Aero Cutlass

[lordairgtar]

On 12/24/2024 at 12:28 PM, TopherMcGinnis said:

I have the ground effects curing in place. I'm going to cut and form another piece of clear styrene. What's the trick to bending and avoiding white marks in the bend?

Make a buck to heat styrene over it or vacu-form the glass

[TopherMcGinnis]

The clear looks good 👍🏻 It looks really good in the sun! Lil buffing and itll be real nice.

[TopherMcGinnis]

Working on the chassis details so I can get the wheels on. The passenger side exhaust manifold isn't aligned for the pipes to clear. Gotta adjust that.

[TopherMcGinnis]

This stuff is messy, but it sure does look good.

[TopherMcGinnis]

I really like the color of the '70 455s. I think it will look great under this silver hood. I painted the calipers with Tamiya flat red, the put clear red over that.

[TopherMcGinnis]

A nod to the W30s.

[TopherMcGinnis]

These things are so tiny!

[TopherMcGinnis]

Productive day. The distributor and wires are installed with separators and hold down! That bolt head is tinier than tiny! I've got some detail painting to do under the hood. I need to cut the exhaust pipes even, add the red stripe to the side, glass, assemble, decals, lights.....I think that's it. Then I can jump on the ZL1.

[BK9300]

Looking very sharp, Topher!

[espo]

Great looking attention to engine and interior details. 

[TopherMcGinnis]

Got under hood details and window trim painted. Hope to have it mostly completed tomorrow 😁

[dragcarz]

Great idea and execution!

[TopherMcGinnis]

Well dad burn it! I filled the 2 sink holes in the bottom of the trunk wing. I haven't painted it yet, so, I drilled the holes in the deck lid for the pins on the wing. I didn't see the other set of holes because I painted over them testing my black paint mixture. 🤕 The 2 sets of holes isn't mentioned in the instructions. I should've looked.....

[TopherMcGinnis]

Not perfect, but passable in my book. Sanded to 12,000 then polished with Novus 1 & 2. 

[NOBLNG]

Coming along nicely. Hopefully the wing covers the extra holes?😬

[TopherMcGinnis]

5 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Coming along nicely. Hopefully the wing covers the extra holes?😬

I'm going to cut the pins and use E6000 to attach the wing. That w a u it's self adjusting at high speeds 🤣

[TopherMcGinnis]

I love the Testors light paints. I applied the red stripe in Testors red enamel. I used tape, but its still a little messy. I'm going to tidy it up after I do the side stripe. I applied Modge Podge Dimensional Magic to the rear window. We'll see if it helps brighten it up some 😁

[slusher]

Your Oldsmobile is looking great, nice work!

[TopherMcGinnis]

The rear glass looks better with the Modge Podge on the inside. Few small details left and this one is done.

[gman]

Oldsmobile should have offered this configuration- your version looks excellent.

[NerdmanB]

Very nice build I enjoyed following along. Brian 

[TopherMcGinnis]

I channeled War and my inner "Striper" 

[Zippi]

Looking pretty sweet there Topher.  That red pen strip really does the trick. 

[Scott8950]

Nice job... A guy down the road from me owns the Pontiac aero coupe 2+2.

[TopherMcGinnis]

Ya know how sometimes you knock it out of the park on the 1st try, and then can't get the ball past home plate the 2nd swing? Oh well. Little sanding should straighten it up.