doomcrew Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 i haven't done a wip for a while, its about time i did one. the body is the jimmy flintstone leadstone body, and i hope to get away from the cadzilla look. the colour will black on top, with pearl orange on the bottom half. there will be a scallop spear on the bonnet and rear of the body. just started on scratchbuilding the scuttle, dashboard and console. more to come. thanks for looking. :D steve
GTMust Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Great project start. This should be interesting. Tony
Dave Ambrose Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 I like where you're going with this. That body caught my eye a while back. What are you using for a chassis?
Dr. Cranky Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Can we have some more, please, sir . . . (you hear that in an English accent!) Really, keep it going, it's a wonderful vehicle so far.
doomcrew Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 i'm using the amt fleetline chassis, with a few mods of course. i want to get this thing down in the weeds, and so far i have channeled the body but there will be more work on the suspension. there's lots more to come, you can bet on that. steve
doomcrew Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 ok, here is some more progress showing the scuttle and the beginings of the dashboard and centre console, all of which are made from chemiwood. steve
Foxer Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 That interior looks very good! I've never heard of chemiwood and looked it up. Looks like an interesting material.
ajulia Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Hello there friend! Ya gotta keep at this one fella! A good friend had the 1:1 and to see it in kit form is such eye candy! I hope progress keeps on and will look forward to the build up!
doomcrew Posted February 13, 2011 Author Posted February 13, 2011 did some more fabrication on the dash and got the instrument pod done. the holes are drilled ready for the yet to be turned clocks. most of the bodywork is done. i still have to decide on the rear lights and turn a pair of headlights in order to complete the bodywork around the headlights. the engine bay is almost done and just need to work on the window surrounds before laying on some primer. steve
horsepower Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 i haven't done a wip for a while, its about time i did one. the body is the jimmy flintstone leadstone body, and i hope to get away from the cadzilla look. the colour will black on top, with pearl orange on the bottom half. there will be a scallop spear on the bonnet and rear of the body. just started on scratchbuilding the scuttle, dashboard and console. more to come. thanks for looking. steve One more step that will get away from the Caddzilla look would be to use '59 'Vette tailights, they fit into the Fleetline rear quarters pretty well, & keep teh lines pretty close to original looking.
sjordan2 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 This is going to be great. It would also look good with a '53 Studebaker front body forward of the windshield.
doomcrew Posted February 19, 2011 Author Posted February 19, 2011 some more progress......with some lathe work, which includes gear stick, clocks, starter switch, steering column and headlight bezzels. i decided to use the rear lights from the 32 ford sedan kit, which meant re-designing the rear fenders. steve
crazyjim Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 You have some pretty decent work going on here. I'm gonna keep watching.
Mike Kucaba Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Ok I like this a lot and will incorporate (steal) these ideas in mine. Another item that looks good on this body is a split rear window like from the '39/'37 sedan. Also You should make up several sets of those headlites for all your friends here on the board.
doomcrew Posted March 5, 2011 Author Posted March 5, 2011 ok, following a suggestion from mike i added a split rear window. i have been thinking of doing parts as soon as i get myself sorted house wise. as you can see, i started adding some colour. the roof and bonnet (hood) will be masked off and black will be sprayed, but i decided not to do any graphics. the chassis will also be sprayed in pearl orange along with the rear axle. steve
Foxer Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 I really like what I can see of the split rear window ... seems much needed now that it's in front of us! The console is curvaceous!
doomcrew Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 thanks everyone......... .....and here are some more progress pics. the final colour is on and has now been clear coated, it just now needs rubbing down and polish. the engine is coming along with some turned parts and the chassis is painted, i will put some pics of them up soon. steve
tylersloan Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 that turned out better than i thought when i seen the thread i was not to impressed with the resin body you chose. But now that i see what you did with it and the paint choice you won me over it looks fantastic good work.
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