1930 Packard

[NOBLNG]

New month, new project.? I need a change of pace and I think this will do it. I haven’t gotten into it too far, but it looks like a nice kit? The engine alone is a thing of beauty, and the body color is so nice that I am tempted not to even paint it…but I probably will to get rid of the “plasticky” look.? All comments welcome as always.?

[LennyB]

Greg, looks like a fun project. Just promise me you are not going to try and replicate all those chrome acorn nuts. That will drive a man insane.?

[TopherMcGinnis]

It has some very nice detail! I clear coated a model years ago and it still looks good.

[Noah H.]

That's quite a car, the straight-eight engine is a real work of art. Is that kit or a version of it still made, or do they have to be bought aftermarket?

[NOBLNG]

21 hours ago, LennyB said:

Greg, looks like a fun project. Just promise me you are not going to try and replicate all those chrome acorn nuts. That will drive a man insane.?

Absolutely not.?

18 hours ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

It has some very nice detail! I clear coated a model years ago and it still looks good.

 

I think this thing has way too many nooks and crannies to just polish.?

1 hour ago, Noah H. said:

That's quite a car, the straight-eight engine is a real work of art. Is that kit or a version of it still made, or do they have to be bought aftermarket?

I doubt they are still made by anyone. Maybe someone on here would know better?

[Stanward VonDiederichs]

U are going to have a lot of fun building this kit I had quite a few photos of this car that I just deleted about a month ago from a museum. Also Eleanor Roosevelt's 1932 Plymouth Town Car it was beautiful. Are you going to keep it stock or drop V8 in it????

[espo]

Meguire offers a plastic polish that works great on most kits' plastic. The product is designed for the Plexiglass windshields on boats and the plastic taillights and head lights on cars and trucks if you want to polish the kits' plastic. 

[NOBLNG]

2 hours ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said:

U are going to have a lot of fun building this kit I had quite a few photos of this car that I just deleted about a month ago from a museum. Also Eleanor Roosevelt's 1932 Plymouth Town Car it was beautiful. Are you going to keep it stock or drop V8 in it????

I am keeping it stock, just a little detailing. It already has an eight in it too.?

1 hour ago, espo said:

Meguire offers a plastic polish that works great on most kits' plastic. The product is designed for the Plexiglass windshields on boats and the plastic taillights and head lights on cars and trucks if you want to polish the kits' plastic. 

Thanks, I believe I have a Meguire’s headlight polishing kit in the garage. I think this might be a tough one to polish, but I may give it a try. I can always scrub the polish off with Comet and then paint it.

[Bainford]

Cool project Greg. For a few years now I've been thinking of getting a couple of these Monogram classics. When I was young, a buddy of mine built a bunch of them, and they always looked great on the shelf. I'm interested to watch your project come together. 

[Zippi]

That 30 Packard looks like a really nice kit Greg.  Yeah, that straight 8 will be the show piece of this build.    

[Stanward VonDiederichs]

20 hours ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said:

U are going to have a lot of fun building this kit I had quite a few photos of this car that I just deleted about a month ago from a museum. Also Eleanor Roosevelt's 1932 Plymouth Town Car it was beautiful. Are you going to keep it stock or drop V8 in it????

I hope you know I was kidding! I did a 32 Mercedes one's and it was fun to do. Have you seen a V12 Packard? Hoping to see some of the progress you're doing on it.

[espo]

18 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

I am keeping it stock, just a little detailing. It already has an eight in it too.?

Thanks, I believe I have a Meguire’s headlight polishing kit in the garage. I think this might be a tough one to polish, but I may give it a try. I can always scrub the polish off with Comet and then paint it.

Hi Greg. The times I had done this I first removed all of the mold lines and sanded with a 2000 sanding pad and then some Automotive Polishing Compound before going with the Maguire's. 

[NOBLNG]

Not much progress on this one yet. I’ve been busy finishing up the ‘49 Merc and still fiddling with the ‘41 Plymouth. Anyways… I have been redoing the mounts on most of the engine accessories. I drilled out the horn and the carb and remounted the ?? backfire arrestor? I want to add plug wires so I built a wire routing loom from 1/16” brass tube. The kit has nice molded in spark plugs, but I think they are too tiny to drill for the 0.012” wire I plan to use. Plus one plug is broken so I will have to think of another option. Thanks for looking.

[NOBLNG]

Unfortunately with this kit, the engine IS the front frame crossmembers, so the frame and suspension can’t be built without the completed engine.?

[TopherMcGinnis]

11 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Unfortunately with this kit, the engine IS the front frame crossmembers, so the frame and suspension can’t be built without the completed engine.?

 

[LennyB]

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

Unfortunately with this kit, the engine IS the front frame crossmembers, so the frame and suspension can’t be built without the completed engine.?

So does that mean you actually have to follow the instructions in order?? Where’s the fun in that ?

[NOBLNG]

12 minutes ago, LennyB said:

So does that mean you actually have to follow the instructions in order?? Where’s the fun in that ?

I’m not really known for doing that?…but the axles attach to the  leaf springs which are part of the frame rails. I can probably attach the three rear crossmembers and still spread the rails enough to slip the engine into place. But it has to be in place before the front axle goes in.

[NOBLNG]

Engine is finished.? I wound up using some 0.5mm brass tubing for spark plugs. It is 0.3mm (0.012”) id. so the plug wires just fit.

Edited May 4, 2024 by NOBLNG

[NOBLNG]

Got the engine in and the front and rear suspension finished. I’m getting the body ready to paint but first I want to pin all the parts attached to it. The windshield is kind of precariously mounted, but a couple of pins will help come final assembly.

[charlie8575]

The Monogram Museum Pieces haven't been run in years. From my understanding, Atlantis ended up with the tools, so hopefully sometime in the nearish future, we'll see another run.

These kits are very nice, build easily, and look very good when done.

Charlie Larkin

[Bugatti Fan]

Nice model taking shape here. Those Monogram classics are nice kits.

I have their Bugatti 35B to build that looks a nice accurate kit apart from the heavily chromed parts. They will need to be stripped and redone with Alclad or a similar product.

Surprised to learn that Atlantis now have the moulds. Revell must have sold them on after the acquisition of Monogram.

[NOBLNG]

10 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said:

Nice model taking shape here. Those Monogram classics are nice kits.

I have their Bugatti 35B to build that looks a nice accurate kit apart from the heavily chromed parts. They will need to be stripped and redone with Alclad or a similar product.

Surprised to learn that Atlantis now have the moulds. Revell must have sold them on after the acquisition of Monogram.

Thanks. I also have their Mercedes 540K, but the hood was warped and I made it worse trying to straighten it…so it wound up back on the shelf.?

[NOBLNG]

The interior is pretty much done except for the shifter and brake lever. They are awaiting the Crome treatment after getting the flash removed.? I scraped off the faint welting around the non existent door opening…which wasn’t in the correct place, scribed in some new door lines and added new welting. I made new controls (timing advance?) for the steering wheel by melting a ball on the end of some .020” Evergreen. The door handles are a piece of wire.

 

Edited May 12, 2024 by NOBLNG

[Blueprint]

Seeing that box top brought back memories! I built this kit as a kid, with kid skills and Testor's brushed on - figure late '70s / early '80s. It's long gone.

[slusher]

Long really nice Greg, I really like the finished engine!