afx Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Windshield looks scale accurate and will be much stronger than you could achieve with plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 The Kurtis used a unibody chassis with '49 Ford suspension parts. Even though it is a body on frame car, the Revell'49 Mercury provided a decent starting point and it has detailed & separate components. After a lot of hacking and scrap plastic, I now have the basic chassis pan and interior platform: I think I've overcome most of the big hurdles in this build - I can actually begin to finish and assemble it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Great to see this very interesting project back on the workbench and I am sure the results will be worth waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerN Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Excellent work and perseverance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdonm Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Anything new on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Anything new on this?Sorry - not lately. Real life has been taking too much of a bite out of my modelling time, but I haven't forgotten it! Hoping to get back to it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynehulsey Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 First time seeing this thread. Great project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietnam Vet67 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 First cover car for Motor Trend magazine:http://www.motortrend.com/news/1949-kurtis-sport-car-drive/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipstitch Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Almost forgot about this build... anything new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pico Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Never seen this. Very interesting. Lets see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Thanks for asking, guys. This one got shuffled to the back of the bench for a while for various reasons, but I'm still plugging away at it. I should have an update sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 As promised, a little update: I shot some paint on the body so I could see what I've got. Still a few more things to fine tune, but it's getting closer. This is just a base coat; the final color will be some type of red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Fantastic project. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 This is scratch-building at its finest! What a great achievement to get it this far. Keep up the good work! Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 There are two of these real1;1 size cars on the huge photo coverage of the Plymouth,Mi American Concours coverage on these forums by Howard Cohen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Wow, considering what you started with, that is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 8:16 AM, misterNNL said: There are two of these real 1:1 size cars on the huge photo coverage of the Plymouth,Mi American Concours coverage on these forums by Howard Cohen. Thanks. Great photos by Howard there, but those are actually Muntz Jets, the "stretched" version of the Kurtis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 By way of inspiration here's a great vintage shot from the Kurtis shop (I think). I really like the Halibrand wheels on this particular car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 50 minutes ago, John Goschke said: By way of inspiration here's a great vintage shot from the Kurtis shop (I think). I really like the Halibrand wheels on this particular car! Thanks for that shot, John - don't believe I've seen that one before. I haven't made a decision on the wheels yet, but this adds another choice to the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Not exact but some similar options HRM's Kidney Bean Halibrands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 You may recall from my last post that I thought the body was getting close to being ready for paint - well, one step forward, two steps back as they say (or is it the other way around?). In any case, I looked at the body one day and realized there wasn't enough height to the rocker panels below the trim. Considering how far I'd come with this, I thought about leaving it as it was, but then I knew it would only continue to bother me, so I added some material and re-shaped it (compare with earlier shots in this thread to see the difference). I also made badges from thin brass and added them to the hood and trunk - they'll get foiled and decaled. I also made some underhood bracing which you can't see here. Just a lightly sanded mist coat over primer here - hoping to have some real paint on soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipstitch Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I love this... thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Only six years down the road, it's painted! Patiently putting it aside for a couple of weeks to harden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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