Ramfins59 Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 I painted, polished and foiled this Revell '57 Ford while I was working on the '59 Chrysler. That's one of the reasons why it took me so long to get the Chrysler finished. I sanded the mold lines, nosed, decked and shaved the body, added resin skirts and painted it Tamiya Purple. A couple of coats of Duplicolor clear, some polishing and then the BMF work. Fortunately this car doesn't have the yards of chrome trim like most of the other '50's barges. This car will be a mild custom with 3 bar front spinners on wide whites, a custom tube grille, spots, lakers, custom taillights and a full continental kit. My usual favorite look for 50's style customs. I got a custom resin, tuck and roll interior for this car from Ed Fluck. It is "in the works" with Lavender tuck & roll pleats and Violet flat areas with purple wire piping. I still have to do all of the work and assemblies on the engine and chassis. For now, here's how the body looks...... Thanks for checking in on this new project. Hopefully it won't take too long to get it done.
Scalper Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Nice start,,, I had issues trying to foil the back bottom windor trim. your looks perfect
Ramfins59 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Posted October 7, 2014 Thanks Andre. Yes, it would have been nice if Revell would have more clearly defined the window trim lines in the mold. I had to keep referring to my Googled reference pictures to be sure I was doing the trim properly.
misterNNL Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) The base models of the real cars never had all of the flashy trim like the top of the line models did.These were basic transportation for blue collar guys,salesmen and farmers looking to get from point A to point B.They dirve the heck out of them,patched them to keep them running as long as possible,then parked them out behind barns or up on blocks in their chicken yards. I answred an ad in our local paper once for a 1965 Chevy biscayne two door sedan in "original condition"with only 12,000 miles on it. When we arrived to look at it the car was parked along side a chicken coop that had a rusty metal roof.Let's just say the white paint had an intersting patina to it long before rust was cool. The car did indeed only have 12 grand on the odometer......the owner of the car said his older brother who never had a drivers license has never driven it on the road.Think about that for a minute....12,000 miles and no road miles.Where did all of the miles come from?Honestly the owner told he his brother had only ever driven it inside the confines of their farm..are you still with me here(?)....over plowed ground!!Yes is needed some suspension work. True story..and no,I didn't buy it. Edited October 8, 2014 by misterNNL
Ramfins59 Posted October 8, 2014 Author Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Thank you for your kind words guys. Great story Tom. While that newspaper ad didn't lie, I would say that it was, at least, a bit misleading... I'm sure at some point some courageous soul wound up buying the car. Edited October 8, 2014 by Ramfins59
slusher Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Great color and foil Rich. Going to be another beauty..
Ramfins59 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks guys. Carl, I'm hoping this one turns out the way I see it in my mind's eye.
Ramfins59 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Posted October 10, 2014 Thank you Richard. I'm very close to finishing the interior on this car. I also cut down a custom Tube Grille that will replace the kit's grille. In addition, I found some items in my parts bin to use for custom taillights. About 15 years ago I disassembled a control panel for an old electric stove. I saved 2 small LED light covers made of round, red plastic that have a waffle pattern on the back side. They fit perfectly into the taillight openings on this car and should look really good when I add a chrome finish to the base of the taillight openings.
Tom Geiger Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 Although on the rear end of a '59 Buick, these are '57 Ford tail lights with a '59 Caddy bullet mounted in the middle. Just an idea! Great project Rich, I'm following along as usual!
Ramfins59 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Posted October 10, 2014 Thanks guys. Thanks for that idea for the taillights Tom. What I'm shooting for though is a more flat taillight lens. I recall that back in the late 50's and early 60's there were "Lee Lenses" that were smooth red taillight lenses made for a variety of cars that were popular items for do-it-yourself customizers. They fit in perfectly with the "bolt-on" customizing that was popular, and relatively cheap, back in the day, which always appealed to me.. They are still making their products. Here's a Link...... http://www.leelenses.com/products/ As soon as I mount the pieces that I'm using on this car I will post some pictures.
slusher Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 Rich, are you going to make those lenses your self.??
Tom Geiger Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Rich- The AMT '57 Ford had a flat set of tail lights as a custom piece... or maybe someone has a spare set of these bezels.. I have both sets of red lenses if you want them. Edited October 10, 2014 by Tom Geiger
Ramfins59 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Posted October 10, 2014 Carl, no, the pieces that I'm using for the taillights are the shallow, round, red plastic covers from the LED indicator lights on the stove panel that I took apart. They are already the perfect size to fit in the taillight openings on this car. Tom, thanks, but I don't need those lenses as I'm using the ones that I have.
Ramfins59 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Posted October 11, 2014 OK. Here's a picture of how the taillights look on this car. I love how the waffle texture on the backside of them shows through. More updates to come as they happen. Thanks for looking in on this.
thatz4u Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 Rich, nice work so far, I love those 50's & 60's customs, they were cool
donb Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) Very cool Rich. Those tail lights fit and look perfect! Edited October 11, 2014 by donb
Ramfins59 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Posted October 11, 2014 Thanks Al and Don. I've just about finished up the custom resin interior pieces that I got from Ed Fluck for this car. I painted the tuck & rolled portions Lavender and flocked the remaining portions with Violet flocking. I decided to skip putting any purple wire piping on because I think everything looks OK the way it is now. I'm still detailing the dashboard and when I get the entire interior assembled on the floorpan I will post more pictures.
slusher Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 OK. Here's a picture of how the taillights look on this car. I love how the waffle texture on the backside of them shows through. More updates to come as they happen. Thanks for looking in on this. Thanks Al and Don. I've just about finished up the custom resin interior pieces that I got from Ed Fluck for this car. I painted the tuck & rolled portions Lavender and flocked the remaining portions with Violet flocking. I decided to skip putting any purple wire piping on because I think everything looks OK the way it is now. I'm still detailing the dashboard and when I get the entire interior assembled on the floorpan I will post more pictures. I like the tail lights and flocking Rich. I remember reading a tip on tail lights years ago a guy used red tabs that's used on files and notebooks..
Ramfins59 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Posted October 12, 2014 Thank you Carl. That sounds like a good tip to use those red tabs.
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