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1/25 Revell '29 Model A Roadster 2'n'1


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probably due to the crossmember that revell put on the channeled frame in order to mount the grille and radiator. In order to drop the grille shell below the rails, the radiator has to be shortened. Plus, if you look at the pictures linked in the fotki album, the radiator hoses are definitely different. The channeled car has a 90 degree top hose and the highboy has a 45 degree top hose.

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The photo with the brake drums,and wheels on it. Is the picture I was looking at.

Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems.

Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right.

If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank.

The photo with the brake drums,and wheels on it. Is the picture I was looking at.

Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems.

Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right.

If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank.

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What is the large rectangle piece at the bottom right on the "wheel" tree? A top insert for a coupe?

That was my initial thought too, but a top insert that size looks to me to be too small for a model A coupe bodyshell (almost the entire model A roof is built-up from wood, padding and fabric) though it looks to be about the right size for a '32 or '34.

If it IS a teaser for a '30 coupe, then...WHOOPEE !!!

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Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems.

Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right.

If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank.

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I've uploaded my test shot photos from last weekend's NNL Milwaukee 23 of the upcoming kit here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/JimKampmann/April152015?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Thanks,

Jim Kampmann

Oh...

OOOHH...

better and BETTER and BETTER for my money! Yeah, this here's another Lay's Chip kit - just one ain't gonna do. THIS is what Revell does best. B)

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Pretty much anyone who buys this kit is probably going to want to eventually build both versions...and they're also going to have a ton of very cool leftover parts for the parts box after building the kit twice.

I already have schemes on using the spare parts on several kits that I probably wouldn't build otherwise.

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Something was looking pretty funny with the finished pics, particularly the orange one. Even past the modified wheelwells it wasn't right. Just dawned on me that Revell did a mini-tub thing on the '32 chassis. Yea, I know it can be fixed, but why oh why Revell..... :angry:

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Something was looking pretty funny with the finished pics, particularly the orange one. Even past the modified wheelwells it wasn't right. Just dawned on me that Revell did a mini-tub thing on the '32 chassis. Yea, I know it can be fixed, but why oh why Revell..... :angry:

The "mini-tub" thing on the '32 chassis is pretty common...stepping the rails inward at the rear. We just had a set of rails modified exactly like that go through the shop, and they were snapped up immediately...by somebody wanting to put a '29 A body on them.

One unfortunate thing I DID notice on the built-up orange car is what appears to be heavy-handed engraving of the coach-line on the side of the cowl.

It's not as wide, to my eyes, as it is represented on the model. As this is one of THE iconic standout markers for this body, it might be good to get it exactly right.

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Saw the test shots at NNL--the radiator shell looks too egg-shaped to me, and I know what that should look like, considering I restored a '29 Tudor back 45-50 yrs ago.

Agreed, and too heart-shaped at the inside top as well. Another one of the really important identifiers of this car that should be 100%.

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Crank was probably standard, and keyed ignition an option or a feature of the LX and above trim levels? ;) (J/K..I know Ford has been using LX for only 35 years or so as a trim level..)

Speaking of different forms of ignitions, I had a rental this past weekend that retails for about $60k as it was equipped, yet it had a conventional key ignition instead of push-button start (and also a column shift).

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