bobthehobbyguy Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Geebee, Nice job on this model. The alclad came out great. Like your idea for lining up the tires. What are they? bobthehobbyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 A little more done today, got the chassis fixed to the body, also got the steering column and the front floor boards fitted, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTMust Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nice work Geoff! Your neat building style is inspirational! Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Didn't get a chance to do anything in the hobby room today, but when I got in this afternoon, I decided to dry fit the body panels to see if things lined up, the bonnet will line up better once the radiator is fitted, tommorow I am going to be detailing the dash, so that can be fitted into place, then the body can be fixed in permanently ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 got a little more done today, hopefully I will chance to fix the body on tomorrow, then the radiator and bonnet can go on, the boot is designed to open, but the hinge is very delicate, and the boot lid moves around too much, and it really didn't look realistic, plus there is no detail on the inside, so after I put some BMF on the rails, the two were fixed together with 5 minute clear epoxy glue ... http://images15.fotki.com/v588/photos/3/1250073/10402391/Windsheildframefittedontobody3-vi.jpg[/img Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 I tried a few ways to get the body fixed on, tried it without the interior fitted, it did fit well, but then it would have been impossible to fit the interior afterwards, I then came across into another problem, the top dash rail was slightly off centre, so the interior wouldn't go as far forward as it needed to be, luckily the dash rail came out without getting damaged, the two were taped together while the 5 minute epoxy cured, then the radiator was fixed into place, the bonnet isn't glued into place, and probably won't be, as there are some parts that need to be fixed to the inside of the bonnet, It's now looking more like a car ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Yes, I like this build a LOT!!!! Your choice of body colors is spot on, my friend--Chrysler (along with Auburn, and most other luxury car makers) had, by 1032, broken away from the old (first three decades or so of the US auto industry) traditional use of black paint on fenders, running boards and their related splash aprons (something that harkened back to horse-drawn buggy and carriage times BTW), instead using complimenting (and sometimes contrasting) darker shades of the body color itself. A little note here (not in criticism, but something that does make front wheels look more realistically assembled to the model): All cars of that era, with solid (beam) front axles were designed with very visible camber to the front wheels when viewed in a straight line setting, from in front of the car (two makes of cars really show this, from that era: Bugatti's and Model A Fords) both having camber pronounced enough to give them almost a "bow-legged look). In addition, the axles themselves were raked back a their tops, which gave them considerable "caster", as both "camber" and "caster" (think of the back-leaning angle of any bicycle front fork here), which made the front wheels almost perfectly self-centering when the car is in motion, "camber" being used to make steering right or left much easier (critical back in the days before power steering, even variable ratio steering gears!). I want to say that most of those old beam front axle cars used about 4-perhaps 7 degrees of camber (with the top of the wheel being farther out from vertical than the bottom), which is noticeable. Another paintwork feature of cars of that era was to paint the raised moldings (body reveals) in a color which compliments the main body color itself--remember, this was nearly a decade before chrome or stainless steel trim spears appeared on automobiles, particularly in the US. For the truly ambitious (and daring!) modeler, pin striping was almost universal in the auto industry at the time, further accenting those body reveals, and almost always applied exclusively to them--again, a way of trimming a body before chrome trim became the vogue. On your Imperial, all the ones I've seen over the years have their thermostatically controlled radiator shutters painted, either in the body color or the fender color (and in some cases, body color with fender color as a trim shade, often just the center post of the shutters). But, all that said, this is just one beautiful build you have going--can't wait to see it finished! Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks for the comments Art, the box are does show the area's you mention painted to complement the dark green on the fenders, I have seen a few photo's of them left as I have done them, so I really didn't know which was right, the decals supplied in the kit are to replicate pin striping, but they are way bast there best, and have cracked up, so there's no way I can use them. This has been a trip down memory lane, as I built this kit way back when I was 15, when Airfix first released this kit over here, infact it was my first ever 1:25th scale kit, there has been a few problems with parts fit, etc, and I wonder how I ever got to finish way back then .... If I was to ever build this kit again, there are things I would do differently... but as it's took me 34 to get round to building it for a second time, I don't think I'll ever get round to it, After a spot of lunch, I spent a little bit more time in the hobby room, apart from modifying the rear light and horns, and then doing them with Alclad, there's basically just the parts that I did in Alclad to fit, and she's finished !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 The trim around the rear window and the trunk straps were done in chrome BMF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Are you going to paint the hardware on the interior door panels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Are you going to paint the hardware on the interior door panels? I would have love to pick out the detail on the inner door panels, it seems that the camera really picked out the detail, but in reality you can hardly feel it at all, and would have been near impossible to pick out using a brush, so rather than make a complete pig's ear out of it, I will leave it well alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Got a little bit done today .... The rear lights needed modifying, as they had no lens detail, and looking at the real thing, the lens actually goes flush with the lamp housing, so to make them look more prototypical, the lamps needed drilling out and grinding out, they can now be done in Alclad chrome, then I can mix up some clear resin and red food dye, this will be thinned out and put inside the lamp housing .... Also the front horns really look right, as there supposed to be trumpets, and they certainly didn't look like they should be, there not very well molded, but again, they were drilled out, and a cone shaped grinding bit soon had them looking more like trumpets ... The front and rear bumper were also fitted, I don't like to blow my own trumpet, but I do think my Alclading is getting better each time I do it .. Horn on the left before modifying, one on the right after drilling & grinding Rear Lamps before being modified Rear Lamps Drilled out and ground to shape Front Bumper Fitted Rear Bumper Fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 A little more done before the day end's, got the hubcaps fitted onto the spare wheels and one side of the car, and even dry fitted one of the spares, I have the fixing brackets to paint before they can be fixed in permanently, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sorry for the bad photo above, I should have correctly the colour cast before posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 That is an incredible looking build Geoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I was going to comment on the incorrect color of the canvas top (I guess "hood" would be the word you use... ), until you posted the color-corrected photo. So now all I can say is... beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 So now all I can say is... beautiful! Thanks Harry, it hasn't been an easy build, but I looked at it last night before I closed up the hobby room, and it did bring back a lot of memories of when I first built it 34 years ago .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Not a colour that I would usually use but it looks good on this project. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpndstroy Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 It's actually Just wanted to stop by and say thanks this advice lead e to buy a few bottles and as soon as I get home throw my chromeless varnish coated part in a vat and see if it's as effective as you brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well, I reckon this will be finished this week, I managed to get all the small parts finished in Aclad this morning, the chrome trim on the side of the running boards were fixed on, I will leave the Alclad to dry out for a couple of days,, then they can all go on .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Geoff, I haven't found any polishing mops like the one in your photo that are intended to be used in Dremel tools. Were the mops that you use designed for hobby use or some other purpose, i.e., where am I likely to find something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Geoff, I haven't found any polishing mops like the one in your photo that are intended to be used in Dremel tools. Were the mops that you use designed for hobby use or some other purpose, i.e., where am I likely to find something like that? PM Sent ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well the parts done in Alclad chrome have been drying out for a few days, so i thought I would crack on and get this build finished, I've got all the chrome on the bonnet (Hood) finished, and got the red lenses done on the rear lights, after they were drilled out, they were done in Alclad, then I mixed up some 5 minute clear epoxy resin, thinned it with methylated spirits and added a few drops of red food dry, it was then dripped into the rear lamps and left to dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTEMIS1759 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thanks for posting this. Looks sharp. Now I got an idea for a hot rod using that grill lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 It's now finished, and photo's have been posted in the finished section ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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