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Post by wisdonm on Sept 6, 2011 7:13:47 GMT -5
I bought this glue bomb after seeing another kit like it on evil-bay. I'm not sure all the parts are there. Some of it had been painted and assembled in the best glue bomb tradition. Especially the wheels. These were made up of 5 or six pieces each. There was so much glue on them, the plastic started to melt and deform. Not to mention that the clear wire spoke pieces were clouded with excess glue. The body was totally chrome plated with glue smudges and scratches all over. The bottom half of the body was warped and the decals were disintegrated and parts were coming off the backing sheet. The kit has a 4 cam, 32 valve, supercharged, dry-sumped, 3 liter V-12 that made about 450-475hp. It is the right engine for this car. Upon fist impressions, I don't think this engine will fit in this body. So, I put the body in the DIP, aka Purple Power degreaser, and stripped the chrome plating. themadmodeller.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gen13&action=postNext I sanded all the mismatched seams and blemishes. Then primed it with Dupli-Color sandable primer.    |
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Post by The Mad Modeller on Sept 6, 2011 9:28:23 GMT -5
Good luck with the restore job.
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Post by 68chevy on Sept 6, 2011 10:00:00 GMT -5
That going to be fun.
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Post by zbuckster on Sept 6, 2011 11:22:53 GMT -5
Always like your work Don. I'll be following along.
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Post by wisdonm on Sept 9, 2011 8:49:06 GMT -5
I was going to do a variation of the Straitline method, Dave. But needed 80 spokes per wheel and basically chickened out due to lack of skill and time. I'm under the gun and the parts are all messed up, so of course nothing is going right. I painted the car last Wednesday. Usually my rattle can wet coats are too wet and cover details. I wasn't going to do that this time, because I don't have time to fix anything. You guessed it. Now the paint was too dry and I have orange peel to deal with. Worse than that, after 4+ days it still smells like paint, so it is not dry enough to fix. I've now set it out in the sun to bake. The next problem was the wheels. These are big 21" x ~6". None of the original wheels were measurable for width. The original wheels were wire wheels. I thought I could make some from 1/2" PVC pipe caps. I bored out the centers to thin the rim wall thickness on a lathe at MG Ltd. Not sure what happened to one? Must have got too hot and deformed. My plan was to split each wheel into three 2" sections and make wire wheels out of them. After rethinking this, I got cold feet. Since each wheel would be made out of about 90 separate pieces, I questioned their rigidity and my ability to get them done in time. Plan B called for one piece disc wheels. So I went back to MG Ltd. on Thursday to make new rims. I did not have time to work on it Friday, Sat., and Sunday, except for some preliminary decal designs Fri. morning. This brings things up to date, with nothing actually accomplished.     |
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Post by zbuckster on Sept 9, 2011 10:12:15 GMT -5
Looking good Don.
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Post by wisdonm on Sept 13, 2011 15:35:15 GMT -5
Remember when I said I was going to set the body out in the sun to dry? Well of course the wind blew it onto the cement and put two pits in the paint. I also used a liquid mask to cover the chrome grill while I painted the body. I have never had good luck with liquid mask. Didn't work well this time either. First it pulled the paint off the nose. Second it removed some of the chrome that I was trying to protect. title= Made new wheels out of the PVC rims I turned and, after a lot of work, the kit's brake drums. Did the Glosscoat, decal, Dullcoat thing. Didn't turn out too bad. I now know why this kit was originally abandoned. Many of the parts are handed and only go together one way. Well anything that could have been glued in the wrong place, was. I am surprised by the detail of the brake cooling scoops and vents, considering that this is a 1962 Hawk kit. Here is the chassis with the simple suspension installed.      |
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Post by zbuckster on Sept 14, 2011 11:51:48 GMT -5
Cool project, Don.
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Post by wisdonm on Sept 19, 2011 11:48:26 GMT -5
I made decals last night. Tried something new. I used genuine gold leaf. I printed the decals as usual and then applied them onto the gold leaf. All the white areas in the original decals are now gold leaf. Applied the composite decals to the body using Future for a fixative. The #2 burst are from the Shorty Templeton 19 56 midget set made by Greg's Racing Graphics. He has a good product and his customer service is outstanding.   Painted the chrome dash and steering wheel spokes with Dullcoat. Then applied home made decals.  I've got big problems ahead.The body is so warped, it is almost impossible to line it up for gluing. Always something, never good. |
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Post by zbuckster on Sept 20, 2011 10:59:31 GMT -5
Looking good Don.
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Post by ronr on Sept 24, 2011 16:46:30 GMT -5
Looking Good!
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Post by wisdonm on Sept 26, 2011 13:56:01 GMT -5
The body was so warped it popped apart the first time I glued it. Sorry, I didn't take any more assembling pixs because of the rush. So here are a couple pixs of the B.S. Levy special. Don't you just love any car whose name ends with special?   |
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Post by zbuckster on Sept 27, 2011 10:43:35 GMT -5
Another jewel for the shelf.
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Post by 68chevy on Sept 27, 2011 18:01:25 GMT -5
Excellent job come out real nice
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