Here
we have a 1937 ford panel truck
that has been chopped. The body
on this kit is a resin body. The
body is sitting on the same
frame layout as the 37 Ford
Street Rod Revell #7245. Many
Thanks to F&F Resin for the
body of this kit. (As of 2023 i
am unable to find a web site for
them any longer) Thanks to
Curtis Seeman for doing the body
#297. I had fun with this resin
body. I personally am not quit
ready yet to do resin kits. I
had no problems with painting
the resin body or gluing it to
the rest of the kit. I just
followed the outline that I have
posted here below and everything
will fall into place. The only
thing that I didn't do until
after I had the body and the
wheel wells painted was to dry
fit the parts. This is when I
found out that the body did not
fit in between the rear wheels.
Hopefully this is not noticeable
until you have read this. I will
be trying another resin kit but
not for a while. Here are a
couple of tips for doing resin
kits.
SANDING: 1 You must sand a resin
kit to give the paint something
to hold on to because it will
not etch into it like it will on
normal plastic (styrene). 2 We
use FLEX-I-FILES (sand paper on
a soft bendable stick) to sand
our bodies. Sand the body,
fenders, and hood lightly (just
to scuff it) with a medium grit
flex-i-file Use a soft tooth
brush to remove any dust from
door lines, etc. 3 Once again,
use a soft toothbrush to remove
sanding dust from door lines,
etc. Follow up with a tack rag,
or thoroughly blow off any dust
from the rest of the body.
PAINTING:1 Spray body, fenders,
hood with several coats of
primer (if you are going to use
a lacquer paint, you MUST use a
lacquer based primer- if using
an enamel paint, any primer will
do.) Allow the primer to dry
thoroughly. Sand the primer
until it has a smooth
appearance. 2 Lacquer ( i.e.
Duplicolor, etc....) will etch
into normal plastic (styrene)
kits. It will not harm resin. If
you mess up your paint job, the
resin can be dipped into lacquer
thinner for easy removal of
paint. It will not harm the
resin. (Do Not do this with
styrene plastic fenders and
hood) you can use oven cleaner
to remove paint from styrene
safely. 3 Enamel ( i.e. Testors,
etc....) Will not harm any
plastic. 4 If you plan to paint
it two tone, DO NOT use lacquer
over enamel!!!!! It is ok to use
enamel over lacquer. 5 Spray
your paint like you normally
would using several coats. Allow
the paint to dry thoroughly
before handling.
GLUEING:1 You must use super
glue or an epoxy as model glue
will not work. For putting in
windows, be sure to use a clear
5 minute epoxy, as super will
turn your windows white.is
web site was built about 20 years
ago so the pics are old. The pics
on the motorcycle page will be
much better.