drive shaft tunnel. Will rebuild the tub with styrene sheet and tube material for the tunnel. the demo went a lot faster using the sprue cutter. 

[Johnny Canuck]

Them sprue cutter pics giving me flashbacks to the house demolition scene with Will Smith - and the cat - in the movie I, Robot. 
:-{] 

 

[TooOld]

Your paint looks good to me and some great progress with the interior !

I use sprue cutters the same way , saves me a trip to the garage to use a Dremel and it sure speeds things up !  When the job is finished nobody will ever know .

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Johnny and Bob. I appreciate your interest in the build.

[MarkJ]

Moving right along. Almost have the tunnel completed. 

[presnell]

You're doing a great job! Would'nt it be nice if the mfgs would  make a blank interior tub1

[MarkJ]

3 hours ago, presnell said:

You're doing a great job! Would'nt it be nice if the mfgs would  make a blank interior tub1

Thanks, Jim. Yes, it would. I guess some kits come with the rear seat separate and you can choose to leave it off, but usually its the way this one is. And sometimes you can choose to install a console or leave it off.

[MarkJ]

Finished the tunnel and added some putty. Next will be the cage and dash. Eventually the shifter and fire extinguisher and seat after it has the harnesses and bolster attached. 

 

[MarkJ]

Got started on the cage. I'm using .080 rod this time because I feel it's closer to scale then the 7/32 tube, I was using. 

[MarkJ]

Got most of the cage done. Just a couple of more bars. I also started on the dash removing all the switches and opening up the area where the guages will go. There will be no handles on the door panels because all the side glass was removed from this car. 

[MarkJ]

[gks1964]

Well done!!

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Gerald.

[slusher]

Great scratch building, Mark I enjoy your work!

[MarkJ]

Thanks , Carl.