Here's where I was earlier today. Ran into issues fixing the engine pulleys, exhaust so it exits from the correct side, having issues with spraying future on the glass.

Here's the bits:


Here's the engine. Cut all the pulleys out and put them closer to the correct spot. Made fuel systems, wiring harnesses and plugs as a first effort to detail an engine.



Then made the effort to finish the kit. Body is sprayed with two coats of Future thinned by a third with alcohol.






Lots of work went into this. Comments and criticism welcome.
Everyone's done such great jobs with their models. Really impressive group build.

That is a really good build David, congratulations on getting finished! Some really neat work on the engine mods and detailing, and a very complex decal scheme, overall excellent result!

Cheers, D

Running update on builds

Only hours left to go, almost 37,000 views and 750+ posts
23 enlisted (two dropped out now - Pasi and Roman)
6 builds in progress (+1 still looking for decals)
13 builds completed

Aussiereg (Damian) - '36 Ford 5-Window Coupe - COMPLETED
Spruslayer (Mike) - '65 F-100 Service Truck - COMPLETED
TacFireGuru (Mike) - Louisville Delivery Truck - COMPLETED
Stickframe (Nick) - IMSA Mustang - COMPLETED
Joel_W (Joel) - '85 Mustang Roush Body - COMPLETED
bluebell914 (Patrick) - 66 GT40 COMPLETED
Cosimodo (Michael) Build 1 LHD - Escort RS1600 MkI 1973 RAC - COMPLETED
jimb (James) - '48 Deluxe Convertible "Greased Lightning" - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - '66 F-100 Flareside - COMPLETED
Dixon66 (David) - 1st Generation Bronco - COMPLETED
tinbanger (Richard) - '65 Mustang 2+2 Fastback - COMPLETED
RedwingNev (Neil) - 2017 GT40 Le Mans - COMPLETED
forest1000 (David) - "Thunderbat" NASCAR - COMPLETED

md72 (Mark) - '51 Custom Coupe - Finishing touches
Hwa-Rang (Jesper) - '65 Mustang 2+2 Fastback - Body Prep Work
JClapp (Jonathan) - '15 Model T - Parts Prep
Merlin (Rowan) - '57 Del Rio Wagon - Reviewed and hit the bench, engine/chassis painted, body prepared
Delbert (Delbert) - '57 Fairlane 500 - Body paint stage 1
heavyjagdpanzer (Bill) - Mustang "Blue Max" Funny Car - Tube frame completed, engine assembly detailed and installed

PasiAhopelto (Pasi) - '57 "Fireball Roberts" NASCAR - Body Painted - withdrawn due to paint issues
Cosimodo (Michael) Build 2 RHD - Escort RS1600 MkI 1973 RAC - Custom decals left to do, unable to complete due to time constraints
Merlin (Rowan) - '40 Standard Coupe - Chassis/Engine Painted, Decals AWOL

Littorio (Luciano) - '65 Falcon Ranchero or '60 Starliner - enlisted
Ray_from_SA (Ray) - WRC Escort, Focus or Fiesta (or all 3 ??) - enlisted
betheyn (Andy) - enlisted
IronOwl (Sascha) - enlisted

Cheers, D

Very good effort, David!
I can see anything to pick into so you are criticism free
Just something made me curious: have you tried to spray the windows with Future? I use it to treat my windows, but I sink the clear parts into it. I also used to spray it, but that was as preparation for decals on my soft-skin building days

Gabriel

DONE! I'm calling it finished, with an hour to spare. Not a nice As I remembered it. But, kinda sweet nevertheless.

A fading, peeling, rusted Earl Scheib paint job.

Somewhere there's a sepia print of 2 year old me standing on the driver's seat holding the steering wheel.

They drove it from Oklahoma to New Jersey to Massachusetts and put it through a bunch of North East winters in the days of real salt and no undercoats.

Traded it in on a 1962 Mercury Comet. I'll probably never find a model of that.

Congratulations Mark! The personification of just in time delivery. Henry would be proud of you.

Cheers
Michael

Great race car, David. The finish looks great to me.

