62 Nova convertible

[trogdor]

I decided it's been too long since I built or worked on anything. And besides it's good therapy to distract me from other nonsense.

So this will be my WIP. I'm telling you right up front, don't expect anything fancy or crazy customizing. I'm building this one with the idea of the way it was meant to be built a long time ago hopefully with less glue smears

This is the kit I'm about to desecrate. It's all original

I started by washing the body parts, rims, and frame as well as the dashboard

I started with these parts because they will all have the same finish color

The chassis with every cursed detail molded in. The only assembly required was the axle blocks on the front end. I need to trim off that extra plastic next to the rear screw hole. I didn't notice it until the primer hit it.

The dash and rims

The hood and body

Ok here is a mock up of where this is going. Still haven't picked an interior color yet or decided on the motor

Edited July 10, 2010 by trogdor

[trogdor]

I finally tried using BMF. It wasn't as bad as I thought. I did the rocker panels. Maybe I'll try the windshield and vent window frames

[59-Desoto]

Awwwww that's nice , good to see another oldie saved . Hope to see them come back some day. Love them old Nova's Keep up the good work

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

I'll be watching this one. I love vintage styrene and it is good to see one built, especially a minty fresh original. Bet you paid more than sixty-nine cents for it!

[Jon Cole]

That is nice! Good save. And once you get used to BMF, you'll wonder how you ever built without it!

[george 53]

Rick, I found that same kit, built, at a garage sale. Since I'm not really into convertables, I cut the roof from the old Rat Packer kit, and turned it into a coupe. Wasn't hard to do at all. Came out pretty good, if I say so myself.Painted it Competition Orange, Like my high scool buddy's lil Nova

[edward smith]

Looks like an interesting project, good thing you belong to this forum, lots of good builders here, not to mention, a lot of help.

[trogdor]

I'm open to suggestions for an interior color.

[impcon]

That is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute and sweet!!!!!!!!!I know that I would really struggle to build that even though I know that they were meant to be built. I dunno - sometimes I am too sentimental and too much of a purist I guess. Still, this WILL be cute! Interior colour? Hmmmm.. I'd say do it in the aqua colour thatthey used back then. Other than that, I'd say that white would be the only other choice but I sure do think that aqua would look good!

[Jim Gibbons]

Looking good! From your photos, it looks like you painted it Tamiya Coral Blue. I did a '62 TBird in that color, and here's a picture of the colors I used for the interior.

http://images31.fotki.com/v1097/photos/6/1679196/8847494/TBird_0045-vi.jpg

I tried to simulate actual Ford colors for the dash, carpeting, and door panels to offset the white seats. I used art store craft acrylics (I think the two colors I used were Blueberry and Teal), and mixed them with the addition of Tamiya clear gloss acrylic for a semi-gloss sheen. I'm not saying Chevy had the same scheme, but it came out very well, and looks much better than the picture shows.

[trogdor]

Looking good! From your photos, it looks like you painted it Tamiya Coral Blue. I did a '62 TBird in that color, and here's a picture of the colors I used for the interior.

http://images31.fotki.com/v1097/photos/6/1679196/8847494/TBird_0045-vi.jpg

I tried to simulate actual Ford colors for the dash, carpeting, and door panels to offset the white seats. I used art store craft acrylics (I think the two colors I used were Blueberry and Teal), and mixed them with the addition of Tamiya clear gloss acrylic for a semi-gloss sheen. I'm not saying Chevy had the same scheme, but it came out very well, and looks much better than the picture shows.

You are right Jim. I did use that Tamiya color. The hardest part for me anyway with the interior is everything is molded into that interior except the dash and steering wheel. I don't have the desire or the skill to cut it apart to detail it, So I'll just go with a color to compliment the exterior. I like what you did on your T Bird

[Bucky]

This is a very nice project! Ya gonna run a six banger in it? For the interior, I'd go with a similar color to the body, as a lot of cars that came out of the factory back then had interiors that closely matched the outside. Other than that, you might go with an off-white color!

[impcon]

Looking good! From your photos, it looks like you painted it Tamiya Coral Blue. I did a '62 TBird in that color, and here's a picture of the colors I used for the interior.

http://images31.fotki.com/v1097/photos/6/1679196/8847494/TBird_0045-vi.jpg

I tried to simulate actual Ford colors for the dash, carpeting, and door panels to offset the white seats. I used art store craft acrylics (I think the two colors I used were Blueberry and Teal), and mixed them with the addition of Tamiya clear gloss acrylic for a semi-gloss sheen. I'm not saying Chevy had the same scheme, but it came out very well, and looks much better than the picture shows.

Wow That DOES look good! Is there any sheen or gloss tothe acrylics at all or would you have toput some satin clear over top to give the panels the proper gloss? Sure does look sweet!

[DAYTIME]

That looks like a cool kit. The bmf looks good

[Jim Gibbons]

Wow That DOES look good! Is there any sheen or gloss tothe acrylics at all or would you have toput some satin clear over top to give the panels the proper gloss? Sure does look sweet!

Thanks! The bottled acrylics I used were completely flat in finish, and water based. They're really designed for paper, wood, etc. I chose them as I didn't have model paints that I could mix to get the color I wanted. I added some clear gloss directly into the two mixed colors, and put a thinned coat of clear on after the paint dried except for the carpeted areas. These were kind of hard to apply with a brush, and I ended up stripping some areas and redoing them. I don't know if these could be airbrushed, as they seemed to have a bit of a "gritty" texture. There is a huge palette of colors available, though, so some neat interior finishes can be had.