68shortfleet Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) So for my return to the hobby, I finished a decent looking channeled 32 roadster. Next up was to see what I could accomplish with possibly the worst gluebomb in my parts box. I believe it to have started at a Lindberg 34 Ford, but maybe not. I originally got this kit in the late 70's maybe early 80's. Anyways, it looked terrible. I got the hood carved off of it and the floor removed. Still have not got one of the seats off the floor. The visor area of the cab was a disaster, with the visor completely missing and the windshield frame extremely cut on. I had to improvise a lot to get a windshield shape back, and forgo the visor. There is still visible glue(lots of it) on the interior cab back that can be seen in the picture. No idea why a glue tube was ever near this area, but I'm the one that did it as a child. Once I got the body reasonably cleaned up, I could not envision what to actually build with it, so I chopped the top. Now I have ideas of what to build. I also made a styrene firewall that I mounted to the backside of the firewall, probably need to add some detail to it. Also have a new styrene floor started and a set of parts box seats picked out. I do not have the bed to this kit, so it is getting some kind of exposed fuel tank over the frame rails. Have a tank built, but not sure i am happy with it. Then the frame, I had a few stock style frames I could use from Lindberg and AMT, along with some suspension pieces. But none of those frames allowed the ride height I was imagining. So, here is my first attempt at a scratch built frame, with some suspension parts from(I think) a AMT 32 Vicky. Here is one picture to give an idea of where this built is headed, not sure exactly what wheel I will end up with, but I know the tire height, so that allowed be to build suspension mounts. I'm not sure what motor it will get yet, but I have several parts box specials that would fit the build. Edited October 23, 2015 by 68shortfleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Looks cool so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedotwo Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Good start. Saving glue bombs are a great diversion from kit building and can increase skills to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Nice save on the gluebomb, will be following this build. Your suicide front end reminded me to add some braces to the one on my rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMCMAN52 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Down low but not slow I hope... your off to a great start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Nice start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Looks good, especially for a first scratchbuilt frame project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68shortfleet Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks guys, hope to get a bit more done over the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Nice start Jason! I'm curious to see what you end up with here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler62990 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 You got my attention. Can't wait to see where this one goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68shortfleet Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Little more progress, made motor and trans mounts, squirted the frame flat black. and for some reason I don't like it anymore. Maybe this one is supposed to be white? Stole the Hemi from the other gluebomb rebuild on my bench. I built generic motor mounts that fit all the generic motors that came in the AMT 32 Ford kits for years. They will work for this build. Certainly more detailed offerings out there, but I don't need that for this build. Threw on some generic wheels/tires, pretty sure these won't be staying though. Edited October 27, 2015 by 68shortfleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 It's fun to mess with stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Looking promising.Keep digging through your parts boxes for inspitation.You never know what you'll find hiding in there that will just perfect for this build.I know I'm that way....sometimes I don't know what I need until I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68shortfleet Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Making progress. Still not sure what motor I will finalize this with though. Quick progress picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Ah, I see you decided to wire it up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68shortfleet Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Ah, I see you decided to wire it up too. Those little tiny wires will make a person drink. But, it sure does look better with some wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68shortfleet Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) Annnnnd, it's under glass now.Might come back to it and add tail lights and license plate. Maybe even some radiator hoses too.Not putting a mirror on it though. Edited November 18, 2015 by 68shortfleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68shortfleet Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Finally had a "vision" for tail lights on this old 34. The red lense is a piece of red sprue from my 41 Willy's build. The sprue was extremely close to 1/8" after i scrapped the mold line off of it. Well, 1/8" fits perfecetly in the chuck of my Dremel. So I used the Dremel like a lathe to make a couple of "bullet" shaped lights. I glued them to some 1/8" round evergreen styrene and made an angled bracket that is similar to the brackets I made for the headlights with a couple of speed holes in each. Still lacking any "vision" for an acceptable license bracket. Maybe someday. Edited December 28, 2015 by 68shortfleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Cool and interesting build. Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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