ShawnS Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 Thanks again guys. The updates are starting to catch up to where I am at so pretty soon anything you see will be real time updates. Here is some of the interior work so far. I started with the floor pan. Evergreen sheet with a trans hump from a Mustang. The rear bulkhead and parcel shelf were fitted. The wheel well lumps are sections cut out of the wheel wells from a Mustang chassis I added the side panels and the raised areas where the seats will sit. underneath Made the mouldings for around the doors and the door cards and made and cast the armrests. I cast the window cranks from a part I found in my spares box. Two of the arm rests look like they have air bubbles in them but the spots that you can see are just debris in the resin The rear seat was next. Falcons used different styles of upholstery over the years so I made inserts for the seats. That way when I want to do a different model, I can change the seat patterns without messing up the seat. You can also see that I used copper wire for the piping around the base of the seat. The basic seat parts Stick them all together and this is what you get. To be continued.. Cheers ShawnS
ShawnS Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 The front seats. There was absolutely nothing in my spares box that came close to what I wanted so I had to make those as well. Once again all evergreen with some putty for the sides of the backrest and copper wire for the piping. With the headrest and centre inserts. I cast them straight away and shot some primer on them. The stripes are only temporary and will be done neatly on the final version. The XE Falcon had two different centre consoles. I built both. I made the shifter boot from different sized layers of evergreen layed on top of each other. The knob is from my spares box. I found some pedals from a 67 Mercury that will do the job just fine. The interior tub with the manual console. and the auto console. Just the dash and a couple of things left to show you and then you'll be up to date. To be continued.. Cheers ShawnS
mopar68 Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Can't quite get over those consoles. I can envision stuff like that in my head, but getting it out of my head and making it a reality is extremely difficult. Doing it as well as you have is dang near impossible.
Romell R Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Heres my question: .......wait for it........How the HECK! did I miss this one?? , Shawn you are a showman when it comes to scratch building. I have really enjoyed this build and will be on-board till the end. Oh I do have a question : when you are ready to paint the motor and other details will you disassemble it ? or do you plan on painting it as is? In any case keep up the OUTSTANDING work
Guest Adamo Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 This is insane. How is this even possible!!!! Amazing work my friend!!!
charlie8575 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 I am amazed by this whole build. Absolutely awesome. Charlie Larkin
ShawnS Posted February 19, 2012 Author Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) Can't quite get over those consoles. I can envision stuff like that in my head, but getting it out of my head and making it a reality is extremely difficult. Doing it as well as you have is dang near impossible. Thanks for the continued support Zac. Thank you RommelR. I hope you all will be with me till the end. Don't be affraid to spread the word so that no-one else misses it. I will be pulling it apart. At the moment it's only lightly tacked together so i can make sure it fits where it should and when I'm ready to paint, it will come apart easily. Thanks Adamo. It just takes a image in my head, a lot of evergreen styrene and glue and a whole lot of patience. Being crazy doesn't hurt either. I must be crazy 'cos people have been calling me that since I started it. Ok, now for the dashboard. Here is the finished part. I had 2 failures before I figured out how to get it right. I printed out a lo-res dash readout and put it behind a piece of clear sheet. The radio face is from a Tamiya VW Beetle and the aircon/heater controls are from a MCG PE set. I made a steering column and added levers from evergreen rod and strips. The finished unit with steering wheel. The top has vents. The real thing There is still a bit of fine tuning to do like adding an ignition lock and putting more of an upward angle on the steering wheel. I'm also feeling that the steering wheel may be a bit oversized so I'll have to fix that. Anything else like the seat belt buckle stalks and the floor mat will be done during the final detail stages. to be continued.. Cheers ShawnS Edited February 19, 2012 by ShawnS
stulee11 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 well i'll be, a horse's, mothers , uncle's , dad .... that my friend is attention to detailing at its finest !!!!!... i'm loving this build i cant stop looking at it over and over again tryin to fathum how on earth you're doing it lol... great work !!
Deathgoblin Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Man, This is a fantastic scratchbuild. You're doing some incredible work.
seeker589 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Have you thought about writing an article or publishable paper displaying your skills? This is outstanding work! Thanks for sharing!
charlie8575 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Have you thought about writing an article or publishable paper displaying your skills? This is outstanding work! Thanks for sharing! I second this request! Charlie Larkin
Alyn Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 I feel like I should be paying to see this. Your work is the definition of modeling; very, very impressive. Looking forward to the paint phase.
justin2020 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Heres my question: .......wait for it........How the HECK! did I miss this one?? , Shawn you are a showman when it comes to scratch building. I have really enjoyed this build and will be on-board till the end. Oh I do have a question : when you are ready to paint the motor and other details will you disassemble it ? or do you plan on painting it as is? In any case keep up the OUTSTANDING work This is amazing. All of this hard work going into this it would be a shame to cover it all up. I vote for leaving it unpainted. This way you could show off all of your excellent work!
Tony T Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 This is an example of positively mad skills! Love the detail you are putting into this!! Just...Wow!
RoadToZion Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Wow now that is amazing work and to think this is the first time you have scratch built?? Imagine what you could do next would love to see a VY SS in 1/24 it's almost unfair that we don't get good Aussie scale models available to us but with any luck you might eventually be the man to make it possible for us to see so many Aussie classics on the shelves of hobby shops around the world in 1/24 scale plastic kits imagine the builds possible!! Can't wait to see this finished
ShawnS Posted February 21, 2012 Author Posted February 21, 2012 I feel like I should be paying to see this. In that case, sent $1000 to this address................... Just kidding..unless you wanna do it. :lol: Thanks again for the kind comments. Here is the last of the catchup updates and anything from here on is what I have actually been working on. I managed to cast the body and clean it up. Not too many issues except the mould rubber that I use seems to make it's own air bubbles from out of nowhere and of course they find the stupidest places on the body to call home (mostly on undercuts), so there was a little more cleanup then I would have liked but it's all good. You can see some small round blobs in several places, that's where there were bubbles in the mould rubber. Even though they cleaned up easily, I will change a few things in any future mould making processes to try and prevent that from re-occurring. I have started making sure that everything in the interior fits where it should and have also cut off the hood and begun work on the engine bay. I regard casting the body as the half way point in this whole deal. I still need to; cast the interior tub (priority) do the engine bay and everything in it make a chassis for any future curbside version make the headlight lenses mount the engine make the exhaust manifold and pipes/muffler Make the front suspension and steering setup finish the drivetrain finish the wheels make some decals make the wipers make moulds and cast everything that I need for more versions make windows paint and detail All of that and more... so settle in for the long ride with me to the end folks. Thanks for looking and I hope to add more to this thread soon. Once again I'm always open to questions and comments. Cheers ShawnS
mopar68 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Once more, excellent work Shawn. I see this build as a kind of 3D list of modeling skills that I am trying to work towards. Are you going to cast the engine too?
ShawnS Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 Thanks Zac, No I won't cast the engine. Too much time and expense for something I won't really need after this project. Cheers ShawnS
LAone Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 came out great. are the clear lenses going to be made in clear resin as well or something else?
rv1963 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Wow very impresive work your scratch building skills are amazing.
Dave Van Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Almost looks like my 1978 Ford Fairmont I owned!!! Always wanted a model on it!
sports850 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Looks magic Shawn , how does it feel to look at a freshly cast body of something that's entirely your own work ?
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