AMT 1941 Ford Custom Woody WIP

[espo]

Great looking wood grain, I like your maroon body color here. 

[Duddly01]

53 minutes ago, espo said:

Great looking wood grain, I like your maroon body color here. 

Thank you. A lot of work to still do but it is coming along. Letting what is done cure a couple days then will start creating the woodgrain effect on the body and interior panels with oil paints.

[LennyB]

The woodgrain is the fun part. I really enjoyed doing that on mine.

[TopherMcGinnis]

W O W!!!!!

SUPERB CRAFTSMANSHIP! 

[David G.]

With the body mods and the lighting, here's so much to like about what you're doing with this kit.

Spectacular work on this Donald!

David G.

[Duddly01]

13 hours ago, LennyB said:

The woodgrain is the fun part. I really enjoyed doing that on mine.

Looking forward to finding the time to start on it. The most I have done before is the bed in the 1950 3100. I wasn’t about to use the decals either, rather pixelated looking IMHO.

2 hours ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

W O W!!!!!

SUPERB CRAFTSMANSHIP! 

Thank You!

[Duddly01]

1 hour ago, David G. said:

With the body mods and the lighting, here's so much to like about what you're doing with this kit.

Spectacular work on this Donald!

David G.

Thank you!

[Duddly01]

Interior detail pretty much done, very simple interior. Aged the leather just a bit.Woodgrain work pretty much done. Next to 2K clear the body and a bunch of parts.

[LennyB]

Nice progress Donald, is looking good.  

[David G.]

Wow! Excellent work on the leather and wood!

David G.

[SpikeSchumacher]

That's looking very nice Donald. ?

 

[Duddly01]

someone in DM was asking how I do the woodgrain. This is a video I found useful. 

The first thing do spray the wood area with Tamiya TS-68 wood deck Tan.

these are the oil paints I use.

darker color is about 50/50:burnt umber & burnt sienna. lighter is yellow ochre with a small amount of burnt sienna. Some old ragged paint brush and drag it across the panel. Don’t stop in the middle too much. You have plenty of working time so don’t rush it. My last post is before I clear the whole body including the woodgrain which will bring it out even more.

[Duddly01]

4 hours ago, LennyB said:

Nice progress Donald, is looking good.  

Thank you!

3 hours ago, David G. said:

Wow! Excellent work on the leather and wood!

David G.

Thank You!

3 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

That's looking very nice Donald. ?

 

thank you!

[espo]

14 hours ago, Duddly01 said:

Interior detail pretty much done, very simple interior. Aged the leather just a bit.Woodgrain work pretty much done. Next to 2K clear the body and a bunch of parts.

Besides the body color the wood grain finishes are realistic looking. 

[Duddly01]

11 minutes ago, espo said:

Besides the body color the wood grain finishes are realistic looking. 

Thanks, the body color is a 1940-1941 ford maroon I got from MCW finishes. I try to keep my paint colors as accurate as possible to what would be available for the year and manufacturer.

[Duddly01]

Sprayed all of these components with a coat of 2k clear this morning. I got a little trash in the hood but not bad, will disappear when I wet sand and polish. Starting to see it turning into something now. Roughest next part is going to be installing more than 40 little top studio rivets in the body for the wood frame bolts. 

[Duddly01]

While I am semi-patiently waiting for the 2K to clear I decided to put the engine together. As this is supposed to be hot rodded a bit I decided to go with red plug wires and heat stained the headers. First time I used .005 flat band for the belt. It does look better IMHO.

[David G.]

Nice work on the engine Donald. Good use of weathering techniques, I especially like the heat staining on the headers.

David G.

[LennyB]

That engine looks really nice. I have a 40 Ford project that needs one of those. I'll have to check the leftovers box from my Woody project to see if there is one in there.

[Duddly01]

4 hours ago, David G. said:

Nice work on the engine Donald. Good use of weathering techniques, I especially like the heat staining on the headers.

David G.

Thank you! 

1 hour ago, LennyB said:

That engine looks really nice. I have a 40 Ford project that needs one of those. I'll have to check the leftovers box from my Woody project to see if there is one in there.

Thank you! The stromberg carbs and frog mouth breathers are from IceMan Collection. They make a world of difference. The generator is scratch built, the plug wires are left over LED wiring and the belt is .005 flat band. The rest is out of the box.

[mrm]

Wood grain looks really great. I like to color too. The flatty is no joke either. This will be one cool surf wagon. 

[Duddly01]

1 hour ago, mrm said:

Wood grain looks really great. I like to color too. The flatty is no joke either. This will be one cool surf wagon. 

Thank you! Trying to get some progress made while I wait a little while to wet sand and polish the body panels. Not really much to wet sand other than the hood and fenders really, woodgrain shouldn't get smoothed too much. 

Edited November 4, 2024 by Duddly01

[Duddly01]

Attached the LED wiring harness to the chassis tonight. The back seat and cover test fitted.

[Zippi]

It's slowly coming together Donald.  All the colors are spot on.  NIce work.

[David G.]

That's going to be so cool when it's done!

David G.