Joker Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 McLove this angle shot. Seeing crisp pics (peruse) must help you out with future work. Keep the updates coming. Joker
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 19, 2012 Author Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) Again, thank you all for the comments and kind thoughts. I got some new magic, experimental filler on the top of the tonneau.....a 1:6 mix (by weight) of glass microspheres and epoxy. Same goo I use on some 1:1 planes. Adheres perfectly, sands beautifully, but takes 12 hours to cure. ...and glassed the underside. I'll be tightening up the fit on the body a bit before I pull the mold, but it's too fragile to work it without the glassed underside. Edited November 19, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy
crazyrichard Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 love this build and progress , cant waight to see this painted !!!!!!!!
Dogfish_7 Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Sure is a pleasure to watch your handy work.
gasser59 Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 I'm just catching this build and went through all of the pages. Thanks for the how-to's and your valued insight. I see something similar to this in my future as I think I have most of the parts around here.
BKcustoms Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 The tonneau cover looks great! Sorry if it's been asked before but do you have a link to somewhere I could get some of the fine fiberglass cloth that you've been using?
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 20, 2012 Author Posted November 20, 2012 The tonneau cover looks great! Sorry if it's been asked before but do you have a link to somewhere I could get some of the fine fiberglass cloth that you've been using? Billy, I buy the stuff on the tonneau in 56" long rolls to do aircraft control surfaces, but if you'll shoot me a PM with your address, I'll send you enough to experiment with. I'm almost out myself. That particular cloth follows compound curves beautifully. I also use a much easier to find, slightly heavier cloth stocked by hobby shops that sell RC aircraft stuff. It's a lot stiffer, and because of the weave is only really suited for flat reinforcements or two-dimensional curves.
Tom Setzer Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 If I didn't Know it was the messed up Deuce you had to start with, I wouldn't believe they were the same model! You have Made a Silk Puse from a Pig's Ear! Great Work!
rmvw guy Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 (edited) Wow! That is really coming along! Nice work! Edited December 2, 2012 by rmvw guy
southpier Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 how did this ever end up? or is it in the "rotation"?
BKcustoms Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I've been wondering about this build too, any progress?
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) The little car says thanks for remembering and asking about it. I wasn't entirely happy with the fit of the tonneau and the bases of the windshield pillars.The Carson top is taking a while to get right, too. I got more crazing on the valve-covers than I'd like because I used a hot paint and no primer...duh...so I've been trying to justify buying another '50 Olds to get some more. Then I started looking at correcting the slight proportion in-accuracies on the old AMT body shells, and on the days nice enough to paint, I've had to do real work. The paint is black lacquer, so to avoid blushing I'm waiting for a nice, warm, dry and windless day. Still in the rotation, but moving slowly waiting for spring. I've also been putting off making the 'street' exhaust system, the last real bugger on this build. Edited March 28, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
horsepower Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Here's another teaser with some additional progress. Nice Gee Bee there, what scale/kit is it that has always been one of my favorite Golden Age Racing planes of all. Nice deuce too!
crazyrichard Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 well still have ot forgot this one here as well would love to see this continued
cobramike Posted March 29, 2013 Posted March 29, 2013 Loving the rebuild, it is going to be a looker so keep us updated.
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 6, 2013 Author Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) One of the things I'm trying is Ace Hardware black rattle-can lacquer. It's cheap for a lot of it, and it covers very well. I've already experimented with sanding / polishing it and it gives the finish I want for this period build...NOT clearcoated and looking like it was dipped in syrup. There's some peel in this shot, but it'll all come out in the end. I let the primer shrink in for months and then final sanded just before shooting the color. Stupidly, I neglected to clean the body with 70% isopropyl alcohol first. The other side is horribly fisheyed, and will have to be sanded back to primer. Stupid. When I saw what was happening, I let it flash and then cleaned THIS side with isopropyl before painting. No problem. Edited May 6, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
southpier Posted May 6, 2013 Posted May 6, 2013 between the various threads, it seems you know your way around a paint job. Q: any chance you could give a quick 'how-to' on the basics of getting from orange peel to acceptable paint? my paint jobs (rattle can) tend to be "dry" and never really look finished. right now, it's okay, but at some point I don't want to make excuses! thanks
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 12, 2013 Author Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) between the various threads, it seems you know your way around a paint job. Q: any chance you could give a quick 'how-to' on the basics of getting from orange peel to acceptable paint? my paint jobs (rattle can) tend to be "dry" and never really look finished. right now, it's okay, but at some point I don't want to make excuses! thanks Gladly.. I had a lot of repair and remedial work to do on this one. It just takes a little time and patience. This is the 'bad' side after I'd washed off the horribly fisheyed black paint (while it was still wet) with 70% isopropyl. The alcohol attacked the Duplicolor primer a little bit too, so the entire side of the car had to be re-sanded with 400 grit wet. While I was at it, I re-sanded the 'good' side with 600 wet to level the orange peel in the paint. Bad side with 3 new coats of Ace Hardware rattle can black lacquer. This will need to be sanded with 600 wet and re-shot, to make it as slick as I need. Good side with 3 more coats of black lacquer. Orange peel this time is less noticeable, will sand and polish out. ...and just for fun, I finished up one of the wheel / tire assemblies to get a better idea of the final look... Edited July 12, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Joker Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 Wow..that burgundy/red color on the steel wheels looks good. Who makes it ?
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