dino246gt Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I used the front clip to make a '41` coupe years ago, on Revell's '48 body, so I had this AMT woody body left over. Here it is totally stock, I don't want a 4 door! So I removed the B pillars and tried to scribe the lines back in for future development. I thought that if I removed the roof and "sectioned" it about a scale 3 inches it might look sleeker. Then I removed the other pillars, the roof has been sanded down 1/8th of an inch, approx 3 scale inches but it's not glued back on yet. I'm not sure of where I'll go with this, IF I decide to chop it, now is the time to do that! I do want to make it into a 2 door with modern chassis and interior, wheels etc. All suggestions and wild ideas are encouraged to be posted, please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Ambitious project for sure and is looking nice so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 You are correct, now is the time to chop the top if that's the way you want to go. So far I really like how you removed the "crown" from the roof. That in it's self is a vast improvement. The two door idea wouldn't be hard to do at this point. Use some Plastruct moldings to outline the door opening and going up to the roof. I would take a guess at the size of the side window for the back seat passengers and add a post between that window and the window for the area behind the back seat. The front end is an area that you could do something really interesting making it something other than a Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Nice project! Always wanted to turn the ´48 into a chopped 2-door but I never got to that. Seeing this one, I think I should get started... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino246gt Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Here's the basic 2 door design, with the Ford fenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino246gt Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 I wanted to use the rear fenders from the '50 Chev pickup, but of course they're way too wide, so they got sliced! Then the splash guard "kink" had to be smoothed. The "wood" around the fenders was attached to the fenders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I like the two door look much better. At this point the door almost looks to long but with everything else you're doing I'm sure it will look good when your done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino246gt Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Here's how much I had to take off those rear fenders. With the '50 Chevy front end grafted on, you can see why I wanted these fenders over the Ford ones! I had to make more "wood" as these fenders are smaller than the originals. Also the doors are the length of the '48 Ford coupe, as originally I was going to make it a 2 door Ford woody, now it's a, um, well, I'm not really sure what it is! It IS fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Looking very right.Carefully thought out and well executed cuts are paying off. This will be fun to watch develop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Now I better understand what you were trying to do with the body. Great work on recreating the "wood" trim and the Chevrolet truck front end and fenders are going to make this really look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Nice work, I hope that you keep going on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 This is SOOOOO cool! Thought about color scheme yet? I really can't imagine a color that won't look good on this style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino246gt Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 I"m thinking of light tan, which I've already painted it in, but I've dropped the hood 3 times and each time it chipped, so a repaint is in order. I've re-designed the rear wood configuration and fitted the Chevy dash, still making interior panels, remember it started as a 4 door Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I really like the way this is going. GM should have done that way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I've looked at the pictures several times trying to figure out how you took the Crown out of that roof section. I see where you removed it with a saw but nothing after that until it's back in place.Did you widen it by cutting it into sections then spreading those out to the sides and fill in the gaps? That looks great but surely not a simple thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalepeter Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I like what your doing here. Mine suggestion would have been a chopped version. I'm building a chopped four door version myself. Will keep an eye on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino246gt Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Tom, I removed it at the drip rail, then using an emery board, sanded the roof section down just a bit, then glued it back on, keeping the rear where it belongs, only shortage was where the windshield header mates. The roof was vinyl, now it's smooth so blending it in at the top of the windshield header was easy. In scale, 1/8th of an inch equals about 3 inches! So at first it was going to be a high end modern custom, then I thought maybe better as a '60s surfer woody, but I also thought about making it into something like a Dodge Power Wagon, 1 ton!!! Still dreaming and working on the interior panels, slowly between other projects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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