|
Post by treehuggerdave on Jan 15, 2020 21:24:22 GMT -5
I love building models of wagons. My fav right now.
This is a Jimmy Flintstone body and was one of the best bodies I ever got from him until I bought the standard 4 door Ranch wagon. Both were really beautiful, especially for the price.
These came molded as a promo style body with molded in hood. So I opened the hood and used a spare 1957 Ford donor kit for necessary pieces.
Way too much fun .
|
|
|
Post by treehuggerdave on Jan 15, 2020 21:26:22 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by treehuggerdave on Jan 15, 2020 21:27:50 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by treehuggerdave on Jan 15, 2020 21:29:28 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by treehuggerdave on Jan 15, 2020 21:30:50 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by goofy62 on Jan 16, 2020 13:41:14 GMT -5
Have I seen this somewhere before?
Very cool looking wagon!!
Steve
|
|
|
Post by fordrodnkustom on Jan 16, 2020 17:01:43 GMT -5
Excellent build of one of my favorite cars. I'm working on one similar only it is a Modelhaus transkit for the Revell Ranchero but I'm a little stumped on how to do the would trim. Would you share how you did yours? It looks great.
|
|
|
Post by mack2856 on Jan 16, 2020 18:11:42 GMT -5
Killer, I could see myself driving a 1-1 version of this. Did I mention green is my favourite colour!
|
|
|
Post by treehuggerdave on Jan 16, 2020 19:47:36 GMT -5
Excellent build of one of my favorite cars. I'm working on one similar only it is a Modelhaus transkit for the Revell Ranchero but I'm a little stumped on how to do the would trim. Would you share how you did yours? It looks great.Not a problem .After finding a base color in spray can paint in lacquer that was suitable, and getting the car painted and polished, I set out with Tamiya tape and carefully masked off the entire perimeter of the molded raised area of wood moldings and also the window wood grain area. I didn't mask off the center area where the darker decals go. I just painted it.Next I cleaned the area real good with rubbing alcohol to give it a good clean of ant finger oils, then blew it off.Next I sprayed the lacquer base color with 3 light to medium coats - just enough to cover the green pearl, letting it dry about 10 to 15 minutes between coats. I waited for the last coat to dry about an hour, and then gave it several light coats of clear. Just enough to be glossy.After the clear dried over night, I began the wood graining process by dipping my finger in a darker color of an enamel paint (Testors dark brown in the little bottles) and began the process I had developed by "practicing" to get what I liked. I used enamel purposely so that it wouldn't soften the lacquer clear or go through it to the lacquer base color and spoil everything.After the wood graining was done and I was happy with it, I used my lacquer clear over the enamel dark brown. There's a trick to this. You only wait at most an hour and then spray the clear lacquer over the enamel lightly (I used Testors in the little bottle dark brown). Practice this technique and you'll soon find other things you can do with this little trick. I practiced doing this several times on some scrap plastic until I had a technique that I was happy with - so practice first. It's really fun when you get it right. It's like WOW !!!Once I had the wood graining done and happy with it, I then checked the open area in the center where the dark colored wood grain decal goes for any dust or flaws in the paint and smoothed those out before applying the darker decals that I got from the '65 Lincoln kit that shows a wood grained Lincoln on the box cover. Be careful if you decide to buy this kit for the decals. There are 2 Lincoln kits and one has no decals. After my darker colored decals dried over night, I re-taped off the entire wood grain areas, including the tailgate and gave it several LIGHT coats of clear (Optional). Be careful here as too heavy of clear coats will cause these decals to shrink over several days.This process is very "Finessy" (I just made up a word ) and requires patience and practice - Did I mention "Practice" even using the clear coat. Familiarity with a good technique really helps when you begin and gives you much more confidence.Good luck my friend.Don't forget to PRACTICE FIRST .Sorry the wording is all run together, but your program at the time I posted this ran it all together and wouldn't allow me to do paragraphs. I tried several times with no luck . It still doesn't work.
|
|
|
Post by deuce on Jan 18, 2020 11:27:52 GMT -5
I like! I'm finishing up a 58 Impala, so I think I'm going to start on one of my 3 57 Fords next.
|
|
|
Post by fordrodnkustom on Jan 18, 2020 16:30:16 GMT -5
Excellent build of one of my favorite cars. I'm working on one similar only it is a Modelhaus transkit for the Revell Ranchero but I'm a little stumped on how to do the would trim. Would you share how you did yours? It looks great.Not a problem .After finding a base color in spray can paint in lacquer that was suitable, and getting the car painted and polished, I set out with Tamiya tape and carefully masked off the entire perimeter of the molded raised area of wood moldings and also the window wood grain area. I didn't mask off the center area where the darker decals go. I just painted it.Next I cleaned the area real good with rubbing alcohol to give it a good clean of ant finger oils, then blew it off.Next I sprayed the lacquer base color with 3 light to medium coats - just enough to cover the green pearl, letting it dry about 10 to 15 minutes between coats. I waited for the last coat to dry about an hour, and then gave it several light coats of clear. Just enough to be glossy.After the clear dried over night, I began the wood graining process by dipping my finger in a darker color of an enamel paint (Testors dark brown in the little bottles) and began the process I had developed by "practicing" to get what I liked. I used enamel purposely so that it wouldn't soften the lacquer clear or go through it to the lacquer base color and spoil everything.After the wood graining was done and I was happy with it, I used my lacquer clear over the enamel dark brown. There's a trick to this. You only wait at most an hour and then spray the clear lacquer over the enamel lightly (I used Testors in the little bottle dark brown). Practice this technique and you'll soon find other things you can do with this little trick. I practiced doing this several times on some scrap plastic until I had a technique that I was happy with - so practice first. It's really fun when you get it right. It's like WOW !!!Once I had the wood graining done and happy with it, I then checked the open area in the center where the dark colored wood grain decal goes for any dust or flaws in the paint and smoothed those out before applying the darker decals that I got from the '65 Lincoln kit that shows a wood grained Lincoln on the box cover. Be careful if you decide to buy this kit for the decals. There are 2 Lincoln kits and one has no decals. After my darker colored decals dried over night, I re-taped off the entire wood grain areas, including the tailgate and gave it several LIGHT coats of clear (Optional). Be careful here as too heavy of clear coats will cause these decals to shrink over several days.This process is very "Finessy" (I just made up a word ) and requires patience and practice - Did I mention "Practice" even using the clear coat. Familiarity with a good technique really helps when you begin and gives you much more confidence.Good luck my friend.Don't forget to PRACTICE FIRST .Sorry the wording is all run together, but your program at the time I posted this ran it all together and wouldn't allow me to do paragraphs. I tried several times with no luck . It still doesn't work. Thanks!
|
|
|
Post by Mr.409 on Jan 22, 2020 5:05:36 GMT -5
Wow! That's a very, very cool '57 Ford Wagon! I've always been a big fan of these "Woodie Wagons" (or whatever to call them), and this is definitely one of the finest examples that I've seen as a scale model. Excellent job on the wooden parts, and good to see you didn't go with the curbside option that would have been a lot easier than opening up the hood. Very nicely done!
|
|
|
Post by chromecop on Mar 11, 2020 11:42:18 GMT -5
WOW, that's a lovely piece !
|
|
|
Post by constructionbob on Mar 11, 2020 12:59:55 GMT -5
I like It a lot!
|
|