62 Ford Fairlane
Started with this a few years ago. no hood no air cleaner. pretty dirty fender ornaments wasted but basically in good shape
chromes a bit worn
windshield was cracked
left taillight messed up
broken B pillar. i'm thinking the easiest thing is to make it a hardtop??? although I could replace those posts fairly easy I guess
late last year I came across this UGLY thing on ebay
YUCK!!!
Damn ugly but it has all the parts I need
so of the 2 cars I kept these parts. I wanted to keep the kit chassis as it was unpainted. But, I could not get the stock wheels/axles apart for the life of me. And the motor is in there slightly crooked but it's glued in too good, and without being able to get the wheels off,,,,,,, it will have to do!!
I can repair the posts fairly easy I think
so I masked the wheels & motor w/clingwrap and painted the chassis
started touching up the motor w/MM ford engine blue
i'll do the trans w/silver. I will probably detail up the exhaust & gas tank etc
you can see the motor is a bit crooked. not sure I can straighten that out???
the promo had no exhaust manifolds, but the kit did and I kept them. its going to be a bit tougher to work on with it all assembled but i'll manage it somehow
the promo had no exhaust manifolds, but the kit did and I kept them. its going to be a bit tougher to work on with it all assembled but i'll manage it somehow
interior from the kit
probably cant see it but there were a few dings on the fenders
so I dissolved what little scrapings I saved from cleanup and filled them. I used testors glue, its a lot thicker than Tamiya, dries much slower. Tamiya dries so fast it tends to leave bubbles in the dissolved plastic as it dries.
fashioned a replacement B pillar. hopefully it will stay in place. Then we'll be ready to prime it.
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1 23 May 2020, 19:53
wilkySo the B pillar didn't stay in place then?
There's a little trick I discovered for those types of repairs.
I glue in the part then glue a backing strip of paper with Superglue.
Best to use the tissue paper used for packing.
It's thin and strong.
It works like fibreglass does in real life.
The paper absorbs the glue and becomes as hard as plastic.
I actually make scratch build items that way too.
Much cheaper than plastic card.
More readily available and easier to work with.
You can easily make curves even tubes with paper and Superglue.
You can use Superglue and baking soda as a filler or Superglue and plastic dust from sanding/filing.
That's what I did before I learnt that baking soda and Superglue was a thing.
I discovered the Superglue and plastic dust for fixing my slot cars because they're rarely ever painted and I needed repairs that would have the same colour as the item being repaired.
Best part of using Superglue and baking soda/plastic dust is it doesn't shrink and dries much quicker than putty, it also doesn't melt the plastic
13 July 2020, 20:29
Robert W MartelThat would have been a good idea wilky. The glue just wouldn't soften the promo plastic. I should have kept the kit body. I kinda figured no big deal, but in actuality the didn't make a hardtop until 63! Oh well, I'll know better next time.
I am pleased with the paint job though. The interior is craft paint thinned w/Pledge [sprayed beautifully] and looks nice. The exterior is Testors pearl Blue /w several coats of Delta Ceramcoat craft exterior varnish. Sanded w/2000 then polished with a nail buffer. It was fairly easy to paint and I think the results look pretty good. I'm going to try it again on the next one.
15 July 2020, 16:29
Robert W MartelThanks Spanjaard!! I think this method of painting will save me some tile [I hope]. We'll see on the next one. The part that cost me the most was the darn fender ornaments [nearly $20]. I was just going to fill the holes, but just forgot, and wasn't about to repaint it !!! Another "senior moment" LOL.
15 July 2020, 16:35
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My dad had on of these when I was a kid in Jr High. It was a 4 door sedan, 3 on the tree, 6 cylinder, blue.
I started with a 62 promo I bought several years ago. It was missing the hood, air cleaner , otherwise in good shape. I got it cheap.
So,,,, I've been looking for the missing parts for a few years. Finally came across this original kit version that had been built it the 60s. it was pretty ugly built as custom, but it had the parts I needed. Got it pretty cheap too. So between the 2 I'll have a complete car. Not exactly like my dad's 4 door, but close enough!
