~Mark~ Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 I started the 56 Nomad that a friend gave me. I have the engine about 75% done, and a lot of prep done to the body frame and interior. I mixed my Tamiya turquoise, and did a test shot on the interior. I am VERY happy with the color. I just hope I mixed enough. I initially thought about wiring the engine, but I think that's a bit over my head. If anyone has a good link to a tutorial for doing this I'd appreciate it.
Mopar - D Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Mark this is looking good. For wiring your engine for the first time you may want to look at picking up a pre wired distributor I like these from MAD http://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-catshow/distributors.html
~Mark~ Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Mark this is looking good. For wiring your engine for the first time you may want to look at picking up a pre wired distributor I like these from MADhttp://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-catshow/distributors.html Thanks for the link. I think this one is going without wires, but my rod is going to get it all.
~Mark~ Posted January 16, 2014 Author Posted January 16, 2014 I'm about done with the engine. I added a fuel line and vacuum line. Not sure why the alternator bracket showed up white, it's still chrome. Once I got frustrated with the fuel line I sprayed the frame. I've decided to go flat black on the frame and under-body. You can see an attempt at a spark plug wire. I think I'm going to just save some frustration and order them next time. After spraying the frame I got all my prepped parts ready for spray. I still have to sand and mask the seats, but I'm hoping for color on Friday night.
~Mark~ Posted January 18, 2014 Author Posted January 18, 2014 Yesterday I sprayed the body and hood with Tamiya gray primer. I thought if I use a gray primer on the body and a white primer for the interior will give a slight color difference. Today I sprayed Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver for the highlight color. I think this is going to look killer with the turquoise. I spent the rest of my time today masking the seats and spraying the suspension and exhaust. Now I have to be patient and let the silver harden up. I want to mask and paint tonight, but I'm going to be a big boy and let it dry till tomorrow I guess I'll spend the rest of the day looking for my next build.
IMPALA SS 427 Posted January 18, 2014 Posted January 18, 2014 looking great so far, i like the turquoise in the interior.
bryan_m Posted January 18, 2014 Posted January 18, 2014 lookin good so far! yea kit distributors are a bear to drill and wire, i always buy prewired ones, makes for alot less frustration....nice work on the vacuum line tho. keep it goin cheers bryan
Scalper Posted January 18, 2014 Posted January 18, 2014 Nice start.. I like the lines you did on the engine.
~Mark~ Posted January 19, 2014 Author Posted January 19, 2014 Thanks for the kind words. Well I just couldn't wait till morning, I masked and shot the turquoise. Once I was done I didn't like the light with the silver, so I remixed the turquoise to a darker almost blue, and shot it again. I'm very happy with this. This will all darken up a bit when I hit it with Future. With that I moved on to the rest of the kit and shot everything that needed it. the white leather with the blue is perfect, but I missed masking the lower white on the back seat. That's going to be fun to get back to the bright white. This is going to look great once it's detailed. Tomorrow I'll be finishing the engine and maybe start putting some of this together.
Ryan S. Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 Looking really good so far. That's a great shade of blue.
935k3 Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 Nice model but be warned Future over Tamiya Acrylics has a tendency to crack badly. I would never trust it again. Sometimes it takes a very long time before it happens.
~Mark~ Posted January 19, 2014 Author Posted January 19, 2014 Thanks for the kind words. I am glad I changed my mind on the color. Nice model but be warned Future over Tamiya Acrylics has a tendency to crack badly. I would never trust it again. Sometimes it takes a very long time before it happens. I've had my hat handed to me with Future once. One thing you have to do when using it is (toughest part for me) wait about a week or even two before using it. The Tamiya paint needs to cure all the way. What happens is the Future cures first, then the Tamiya cures shrinking just enough to cause those cracks. I found this out on my build of the USS North Carolina. I was building her in sub assemblies, and when it was time to do a wash I Futured all of them the same time. After about a month I noticed that the parts I painted last were getting little cracks. It had to be the clear before the wash, so since then I just paint and let sit before I clear, it's worked good for me so far. I also use it to install my glass. I think it holds better than the Testors I was using on my jets.
~Mark~ Posted January 19, 2014 Author Posted January 19, 2014 I spent today doing the fun stuff. Brush painting the little details. Dry brushing the springs for the hood hinges, the battery, horn, and all the other little details are so much fun to paint. I also decided to paint the rear end cover chrome to give it a little life. I also got the back seat fixed, and the door and window handles painted. I mocked up the tires and suspension, and am still undecided on what I'm going to use. Last thing before dinner was painting the spare tire hatch trim. Once I get the clear coat on the seats I'll BMF the front seat braces.
~Mark~ Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 Got the engine wired. Not the best, but I think it looks good.
horsepower Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I hate to say this since your build is going so well, but two things, the two tone Nomads didn't split the roof into two parts, & the rear end is a complete housing, the '55-'64 Chevy's used a drop in center section like the Ford nine inch. The housings didn't have a rear cover, other than those little details it's looking really nice.
~Mark~ Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 The split paint job is just a paint choice. I saw this in a dark maroon and silver at the car show, and liked it. I was going to do the whole top silver, but talked myself out of it trying to stay a little with the split paint of the kit box art. As for the rear end, I'm just using the kit parts, and since it had the rear cover I decided to work on my brush skills.
GoatGuy Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 The body colors look really good. I'm looking forward to the clear coat to see the final look. The engine looks great too.
om617 Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Very nice colors,will look forward to see clear on it.
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