Ed "Big Daddy" Roth '56 Ford F100 pickup

[slusher]

Your making nice progress!

[eajonesgue]

My original intent was to paint the flames on the body, using masks printed out by a club member on his Silhouette machine.  The reasons I wanted to paint were:

- the decals looked like they were going to be difficult to lay down around the compound curves of the fenders

- the flame decals don't seem to be the correct colour for the restored truck - they seem more of a reddish brown shade than a bright red

- the original sheet has two decals that were damaged (see photo)

However, the vinyl masks had a number of tears in them and the vinyl masks did not stick very well.  Before looking at the masks, I contacted Bill Brillinger of Precision Design Company (www.pdc.ca) about getting him to make up decals for the dashboard.  I sent him the photos I had of the interior and some dimensions.  I did a mock up of what the dash would look like using masking tape.  Bill mentioned that he had the artwork for the flame decals that he did for a customer in HO (1:87) scale (talk about tiny).  I am ordering the dashboard and the flame decals (in a brighter red colour and in 1:25 scale).  During our conversation, I wanted to see how the original decals worked.  I applied the bed cover mural decal and it worked flawlessly.  I will use the kit decal pinstriping and lettering decals.

[meechum68]

WOW!!  The level of detail is .. awesome!!

I need to keep building to get better and one day put out this kind of beauty! 

 

[TopherMcGinnis]

Any progress?

[eajonesgue]

Hey, I was away on a trip for a couple of weeks and then summer activities have taken up much of my time.  Below are some of the progress I have made since the last posing June 1.  

Engine was painted decanted Tamiya chrome yellow, transmission was brush painted with Tamiya enamel flat aluminum. I also added some 3D printed detail bolt heads (these are from Falcon Scale Models)

[eajonesgue]

The dashboard was brush painted Tamiya lemon yellow and the a BestModelCarParts (eBay seller) dash gauge was added.  The red and blue markings are a decal, custom made by Precision Design Company (PDC.ca).  It looks pretty darn close to the dash in the restored car.

I am now starting on the flame decals, which are quite the challenge.