mrmike Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 Thanks Bill, Jonathan, and Carl! Bill, while I usually build factory stock or near factory stock muscle cars, I figured that there had to be a somewhat simple way to get the Ardun heads to fit within the Woody's narrow engine compartment. This seems to be a logically choice to me. Well, I think I am finally ready for painting the body. I've been putting this off for a week now due to all the masking that is needed. Since this took me a good hour to do, I'm going to post pictures of my handy work. More to come...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Oh I remember masking off the same kit... A real pain, but worth it... Nice!
mrmike Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 I finally had a chance to sit down at the bench this evening and work on the Woody. I bought some Model Master Wood paint this past weekend and painted the wood grain on the body. I still have to paint the interior wood panels as well. I'll add the darker wood decals and then clear the wood paneling with either gloss or semi-gloss clear. More to come...
Belugawrx Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 That is looking great !! Nice masking job Great engine!! Cheers
slusher Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Mike did you brush the wood paint.? Really looks great...
mrmike Posted May 31, 2014 Author Posted May 31, 2014 Thanks Bruce and Carl! Carl, I did brush paint the wood trim by hand. I spent the evening hand painting more parts and pieces. I freehand painted the wood trim on the glass pieces which turned out better than I had hoped for. I masked the floorboard for embossing powder and started masking the body to paint the roof matt black. More to come...
mrmike Posted May 31, 2014 Author Posted May 31, 2014 Masked off the body for hopefully the last time to paint the top. Sprayed the top with Tamiya TS-6 Matt Black. I must have masked it correctly since there is no over spray anywhere. The floor pan was coated with white glue and embossing powder then painted with Model Master Flat Interior Tan and the front floor mat was painted with Tamiya X-18 Semi-Gloss Black. More to come...
slusher Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Looks great Mike. I really like the work and direction you done on this build. I may pick me one up also...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 You're killing it! I love how this is turning out!
mrmike Posted June 6, 2014 Author Posted June 6, 2014 Thanks Carl and James! I foiled the windshield and starting installing the windows all around. Save for a few details, the interior is mostly complete. A quick mockup to check the stance. This is starting to look like the Woody I have dreamed of! More to come...
DynoMight Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Keep up the good work man, excited to see this under glass!
Slammed1 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Great job!! Love the Ardun pieces. I would have staggered the tire sizes a little bit but that just me,the stance is perfect!!!
charlie8575 Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Very nice, Mike. That'll look quite sharp when done. And I've been putting off building mine for the same reason....that masking is a chore and a half! Charlie Larkin
mrmike Posted June 11, 2014 Author Posted June 11, 2014 Thanks guys! Brian, I would have like to have staggered the tire sizes, but I don't have any wider whitewall tires in my stash. It is what it is and I am OK with that. I took the Woody to my model club meeting on Saturday and the Woody got lots of notice. After the meeting, I packed everything up and started to leave when my model carrier decided to dump everything out onto the concrete steps. The Woody hit the steps and dislodged the front axle, chassis and interior from the body. Two of the carbs had come off and there was no damage to the paint since I had wrapped the model loosely in a towel! I have everything back together now and will move forward with assembly. Sunday morning I went out a bought a 19" long tool box from Home Depot for my new model carrier.
Chuck Most Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Bummer on the damage to the woody, but good to hear it's easily repairable. Notes taken on making room for the Ardun. Still need to get back at mine.
Slammed1 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Terrible news about the stumble the car took but Im sure you can put it back together even better. I used to have to repair lots of mine after nephews come over and no one would tell them not to touch. Edited June 11, 2014 by Slammed1
Slammed1 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 I built a Jeep CJ7 25 yrs ago and won a show with it in Elk City Ok but a nephew rolling it on a table put too much pressure on it snapping all 4 wheels off.I started a rebuild a few days later but packed it away. Its been well over 20 yrs it got broke and the repair started but I still have it and I will build it back up soon.
66belair Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 I feel your pain I have a 66 Impala SA that is my pride and joy that got broken while my wife and I had someone hous sit for us. Her 3 year old got a hold of it I have yet to fix it and its been almost a year.
Slammed1 Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Here is my Jeep after 25 or so yrs in a cardboard tomb. Sorry about thread hijack Edited June 12, 2014 by Slammed1
slusher Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Glad to hear no paint damage Mike. Good idea on a new model carrier. Paint would be so hard to repair and glad your not discouraged.
charlie8575 Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 OUCH! That really hurts. I'll look forward to seeing this one come back to life, Mike. Charlie Larkin
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