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Got one job queued up at the moment Ed, but it might be fun in-between bits of the other one. <br><br>Windshield might be problematical. Looks like it's cracked.<br><br>Small job -- will work for trades.<br><br>- E
let me ask ya a question???<br><br>how sick and twisted can i get ???<br><br>LMAO<br><br>flat black,slammed w/20's,some ole skool pinstripes<br>hell ya.<br><br>i would be interested in doing it for ya <br><br>let me know<br><br>randy
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Smooth the rear windows, lights, and siren. Darken the interior. Lift the roof a bit and smooth the edges. Chrome landau bars photoetched over the big flat sides where the windows were. Black with purple or green semitransparent flames. No new wave dubs... classic wide 5-spoke Cragars, wires, or reverse chromes with far wider rubber in back.... there are some nice smaller scale cartoony Jada VDubs that have nice donor wheels....laid in a stock for 1/43 customs a while ago.<br><br>Maybe an engine sticking through the hood. Maybe a Hemi.<br><br>Or better yet, a Cammer. How am I gonna find a 1/43 Cammer????<br><br>- E
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Ed,<br><br>I'm trying to grab one. Found one just like yours with a broken window, so hopefully I'll get to experiment with replacing the glass. I might have one in my Junk Box, too... haven't dug it out yet.<br><br>Even if you don't send me yours, I'm going to tackle it. I've been looking for photoetch practice projects and some chrome trim for this will make a nice little one, and I've also been looking for subjects to fill out a decal sheet that's only two thirds full now with flames for GT Silhouettes and Twin Mills.<br><br>- E<br><br>
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That compressed roof IS a problem, tapping it in that area could easily crack that post. Be Careful there. I like the Mercury, not sure it was ever a Hearse version. What is that anyway? A Montego? If anyone can do it, these guys can. sheri's wheels is also a great shave-n-fill customizer shop.<br>~Craig
The roof will pop right out. Not worried about it all. Might heat it up in boiling water for good measure -- you'd be surprised what an extra hundred degrees will do -- but that might not even be necessary.<br><br>- E
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There's no hurry. I know you come across small collections and lots from time to time. Keep your eyes open for early beater Cams. Just about any tabber will have a no-letter hood, so junkyard beaters that have no cowls or crushed tops are perfect candidates. Otherwise, other stuff will come up -- I'm sure!<br><br>- E
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Thought it might be fun to post a blow by blow!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/001.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Disassembly! <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/002.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>First cut at the body getting straightened out, and the police details cut down.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/003.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>First test with the proposed wheels and tires.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/004.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>After 30 minutes in the Aircraft Paint Stripper. Second pass at roof straightening. Note the other projects in the background, the most interesting of which is either the Type 1 VW Combi in 1/43 or the stack of five red interiors....<br><br>- E
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Looking at tons of pics of traditional American hearses, I found that truly upscale coachbuilt units, like the big '60s Caddies, were lengthened and dramatically modified from the beltline up. Less costly units based on big less costly wagons had a 'glas topper blended in and a big back door. <br><br>That's what we're after...<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/005.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>My favorite source of thick styrene -- cheap $1.29 pen holders from Office Depot. The castings are injection molded from a slurry of liquid styrene in one color and ground styrene in a second, to get the pebbly appearance. Brittle, but very easy to cut. More importantly, it soaks up liquid cement like a sponge and dries fast in minutes.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/006.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Two layers cut to size and glued into a sandwich...<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/007.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>My second favorite source of very thin styrene -- plastic drinking cups for water coolers. Poor quality, low density, useless except when built up ... also dries in moments when glued.<br><br>At this point I've removed some of the body casting to begin to form the outline of the new rear door. Note where the body formerly curved up and in around the old window I've cut back the edges of the rim square to allow the installation of square-ended fragments later.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/008.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/009.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Plastic has been cut and trimmed to the first approximation of the final shape. This was done by hand with a Dremel using either a 1" abrasive cutoff wheel or a 1/8" cylindrical cutter.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/010.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Drying with epoxy in place. Tomorrow it'll be ready for more.<br><br>- E<br><br><br><br><br>
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No, no opening back door. That would require at least two copies of the casting --or-- access to an N/C EDM setup that could cut the rear door out along the edges. Haven't done much hardware design in ages and can't impose on buds in model shops any more because I haven't been sending them any work ;-(<br><br>- E
