Primered Customized '49 Ford Coupe

[BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON]

Slammed Customized '49 Ford Coupe in Gray Primer

I started this project intending it for the primer CBP on the TRaK board but kept thinking I might go for a glossy paint job. In the end it told me to stay in primer, so here it is. AMT '49 Coupe slammed 7+ scale inches all around, mainly kit parts except for the following changes:

Chassis: lowered 7.5 scale inches front and rear using offset spindles at the front and lowering blocks at the rear.
Bodywork: Modelhaus resin '51 Ford customized grill with single plain bar (bullets removed) and smoothed bumpers. Frenched headlights. Hood, deck and doors shaved. Scratch built visor from styrene strip and rod. AMT Kit custom rear rolled pan, license plate molding,bumpers and taillights. Scratch built exhaust tips from flattened and shaped aluminum tubing. Kit supplied spotlights.
Wheels and Tires: Parts box sourced front white walls, Revell '53 Cadillac bullet sombrero hubcaps, AMT kit rear tires with hand painted whitewalls. The wheels are from my parts box, the worst I could find since they'll never be seen...
Interior: Modified from AMT kit with scratch built bolsters and homemade decals for leopard skin patterned portions.
Paint: Duplicolor Gray Primer Sealer. Interior finished in in Duplicolor Yellow and Tamiya Semi Gloss black. Interior upholstered surfaces cleared with testors Dullcote.

Thanx for lookin',
B.

[41CHEVY]

Camie out very nice, The visor adds a Rock a Billy look to it. Sweet! Paul

[BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON]

Thanks Paul. This was way more work than I thought it would be but it came out looking pretty much like I had intended, so I'm pleased and/or relieved! That primer was quite fragile and required constant attention during assembly. The best clean-up technique turned out to be lightly wet sanding it with 1000 grit. Who woulda thunk it...

[41CHEVY]

May 9, 2015 11:07:37 GMT -4 BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON said:

Thanks Paul. This was way more work than I thought it would be but it came out looking pretty much like I had intended, so I'm pleased and/or relieved! That primer was quite fragile and required constant attention during assembly. The best clean-up technique turned out to be lightly wet sanding it with 1000 grit. Who woulda thunk it...

Try spraying a coat of semi flat clear on it. It seals it and makes it "tougher" to handling. Paul

[JOE66]

Came out great Bernard, the primer and caddy caps fit well together. I still like the " Peg Bundy" interior.

[BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON]

Thanx Joe. LOL

Broken Photobucket links repaired. For now I'm only updating completed model pics. Updating w.i.p. links is just too huge a task! I'll update them on request...