DEL Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Having done the 1988 - 1991 Ford LTD Crown Victoria, I thought I'd back up and do the earlier version that begins with the downsize in 1979. Since most of the tough work of the overall body was done in the 91 CVPI master, I took one of the test shots of the body that Greg had cast and sent me and tried to see how far I could get in modifying that into the basic 79-87 box form. And since Mike Schnur removed the header panel on the 91 to facilitate casting of the 91, that helps too because there are two basic header panel shapes and three maybe four different grilles that came and went on the car in those years. All I have to do is create each header/grille and that along with the taillight treatment (2 versions there) will decide which year is depicted. So, just to see how hard modifying resin would be I tackled the rear section first. And then I did the hood. Next up are those headers and bumpers. Here are a few pics.. Edited December 21, 2018 by DEL
Rob Hall Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Luc Janssens said: Can you say...Sabotage!!! Love that video...so fun.
Maindrian Pace Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Outstanding, Dwayne. Looking forward to seeing your new LTD-S (single headlight) header panel, always my favorite design.
Rob Hall Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Cool...my favorite front end of this era is the quad light w/ egg crate grille '83-87 style.
disconovaman Posted June 17, 2018 Posted June 17, 2018 Just now seeing this Dwayne, This is Awesome! Awe yes.... the Beastie Boys!... "Cold Kickin it Live!"
DEL Posted June 18, 2018 Author Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) Thanks, Anthony!! And all... Ahem; ..."War is Hell" Well, I have my own take on that adage: "Carving headers out of stock strip styrene is HELL!" A few pics of the in progress of the early 79-82 LTD - S Single-headlight header panel... Edited June 18, 2018 by DEL
DEL Posted June 18, 2018 Author Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) More pain(full)staking progress... Edited June 18, 2018 by DEL
DEL Posted June 18, 2018 Author Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) And midnight work last night brought it to here.. Please excuse the crappy camera/operator/settings et-all.. Edited June 18, 2018 by DEL
am73grand Posted June 19, 2018 Posted June 19, 2018 That's some amazing work!!! Thanks for showing us how it's done!!!
DEL Posted June 19, 2018 Author Posted June 19, 2018 Thanks, AM.. As I've said before in other threads, I subscribe to the MAD Magazine philposophy of modeling:. Take a lump of plastic or whatever and a knife. Using the knife, skillfully cut away everything on the lump of plastic that DOES NOT look like you're subject goal. Voilà! A intricately detailed model of your favorite subject. Feel free to use it as you wish with no restrictions.
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