'64 Belvedere Driven By Paul Goldsmith. *Finished*

[retroguy]

Looks good,any dash pics or finished pics...

[W-409]

Thanks Michael!

The dash is waiting for bondo, so no pics of it yet. Also, I have been trying to figure out what to do with the paint job, because after the first clear coat, something strange happened and it needs to be wetsanded, I believe. Hope to have more soon.

[W-409]

Okay I F-I-N-A-L-L-Y have the Dashboard filled with bondo. There was quite large sink mark or what it is called, and it needed to be filled. Next some sanding, and then some paint. Hope to get the interior done soon.

You can see '57 Chevy Black Widow on the back, hope to get that one done in a Month or two, let's see when I can paint it, now it's still in the bondo-sanding stage...

[spkgibson]

I forgot how nice these Belvedere kits are.....I may be to find my factory stock version of the kit....And build it soon....VERY NICE job on the build, I'll be watching to see the finished product.

Edited March 6, 2013 by spkgibson

[Slim Louis]

Doin a fine job, Niko, looks great, tires and wheels look superb!

Edited March 6, 2013 by Slim Louis

[W-409]

Thanks Steve and Tom!

These are really nice kits and they build up very nice. Also I like the Slant Six engine in that stock '64 Belvedere kit.

I had to add some more putty to the Dashboard, but after that it looked really good to me so I painted it Gloss black. I'm hoping to get it installed today, if I do so I'll post another picture....

[MAGNUM4342]

Looking real good. Don't shoot yourself in the foot just yet, it's the new photobucket that's the problem.

[W-409]

Looking real good. Don't shoot yourself in the foot just yet, it's the new photobucket that's the problem.

Yep, it is much worse than the old Photobucket version was. When that new version came up and it was still possible to use the Older version too, I switched back right away... Luckily the pictures upload to the correct album nowadays, few days ago they went every time to wrong place when I uploaded them. Doesn't matter if I chose the correct album where they should be uploaded or not.

I'm hoping of getting the interior finished today...

[slusher]

Great progress Niko, the body and foil work looks excellent....

[W-409]

Thanks, Carl! Much appreciated.

Well today I got a lot done. First I installed the cauge panel to the Dashboard, painted the cauges black and after that I rubbed the paint off from the letters. I continued by gluing the steering wheel and testing my new Panel Line Accent Color by Tamiya for the door panels (Excellent stuff, worth buying). After that I put everything together and we have a Finished Interior. Not my bests, but still I'm pretty happy about it. Note the Door Panels, what are sheet metal from other side, and other side has the stock upholstery pattern.

[W-409]

Also I started polishing the body. The top and Trunk lid are polished now, tomorrow I'll polish the sides and post some better pictures of them. Trying to get it done in few weeks.

[catpack68]

looks great.i like the foil work.those lindberg/model king 64 plymouths build up very nice.i cant' wait to see it all finished up

[W-409]

Thanks a lot Scott, I appreciate it. You are right about these kits, too. I have many different '64 Dodges/Plymouths on my stash too.

Well I got the body polished up, and it turned out pretty good I think. Not my best, though but I still like it. I also added some black to the Door and trunk lines with Tamiya Panel Line Accent color. It works very nicely. Next I have to paint the body from inside and install the glasses.

I also worked with the chassis, I painted all details from the Firewall and installed it. Brake lines are installed to the Brake Master Cylinder. I scratchbuilt Battery cable connectors (What is the real English name for them?) from styrene, because I had no photo etch parts this time. I glued them to the battery and installed those inner fenders, other battery cable is connected too, other one will be done tomorrow. Also I put the alternator wires on place and made a very simple carburetor linkage before hiding it by that huge air cleaner. Here are some pictures.

[W-409]

[W-409]

Okay I was going to post this Update Yesterday, but we were in Dyno with our 350 SBC Stock Eliminator Drag Race engine. It made 427hp at 6,100 RPM! Originally that '74 350 had 160hp from the factory.

Anyway These are starting to be those Final updates on this build, I believe that there will be only one or two updates after this one before I post the Finished pictures here... I got the body ready to be installed to the chassis. Glasses fit nicely and so did the Rear View Mirror too. Then a bit cleaning (Fingerprints away) and I moved on to the chassis.

Radiator wall and radiator were installed, I made water hoses from somekind of electric wire, which seemed to be correct size for this. Also I installed the other Battery Cable and scratchbuilt better exhaust tips, since there was no holes in kit parts. I used styrene and paper to do this, I think the result is better than with original exhaust tips.

[W-409]

Then I installed the body to the chassis. It fitted really nicely, no any kinds of problems with that. The engine bay parts, Inner Fenders etc fit perfectly to the body, too. Here are a few Pics.

[MAGNUM4342]

Really nice job Niko. Clean assembly and foil. Thumbs up. B)

[bbowser]

Looks great. I love the detail on the hemi and underneath. Excellent job!

[ChevyCoupe41]

Looks really nice! Cnat wait to see this one finished and person.

Edited March 15, 2013 by ChevyCoupe41

[Lunajammer]

I really like what you're doing here Niko and your efforts are paying off.

[W-409]

Thanks guys for the kind comments, they always keep me going and make me trying to do better and better.

This will have a short break now, since I am waiting for the hood to dry so I can put decals on it and clear coat too. But when the Hood is cleared and polished, it will take a few hours to get this one finished. It should be there at some point next week.

[W-409]

Forget what I said on the last post. The hood was suprisingly dry this morning, and it looked so good that I gave it a little polishing, and added the decals. No need for clear coat. This is the last update before Finished pics, too. Then I installed few little details, only problems I had with the Grille and Front Bumber combination. They didn't fit at all, so you can see from the pics what I did for it. In the first pics it is as it came from the factory, last pic shows what I had to do for it. I just can't explain what I did for it in English, sorry guys.

But anyway, here are some pictures...

[slusher]

Niko, man that is looking awsume, love the detail. very nice tip on those door panels......

[W-409]

Thanks Carl!

Here are pictures of the Finished Model. I had no problems with the Final Assembly. The build was really fun and I would like to thank everyone for following and posting comments during this build. Thanks! I hope that this was interesting to follow, since I will start Richard Petty's Ford Torino very soon...

[W-409]

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