Cheers
Michael

Congrats David and Mark.

David,
Love the decaling on the 'bat. To second what Gabriel said, I've always dipped windshields and canopies, I've always ended up with orange peel when spraying it.

Mark,
The salt treatment and rust worked out nicely. She looks like she's seen a few too many New England winters, ask me how I know. LOL

David,
Congratulations on making it across the finish line to earn your GB ribbon. Your Jet Black McDonald's Ford looks fantastic. Well done my friend, very well done.

Joel

Marc,
WTG!!

I just knew that you were going to cross your finish line and earn your covented Ford Blue Circle GB Ribbon.

Just an outstanding build with a totally different finishing technique of the common "Daily Beater".

Joel

Certainly an exciting and active GB for the full 6 months that it ran. With that being said, I'm officially closing the GB as of today is the start of our next GB.

By my score card we have 14 GB members who crossed the finish line and will be recieving their ribbons shortly.

I do want to thank each and everyone of your that signed on, started and finished their respective builds, and stayed active for the full duration of our GB.

And as I've said on numerous occasions, A special thanks to Damian for his constant and continued support, as well as keeping all the GB stats current and accurate. Honestly, D made my term as leader super easy. Thanks D for all your help, it's greatly appreciated.

Below is the list of finishers that I compiled. D please double check me before I hand out the ribbons.
Finished GB builds

1-Mike Trobaugh (Spruslayer) Ford Service Truck '65 F-100 Service Truck
2-NHaskell Nick (Stickframe) Monogram IMSA Mustang
3- Mike High Ford Louisville Delivery Truck
4-Aussiereg (Damian) - '36 Ford 5-Window Coupe
5-Joel (Jopel_W)-Roush Ford JPS SCCA Trans Am Mustang
6-Patrick Garvey (bluebell914) Ford GT40 Mk II
7-Michael Mitchell (Cosimodo)Ford Escort MK1 RS1600 driven by Timo Makinen in the 1973 RAC Rally
8-James Bongiovanni (jimb) 1948 Ford Deluxe convertible Grease Lightning from the movie
9-Szmann (Gabriel) - '66 F-100 Flareside
10-David Savard-Ford Bronco
11-Richard Tonge (Tinbanger)- '65 Mustang 2+2 Fastback
12=RedwingNev (Neil) - 2017 GT40 Le Mans
13-David Fuller (forest1000) - "Thunderbat" NASCAR
14 Mark Doremus (md72)- '51 Custom Coupe

All,

Thanks for the kind words. Everyone's vehicles turned out great. I'm really impressed with variation on theme and the finishes.

I did spray the glass with an airbrush and Future. My very first attempt(ever)using this method did result in orange peel on the glass. I felt I was too far way from the surface and using a little too much pressure. The body came out fine after two good coats. I stripped the glass and redid it with less pressure, closer, and a heavier coat so it would flow better. I was going to try dipping but I don't have a big enough container to hang them in.

David,
I haven't clear coated with Pledge any clear parts for some time, but what I used for a drying booth back then was model boxes. I dipped the glass twice, then lad it down on pcs of paper towel so that only curved edges touch the paper towel, and then just covered them with a model box. Naturally, this method won't work on flat clear plastic, but if you're doing windshields and rear facing glass, they always have some concave shape to them.

Joel

Nice work on your builds guys, Mark i really like the rust under the hood makes it look well used, nice engine details on your stock car Dave, i love engine details.

Guys,
I've awarded 14 ribbons to all of you who made it across the finish line. Congratulations to each of you on a GB well done.

Joel

Thanks Joel, the Blue Oval looks pretty nice up there. Thanks to you and Damien for for running a most excellent group build! Pretty Impressive, 37138 views, 764+ replies, 23 entrants, 14 completions. That's Armorama territory! For a car page!

Ditto!
Yes, fantastic return! Thanks D., thanks J.!

