40 Ford dash progress.

[Gluhead]

Excellent start. Once you have the upper half fully shaped, I'd love to see it fit up into the cowl.

The curve of the face looks great so far.

Can't wait to see more of it.

Glu

[ScaleMotorcars]

Looking good and a great start. I bet its been fun getting this far.



For those that dont know what a 46 looks like here it is and Jeff I think its a great ideal.

[Don Garrett]

Better get some more dental resin Jeff.:D :D :D
Looking good so far........hang in there.

[Don Garrett]

You may have noticed I did the easy one........:p :p :p

[Gluhead]

Yeah I caught that Don...lol...wuss...:D :D :D But it does look good!

I can't wait to see how these come out.

Glu

[Don Garrett]

There's lot of good stuff in the works......I'm glad to see more members getting into scratch building.....once they try it and realize they can do it...there is no limit to what can be done.;)

[Don Garrett]

Glu, I think you said you were going to put mile high velocity stacks on the Vair, given any thought to a 6 legged tubing intake and a blower?:eek:

[Gluhead]

Nope...not for that anyway. :D

I'm gonna use the carbs but have baloney cut tube stacks on them. Not real tall...whatever looks right.

I do plan to do a Hilborn FI manifold and stacks before too long. I've scratched plenty of parts for the small scale. But, stepping up to this scale has absolutely opened my eyes to how far I can take that.

Glu

[Don Garrett]

Looking forward to what you come with.:)

[Don Garrett]

Looks like just us night owls on line this evening. It sucks only being able to sleep 4 hrs. at a time.

[Gluhead]

Yep. I'm just sittin' here tryin' to decide how I want to finish the interior in the rpu. I can't decide whether to go with a tuck and roll or keepin' it real simple and just doin' flat upholstered panels. Decisions, decisions...

Yer closer I think...go bang on hfc's door and make him get up and do more to the dash! :D

Glu

[Don Garrett]

I'll be headin up his way one of these days soon, I'll stop by and rattle his cage.:D

[hot ford coupe]

Thanks guys. I'll be working the left side today and doing some more contouring. Another thing I'll do when I do the instrument panel will be to make two separate inserts, one for the deluxe and one for the standard. When it's all cast, you can remove the trim to turn it from the deluxe into the standard. Thanks for a great thing Don. If it weren't for your encouragement and great example, I'd never even try to scratchbuild anything. Same thing goes for Stevie, Keith, Dan, Gluhead and all the rest of you guys. That's also why this site is so valuable and important to me. All of you guys have been my inspiration and have shared your secrets. Without that, the only detailing I'd be able to do is removing mold lines . :o :o :o

[hot ford coupe]

Here's another progress shot. It still needs more smoothing and polishing and trim work. This is made so it fits into the body onto the original plastic mounts. Because of the variations between individual bodies, you'll need to do some minor fitting, some BMF work and some of the detail work. Still, it will have enough detail and inclusions to make it work well for any level of skill. I can't include everything because there are details that will not do well in a mold and cast technique. If anyone has questions or building problems, I'll make some kind of tutorial that will show how to add the final details. Again, let me know what you think here. I want to make sure I'm on the track all the way.