Ramfins59 Posted October 13, 2014 Author Posted October 13, 2014 Here's a further update on the interior. The resin window cranks, door handles and armrests have been cleaned of flash, painted, and glued in place. The dashboard is painted, detailed with BMF and chrome silver paint, and the kit's gauge decal is in place with a coating of clear epoxy for the lens. I also painted and detailed the steering wheel and pedals which are not pictured. The carpet is flocked black but is also not pictured. I started working on the engine and have pretty much all of the pieces painted which are drying now. The beat goes on... Thanks for looking in.
72 Charger Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 That looks very cool Rich . Cant wait to see more
Ramfins59 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 Thank you Dave. I'm hoping to have more to show tomorrow.
Grumpa Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Rich...I was going to suggest "MV" lenses, but these look sooooo much better! The pattern sets them off perfectly! What would happen if you put a smaller, clear "MV" lense behind it....Do you think that it might enhance the look? 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.
impcon Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Customs usually are not my thing but the quality of your work so far has me watching this thread to see what you come up with. I like the late 50's cars and any time I see a '57 Ford thread, I check it out. Nice workmanship and I am eager to see updates. I do like the color, by the way and believe that this will turn out very well. We - read that as :the hobby in general", need more people to express interest in cars and trucks of this era to encourage the manufacturers to step out of the box and think past the stuff that they keep reissuing. Keep up the good work..
Ramfins59 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) Mark, thanks very much. I already have a small, round, flat, chrome piece glued to the flat base of the taillight bezel. I think that the light reflecting off the chrome piece shows the waffle pattern on the lenses very nicely. I had thought of using MV lenses but when I found these pieces in my taillight parts stash I just had to use them. Gary, thank you for your kind and encouraging words. There seem to be a bunch of 50's and 60's car lovers here on the Forum besides myself. Steven Guthmiller, Al Maeske and John Goshke come to mind right away. Unfortunately most of the Mfgrs. keep "mining the gold" in repops or reissues because they don't have to lay out big bucks for new tooling, etc. Moebius is the one who's been "stepping out of the box" to give us kits of cars that have never been put out in kit form previously. Hats off to them..!! I will eventually be getting to working on all of their Hudson kits when my 50's cars TO DO pile shrinks down a bit. Edited October 14, 2014 by Ramfins59
slusher Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Here's a further update on the interior. The resin window cranks, door handles and armrests have been cleaned of flash, painted, and glued in place. The dashboard is painted, detailed with BMF and chrome silver paint, and the kit's gauge decal is in place with a coating of clear epoxy for the lens. I also painted and detailed the steering wheel and pedals which are not pictured. The carpet is flocked black but is also not pictured. I started working on the engine and have pretty much all of the pieces painted which are drying now. The beat goes on... Thanks for looking in. Rich you are so good on the interiors. Looking forward to seeing the interior all together..
Ramfins59 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 Thank you Carl. I have to work on getting the chassis parts all painted and assembled before I can mount the interior pieces onto the floor pan. I hope to have that done within a couple of days, Right now I'm almost finished with the engine assembly.
Jeremy Jon Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Whoa, far out interior! Looking great Richard, bravo!!
Tom Geiger Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Lookin' good Rich! I love those tail lights. Sometimes you get lucky! Too bad you didn't have a bag of them to share!
Ramfins59 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 Thank you Jeremy and Tom. You're right Tom, I wish I had more of those red plastic LED covers.
slusher Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 Thank you Carl. I have to work on getting the chassis parts all painted and assembled before I can mount the interior pieces onto the floor pan. I hope to have that done within a couple of days, Right now I'm almost finished with the engine assembly. I am not rushing Rich. I have been working real slow on my builds since I have had some builders block. Is the door handles and window cranks aftermarket..?
Ramfins59 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 No Carl, the cranks and handles and armrests came with the interior package from Ed Fluck.
Tom Geiger Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) No Carl, the cranks and handles and armrests came with the interior package from Ed Fluck. Norm Veber, Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland makes some nice resin ones. They come many in a pack for around $5. I love to use these on models since they really add depth to interiors. One time when I saw him at a show I invested $20 in four packs. That'll last me a while! Edited to add the below photo, for some reason the computer wouldn't let me do so yesterday.... Edited October 17, 2014 by Tom Geiger
Ramfins59 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 I agree wholeheartedly Tom. At the NNL this past April I picked up 5 packs of them from Norm so I'm stocked up on them for awhile. I've been using them on most of the promos I've been building.
microwheel Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Looking good Richard. I have seen this kit on the hobby shop shelf, but haven't bought one yet. I might just have to go get one. LOL
Ramfins59 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 Thank you Jim and Richard. I'm almost done working on the engine, then it'll be on to the chassis.
Ramfins59 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Posted October 18, 2014 Sorry Dave. I won't be able to post any more progress pics until after the weekend. My prior plans for a productive modelling weekend were waylaid by my grandson asking me to visit him to "fix" some "broken cars" for him.
Ramfins59 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Posted October 23, 2014 OK, I finally finished up the engine. The block is painted the same color Lavender as the interior and the valve covers are body color Tamiya Purple. I installed an M.A.D. prewired distributor with Purple wires. I used a chrome air cleaner from my parts box to add a little bling. All of the chassis parts are painted and drying. Hopefully I can get them all assembled and in place tomorrow. Thanks for looking in.
rsxse240 Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 looking great! I really want to go work on my "paint test" Fairlane kit now.
Ramfins59 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Posted October 23, 2014 Thank you Ken. I hope you are successful with your Fairlane.
Ron Hamilton Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I like it!!! I picked up another '57 Ford. No decision on how it's going to be, but your build is giving me a couple of ideas.
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