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Post by Joel_W on Oct 13, 2020 10:10:09 GMT -8
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Post by 2whl on Oct 13, 2020 12:08:55 GMT -8
Your paint work is superb.
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 13, 2020 13:25:39 GMT -8
Paul, It's much appreciated for sure.
Joel
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 21, 2020 6:29:48 GMT -8
With the basic body shell completed, I next turned my attention to the chassis and the front & rear suspension sub assemblies. I must say that I was rather impressed with the detail of the complex suspensions, as both really looked more then quite good and equal to many of today's kit offerings, especially considering that the kit dates back from 1992. I started off with the usual cleaning up of all the parts as there's an abundance of seam lines everywhere. Unfortunately, my effort still left a few here and there. Once that job was done, I've started the paint prep with a 15 min bath in Polident & room temp tap water. The parts not only come out spanking clean, but have a rather nice fresh scent to them. I'm still in the camp of priming every thing no matter what, so I used the last of my Gunze #1500 gray primer thinned 1:1 with Gunze #400 Mr. Leveler Thinner. I let the parts dry and cure for a few hours then I air brushed on Tamiya Semi Gloss Black, with the upper A arms in Gloss Black, and the rubber boots on the steering rod that connects both front wheel assemblies Tamiya Rubber, which really looks like their plain dark military Gray is you ask me. The following day I masked the cover of the rear end which is part of the rear axle, and then primed it once again as I forgot to mask it off when I painted the axle the day before. Several coats of Tamiya Gloss Red was air brushed on as well as the main body of the rear end gear housing. The shocks/springs already were air brushed Semi Gloss Black, but the springs should be gloss Black, so I hand painted them as well as the tops and bottoms of the shocks Mig Ammo Polished Steel. And a quick test fit of the engine/transmission. Joel
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Post by 2whl on Oct 21, 2020 8:34:09 GMT -8
Nice progress Joel. It reminds me that I need to get back to my Cobra
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 21, 2020 17:47:59 GMT -8
Looks pretty sweet Joel. By the way I'm taking notes.....
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 22, 2020 4:52:32 GMT -8
Paul & Paul, Thanks guys for stopping by and checking out my Cobra build to day. I'm thrilled that you guys like what you see.
And by all means get back to your Cobra build as every Multi Media build is a special build to follow as far as I'm concerned.
Joel
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Post by Joel_W on Nov 6, 2020 8:50:10 GMT -8
Been a while since I last updated my Shelby Cobra Ford 427 build, but finally I've accomplished enough with the completion of the engine subassembly to post my next update. The engine/transmission is the basic 2 piece claim shell that fits together without any issues, so just the usual seam clean up was all that was needed. My research showed that all the Ford Shelby Cobra 427 engines were not paint Ford Gloss Blue, but rather Gloss Black until the last dozen or so engines in the run. Easy enough as I just went with Tamiya X-1 Gloss Black without any primer, as well as the rest of the various engine parts. I used various Alcad2 metallizers so that there was a difference in the tone of all the metal parts. I got to the point that I could flush out my air brush for the next color in a few min. The kit exhaust manifold looks like the standard cast Ford units, but most of my pictures seems to show them as custom made from Aluminum tubing, so I went with Alcad2 Aluminum. But they look a tad to bright/light. The intake manifold was air brushed with Alcad2 light Aluminum while the 4 barrel Carb was done in Polished Steel Aluminum, and the Aluminum shell around the carb was done in good old Alcad2 Aluminum. I had a pre-made distributor with Red wires, so I went with that. Just can't remember the name of who made it. Next up was to dry fit the engine with the drive shaft in the chassis to make sure that there wasn't any surprises. Joel
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Post by arcticwolf on Nov 6, 2020 15:14:10 GMT -8
Beautiful as always Joel. I know the black is correct, but if it were me, I'd have painted the block blue. Just for contrast! cheers Paul
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Post by Joel_W on Nov 7, 2020 7:41:10 GMT -8
Paul, Believe me I was really tempted to go Gloss Ford Blue and claim that the engine was rebuilt and repainted. But you really see next to nothing of the block once the chassis and body are attached even when you turn it over, so I just went with Gloss Black as I was using it for the basecoat for all the Alcad2 air brushing.
Joel
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Post by Ben_B on Nov 7, 2020 7:56:17 GMT -8
Looking good, Joel!
Ben
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Post by arcticwolf on Nov 7, 2020 15:44:58 GMT -8
Paul, Believe me I was really tempted to go Gloss Ford Blue and claim that the engine was rebuilt and repainted. But you really see next to nothing of the block once the chassis and body are attached even when you turn it over, so I just went with Gloss Black as I was using it for the basecoat for all the Alcad2 air brushing. Joel I know what you mean. All the time put in on the motors for those Trans Am cars we built, when they're finished it might as well have been a lump of silly putty for all you can see of them.
I'm building one of those Cobras as soon as I figure out the decals I need, so I'm keeping an eye on you, lol.
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Post by Joel_W on Nov 8, 2020 7:34:11 GMT -8
Paul, Looking forward to your Cobra build. 100% guaranteed it's a better build experience. I displayed my Mustang with the front engine body work off. I have one more Mustang: the Whale tail and the front body clip is molded to the main body. Also a Camaro as well. I still don't know why I bought those kits, and AM decals as well.
Joel
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Post by mustangrex on Nov 8, 2020 18:12:31 GMT -8
Looking very nice. I have not built one since these kits first came out about 30 years ago. From what I remember the kit goes together fairly easily.
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Post by Joel_W on Nov 22, 2020 16:34:11 GMT -8
Mustangrex, Thanks for stopping by and checking out my build to date. It's always much appreciated.
So far the kits hasn't had any real fit issues which is a pleasant surprise for sure.
Joel
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