Revell Dan Fink's Speedwagon Build

[Jim Whalen]

Hi,

Just finished this one yesterday. Its mostly out of the box with a few additions: Detail Master brake discs with Replicas and Minatures of Maryland calipers that have been plumbed in, Detail Master distributor & ignition wiring & looms, Model Car garage photo etched detail set used for dashboard gauge & license plate surround & Ford badge, Detail master flocking, bendable stainless steel tubing was used to make the roof bars as the original drawing & car both featured roof bars.

If anyone has any questions or wants to see more photos (I have quite a few w.i.p. photos of the build) just let me know.

Cheers,

Jim

[Bartster]

I'm a big wagon fan, especially woodies(I'm starting a '41 Plymouth soon). This is one of the nicest I've seen. Very realistic.

[Kanedge]

Very nice, neatly built.

[Jim Whalen]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments - painting the body 3 different colours wasn't exactly my favourite thing going!

Cheers,

Jim

[Danno]

Beautiful! Well executed.

= Approval, Jim.

[Dr. Cranky]

Very cool . . . the wood texture is very convincing. Nice job.

[surfjunke]

Beautiful build! Very clean, nice paint & well done.

[crazyjim]

Nice and clean and SHINY :)

How did you do the woodgrain?

[The70judgeman]

Awesome looking model, but I'd like to know more about the wood pannels. They're excellent.

[Danno]

Not Jim, but the panels look like the kit's decals. Correct?

Nice, good looking build, by the way!

[Frank]

Very nice build, the wood grain is great. Only one thing, if it was 1:1 I don't think it would run for long with the plug leads sitting on the extractors.

[Jim Whalen]

Hi,

Thanks for the comments guys - they're appreciated!

The woodgrain is the decals supplied by the kit. However, there is wood detail should one wish to paint that also gives the decals texture should you go the decal route like I did. The decals and the roof were then sprayed with Alclad light sheen clear.

The spark plug leads do sit very close to the exhaust manifolds on real small block engines so they require very careful routing.

Cheers,

Jim

[Dyno Davo]

Best build of that model I've ever seen, looks awesome.

[jeffs396]

Nicely done Jim!

Do you have a linky for the SS tubing?

Edited March 19, 2012 by jeffs396

[Thor]

Well done

Btw, what brand is those sparkplug wires ?

[Jim Whalen]

Hi Guys,

Thanks again for the comments guys - I appreciate the interest shown in this build

Jeff - the bendable stainless steel tubing came from Hiroboy (www.hiroboy.com), they are based here in England but do ship worldwide. The tubing can be ordered in different diametres.

Thor - the spark plug wires are from Detail Master, I sourced them from Scale Dreams (I think) but there are a few online sites that stock detail master, plus they have their own website.

I've added a w.i.p. pic of the underneath of the chassis for those who may be interested in what was done to that part of the kit.

Cheers,

Jim

[rustybill1960]

WHOA!

That is "one" sharp clean build there Doc!!

Especially on that undercarridge!!

Most impressive!

And I will definetly check out some of that bendable steel!!

Spot on and BEAUTIFUL Man!!

Thank You for sharing it with Us here!

Later

Russ

[zenrat]

Good job. How did you join the uprights to the horizontal roof bars? It's done very neatly.

[Jim Whalen]

Hi,

Fred - the uprights for the roof bars are short cuts of the same tubing that have been inserted into holes that were drilled before the model was painted (angled holes were drilled at the front of the roof where the bars themselves are attached. The tops of the uprights were made to curve slightly so that the bars would fit nicely and five minute epoxy was used to hold the bars in place. No glue was needed in the roof itself due to the tight fit.

Cheers,

Jim

[TheCat]

beautiful looking build.