Here comes a couple of old sins, most of them built 10 years ago Ford tudor 29 with flathead, chopped and chanelled Chevrolet 55 flake paint with some candy lace on roof and trunk, candy apples in the grille, i saw something like that in an 50s car magazine and decided to try it
More old sins, here i tried doin some Watson style paint, first a 58 Chevy and then an 55 Chevy pickup
My first Lincoln build, rebuild the ugly continental with a scratchbuilt rear and made an kind of carson top for it. also made a set of skirts, the rear bumper has gone missing but it should be a merc bumper vith buperguard taillights
Some show rods, first a 32 Roadster sectioned and chanelled a 55 chevy dash duvall windshield, frame been piecut to make it lower, 392 hemi , pained with a goldpearl nail polish 3 window coupe, chopped and chanelled candy flake paint chevy 409
A 50 Chevy, flat blue with flake roof, shaved and rear taillights moved to bumperguards, all pinstriping done with brush One more 50 Chevy but a fleetline, chopped leaned b pillars, pontiac grille bar, modified the rear fenders to match up the leaning of the roof
More old builds, a 3w Ford 32 Blown flathead and brutal chop, think ice lake made a perfect bonneville style touch to the pics
After some Lincoln builds i got flathead v12, why hide it under a hood on the lincoln when you could put it in a 32 Ford and make a Hot Rod Lincoln. I know the exhaust is wrong , the Lincoln doesn´t got 12 of them but this looks kooler
Try it, not so difficult, i´m not pleased how the red one turned out, i think black went looking way to sharp. Did another try on a 55 Chevy gasser, flake copper/gold lace and orange candy, turned out perfect, but that build never got done, maybe someday, here is some pics of that paint.
My other Lincoln build, Continental converted to a Zephyr Coupe, with the roof of a Willys coupe (for in progress pics look back in this thread)
I read how one did it on a real car, I placed the lace in some sugarwater and placed it on the model, let it dry, now the lace wont move around or get soaked, of course it helps spray with distance and very thin layers and let it dry between.
Thanks. Nice work. Your Watson style jobs are great too, reminds me of Froghawk's work. Keep 'em coming.
Wow, I've missed a bunch. Not sure why I wasn't getting notifications anymore. I'll blame it on those pesky untrustworthy electrons again. All beautiful work fellas!
That happens to me on various watched threads. When it does click unwatch then back to watch with email notifications. Then it will be good for awhile.
Recently picked up a Badman '55. A friend bought a real 55 and I'm going to fix this one up for him as a gift. The roof has a bad spot. 'Flake may happen! HAMBer @Dmf11062 also sent this "barn find" ragtop. Too nice to part out! I'll show progress as it happens.
I have that same Monogram '55 drop top kit... Plus the '55 indy pace car kit... Them are awesome models with plenty of detail...
It's been a long time coming, but I was able to get a coat of primer on the body today! Now it's beginning to look like a hot rod... I've had numerous set backs with my "simple" lighting system, but it's finally all sorted out now. I won't bore you guys with the sorted details, but suffice it to say that those pesky electrons weren't at fault after all. I was. At the end of the day, I abandoned the under the seat pan switch, in lieu of an old school vintage radio double blade switch. No big deal to get under the hood the turn on the lights. I'm very happy that I've been able to move past the sound and lights, and get back to the more fun (for me anyway) aspects. of this build. The seat pan is in place, as well as the inner (not) door sub-skins. I've always thought the frame would be painted cream (like the wheels) and the flat black body would be a bit beat up. That's still the plan. Happy Sunday Modeling! David
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