“It’s not red it’s Candy Apple red” 76 Ford Torino 1/25

[f111guru]

Johnny,

Great work so far and I'm liking this build. But, However, ??? the plug wire should be on the outside of the cylinder heads. underneath the exhaust ports.

Just my usual 2 cents.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

 

 

[CedB]

Catching up after some time away and now look… a car! But a classic, so I'm in…

 

Great work so far Johnny  

[Hamden]

 

Nice progress with this one - however I must agree with @f111guru about the plug leads if you want to be accurate. 

 

   Roger

[corsaircorp]

Hello Dear Spad,

I'm in for the ride if you don't mind

I concur with Ron and Roger !!n The spark plug wiring is always outside of the V blocks...

Sorry son !

Otherwise !! great build ! For a Premiere you did great !!

In fact, I did'nt remember any U.S engine with spark plug inside the V🤔

 

Really interesting times indeed, A pig to drive ?? Only if you try to drive it like an european car...

I cannot say what I did with a Chevrolet Caprice classic landau back in the '70....

And did'nt have any driving licence at the time...😜

Interesting time for sure...

Sincerely.

CC

[Brandy]

Lovely start Jonny. I'm in, although more than a little late!

I'm also back on a car for now, revisiting the Merc SSKL build.

 

Ian

[Marco F.]

Hi Johnny,

looks real cool so far, can't await your next postings.

Do you know that both actors are available in 1/24?

Cheers

Marco F

[giemme]

12 minutes ago, Marco F. said:

Do you know that both actors are available in 1/24?

That sounds interesting, right Johnny?  

 

Ciao

[The Spadgent]

23 hours ago, Dansk said:

Awesome John - it’s coming to life, looks really great 👍 

Thanks. 🤩

23 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Getting dirty again Johnny ?

Nice looking engine sir.

And the inners look good too.

 

Great work mate.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon.

22 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Nice work so far. I hope you got the firing order right on the plugs or it'll never start.

You may need a Police radio under the dash with a hand held microphone on a curly wire.

And maybe a magnetic roof mounted 'bubble gum' light also on a spiral wire. State of the art back then.

Somewhere like littlecars could possibly help here?

From what I remember the actors saying when interviewed, it was a pig to drive during the stunts.

 

Well as you can see if you read the feedback I tripped at the first hurdle. 🤣

hopefully I’ll fix it. Deffo adding the curly wires. 😃

22 hours ago, giemme said:

Great job on the engine and interiors, Johnny!  

 

Although I agree with you about the look of that wash, the Flory stuff seems to be more effective in your hands ...  

 

Ciao

Yup. I agree, I see Flory in my future.

21 hours ago, rob Lyttle said:

I know you're a happy modeller, Johnny, but this lil project has taken it to a new level. 

You're in your element. 

"Joy" is the word that springs to mind! 

And it's coming through on the thread. 

Too kind sir. Thanks for your kind words. 😀

20 hours ago, f111guru said:

Johnny,

Great work so far and I'm liking this build. But, However, ??? the plug wire should be on the outside of the cylinder heads. underneath the exhaust ports.

Just my usual 2 cents.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

 

 

Hmmmmmm cocked it Up already I see?🤣 I hope I fixed it. Does this.

Look better?  I managed to pop the cables off and bend them about, some of the cables don’t stretch but they vanish under the exhaust things pretty well. Needs a Flory wash though. Thoughts?

11 hours ago, CedB said:

Catching up after some time away and now look… a car! But a classic, so I'm in…

 

Great work so far Johnny  

Thanks Mr B nice to have you around. Hope you enjoy this one.

9 hours ago, Hamden said:

 

Nice progress with this one - however I must agree with @f111guru about the plug leads if you want to be accurate. 

 

   Roger

Thanks. Hopefully I got it right this time?

7 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Dear Spad,

I'm in for the ride if you don't mind

I concur with Ron and Roger !!n The spark plug wiring is always outside of the V blocks...

Sorry son !

Otherwise !! great build ! For a Premiere you did great !!

In fact, I did'nt remember any U.S engine with spark plug inside the V🤔

 

Really interesting times indeed, A pig to drive ?? Only if you try to drive it like an european car...

I cannot say what I did with a Chevrolet Caprice classic landau back in the '70....

And did'nt have any driving licence at the time...😜

Interesting time for sure...

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks CC. I stretched the wires outside and under. Fingers crossed that’s betterer. 🤔 As you can see I know very little about cars too. 🤣

3 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Lovely start Jonny. I'm in, although more than a little late!

I'm also back on a car for now, revisiting the Merc SSKL build.

 

Ian

Nice to have you on board. Ooh I’ll have to check out your merc.

42 minutes ago, Marco F. said:

Hi Johnny,

looks real cool so far, can't await your next postings.

Do you know that both actors are available in 1/24?

Cheers

Marco F

Ha! 1/24 David soul, awesome.

29 minutes ago, giemme said:

That sounds interesting, right Johnny?  

 

Ciao

No. 😎🤣

[Hamden]

 

That looks better with the plug leads glad you managed to correct it without to much trouble

 

    Roger

[Tomoshenko]

Lovely work Johnny. Glad you fixed the engine, it'll run a lot smoother now hee hee. Must say the interior really looks neat. The pre-shading, dark grey / nearly black upholstery and the black wash really brings out the detail.

[The Spadgent]

1 hour ago, Hamden said:

 

That looks better with the plug leads glad you managed to correct it without to much trouble

 

    Roger

Thanks Roger.  I was hoping for that. luckily I couldn’t drill that end so the connection was only slight. 

