Olds is new again...

[charlie8575]

I've been trying to figure out what to do for a build to take with me to Classic Plastic. Hopefully I'll get this one redone.

I started on this when I was in about late 7th or 8th grade. I was having trouble with the paint, put it in the box and hasn't looked at it since really.

This is a Jo-Han 1962 Olds F-85. I'm going to leave the interior except for some detail painting.

The body will be re-painted, and I'll probably re-do the chassis, too.

This is where things stand as of now.

The engine will also be stripped and repainted in the correct red.

The rest of the bits and pieces.

It'll be in the Bleche-Wite shortly.

Charlie Larkin

[mrmike]

You have your work cut out for you, Charlie! What color are you thinking of for the Olds?

[charlie8575]

You have your work cut out for you, Charlie! What color are you thinking of for the Olds?

I'm probably going to do it with Model Master Honduras Maroon.

The nice thing about Jo-Han kits is they build pretty quickly and they're easy to build.

Good thing. The instruction sheet went missing!

Charlie Larkin

[The Modeling Hermit]

I find it amusing as to how many of these projects that I think that I'm just going to skim over, turn into major projects. Someplace I have a picture of a 1:1 that I had sitting in my back yard, towards the end of it's life. If I can find it, I'll post it for you.

[charlie8575]

The paint is stripped. On re-evaluation, I've decided to re-do the interior, and that's being stripped now.

I've encountered a real set-back. Does anyone have a window unit for this one? I didn't even realize I didn't have one until now.

Oops. May need to make a change of plans for next week.

Charlie Larkin

[charlie8575]

A lesson learned....

Twenty-plus year-old paint doesn't like to strip.

The body is about 85-90% stripped. I'm hoping to get the rest of it off later. Apparently, when I was 13, I thought it would be okay to put Dupli-Color over enamel....the enamel is stripping off just fine, but the lacquer is taking a while. Bleche-Wite is effective, but a little slow.

A question...even with traces of enamel, is is it safe to re-prime with lacquer primer, or should I go grab some Testors enamel primer? I don't think the commercial enameal primers (Valspar, Krylon, etc.) are a good idea as that might be a bit hot.

Charlie Larkin

[charlie8575]

This is the result after the stripping. I may need to try some oven cleaner on it to finish the job, worst case, I'm going to try and feather it to make it smooth enough to paint over.

Charlie Larkin

[charlie8575]

Just a small update. I put the body back in the stripper just to see if I can get that last little bit of shmutz off. Also, I borrowed some windows from a MassCar member out of what i believe was the Rat Packer Nova. The windows are very, very close, but with vacuum-forming, I think the excess plastic will help compensate for the small fit issues.

An exciting, and welcome piece of news.

Charlie Larkin

[Danno]

A lesson learned....

Twenty-plus year-old paint doesn't like to strip.

The body is about 85-90% stripped. I'm hoping to get the rest of it off later. Apparently, when I was 13, I thought it would be okay to put Dupli-Color over enamel....the enamel is stripping off just fine, but the lacquer is taking a while. Bleche-Wite is effective, but a little slow.

A question...even with traces of enamel, is is it safe to re-prime with lacquer primer, or should I go grab some Testors enamel primer? I don't think the commercial enameal primers (Valspar, Krylon, etc.) are a good idea as that might be a bit hot.

Charlie Larkin

Charlie,

In my experience the Krylon sandable primer works very well on styrene and as a base for hobby lacquers and automotive lacquers. Just a word of caution: build it up with light, mist coats rather than a wet, heavy coat; you should be fine!

Also, the Model Master Honduras Maroon is an excellent color choice. It looks great and should make your little Olds a real stand-out!

Neat project.

Carry on ...

[charlie8575]

Thanks for the tip, Dan. I may give that a try.

Future updates will be in the Community Build Section.

Charlie Larkin