Phat 46 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Mike when did Jon pass away? I was a member of Classic Plastic many years ago. I last saw Jon 6 years ago just before I moved to Florida. I gave him those nicely bound copies of Scale Auto the club owns.
mrmike Posted August 20, 2018 Author Posted August 20, 2018 Thanks guys! 1 hour ago, Phat 46 said: Mike when did Jon pass away? I was a member of Classic Plastic many years ago. I last saw Jon 6 years ago just before I moved to Florida. I gave him those nicely bound copies of Scale Auto the club owns. Ed Daly, Jon passed away back in December 2017 from complications of diabetes. He was staying at the VA Hospital.
mrmike Posted August 20, 2018 Author Posted August 20, 2018 I didn't like how the front end of the Fury was raised, so I figured out a way to lower the front slightly without the Fury looking like a 4X4. I cut off the retainers for the chassis at the front of the car and added some styrene across the top. I added some styrene to the forward edge of the chassis. This will move the edge of the chassis and front suspension up into the body. Now the front suspension sits where I want it. More to come...
mrmike Posted September 7, 2018 Author Posted September 7, 2018 I added another coat of Tamiya TS-26 Pure White to the roof and doors. When this has had sufficient time to dry, I'll mask off the doors and roof and paint the fenders, hood, and trunk lid with Tamiya TS-14 Black. More to come...
mrmike Posted September 13, 2018 Author Posted September 13, 2018 I have masked off the body and painted the hood, trunk lid, and fenders with Tamiya TS-14 Black. Now for some wetsanding. More to come...
mrmike Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 I have been avoiding this...wetsanding! I knew that the black on this build wasn't good and wetsanding is removing a lot of the flaws in the black. And, I hate painting black! If you look at my collection, you can count on one hand the number of black painted models I have on the shelves. I don't seem to have any issues with dark colored paints (dark green, dark blue, etc.), but black is such a difficult color to paint. So far, this is only 3200 grit sanding pad and I have to go over the body again with the 3200 grit on the spots that I seem to have missed. More to come...
gator52 Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 Looking very nice! I'm at about the same stage with the Yodel 77 Fury NYPD boxing; I'm modifying the headlights to get closer to a 76. Jonah
mrmike Posted October 22, 2018 Author Posted October 22, 2018 Thank you Chris! Good luck with your build!
Bob Ellis Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 9:45 AM, iamsuperdan said: I love these big 70s boats! Growing up, we had a 77 Fury sedan, and a 78 Fury wagon. Would love to find a real one now. From my perspective, they are medium sized boats compare to 1969/1970
mrmike Posted October 23, 2018 Author Posted October 23, 2018 The Furys were considered a mid-size car, whereas the Gran Furys were the larger full-size cars.
Ich_Will Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Cool project and that’s some cool box art too.
martinfan5 Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) I would love to get my hands on a few of these , but not sure I want to pay $100 plus for them. Edited October 23, 2018 by martinfan5
mrmike Posted October 23, 2018 Author Posted October 23, 2018 Yes, they have gotten kind of pricey over the years and I can understand the price increase since they have been discontinued and I believe that Yodel themselves have gone out of business. I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time when these came available for the right price.
mrmike Posted October 24, 2018 Author Posted October 24, 2018 After wetsanding and making a mess of the Fury, I have masked off the body and repainted the white with two coats of Tamiya TS-26 Pure White. I'll remask tomorrow and paint the black with Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black. More to come...
mrmike Posted October 25, 2018 Author Posted October 25, 2018 I remasked the body and painted the body with Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black. More to come...
mrmike Posted December 1, 2018 Author Posted December 1, 2018 My attempt last night to add decals to the Fury was a bust! So, until I get new decals from policecarmodels.com, this model is done and posted in Under Glass.
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