Harry P. Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 Wow! That is absolutely gorgeous! Very nice work, Rich. You are the king of the land yachts for sure!
Ramfins59 Posted September 25, 2014 Author Posted September 25, 2014 Hey thanks a lot Harry. No, I don't think that I'm the king of anything actually. If I'm lucky (and my wife doesn't give any argument) maybe I can say that I'm king of my castle?!?
72 Charger Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 Very nice Rich .As useual you did a great job on the BMF . I was a bit unsure about the brown paint but now that the trim is on it looks just right .Keep at it mate
StevenGuthmiller Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 Looking great Rich! I hold myself personally responsible for the 2-tone paint on the roof! Looks nice that way! Keep up the good work! Steve
Ramfins59 Posted September 26, 2014 Author Posted September 26, 2014 Thank you fellas, I really appreciate your encouraging comments. Dave, now that the chrome trim is around and on the side trim insert it really makes it pop. Steven, yeah, it's all your fault about the roof... I can put all the blame on you. Tomorrow I work on the interior.
TFchronos Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 Amazing work on another beautiful classic. The paint and foil looks perfect.
bisc63 Posted September 27, 2014 Posted September 27, 2014 Beautiful work, just exemplary. Love the colors, LOVE the fins! Keep it up!
Ramfins59 Posted September 27, 2014 Author Posted September 27, 2014 Thanks very much guys. Doing the BMF work was very tedious.
peekay Posted September 27, 2014 Posted September 27, 2014 Wow, that looks stunning, Richard! Your foil work is top notch - I'm actually quite scared of attempting the scripts on mine without the benefit of the Foil Before Paint method, since I'm not painting it. If I might be so bold: do something about the too short wheel base when you get that far. I'm sure you've noticed this and it's very visible on the DeSoto shot I posted.
Ramfins59 Posted September 27, 2014 Author Posted September 27, 2014 Thank you Peter, and I will try to correct any wheelbase problems.
Ramfins59 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) I finally finished up the resin (Modelhaus) '59 Dodge interior that I'm using for this car. The carpet & rear tray are flocked Brown and the seats and side panels are painted brown and tan. The dash is painted Tamiya Red Brown and detailed with BMF, chrome silver paint and black detailer. I added a piece of straight pin to the steering column for a turn signal stalk and added resin window cranks and door handles which were painted chrome silver. The promo's front & rear glass has been glued in. I separated the front and rear glass from the one piece promo glass unit with my razor saw, and I carefully removed the side glass using a Dremel cutoff wheel and sanding wheel. I prefer not having any side glass as I feel it makes the interior easier to see. Once the glue on the glass is fully dry I can install the interior bucket and then complete the final assembly on this car. Hopefully tomorrow I can post Under Glass pictures of this completed car. Stay tuned, and thanks for following along. Edited September 30, 2014 by Ramfins59
Tom Geiger Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Lookin' good Rich! I agree with you on side glass. Not only so you can see better but because you can get inside to reattach any part that comes loose. Yea, I've done repairs through side windows. A different version of the 'ship in a bottle' game! Your photos reminded me... Johan interiors often didn't have the floor center hump. Bummer on that!
Ramfins59 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Posted September 30, 2014 Thanks Tom. The only thing I've had to reattach going through the side window is one of those dash mounted mirrors on a Mopar that hit the window at final assembly. You're right about it being like a "ship in a bottle". This Modelhaus interior does have a very slight center hump in the floor... not much, but it's there.
Tom Geiger Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Here's the Johan Mopar interior I've been working on... floor is flat as a board!
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Looking good Richard! I know what you mean about the side glass. Especially on these X-EL promos. The glass is about an inch thick! Probably on purpose being as they had no interior. It's like looking through a dirty fish bowl! Steve
Ramfins59 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Posted October 1, 2014 Tom, could you try using some pieces of half round rod, sanded down a little, to make your own shallow center humps on the floor? Steve, the glass on this Chrysler promo isn't quite that thick. It's actually pretty close to "normal" kit glass. I scratched lines on the sides of the glass behind the vent window uprights and along the front of the rear pillars with the tip of an XActo blade and then cut and sanded just to that line and then sanded the edges to thin them a bit. I polished the front & rear glass pieces with Novus 2 Plastic Polish after that.
Rob Hall Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Here's the Johan Mopar interior I've been working on... floor is flat as a board! Cool..making an airport limo?
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Tom, could you try using some pieces of half round rod, sanded down a little, to make your own shallow center humps on the floor? Steve, the glass on this Chrysler promo isn't quite that thick. It's actually pretty close to "normal" kit glass. I scratched lines on the sides of the glass behind the vent window uprights and along the front of the rear pillars with the tip of an XActo blade and then cut and sanded just to that line and then sanded the edges to thin them a bit. I polished the front & rear glass pieces with Novus 2 Plastic Polish after that. I cut the glass with the intention of using it in my '59 Dodge. I'll bet it was nearly 1/8th inch thick! That may be an exaggeration, but not by much! I wound up using glass from another '59 Dodge with green glass. Which worked out great any way. Pre-tinted! Steve
Ramfins59 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Posted October 2, 2014 Thanks very much Carl. I'm hoping to be able to complete this car some time today. We'll see how that goes.
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