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Today was a good day. Let's see how the hearse is coming along...<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/011.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>I made a cardboard template to fit just inside the rear windows and used that to cut out these two pieces of styrene. They were glued in place with cyanoacrylate, because two hard perfectly smooth surfaces against each other is what super glue is best at.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/013.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Here's a cardboard template for the window itself fitted once the backing plates are glued in. That detail with the vent lines aft of the window is recessed somewhat, but the overall thickness between the outer surface proper and the inner surface is constant. That allows us to fit....<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/014.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>...styrene plates whose thickness matches the thickness of the pillars, cut to match the cardboard template and glued in place. Super glue or plastic cement will work here. I used a little of both. I've also cut two tiny rectangles to fit the notches I left in place to frame the new back door chrome.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/015.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Another view.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/016.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/017.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Putty! Don't worry that it's not very neat. It'll get at least three or four layers, and probably more like six or eight before it gets primer. Putty is all about smearing it on, sanding it off, smearing more on, and sanding almost all of it off. After a while you get all the holes filled in and the shape right.<br><br>This is 3M prosumer level solvent-based putty. It says it's sandable in half an hour, but not with the grits you need to use on something this small. With 60 grit, sure, you can be working at it on the 1:1 car in half an hour, but I let it dry over night before I start to shape.<br><br>- E<br>
<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/018.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/019.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>After first sanding....<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/020.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/021.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>After second putty application and second sanding....<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/022.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Third putty application...<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/023.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/024.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>While waiting for the third coat of putty to dry, I modified the base to accept the wider tires.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/025.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>The body needed to be mod'd too to accept wide tires in front.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/026.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Some built-up bits in the nose to hold the new straight front axle.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/027.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Proportion and appearance check! Third coat of putty sanded down. For this coat, I did all the sanding with an emery board -- a dozen two-sided, two-grit boards come from Target in the cosmetics section for about a buck! It's important that the later putty coats come down with a board -- or with sandpaper on a solid backing -- for the same reason that you block sand a 1:1 car with a 2x4. If you don't, your finger/hand conforms to the surface and you get waviness. You want FLAT, so you make the putty conform to the abrasive. Note the small darker red spot just over and to the rear of the door handle. That means it needs a fourth coat...<br><br>Hmmmm... y'all notice that the doors in back have handles but the doors in front DON'T? That's not right! Should I...<br><br>(a) Smooth the rear handles.<br>(b) Make tiny little front door handles to match.<br>(c) Smooth the rears and fab more modern units.<br>(d) or, ahhhhhhhhhh.... smooth the rears and fab more modern units in a suicide door configuration????<br><br>- E<br><br><br>
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<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/028.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Looked at engines from the Morris Wagon, Flattery, Tooned Impala, Altered State, and Shift Kicker. The Altered State has better proportion, but the blower on the Shift Kicker is sized correctly for 1/43. This is the Shifty Kicker engine with the bottom half, front axle, and Moon fuel tank ground off.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/029.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Had to grind a lot more of those steering linkage posts out. All of them, in fact, to clear the engine.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/030.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Sixth coat of putty and blower hole.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/031.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Gonna try to find a better blower scoop with some carb detail and grind this one off. This is the best blower and the best blower drive pulley detail... but with a trade off as far as the scoop goes. Original rear door handles gone. Putty ready for paint on the sides ... just needs one more block sand on top. Putty around new rear door opening now.<br><br>- E
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Saw that, Ed. She has our best wishes for a speedy recovery. I've been fortunate to never have suffered kidney stones... partly because I've had *three* close friends who did. Their experiences convinced me to drink lots and lots of water.<br><br>Here's some more....<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/032.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Ah, now here's the perfect engine! Big, ornate, dual quad Holley float bowl detail, good blower belt. Seems like it might befit a hearse. This is from the Tee'd Off, also called Fore Wheeler...<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/033.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Some bits to hold the front axle in place an to hold the engine up.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/034.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Ready for primer, the Fore Wheeler engine in place.<br><br>- E<br>
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That Mercury's looking phenomenal!
