62 Tbird T/A Hardtop

[jdean]

that is gonna be a super cool T bird !

[Roadrunner]

Real nice progress here. You certainly have more patience than I do.

[Belugawrx]

Ok ...no primer yet but,...

I said I would pull out the airbrush and start a learnin' so,...

I found a great tip on wide white painting on this site, so thought I would try it out

What better car to put wide whites on than a '62 T-bird....right?

Fooled around with mixtures,.. Micheal's Craft paint and windex, water, 99% isopropyl ....nope

Testors acrylic and 99%,.. 2p paint : 1P iso, ....yep

Will let it dry and shoot the whole tire with Tamiya flat...

Always an adventure

Also built up the cowl with strips of evergreen and some Squadron White putty

I really like Squadron's putty ,... if you let it skin up, you can still shape it by patting it around a bit.

Thanks for looking in

Any Questions, Comments, and/or Criticisms welcome.

Model on

Cheers

Edited December 31, 2014 by Belugawrx

[Belugawrx]

Did some work on the exhaust

Detail Master's glasspacks into some Evergreen rod

I tried the DM pencil tips, but they looked too large so..

Back to the tried and true aluminium pipe, angled

Then notched the body to keep it all tight

Q, C, + C's welcome

Cheers

[Randy D]

Hi Bruce,

Impressive progress you have made on this one ! The engine compartment is looking good. The exhaust system is a keeper

Randy

[Belugawrx]

Thank You for checkin' in guys

Jdean I hope so

Kevin patience is a practise... I will continue to practise....lol

Randy........ Not your watchmaker quality, but like I said " it's the only lump of styrene here"

and Ben Thanks for the comment that went missing for some reason... This is my first time doing wide white walls and they will look good once the body colour is on....it's a '62

So...anyway, got the exhaust finished up

And then saw that there were no brakes so..

Found these in a NASCAR kit,..and with a little finnagling

they should work,.. foiled, weathered...etc.

Thnx for lookin' in

QCC's welcome

Cheers

[slusher]

Great progress Bruce. I like the wide whites and wheels...

[Belugawrx]

Bit more done,..

Body got primered again, wet sanded, then shot the colour (Duplicolor Indigo blue pearl #CBVW2043)

decanted and airbrushed, then a coat of "Future".

I let the "future" dry for a day and then wet sanded. I really like the way it blocks out!

Masked the body and shot the engine bay with black.

Now I will BMF the trim and reshoot "Future"

Also got the interior started,

I tried to BMF the console and dash ribs, but after wrinkling up two pieces, decided to go with the old stand by, Testor's silver enamel flowed on with a brush.

This will be washed with Tamiya smoke, when dry (next week )

Thanks for looking in

Cheers

[slusher]

Looking good Bruce, love the custom exhaust. Looking forward to more...

[Belugawrx]

Spent an hour on this side BMF top rail Whew,,,

More tmarra

Cheers

[Belugawrx]

Rolling Chassis !!

Got some interior work done too

Working on the steering wheel and those seats, hmmmm maybe a Testors bisque wash...

Anyway ...coming right along

Q,C,+C's welcome

Cheers

[mikemopar70]

Your T-Bird will look awesome with that roof, very nice custom touch!!

[Belugawrx]

Ok rolling stock means ....install plant

Then the exhaust system

The owner wasn't sure about oil leaks / gaskets so he had the oil pan powder coated white

Tie downs

Body is coming along too...

sand, clean, sand,...almost ready for "future" 2nd coat and prob,..3rd

Thanks for lookin',....QC+C's remember

Cheers

[slusher]

Bruce your build is really coming along and looking sweet. Lots of great detail...