1 hour ago, Tomoshenko said:

Lovely work Johnny. Glad you fixed the engine, it'll run a lot smoother now hee hee. Must say the interior really looks neat. The pre-shading, dark grey / nearly black upholstery and the black wash really brings out the detail.

Thanks Tomo. Yes she purrrrs like a kitten now.  The wash looks ok but tonight I decided to hit it with Flory. We shall see. 🤔

 

Jont.

[f111guru]

Outstanding recovery. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news on the plug wiring. I was hoping that the fix was fixable without much pain. As it was it came out great.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

[The Spadgent]

16 hours ago, f111guru said:

Outstanding recovery. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news on the plug wiring. I was hoping that the fix was fixable without much pain. As it was it came out great.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

No worries at all thanks for the heads up. I love learning as I build. 🤩

[The Spadgent]

Hey kids. Not much of an update but I had to show you the new wash. ‘Tis only the darks but the Flory is so much better and I know how it’s going to react so I can add to it with the AK stuff and highlights later. I painted it on last night and left it to dry.

Just before I shut up for the night I fixed those pesky pin marks.

That’s better. 😃

I only spent ten minutes or so rubbing off some of the Flory tonight but I’m more happy with the direction.

that really looks better in my eyes.

The seats.

look leathery or plastic leathery. I also did the door panels. 

I’m a lot more happy now. I’ll have to fix all the parts properly at the next bench session. I’m out tomorrow so it’ll probably be this weekend. Thanks for dropping in, all the best and Happy Modelling.

 

Johnny wash.

Edited March 12, 2019 by The Spadgent

[giemme]

All looking much better now, Johnny!  

 

Ciao

[Spookytooth]

Looking well used  there, Johnny.

Nice job.

 

Simon.

[Dansk]

I just gotta say ‘chunky cardigan’ is the best thread tag ever LOL

it’s so S & H title sequence

[The Spadgent]

On 3/12/2019 at 10:42 PM, giemme said:

All looking much better now, Johnny!  

 

Ciao

Thanks G! 🤩

On 3/12/2019 at 10:45 PM, Spookytooth said:

Looking well used  there, Johnny.

Nice job.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon. 😀

On 3/14/2019 at 6:45 PM, Dansk said:

I just gotta say ‘chunky cardigan’ is the best thread tag ever LOL

it’s so S & H title sequence

Thanks. Forgot I did that. 🤣

 

 

[The Spadgent]

Wowza!! Nearly a week since last post. 🤯 life has just taken a front seat as it were. I have managed a few bits and bobs over the last se en days. Here’s how the Red Devil has progressed. 

The pipes and axles got glued on.

i also added some of the ak streaking oil.

you can see it better here.

With that drying I did some weathering with the Tamiya weather kits.

door panels.

I also did a Flory wash on the engine.

This lead to piping the fan and other bits on.

oooh! 😛

couldn't  wait so I slotted it onto the chassis.

looks ace!!! 

Things are going too smoothly something simply has to go wron...... ahhhh here we go.

the radiator is all twisted and won’t hold the engine down. Come to think of it why is the engine at a slant?

try as I might the strapping down of the rad shouldn’t be happening. After drying it all pinged off. 😟 nothing for it.

back a few steps.

i then started putting it back together in the way the instructions....well instructed.

engine first. I glued the curved bits on which weren’t in place before.

Then the front axel which didn’t go on as far as it was before either. 

Now that fits better. The radiator just fits on straight.

Nice!!!

I did a dry fit to see if it all fits into the main body.

It does but. Ewe, it looks awful, can’t wait to go to work on that big red bit. 🐛

while all this was going on I also did some work on the seats and the dash.

The dash got stickers then a gloss coat.

Nice! just needs a weather now. I noticed a spot where I had scuffed the paint after glossing. No problem I thought as I touched up with some rubber Black.

It looked good until I gloss coated again forgetting I’d mixed rubber with grey and got this. 

B*gger!   I can’t believe the difference gloss brings. 😣 looks like I’ll have to give it a proper respray. Never mind eh it would be boring if it worked right first time.🤔

The seats got a Tamiya weathering then a gloss coat then an AK oil wash in places. Looks a bit of a mess to be fair.

until I may coat.

And with the sides on its looking better still.

not far off. 

right well. That seemed more than I thought. Thanks for looking in if indeed you are looking in. I hope you all had a swell week and weekend. Take care y’all and as always.

Happy Modelling.

 

Johnny.

Edited March 18, 2019 by The Spadgent

[Spookytooth]

Oh well Johnny, at least it`s only one piece mate.

As for the destructions, it some times helps to follow them LOL.

All looking good.

 

Simon.

[giemme]

Excellent progress Johnny, despite of the set backs!!  

 

The seats just need a semi-gloss coat, then they're spot on!

 

Ciao

[The Spadgent]

1 hour ago, Spookytooth said:

Oh well Johnny, at least it`s only one piece mate.

As for the destructions, it some times helps to follow them LOL.

All looking good.

 

Simon.

Indeed!

46 minutes ago, giemme said:

Excellent progress Johnny, despite of the set backs!!  

 

The seats just need a semi-gloss coat, then they're spot on!

 

Ciao

Hmmmm semi you say. 

[CedB]

Marvellous weathering there Johnny and well recovered on the rad  

Looking very good.

[Snowman]

Fantastic work there for a first car build!👍🤩

 

I do approve of the weathering as it give the car depth and brings it alive!!😍

 

I'll be watching!

 

 

[Brandy]

The seats are looking great, just a little more shiny..... and that exhaust system looks weird. I don't recall seeing one bent up and over the rear axle like that before.

 

Ian