tabsscale1 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Well Started this project a couple months ago Started with the 41 Plymouth and did a chop. Added some fade away fenders and decided to mold in a 46 chevy grill in the front and will have some frnched headlights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 That's looking pretty cool so far Todd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Looks just like a Barris custom of old. I like your grill idea, it makes the front end smoother than stock. The head lights seem almost to large, it may be just the angle at which they were photographed. Nice to see the Chopped Top at a realistic height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 The mods on this are insane!!! .... Love how the Chevy grill looks right at home with the mods you have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progplastic Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 i love the mods you done to this.. i'll be watching this one. nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownlow Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Very nice. Good job on the fades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabsscale1 Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Looks just like a Barris custom of old. I like your grill idea, it makes the front end smoother than stock. The head lights seem almost to large, it may be just the angle at which they were photographed. Nice to see the Chopped Top at a realistic height.They are the size of the originals just they are in a chrome piece that I didn't like so using some froma blueprinter set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Very cool vibe goin on-I dig this !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Wow. Very ambitious, and what you have looks great. As said above, your grille choice works very well. Nice to see somebody doing one of these as a radical custom too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabsscale1 Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Well I got some paint on this First time using Rustoleum paint First coats came out ok but had to fix some stuff so sanded that down. Then the second coat wrinkled the paint down the driver side and hood. I sanded that down then shot some more color. After that set I shot with ModelMaster wet look clear. Have to fix a few dust bunnies then shoot a couple more coats of clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownlow Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 It just keeps getting better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Looking good. nice work on the customizing. Great color choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spex84 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Love the color choice and customization. Perfect for a late 40s-style taildragger.I recently picked one of these up, and boy is a '41 Plymouth ever difficult to customize effectively. Everything I could think of made it look worse, not better. It either needed to go down (slammed) or up (4 wheel drive conversion??) in order to look proportionate.The choices you've made are radical, but so far they seem to have worked!-the fadeaway fenders add visual length to a very "fat" car...one that is difficult to section effectively because of the way the fenders blend into the hood and body. So the fadeaways are very effective.-the frenched headlights remove the heavy quality of the stock bezels.-the new grille adds visual width to the front of the car and gets rid of the eccentric stock grille and "V" nose. I tried some mockups of various grille replacement ideas, and didn't have access to any grilles that were tall AND wide enough to fill all the "dead space" on the front of the car. The Chevy grille is a bit angular, but fills all those spaces nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod3l Lover Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 That is very nice!! David S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerPlant Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Wow... That looks nothing like the factory car! And in an awesome way too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dedo Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I keep coming back to this project...41 Plymouth is one of my favorite kits...The change from filler photo to primed body is fantastic.Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabsscale1 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Thanks guys have started cutting up the interior for some Tuck & Roll while waiting on the paint to set. I am also lookat making it a tail dragger as well I hope everything come out ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Awesome looking custom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Awesome work on a somewhat of a 'pig' design. I built one into a short-track car and have another and was wondering what to do with it. This build is giving me some inspiration. Can you give us some details on how you did the fenders? Those are really beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabsscale1 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Awesome work on a somewhat of a 'pig' design. I built one into a short-track car and have another and was wondering what to do with it. This build is giving me some inspiration. Can you give us some details on how you did the fenders? Those are really beautiful.The Fadeaway fenders are from a Revell 48 Ford kit that I cut and shaped to fit the body Then used putty to blend it all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Wow! That takes "Fat Fenders" to a whole new level. Nicely done.David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepp Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 The fadeaway fenders and different grille really make this look better than stock. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 The Fadeaway fenders are from a Revell 48 Ford kit that I cut and shaped to fit the body Then used putty to blend it all togetherThanks for the info. May use that idea on a future build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabsscale1 Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 I have been working on the interior and have cut the seats out and filled in the back to lay down some Tuck & Roll. Still need to do the door panels and do the rest of the seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geewhiz Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Very beautiful kustom, all the right mods!!! Can't wait to see it finished. It definately already has that taildragger look!!!???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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