61 Starliner

[cobraman]

I really like what you are doing with this build.

[Greg Pugh]

X2!!!

[bbowser]

Those inner door panels are cool! Looking forward to more.

[blueoval92]

nice man. how difficult was it to split the grill piece, ill be doing the same but not sure how its gunna affect the chrome, ill be cutting off the headlights too

[Talbot90]

Blueoval92..splitting the grille wasn't hard at all. I made a few soft passes with the back of my blade until a nice straight groove appeared, then gently added pressure and made lots of passes til it split.

I made some more progress today.

Added edges to the engine bay as per a 1:1 car.

Then added some detail to the firewall..

Not sure about the brake cylinder yet. The wire looks a little outa scale. Probably redo it.

Thanks for all the positive comments so far

cheers

Ian

[Talbot90]

really wasnt happy with the brake cylinder..so did another one.

I think its much better.

Ian

[Tony T]

Looks good!

[Talbot90]

Weather here has been rubbish so got a few hours in the 'Man cave' today..

Replaced the brake cyclinder..Much happier with this one.

Since my reference pic looks like and abandoned car I wanted it to look like the headlights were missings so..

I went to the parts box for a radiator and shroud. I didnt like what I found

so made my own,

thanks for looking..

Ian

[blueoval92]

looking good. did u hand make the brake cylinder or is that a part from something else?

[Talbot90]

Hey Blueoval92..Brake cylinder is out of my parts box, I have no idea what kit its from

cheers

Ian

[crazyjim]

Super work going on, Ian.

[cobraman]

That is coming along very nicely.

[blueoval92]

im gonna have to look in the kits im working out of to see if there is one, trying to get mine as detailed as i can.

[Pat Minarick]

Very nice work!

[Talbot90]

woohoo.. This interweb thingy is amazing!

I couldn't make out the sign-writing on the side of my reference pic, so went searching for whatever I could find on 61 Starliners to hopefully stumble across something..... well..after about 4 hours I lucked out..!! :-)

I found the car and the Facebook restoration page for it. !!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.163480347022431.29765.119208321449634&type=3

Hopefully I hear back and can get some more pics.. It'll make my model so much more accurate.

Ian

[blueoval92]

how hard was it to fit the firewall to the body, im about to start on that with mine and noticed i have a major gap on each side and a good bit of cutting and forming on the edges. also should i fit it to the pan 1st to double check fit?

[Talbot90]

Blueoval92,

I fitted the firewall to the pan

then added a filler strip as per the 1:1 car. Dont wrap the ends down like I did..leave them loose and it will naturally fill the gap.

then when I added the inner fender strips it decreased the gaps even more.

When I push the pan up and glue it in, the gaps will disappear, hope that helps.

Looking forward to see how yours come out.

cheers

Ian

Edited August 13, 2012 by Talbot90

[Foxer]

Looking good .. very interesting!

[blueoval92]

thanks, ive been working long days lately and havnt been able to finish up the body work like i wanted. latest pics are on my post. will be starting on the fitting of the pan by the weekend i hope.

[Travis Waits]

i have only seen the no door panel trick once before and it's on one in my collection. I like the door panels on yours much better than mine and others builders should give it a whirl...not as easy as it looks though.

[Talbot90]

Thanks for the positive comments so far guys...

Time to start paint and weathering.

Pretty happy the way the chassis turned out.

and the body is good so far. Lots of BMF to do..waiting for my order to arrive...

thanks for looking

Ian

[vintagedragfan]

the Starliner is coming along beautiful Ian, very nice work!

[tubbs]

beautiful work!! really thought out. weathering looks really good....

[vekasiini]

Really cool and interesting project!

[ChevyCoupe41]

This looks very cool! Cant wait to see this one finished.