Going to resurrect a Daisy Dukes CJ Jeep!
Well I got the hood lookin' really good.... Its ready for decals! Heres what it looks like AFTER I fought with the hood finish to be ready for paint (Was A LOT of work getting it to be this smooth AFTER I had to remove the old paint), and old decals and then to remove 2 cast-in details that really messed up the first attempt of the decals.
Looks GREAT! I was gonna add in some more Glosscote from Testors to seal this in, BUT I thought maybe more wouldn't be a good idea as it was nice and smooth as seen above! SO, I left that set for 48 hours BEFORE I went into doing the crazy decals.... The Eagle was VERY difficult to work with, (it did actually rip, BUT, in a place, I could to some extent repair... Its the best I can do on it, with what I had to work with and to that, I'm pretty pleased, that it turned out as well as it did.... Thanks to Santachas for helping me out getting the needed decals for it, Thanks man!
You can see where the decal would NOT lay flat, and then while it sat and the decal set was drying, tore.... Wasn't to-too surprised the decals are after-all somewhere about 15 years old!
I then took the words "DAISY" that were made to look like those "DIXIE" ones for the hood sides, and cut all the straight sections of the wording out one small slice at a time and placed it over that gap in the Eagle! It still shows, yes, but not nearly as bad! I wasn't to pleased they ripped originally on this application, BUT, I'm almost fed-up with trying to get this Jeep to look "perfect" it now is as good as it gets! That Eagle decal was in fact VERY difficult to work with, and to get it to lay out as I have it, took an entire night working on it to get it as you see it, was intense to say the least, but considering how old and how difficult those decals were, I'm good with it........
While the decals were sitting and drying between working times, I began to work on what was left of the little details for inside the interior.... Meaning the CB, and its painting detail, as well as making a better looking CB mic, and wire.... This is what I came up with for a CB mic wire....
I took some of the thinnest gauge wire I had and whirled it around a thin drill bit. I then took a section of really thin wire, removed the insulation from it to make plug boots where the mic would plug into the CB and the wire stress-relief on the mic, and got them in-place!
I now have the wire glued to the newly made mic, and is drying. I will hold the mic, in a alligator clip to paint the wire flat black, and then once thats dry, I'll "stretch" the coiled mic wire to sit the mic on the seat, and once the wire is stretched out a bit, I'll hold the wire and paint the mic!
Thats all for this for now! I will be gluing in the CB some time tonight, and then I'll be able to glue the mic and wire to it once the glue on the CB itself is dry.
FINALLY, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel with this build! The end is coming, as all I'll have to add after this is the steering wheel, and then finish up the detailed load going in the back of the Jeep as well as the tail gate, and the spare tire!
ENJOY thats all for now, Thanks for looking, comments welcome!
Well I got the hood lookin' really good.... Its ready for decals! Heres what it looks like AFTER I fought with the hood finish to be ready for paint (Was A LOT of work getting it to be this smooth AFTER I had to remove the old paint), and old decals and then to remove 2 cast-in details that really messed up the first attempt of the decals.
Looks GREAT! I was gonna add in some more Glosscote from Testors to seal this in, BUT I thought maybe more wouldn't be a good idea as it was nice and smooth as seen above! SO, I left that set for 48 hours BEFORE I went into doing the crazy decals.... The Eagle was VERY difficult to work with, (it did actually rip, BUT, in a place, I could to some extent repair... Its the best I can do on it, with what I had to work with and to that, I'm pretty pleased, that it turned out as well as it did.... Thanks to Santachas for helping me out getting the needed decals for it, Thanks man!
You can see where the decal would NOT lay flat, and then while it sat and the decal set was drying, tore.... Wasn't to-too surprised the decals are after-all somewhere about 15 years old!
I then took the words "DAISY" that were made to look like those "DIXIE" ones for the hood sides, and cut all the straight sections of the wording out one small slice at a time and placed it over that gap in the Eagle! It still shows, yes, but not nearly as bad! I wasn't to pleased they ripped originally on this application, BUT, I'm almost fed-up with trying to get this Jeep to look "perfect" it now is as good as it gets! That Eagle decal was in fact VERY difficult to work with, and to get it to lay out as I have it, took an entire night working on it to get it as you see it, was intense to say the least, but considering how old and how difficult those decals were, I'm good with it........
While the decals were sitting and drying between working times, I began to work on what was left of the little details for inside the interior.... Meaning the CB, and its painting detail, as well as making a better looking CB mic, and wire.... This is what I came up with for a CB mic wire....
I took some of the thinnest gauge wire I had and whirled it around a thin drill bit. I then took a section of really thin wire, removed the insulation from it to make plug boots where the mic would plug into the CB and the wire stress-relief on the mic, and got them in-place!
I now have the wire glued to the newly made mic, and is drying. I will hold the mic, in a alligator clip to paint the wire flat black, and then once thats dry, I'll "stretch" the coiled mic wire to sit the mic on the seat, and once the wire is stretched out a bit, I'll hold the wire and paint the mic!
Thats all for this for now! I will be gluing in the CB some time tonight, and then I'll be able to glue the mic and wire to it once the glue on the CB itself is dry.
FINALLY, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel with this build! The end is coming, as all I'll have to add after this is the steering wheel, and then finish up the detailed load going in the back of the Jeep as well as the tail gate, and the spare tire!
ENJOY thats all for now, Thanks for looking, comments welcome!
