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Started:
31 August 2006
Finished:
20 January 2007
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August 2006:
This model originally is a motorized one and naturally lacking in detail with its interiors. I decided to make some quick customizing job, and a slammer out of it. |
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| Checking my parts box, I found the front custom end for the 49 Ford with twin headlights. I figured that I could embed the headlamps. |
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| I cut out the places to embed the headlamps. |
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| I cut the headlamp housings from the front end and aligned them on a non-drying putty. Then I applied glue and fixed them in place, and removed the putty. |
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| 02 September
2006:
Then I applied automotive steel putty to join the tips of the headlight housings with the end of the hood. |
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| 04 September
2006:
I sanded the headlamp area and tailored styrene pieces in front of the housings. |
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| I treated the sides of the headlamp recess thus formed with putty and test-fitted the headlamps in place. |
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| 29 October
2006:
I carved the blocks to be the masters for the dies of the headlamp glasses, from balsa block. |
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| I prepared a female die from a dentists' mold material, by using the balsa blocks. Then I made the males by filling the female mold with polyester putty, meanwhile inserting a screw while it cured. The screw served for the handle to push and form the heated acetate. At the right of the male, the formed and trimmed acetate is shown. |
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| 02 November
2006:
I formed and trimmed two acetate glasses for the headlamps. |
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| 13 January
2006:
The painting had many ill-fates. The car went to the hydraulic stripping bath a few times, and in the end, I managed to apply a custom made tone. I applied silver as the base, then Gunze's transparent green, and finally Gunze's transparent yellow as the final layer. However, due to former ill-paintjobs, the surface had lost its quality and the paint had the orange-peel effect. I masked the body with parafilm to paint the rubber protectors. |
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| 14 January
2006:
The rear lamps were a bit tricky to paint. I applied BMF on the outside, where the clear parts are; and painted flat black. Then I stripped the BMF masks to reveal the clear lenses again. I painted the lenses on the inside with clear orange and red. |
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| I applied BMF on the side and front signal lamps and painted over with clear orange. Then I installed the headlamp assemblies with Testors Clear Parts Cement. |
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| For a better reflection, I covered the internal rear lamp area with BMF. I applied clear dark brown paint on the insides of the glasses to finish the slammer job... |
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