Gabriel

Running update on builds

At the end of proceedings, almost 40,000 views and 770 posts
23 enlisted (two dropped out now - Pasi and Roman)
5 builds in progress (+1 still looking for decals)
14 builds completed

Aussiereg (Damian) - '36 5-Window Coupe - COMPLETED
Spruslayer (Mike) - '65 F-100 Service Truck - COMPLETED
TacFireGuru (Mike) - Louisville Delivery Truck - COMPLETED
Stickframe (Nick) - IMSA Mustang - COMPLETED
Joel_W (Joel) - '85 Mustang Roush Body - COMPLETED
bluebell914 (Patrick) - 66 GT40 COMPLETED
Cosimodo (Michael) Build 1 LHD - Escort RS1600 MkI 1973 RAC - COMPLETED
jimb (James) - '48 Deluxe Convertible "Greased Lightning" - COMPLETED
Szmann (Gabriel) - '66 F-100 Flareside - COMPLETED
Dixon66 (David) - 1st Generation Bronco - COMPLETED
tinbanger (Richard) - '65 Mustang 2+2 Fastback - COMPLETED
RedwingNev (Neil) - 2017 GT40 Le Mans - COMPLETED
forest1000 (David) - "Thunderbat" NASCAR - COMPLETED
md72 (Mark) - '51 Custom Coupe - COMPLETED

Hwa-Rang (Jesper) - '65 Mustang 2+2 Fastback - Body Prep Work
JClapp (Jonathan) - '15 Model T - Parts Prep
Merlin (Rowan) - '57 Del Rio Wagon - Reviewed and hit the bench, engine/chassis painted, body prepared
Delbert (Delbert) - '57 Fairlane 500 - Body paint stage 1
heavyjagdpanzer (Bill) - Mustang "Blue Max" Funny Car - Tube frame completed, engine assembly detailed and installed

PasiAhopelto (Pasi) - '57 "Fireball Roberts" NASCAR - Body Painted - withdrawn due to paint issues
Cosimodo (Michael) Build 2 RHD - Escort RS1600 MkI 1973 RAC - Custom decals left to do, unable to complete due to time constraints
Merlin (Rowan) - '40 Standard Coupe - Chassis/Engine Painted, Decals AWOL

Littorio (Luciano) - '65 Falcon Ranchero or '60 Starliner - enlisted
Ray_from_SA (Ray) - WRC Escort, Focus or Fiesta (or all 3 ??) - enlisted
betheyn (Andy) - enlisted
IronOwl (Sascha) - enlisted

Cheers, D

Mark, I'm a bit late to the party but you've put up a very impressive build with a very personal connection. I love that!

Huge thanks to everybody who participated and contributed here, it really is wonderful to see the constant feedback and support from our small (but growing) community, not only through the entire 6 months of the Group Build, but several months before that in the lead-up thread.

I really hope we can keep the momentum going now for the Race Group Build, especially important with a lot of us in isolation for the foreseeable future.

Special thanks of course to Joel, great job leading the unruly mob here, and an ever-present source of information and advice! I'm sure that quite a few of us will be leaning on your experience in the Race field as well mate!

I will leave this thread open to allow for more discussion, and once we get the photo feature of the completed builds put together I will link it here as well.

Cheers, D

Nice article with the builds on the main page Damien. Really diverse collection of entries from delivery trucks to pick ups to race cars. My favourite has to be that Mk 1 Escort in the powder blue racing scheme, absolutely gorgeous

D,
Thanks so much for doing the feature article on our GB, it's much appreciated.

The overall numbers of views, posts, entries, and completed entries is truly amazing. AutoModeler is making KitMaker Network stop and take notice for sure.

Joel

Hi there

Well done to everyone who finished - there are some stunning builds there!

I must admit I completely forgot there was a deadline and am still pottering away at the engine on my Del Rio.

All the best

Rowan

Rowan,
Better late then never. You've got the entire year to finish it for the 2020 Garage Queen GB.

Joel

Great way to celebrate the campaign Damian. I think the collection of builds put together for Blue Oval is amazing.


cheers
Michael

Thanks guys. I think that the Blue Oval Photo Feature is a statement to all that the Auto Modeler site is alive and well. It works much better than the Group Build Gallery concept because there is no need to navigate away from the forums to find it, and the feature format allows us to standardise the image presentations.

Cheers, D