Belugawrx Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Ha X2 Went to prime the t-bird and found I had about 5 hrs of body work to do first!! Rich you are becoming the custom Yoda (man) Good to see these coming out of you! Oh and that engine?..... Sahweeet Nice work so far Cheers Edited December 31, 2014 by Belugawrx
Ramfins59 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 Thank you very much guys. Bruce, thanks for the very kind words, but "The Force" is not with me...... I still have much to learn. Patience is the main thing, and also the hardest thing to learn and to have. I soooo want to get this car painted but I have to give the primer the proper time to dry on the body, hood, dashboard, and interior side panels. That's why it's good to work on different assemblies as other parts are drying. Eventually it all comes together into a decent finished product if we take our time and do it right .
Mopar - D Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Richard coming along nicely on the build and I agree that patience is one of the hardest to over come in building.
Ramfins59 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks very much Dan and Jonathan.
tbill Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 I would be tempted to just display the motor by itself, what a work of art, shame to hide it under a hood. I cannot wait to see more of this build, just fabulous so far, great work.
Ramfins59 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 Thank you very much Tom. I hope to be able to post some in-progress pics of the interior pieces soon.
rockin562 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Beautiful work!!! U have made me want this kit! Can not wait to see it finished
Ramfins59 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Thanks Matthew. This is a great kit. The fit and finish of all of the parts are wonderful. Any mold lines are "barely there" and need only a minimal amount of fine sanding to clean them up. The work on the chassis is complete, except for mounting the wheels and tires. The bottom of the floor pan was sprayed with Dark Gray primer and the chassis rails and most of the chassis pieces were painted with Semi-Gloss Black. The exhaust pipes and fuel tank were painted Steel Metalizer and the mufflers were given a coat of Metalizer Aluminum. I flocked the carpet in a Dark Brown color and the seats were painted Dark Tan and Leather. I added a piece of thin plastic strip between the top of the seat back and the rear package tray and then covered that strip with BMF along with the molding for the rear speaker or vent. I also opened up the speaker or vent and backed it with a small piece of brass mesh that will also be used to back the opened up vents in the body's side trim. I also applied some Orange flocking to the package tray. I'm waiting for the weather to change here so I can paint the body, hood, dashboard, steering wheel and interior side panels. It's been cold and rainy here for the past day or so. This car is coming along nicely and I'm hoping that the paint work will come out just as nice. Still lots to do. Thanks for looking in on these updates. More to come so stay tuned. Edited January 3, 2015 by Ramfins59
Mopar - D Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Nice update Richard the interior looks perfect with your little details. The chassis looks good to.
jaftygas Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 This is shaping up to be a really cool looking car, I mean street rod style. The motor is very nice and the interior is, well great.
Ramfins59 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks guys, I appreciate your kind comments.
wisdonm Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) The car is called Passion, It was made by Rad Rods by Troy. It has been in the Milwaukee area for several years. The upholstery is a patterned brocade. I also think it is powered by a twin turbo injected 373, NASCAR motor. Your version is coming along nicely. Edited January 4, 2015 by wisdonm
Ramfins59 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Thank you Don, I appreciate your encouraging comment. The pictures of the 1:1 car are awesome. Yes, I'm obviously not exactly replicating the real car. The rendering of Troy's car provided the inspiration for my model.
slusher Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Chassis looks great Rich, you got a good start on the interior and I looking awesome so far...
horsepower Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 I know that they're not the exact tints of paint that the real car has, but that is three colors with the split between top and bottom being along the upper trim molding, I'd go with creamsicle for the light top color, and tangelo pearl for the lower color, these are HOK colors, the insert I'd use Testors one coat metallic bronze, or HOK kandy Root Beer over a copper base.
tbill Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 interior and chassis looks great, this is going to be a beauty.
Ramfins59 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Thank you guys. Del, I'm not actually trying to replicate the real car. I'll be using the paints that I have on hand, although your color choices sound great.
jaftygas Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Can't wait to see the color on the body, will it have a two tone?
Ramfins59 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) Thanks Joe. I can't wait to see paint on the body either..!! The car will be Tangelo Pearl by House of Kolor with Tamiya Red Brown in the side trim insert. If the weather here would cooperate and not rain or snow for a day I could get that done without the women in the house complaining about the paint smell if I tried spraying in my basement. I still have some engine compartment parts to paint and detail in the meantime. Plus I can always start working on another car in the meantime until the weather clears up. Edited January 6, 2015 by Ramfins59
microwheel Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 NIce work Richard, like what you did with the side trim. Can't wait to see this in some color.
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