Bernard Kron Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Low slung Candy Orchid 40 Ford Fordor Mild Custom done early 50’s style. Based on the R&D Unique resin 40 Ford Fordor and the AMT 39-40 Tudor kit. Radically lowered stock frame, stock interior done in matte white with gold trim, kit tri-carb Olds mill, flipper caps and De Soto bumpers from the AMT 40 Ford Sedan Delivery kit (the ultimate parts kit full of cool goodies for all kinds of traditional builds). Whitewalls from the parts box. Two coats of Duplicolor Metalcast Purple over Duplicolor Sunburst Gold Metallic to create a deep Candy Orchid. Really a pretty simple build but full of first-time attempts on my part including first time with Dupicolor Metalcast, first candy paint job, first resin body build, and first completed Bare Metal Foil job. I did this as a quick recreational build to take a break from some more ambitious projects I’ve got going. It was quick (about 3 weeks which for me is very fast) but all the firsts meant it was a good deal more than “recreationalâ€. Still, it came out how I envisioned it and it was a lot of fun to try all this new stuff out. The Metalcast paint is especially tricky to handle but it sure looks great! You can learn more about the paint and other trials and tubulation on the workbench thread here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20596 . Thanx for lookin’! B.
Towmaster Dave Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 That turned out great Bernard. I absolutly love the way it came out, great job on a quick build. Dave
James W Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 A very nice build up and very good looking. I did not notice it was a Fordor until I read the specs. Way to go on the "first' trys. It helps keep up the interest when you push yourself.
curt raitz Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Hey Bernard...very nice model! boy you're startin' to pump these models out as fast as I do, hee-hee! love the art work... c'ya
Raul_Perez Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Very nice build, Bernard!! Isn't it amazing what great results you can get from a good sheet of BMF!! We'll have to get Curt to build a '40 Ford of some type before the next NNL West event...then we can line up all of our '40 Fords together!! Later,
sigmaman Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 3 weeks! Where do you get time to build a model in three weeks! Great work mate. Nice paint.
Bernard Kron Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 Thanx to everyone for the kind comments. The Fordor body certainly has The Look and just begs to be slammed. It totally sucked me in. I have no idea where the color came from. I was just in the paint section at my local auto parts store when I thought “Hmmmm….. transparent paint, candy apple purpleâ€. The orchid color came out because of the gold base I used. Special Thanx go out to Lyle Willits and Steve Milberry for getting me through the Metalcast adventure. Lyle warned me about the problems he’d had and that it probably wouldn’t work. Without his heads-up I would have totally trashed the body! But Steve had figured out that if you clear the Metalcast immediately after you lay it down it won’t craze the way it does if you let the Metalcast dry and then clear it. Because I had a one-off resin body I tested everything. Lucky I did. It’s really pretty paint once you understand how to clear it. The whole thing is spelled out in the workbench thread. Hey Bernard...very nice model! boy you're startin' to pump these models out as fast as I do, hee-hee! love the art work... c'ya Thanx Curt! Actually I’ve got 2 or 3 models backed up on the bench now. I just was able to get this one out because I needed a simple build to keep from getting a bad case of builders block. But these simple largely out of the box builds can be very seductive, that’s for sure. The art work is a result of my really bad addiction to Photoshop. I haven’t totally mastered the black background technique but I’m workin’ on it. Tryin’ to get that “in the studio†Rodder’s Journal thing happening…. 3 weeks! Where do you get time to build a model in three weeks! Great work mate. Nice paint. Thanx Sigmaman! I very consciously kept this one close to out of the box. The resin body was very good and needed only a little clean up, no more than you would get removing excess flash from a styrene body. No filler work of any kind. Other than the paint, the only extra work came in lowering the stance. So really it’s just a standard kit build with a few tweaks. I wanted a break from some more elaborate projects I have going. More than anything I just went for The Look and kept the bodywork and detailing to an absolute minimum.
curt raitz Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Very nice build, Bernard!! Isn't it amazing what great results you can get from a good sheet of BMF!! We'll have to get Curt to build a '40 Ford of some type before the next NNL West event...then we can line up all of our '40 Fords together!! Later, Ya know I have a 1940 Ford "Good Guyz" model in my cabinet...guess I'd better get to work on it, heh!
Bernard Kron Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Very nice build, Bernard!! Isn't it amazing what great results you can get from a good sheet of BMF!! We'll have to get Curt to build a '40 Ford of some type before the next NNL West event...then we can line up all of our '40 Fords together!! Thanx Raul! The good BMF certainly made life easier than the POS I had before, but the engraving on the side trim of the AMT 40 Ford is pretty vague so determining where to cut the BMF was really quite difficult. I had to do it several times to come close to something that looked OK. The windshield trim and door handles were way easier than the side trim! I've still got a radical custom Tudor planned and maybe a coupe as well, so maybe 2009 is the Year of the 40 for me... So far it 's certainly the Year of the Fat Fenders ('37 Chevy and now the Fordor). Edited June 17, 2009 by gbk1
carrucha Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Cool custom. Good job on the paint. I like your wheel/tire combo and stance. Good job. carrucha
RJWood Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Beautiful work, and the nicely done white/gold interior also sets off the beautiful body color very well. Fantastic job!
RodBurNeR Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Just wanted to say again how nice this came out, real cool and great color!
Bernard Kron Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) Cool custom. Good job on the paint. I like your wheel/tire combo and stance. Good job. carrucha Thanx carrucha! The brilliant Ford stylist of the 30's and 40's, Bob Gregoire, created designs that are timeless and I just wanted to capture the beauty and flow of this great sedan All those windows and the long roof must have been a really challenge but the result is a gorgeous Streamline classic. I’m sure those old school customizer chose colors like Candy Orchid to highlight the cars’ fat-fendered contours and the whitewall tires and extreme lowered stance to create an idealized look much like the original artist’s sketch. Beautiful work, and the nicely done white/gold interior also sets off the beautiful body color very well. Fantastic job! Thanx Ron! I just followed the Old Skool cookbook which used white interiors for contrast to highlight those luscious metallic exterior colors. Edited June 18, 2009 by gbk1
Bernard Kron Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 Just wanted to say again how nice this came out, real cool and great color! Thanks a lot, Bob! Just trying to keep things on TRaK! Seriously, these classic Traditional rides just about build themsleves. One look at this Fordor and all I could do was slam it, choose an appropriately rich looking metallic paint and the requisite whitewalls and caps. There was no other way!
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