Dennis Lacy Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Everyone, Ed at Drag City Casting is at it again! This all-new offering is a resin chopped and stylized 1932 Ford Roadster up-top For Revell's 1932 Roadster HiBoy and Stacey David Rat Roaster kits. The top is a direct fit to the Rat Roaster but use on the HiBoy kits will require chopping the windshield 1/8". Ed is one of the best resin casters in the business and you won't be disappoint. I recently received 6 of these tops and below are a few pictures of one test fit to a couple of my previously built roadsters. Ed does not have a formal website but can be contacted by email at: "lowcab36@epix.net", by phone at: (570)-289-4345 or through his Facebook business page "Drag City Casting". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restoman Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Good to know! I ordered two of them, along with a bunch of his other parts. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 @restoman NICE! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Love it! Dennis, can you please check for me if it would fit or come close to fitting the Monogram 1/24th, Little Deuce based roadster body? Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Cool. Great builds. The black car a classic, remember first time I saw it in R&C. Owner was ?Martinez? It looks similar to Doanes epic Hiboy. Killer build and tops. Ed and his dad have done great stuff for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Fine looking top. Fine looking models too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krassandbernie Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 16 hours ago, alan barton said: Love it! Dennis, can you please check for me if it would fit or come close to fitting the Monogram 1/24th, Little Deuce based roadster body? Cheers Alan It appears to fit fairly well! I put the original master uptop on a black issued Monogram deuce roadster body; and don't see any issues. There's no unsightly gaps along the back edge where it meets the body; and it fits generally the same as the uptop does on the Revell bodies Dennis posted above. At worst you may decide to sand just a smidge off the inside of the top where it wraps around the side of the body; but I'm not convinced this is necessary........just showing you were to look if you think the fit is off a hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Thanks for the heads up! Ordered 3 of them, plus 2 Revell Model A tops! They really look great and I am glad to hear they will work on the Monogram '32 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 @larman @alan barton @krassandbernie One of my 2 surviving childhood models is a Monogram 1:24 ‘32 Roadster (Built around ‘93 and very telling of the street rod trends back then!) so I pulled it out and offered up a top. As you’ll see the shape of the top follows the shape of the body (curves and arch) really well but the body in this example is just a touch too wide to let the top sit all the way down. A little relief work on the body, inside edges of the top or both would be needed but are easy enough to do. Then, of course, the windshield would need to be chopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krassandbernie Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 When I test fit the uptop on the untouched (molded in black) Monogram body it fit a lot better than you show here Dennis. The interior tub was even taped up inside of the body. I know that not every single kit body is going to be exactly the same...........after all, look at all the brand new kits we've opened where one body was warped or spread further apart at the bottom. Either way, it doesn't look like it would take much for even the average modeler to make this uptop work on the Monogram body if there's a slight discrepancy in fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 9/13/2020 at 9:47 PM, Dennis Lacy said: Everyone, Ed at Drag City Casting is at it again! This all-new offering is a resin chopped and stylized 1932 Ford Roadster up-top For Revell's 1932 Roadster HiBoy and Stacey David Rat Roaster kits. The top is a direct fit to the Rat Roaster but use on the HiBoy kits will require chopping the windshield 1/8". Ed is one of the best resin casters in the business and you won't be disappoint. I recently received 6 of these tops and below are a few pictures of one test fit to a couple of my previously built roadsters. Ed does not have a formal website but can be contacted by email at: "lowcab36@epix.net", by phone at: (570)-289-4345 or through his Facebook business page "Drag City Casting". Great looking up-tops on a couple of fabulous Deuces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Just got tops for the '29 and '32 as they are still available. Quality was excellent, thank you Dennis for the recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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