Tom Geiger Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'm almost going to miss seeing this one continue to progress, after following it all these years. Finishing it is almost a let down that it's over! For the major part of my modeling career I spent a lot of time day dreaming about working on this one. And now I have to find a new favorite project. Still I'm happy to see it through, Thank you to everyone who has commented, and some of you who watched me build and stop over the years! One less thing on my bucket list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Great work on detail and weathering. This would be such a good candidate for a sleeper if it had a massive engine lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVTInterceptor Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Finally finished, this 25 year project! The saga started back when I was friends with Joe Cavorley and became interested in how he weathered his models. I bought a Poly S weathering kit, and grabbed a junk Volare body (they were expendable in those days!) and had at it. And this was the result. I brought it to our next club meeting and was encouraged to build a model around it. So started this project, using the very first thing I attempted to weather! So this is the grand daddy of all the worn and weathered cars I've built in my modeling career. All in all, the weathering isn't all that great. The first thing Joe told me was I needed to dab my weathering rather than brush it since real cars don't have those front to back brush strokes! So this car was a good learning spring board. I keep my unfinished projects in boxes on shelves right above my work bench so I cannot forget about them. So every couple of years it got pulled down and worked on a bit. There were times that I got one more step done, and there were times I just screwed something up and put it back in the box. It is on it's second chassis from my failed attempt at putting a full detail front end under it. Live and learn. Lettering is from before the era of easy computer graphics. Those are rub on letters. The company name "Better Letter" was the logo on the top of the lettering sheets. That just kind of worked out. The slant six engine came out of the Lindberg '64 Dodge kit. In my opinion, this is the nicest slant six ever done in 1/25 scale. I had started the engine years ago, but didn't get past the assembly not fitting correctly into the chassis. I overcame that with the last sitting and then decided to see how far I could detail out the engine bay, just for the sake of learning. I added the hood latch and all the detail of the latch assembly etc that would be visible through the missing grille. Rear view has a pad locked trunk, we'd see a lot of vehicles that way in the city. There's a missing lens and I made bulbs in there too. The license plates were early computer graphics made by a friend way back in the 1990s so I used them on the final build. The interior was worked on during the last few times I had this on the bench. I did the final detailing and glued everything into place this sitting. And the chassis is the basic unit that was under the kit. I had carved out the molded in drive shaft and molded in a hump. That was necessary since I changed the engine / trans unit. I also had to make the exhaust system using a duel exhaust from the AMT 71 Duster kit. Each piece was cut and put together with bits of straight pin, the same way you'd assemble a 1:1 exhaust. I decided to not mess with the front suspension, since I failed at that once, and in the name of getting this project onto the shelf once and for all. This was my Christmas Model Car Amnesty Build for this year, and once again I did finish what I planned to do. Last year I finished the Dodge A100 van, the year before my '34 Ford rat rod, all projects older than dirt. So it's great to get these out of boxes and on display. And it has me eyeing those boxes, to see what I pull down next! Tom I really dig the weathered beaters, and this one is exceptional. In fact, before I even purchased my Volare I was going to do it as a beater, and in my research I googled and found pics of your car. Obviously I went in a different direction, but I may still attempt that junker Volare. Great job man..love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Everything on this model is amazing, great weathering and great details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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