Final Assembled Cars

Well, they are finished! After hours and hours of assembling, dis-assembling, re-fitting, sanding, re-painting the chassis, the cars finally came together.  I was very pleased with the results!  Enjoy the pictures, the cars in these pictures are off to their new owners.  I hope they enjoy them as much as I enjoyed building them.

   

Here is an older generation of Sayers & Scovill parked next to the newer:

Interior and final Assembly

Here are a couple pictures of a finished casket floor, complete with rollers and skid plates:

A view from the front seat, where I took out the gear shifter and put in a middle seat cushion to make a bench seat.

Now with it being time to start actually fitting everything together and assembling all the parts, I laid everything out:

Notice the handmade commercial glass windshields and partitions with glass. =)


I glued in the decorative panels, then the windows, then the interior door panels and finally the drapes over that.

Vinyl Tops

Got the tops all painted!

Next update and the cars will be finished!!


Here's a look at the painted interior panel to wet your appetite =)

Bare Metal Foil and Clear Coat

So, for the trim pieces on these models I am using Bare Metal Foil, which gives a much more realistic look than just silver paint.  First, you lay the foil pieces over the part you are chroming, in this case the "Masterpiece" emblem badges...

Then you can trim around the edges with a sharp #11 hobby blade.  After that, press the edges down with a toothpick or cloth.

After that, I was able to add waterslide decals with the lettering

After adding the rest of the Bare Metal Foil, I sprayed my clear coat over everything to seal the decals and foil.

Here's another car with clear coat applied. After this the top just needs to be painted with a vinyl-like texture.

PAINT TIME!

Finally got some paint on these guys!  The first image here is after a couple of light coats of paint:

Here's a couple of cars after heavier, "wet" coats of paint:

For anyone who has already ordered cars, they SHOULD be going out this coming week.

Interior Planning

Here are some of my plans on color schemes for the rear interior:

I worked these out on the computer to visualize them before adding any paint.  Here are some of the casket compartments with some primer and paint on them.  Still need to add some details like metal trim, paint the lights and casket floor:

A view from the front:

Primer

After getting the sideview mirrors attached I was ready to put down primer on the first set of cars.

After letting them dry for a couple of days and sanding down any remaining perfections, they'll be ready for paint!

It's been a little while since I updated, but I've been working hard on getting the first round of Masterpieces out.  All parts have been cast, but prepping them for primer and paint has been time consuming.  Little pin holes and divots need to be filled with model putty and sanded down.  The window cut-outs all needed to be cleaned up.  As I go,  I've made sure that trim pieces and lights all fit so that there won't be any surprises after painting has begun...

These aren't the most up-to-date photos.  But today all prep has been finished, so all the interior pieces and main parts are ready for primer tomorrow!