'40 Ford Fordor

[MikeMc]

OOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo........................!!!

As the crowd yells for more!!!

That's looking really good, Bernard!!

I can't wait to see how it looks with some BMF!!

Later,

WINNER!!!!!!

and that back end is killer now....just a flash of whitewall

[Bernard Kron]

Thanx guys! First a brief note about Metalcast. I did shoot a test shot of DupliColor clear on the hood after a 24 hour cure, and while it didn't go nuts like the earlier crazing it did still craze. So while it may not be as bad this time, I think Steve Milberry's observation still stands alongside Lyle Willit's warnings. If you're gonna use Metalcast, be sure to spray color coats and initial clear coats in quick succession. My experience indicates the sooner the better, basically as soon as it sets up. In the warm weather that I shot this stuff that means, as Steve indicated, the the clear goes on 5-10 minutes afters the last coat of Metalcast. Here's a good a shot as I could get of the crazing this last time around. As you can see, it's not as terrible as the last time, but still enough to ruin your day:

I finalized the chassis and wheel setups and mocked up the build with tires and bumpers with the color and clear. The bumpers need to be curved some to conform to the lines of the front and rear and the rear bumpers need to be taken in closer to the bodywork.

Here are some pictures. The big question I have right now is whether I should shoot some more clear or leave well enough alone and move directly on to BMF. I've got about 1 1/2 coats of clear on now, probably not enough to hold up to a good polishing. On the other hand I have a lot of gloss ond almost no orange peel to speak of. Should I risk two more coats of clear and a polishing or skip polishing altogether and leave it as it is?

Edited June 7, 2009 by gbk1

[Raul_Perez]

I would NOT give the paint gods one more chance to ruin your day with this one.

Remember, many resins don't take well to most paint removers and sanding off all of the old paint is no fun at all.

I'd leave this one just the way it is and start laying down the BMF.

Later,

Edited June 9, 2009 by Raul_Perez

[Mark Crowel]

Bernard,

Ditto to leaving well enough alone. A lesson I've had to learn the hard way, and relearn, and re-relearn.

Just haaad to do a little bit more to get it juuust right, then OH,****!

It looks great as is, and definitely keep the whitewalls and flippers. That car of yours was meant to be retro.

Mark

[Towmaster Dave]

Its looking great Bernard, I wouldn't temp the paint gods anymore. The color, stance and everything else is looking great.

Dave

[CB]

I agree with everone else Bernard-- stick a fork in it-- it's done! ...and lookin' SWEET!

[TomA]

Got to agree Bernard, leave well enough alone! Looks super sweet as it is!

[Bernard Kron]

Thanx everyone for the kind comments. It's unanimous, you all said to leave the paint as is so I have. I'm almost done with foiling. I hope to have this build completed by tomorrow night. In the meantime here's the interior.

Edited June 14, 2009 by gbk1

[Raul_Perez]

Looking good, Bernard!!

It looks like this one is headed for the finish line!!

Later,

[84vanagon]

Oh man, Bernard!

That interior is going to look

great with that beautiful purple paint.

[Bernard Kron]

All done! And a very quick build by my standards. I sure tackled an awful lot of “firsts†on this one: First time with Duplicolor Metalcast paint, first Candy paint job, first BMF completion, first resin body build. Yikes! Pretty ambitious for a “quick buildâ€. But it was a lot of fun and it came out pretty much how I saw it. Thanx to everyone for all the kind comments and especially to those who helped out with all their knowledge and experience to get me through all the potential disasters along the way. Here’s a teaser pic. The final pictures are over in the Under Glass section here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...c=20912&hl= .

Edited June 16, 2009 by gbk1