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Post by leon on Nov 24, 2018 5:12:18 GMT -7
Coming along nicely Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Nov 24, 2018 8:53:38 GMT -7
Thanks leon!
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Post by mrmike on Nov 25, 2018 8:16:34 GMT -7
Well, the repair of squeezing the front tires towards each other didn't work. I used a pair of small needle nose pliers and gently bent the spindle arms towards the frame, effectively lengthing the tie rod.  But, lead me to discover enother problem. The lower A-arm assembly was molded wrong and the left front wheel is canted. I have an idea on how to fix it, but requires taking the front suspension apart, which I don't want to do. I may just leave it.   More to come... |
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Post by leon on Nov 25, 2018 9:00:13 GMT -7
WOW...That looks nasty Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Nov 25, 2018 10:26:03 GMT -7
Yes it is! I removed the left front wheel from the rest of the front suspension and took it apart.  I cleaned up all the parts and made sure that all surfaces were flat and clean and reassembled them all.  The end result is the left front wheel sitting as it should.  More to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Dec 20, 2018 14:38:33 GMT -7
It's been almost four weeks since I have done anything with the '56 Fairlane. I took the Fairlane with me to my Play Date with two of my fellow Club members and used Barry's marvelous paintbooth! I sprayed the Fairlane with two coats of Tamiya TS-65 Pearl Clear and it looks fabulous!   It is kind of hard to see the pearl, but it is there! I decided to paint the engine compartment with Model Master Go Mango to match the exterior and then I placed the body into my dehydrator for four hours.  Next up will be to paint the headliner flat white and then to foil the body now that I have some decent foil. More to come... |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Dec 20, 2018 22:06:57 GMT -7
Good color combo. I like it. Well done.
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Post by vcv8273 on Dec 21, 2018 2:05:14 GMT -7
Paint is looking sweet Mike, looking forward to seeing it with bmf
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Post by DeeCee on Dec 21, 2018 2:21:19 GMT -7
Paint looks good Mike.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 21, 2018 6:35:32 GMT -7
Good color combo. I like it. Well done. Thanks guys! Iceman, You like it well done? I prefer mine medium to medium rare... big-drooling-smiley-emoticon sSig_DOH  |
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Post by sharp on Dec 21, 2018 22:15:59 GMT -7
Nice paint job! I like the color combo.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 22, 2018 7:39:23 GMT -7
Thank you Sharp! I just wish I could photograph the pearl in the clear. Maybe when I finish it I could figure it out.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 23, 2018 5:27:46 GMT -7
Now that I have been able to get my hands on a decent sheet of BMF, I have started foiling the body on this '56 Fairlane. This took me almost an hour last night including polishing the foil. So far, so good!    More to come... |
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Post by leon on Dec 23, 2018 6:25:22 GMT -7
BMF looks really good Mike!
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Post by stitchdup on Dec 23, 2018 7:35:14 GMT -7
Very cool,
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Post by mrmike on Dec 23, 2018 8:04:39 GMT -7
Thanks leon and stitchdup! I have finished foiling the '56 Fairlane.    Now for some touchups and into the dehydrator for a few hours at 105 degrees to dry the Molotow Chrome paint. More to come... |
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Post by Deano on Dec 23, 2018 12:07:32 GMT -7
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Post by mrmike on Dec 23, 2018 15:27:42 GMT -7
Thanks Deano!
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Post by sharp on Dec 23, 2018 20:17:20 GMT -7
The foil looks great Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 26, 2018 6:12:48 GMT -7
Thank you sharp!
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Post by vcv8273 on Dec 26, 2018 8:02:59 GMT -7
Looking real sweet Mike
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Post by mrmike on Dec 26, 2018 15:36:54 GMT -7
Thank you Steve!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 28, 2018 10:04:19 GMT -7
The 56 Vicky is coming together! Yesterday, I got the body interior, and chassis together after I installed the glass. I ran into an issue with the front windshield not fitting correctly. I had to trim the mount on the side panel top lower the dash and as I was packing things up for the night, the windshield popped out. I didn't lower the dash enough. I'll have to figure a way to reinstall the windshield without have to resort to taking everything apart.   The windshield was cleaned up and the taillights have been detailed.  More to come... |
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Post by leon on Dec 28, 2018 11:24:18 GMT -7
This is looking good Mike!
I hear you on the windshield issue.Had the same problem a few times.
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Post by DeeCee on Dec 28, 2018 15:15:13 GMT -7
This is a very clean build and looks great Mike, glad you found the easy way to fix the windshield too.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 28, 2018 19:17:42 GMT -7
Thanks leon and DeeCee! I will get the windshield reinstalled and finish this build as I am nearly done.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 29, 2018 6:55:56 GMT -7
Well, I went and did it...I disassembled the '56 Fairlane to modify the mounts for the dash and to reinstall the dash again. Everything looks like a better fit this time.    More to come... |
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Post by leon on Dec 29, 2018 8:06:57 GMT -7
Glad to see you got this fixed Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 29, 2018 11:05:18 GMT -7
Yes! It was unfortunate that I had to take the model apart, but the result of some disassembly was to correct a flaw that was preventing me from finishing the model. You gotta do what you gotta do!
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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 29, 2018 16:02:42 GMT -7
Man you musta pulled ALL your hair out while applying the BMF to that bad boy and I hear what you're sayin' about hating to pull the model back down to fix a boo-boo. Sometimes you've gotta do what you've gotta do. Lookin good with this one Mike.
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