IceMan Collections Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 Always thought this car was odd looking but very Americana. Anyways, I just wanted a basic build to get the juices flowing again. Having a hard time staying focused on more advanced builds. This one is molded in black although I have the one molded in blue as well. Anyone know the difference other than the color? Anyways, I'd been wanting to try the Rootbeer Brown from Testor's One Coat Lacquer line. Here it is. Looks nice, I think. Laid down well. Waiting for the clear to dry, so on to the guts next.
Junkman Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 I would never ever build this kit... That is a nice colour, starting to regret that I made mine green. Mine is made from the blue plastic, and the colour is the only difference between those kits.
Harry P. Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 I would never ever build this kit... Why not?
Junkman Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 Why not? Erm: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94174
Tom Geiger Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 I have ones molded in black and blue. I haven't seen other colors. This one started out as black. It is one of my early models so I didn't prime it. I don't know how I got a nice finish with hardware store antique white spray paint right on that black plastic! I built it before I knew about BMF, but later on redid the side bright work.
Junkman Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 I don't know how I got a nice finish with hardware store antique white spray paint right on that black plastic! Because you used hardware store antique white spray paint right on that black plastic. Often the biggest imaginable rubbish in combination with the most laid back attitude just works. Don't ask. It just is so. And your model is just bloody brilliant. Ye olde Englishe white and a red interior just look good every time.
Junkman Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 Entirely by the way, how did/do you chaps do your instrument panels? Some googling was done, and what I saw in the real cars is rather naff. OK, nothing wrong with that, but there seem to be quite a few variations of a boring theme. Some have woodgrain (I guess Daytonas), some have body colour, and some have beige paint.
IceMan Collections Posted September 30, 2014 Author Posted September 30, 2014 Haven't tackled the interior yet so tbd at this point. No updates yet but I wanted to share what it looks like in the sun. Less blurry too.
StevenGuthmiller Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 I'm liking it! Not that the Studey Lark was a beautiful automobile or an engineering marvel, but it's "different". & I love "different"!! Steve
IceMan Collections Posted September 30, 2014 Author Posted September 30, 2014 Thanks Steven. It will certainly be different. I will tell you that I won't be able to build it stock. Just not in me to do so. So, for some of you, it's going to feel like I ruin it. We'll see what it stirs up but it's the way I want to see it on my display case. Maybe the next one I can go stock to calm the natives. Thanks for following and viewing, everyone.
StevenGuthmiller Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Uuuuh... It's a '62 Studebaker. I think us factory stock guys can probably let this one go! Steve
Tom Geiger Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Entirely by the way, how did/do you chaps do your instrument panels? Some googling was done, and what I saw in the real cars is rather naff. OK, nothing wrong with that, but there seem to be quite a few variations of a boring theme. Some have woodgrain (I guess Daytonas), some have body colour, and some have beige paint. I did mine with wood grain on the glove box door and instrument panel. I believe I did this because I thought it added interest to an otherwise red interior. I know the instrument panel was metal color on my 1:1, and I had the Vanity option so my glove box was huge in this view as well as red. The steering wheel was exactly like this one.
Junkman Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 I will tell you that I won't be able to build it stock. It has crossed my mind to put some Cragar SSes on mine.
Guest Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) I have one of these. But, it's another one of those "I thought I wanted until I got it" models. Plus, I don't have it in me to tackle trying to fix the front seat molded to the door panels. I like the root beer paint on yours. I may have to snag a can of that. It doesn't look like it has the bass boat look like some of the one coat paints do. Edited October 1, 2014 by plowboy
IceMan Collections Posted October 1, 2014 Author Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Ok. I know it's only a Studebaker but let me apologize in advance to all the stock guys. I modified the chassis to lower it. Here's a mock up of where it will sit. Edited October 1, 2014 by iceman-555
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 It's a Studebaker! Improvements may be necessary! Looks great so far! Steve
Tom Geiger Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 a comment. I do like this kit, and I even have the older kit of the 2 door hardtop. But every time I see one I just cringe with the thought of rust. These puppies really did! My father had a '62 Lark and traded it in 1966 because it already had visible rust on the body. And this was in Ohio! Back in the late 1980s I bought a 1963 Lark 4 door sedan to match the memories of my father's car. This car had a dull spray paint white coat of paint but once I started taking it down for restoration.... man was that car rusty! And I mean rust in places I never saw before, and beyond the infection I had seen. Who ever had painted this car put a lot of bondo into it. The floors and rockers were entirely gone. Rockers like missing completely. The front fenders and doors were rusty. Drivers door was so rusty it wouldn't shut properly. B pillars between the doors were barely attached at the bottom. Once the windshield was removed, I found massive rust right above it.. and that had been puttied over. A pillars were nearly rusted through from the inside. Things like the cowl and firewall were structurally compromised. Before I took it apart I had bought 4 new doors and 2 new front fenders from Newman & Altman in South Bend. They were once the most prestigious Studebaker dealer, later the first manufacturers of the Avanti II and later in life a massive parts warehouse of unbelievable NOS stuff that Studebaker never tossed. Upon taking it apart both my welder friend and I agreed that there was no restoring this beast!
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Wow! 4 years before it started to rust! Obviously you never had a Vega! If you were lucky you might get 2 out of a Vega. Just about the same amount of time it took for the aluminum engine to melt down into a puddle. Steve
slusher Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Love the stance and the wheels. Your doing an Awesome job.
IceMan Collections Posted October 21, 2014 Author Posted October 21, 2014 Rust does suck. Good thing this ones just plastic....or is it that bad that even this will rust on me? Lol Thanks Carl. Should be getting back to this one soon.
IceMan Collections Posted October 23, 2014 Author Posted October 23, 2014 It's on all fours. Need to finish up with the trim and the detailing.
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Pretty cool! I'm a little surprised at the "Root Beer" color. It's nicer than I had guessed. More of a deep brick red than a dark brown. Steve
Edsel-Dan Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 I currently have 2 kits 1 black 1 blue and a Promo (also blue) of this model I had a second black kit that I traded a few years ago. I had planed to use an extra kit body to repair the promo, but found it to bee too different in plastic material to be able to do that. The first I bought, the black one, in Pittsburgh 1979-80 I have been trying to build as a Daytona Indy Pace Car. I added a strip of .01x.02 evergreen to the side trim. She is in primer, but I have not gotten any further in Some years!!!! I replaced the kit tires with Lindberg Firestone white-wall inserts from their 53 Ford Vic.
slusher Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 Looks sweet Iceman, love the color and shine..
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