Thanks for the comments guys.<br><br>I did a little diecast huntin' over lunch at a local Walmart, and I found some wheels that are a bit Old(er) School. I think they're perfect. They give the car a nice classic Fantastic Plastic sort of rake when the car is sitting on them. What do you think?<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/035.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://eric-peterson.org/images/MercuryHearse/036.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>This is the body-in-white, ready for a wet sand. Doesn't look like it needs any more putty.<br><br>The little bit of roughness visible inside the roof to the rear will be hidden by the curtains and photoetch frame of the new tailgate window.<br><br>I have an interesting design for the landau bars that will grace the blank panels. Have to find a way of presenting that sub-task work-in-progress....<br><br>- E
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A few months ago I bought a mail-order photo-etch system from MicroMark. Regular price $160, bla bla bla, on sale for $119.95. It took two shipments to get everything that was supposed to be in the box, but it works OK. The resolution limit is about .007" .... er, a bit less than two-tenths of a millimeter ... but for $120 it's hard to beat.<br><br>So... you just dove in to restoring redlines, or did you dabble at it before?<br><br>- E
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John,<br><br>There are some other folks around here who are artists. Check out Jonathon Rotten's work.<br><br>I know what you mean about the childhood imprinting. Except I was fortunate.... I stashed all of mine and came home and got them one summer.<br><br>Ed,<br><br>Thanks for the kind words. It's been wet-sanded and hit with a second coat of primer, but it doesn't look that different yet. Working on the photoetch and flames design so they're ready by the time the pearl black coat dries.<br><br>- E
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Nope. Never saw a single episode. Rick Sternbach is an acquaintance -- a member of a digital art mailing list I founded in the mid-'90s -- and I've boycotted it on principle (not that it matters to anyone but me). The Old School illustrators and modelmakers were canned by Paramount just prior to it going into production. Way uncool. I also have two beefs with Paramount dating back to issues from that era. First, there was a stance they took on content I wanted to use for one of my 3D Studio MAX textbooks published in the late '90s for New Riders Publishing, which at the time was actually a subsidiary of Viacom as well. But more importantly, when a third party misused (commercially) digital content I posted for instructional use only, I caught the legal paper for it because it was *assumed* I had sold the content. Also way uncool... and not quite fair.<br><br>I was the first "fan" to post "pro-quality" digital artwork online back in the days of the CompuServe 3D Forum, and the co-founder of the old Wolf359 site, back when Wired called it "the finest sci-fi fan art site in the world" in the heyday of the dot-com boom. I actually had very little to do with the artwork itself, since most of the better pieces were done by real artists using my models. My models now.... while you will find some criticisms of them today, some folks remember that they were done in the days before DVDs, before the orthos in the big color glossy books, using nothing other than movie posters and blurry VHS screen grabs as reference material. They've appeared in video games, cut scenes, video game box art, novel cover artwork, textbooks, illustrated starship reference works.... But I haven't worked on ST models in the better part of a decade.<br><br>When I have time, I've been trying to improve my skills with organics, but I'm not really an artist, just an excellent technician... so I have problems and get frustrated.<br><br>One of the images on the server -- not ST -- was submitted for cover art for the re-issue of a relatively well-known novel. The main criticism I received when it was rejected was that it "looks too hard-edged and technical, like something an engineer would create.."<br><br>Not surprising, considering that I *am* an engineer.<br><br>So other folks know what the heck we're talking about....<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://eric-peterson.org/images/Art/">eric-peterson.org/images/Art/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>- E<br>
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Caskets made of bronze are the top of the line. I would think that perhaps a casket of a bronze color would be more appropriate for the "Bronzesnake" <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :b --><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif" alt=":b"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->
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