Last edited:
'53 Bel Airflow Shelby: The 7th Annual OddJob Awards! Pg 22!
- Thread starter OddJob
- Start date
Help Support Rat Rod Bikes Bicycle Forum:
Wow, that's a beautiful bike!
Looks great on the bike brother!
It's arts and crafts day again in the BACK40. Video Update #10...enjoy.
I can smell that smell right now.
Now the fun part of sanding that stuff!
Now the fun part of sanding that stuff!
That guard looks like it is curved the opposite way. (The top lip).....
Or, is it going on the left side ?
Or, is it going on the left side ?
Last edited:
Heading off to the bike shop for my late shift soon. Got some sanding done on the Bondo. Then I got out my favorite wood / gap / crack filler and used a top from a cottage cheese container to spread it nice and thin. The flexible lid worked great at getting the filler to fill some of the larger pock marks in the bondo. I wetted the lid a bit for a final pass to get it smoother.
I'll sand and then fill and sand again and see where it stands. Btw, if you've never had cottage cheese with Western dressing on it, you haven't lived! Been doing it that way for 45 yrs!
Rain is falling now. We need it up here in the north country.
I'll sand and then fill and sand again and see where it stands. Btw, if you've never had cottage cheese with Western dressing on it, you haven't lived! Been doing it that way for 45 yrs!
Rain is falling now. We need it up here in the north country.
Love the wood guard, but also understand following through on your original plan.
Looking for continuing the ride along on this journey.
Looking for continuing the ride along on this journey.
We had a beautiful day here in the north country yesterday! Got in a bike ride, walk around our local lake, mowed the lawn, ate supper out on the patio, and a little work on the '53 Bel Airflow Shelby.
As I mentioned in the Video Update #10, I am pleased with the way the 'woody' chain guard came out. But my original vision for this build was more of emulating the rear fender / quarter panel of the '53 Chevy Bel Air. My fiberglass guard that I made from my wood buck, actually didn't turn out that badly. I used a Garage Door Opener Lubricant which I sprayed on the wood before applying the glass cloth and resin to use as a 'release' agent. It worked great! The guard came off smoothly.
The fiberglass needed some strength and 'weight' to it, so I used Bondo body filler on the top and back side of the guard. First time using this stuff, you definitely need to work fast before it sets up! I did some sanding to level it out a bit, then to level off the low and high spots, I added my favorite wood filler, applied with a soft pliable lid from a cottage cheese container, and got a nice smooth coating out of it. I sanded again, then another light coat of wood filler, sand again, and viola'.
Then I used a flat primer gray over the guard as a base before I applied the GM Original Emerald Green top coat.
Next up were the 'Four Horsemen of the Rust-pocalypse'. Along with some of the Ebony transparent stain to darken and give the green an 'oily' look, I used combinations of these four rattle cans to achieve my faux-tina.
Then I took the remaining strip of roof flashing left over from the woody guard, and applied the advanced aging process, and glued and clamped it to the guard.
Awhile back I had purchased this chrome auto trim, with an adhesive backing. It's vinyl, not metal, but I thought it might come in handy on my build somewhere. So I applied the rat-tina to a section of it and used it to trim out the panel on the guard, ala the Chevy '53 Bel Air.
And here's how it came out. Still some tweaking needed, and it's just set in there for a mock up shot, but you get the idea.
RaT oN~!
As I mentioned in the Video Update #10, I am pleased with the way the 'woody' chain guard came out. But my original vision for this build was more of emulating the rear fender / quarter panel of the '53 Chevy Bel Air. My fiberglass guard that I made from my wood buck, actually didn't turn out that badly. I used a Garage Door Opener Lubricant which I sprayed on the wood before applying the glass cloth and resin to use as a 'release' agent. It worked great! The guard came off smoothly.
The fiberglass needed some strength and 'weight' to it, so I used Bondo body filler on the top and back side of the guard. First time using this stuff, you definitely need to work fast before it sets up! I did some sanding to level it out a bit, then to level off the low and high spots, I added my favorite wood filler, applied with a soft pliable lid from a cottage cheese container, and got a nice smooth coating out of it. I sanded again, then another light coat of wood filler, sand again, and viola'.
Then I used a flat primer gray over the guard as a base before I applied the GM Original Emerald Green top coat.
Next up were the 'Four Horsemen of the Rust-pocalypse'. Along with some of the Ebony transparent stain to darken and give the green an 'oily' look, I used combinations of these four rattle cans to achieve my faux-tina.
Then I took the remaining strip of roof flashing left over from the woody guard, and applied the advanced aging process, and glued and clamped it to the guard.
Awhile back I had purchased this chrome auto trim, with an adhesive backing. It's vinyl, not metal, but I thought it might come in handy on my build somewhere. So I applied the rat-tina to a section of it and used it to trim out the panel on the guard, ala the Chevy '53 Bel Air.
And here's how it came out. Still some tweaking needed, and it's just set in there for a mock up shot, but you get the idea.
RaT oN~!
That is cool !! I love how you are moving with this theme !
Good for you, finishing the original fiberglass guard. I think it's a much better fit than the woodie.
This thing on the front fender (or a smaller replica) would be the perfect icing on the BelAir cake!
@deorman is that a piece you have in your possession? What is the scale of it...i.e. dimensions?
That is a 1951 Chevrolet hood ornament.
So it would be about 16" in length. And about
6" wide & 2.5"height
So it would be about 16" in length. And about
6" wide & 2.5"height
Last edited:
Sorry to say it's just a pic I found on the net.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
cjperry81
Gem City Strongman
@OddJob ,
Here is the 53 ornament.View attachment 165214
Maybe: build a scale replica out of wood...then give er the paint treatment.
i like the 51 but this 53 is a pretty solid option too!
