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'36 Ford 5ive window coupe, old build being resurrected.
customline replied to Rocking Rodney Rat's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Rodney, your floorboard work is so good it is now my standard. I've done this stuff quite a few times now and thought they were pretty good but now I'm going to try to do it the way you've laid out here. This is super work!!? It's my New Year's resolution. -
Sorry, I'm just a bit crabby ?
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Yeah, OK but a '29 on deuce rails? That spells F L A T H E A D ! It should be in the kit instead of the ubiquitous SBC. I'm happy that they put the Nailhead in the coupe kit thank you very much. Maybe the next re-issue? I've got a bunch of kits missing their engines already. ? my AMT '53 pickup kit has NO engines. I'll have to stick a Y-block in it?
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Thanks, Bob, that's Boyd's orange pearl and I may have that last 2 bottles in existence and will probably need them to fix this little paint mistake. The thought of repainting the whole car is giving me nightmares.
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Anyone chop a 39 chevy coupe?
customline replied to customline's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Yeah, Bill, that looks right. Thanks, it makes sense. Finish it! -
Thanks, guys, I'm glad you approve ?. Now the hard part.....smoothing it out with Mr. Surfacer and much primer. And much tedium ?.
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53 or 56 ford f100 pickup
customline replied to MrMiles's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
And in the AMT kit, you get a nice DeSoto hemi ? -
I believe you will find a tv in the AMT '50 Ford convertible kit.
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Before I make a big mess, has anyone done this chop o m the Monogram '39 Chevy coupe? Anything you can tell me (or show me) will help. Mainly where to make the cuts. It looks as though leaning the back of the roof forward won't work because of the way the roof meets the deck. What say you?
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This was the inspiration for it (below)...i love the old full customs/leadsleds....those old magazines and "rod and custom" shows back in the early 60s hooked me for life. The "purple people eater" is just the '50 vert using the kit parts.....well mostly. I wanted to do the '49 coupe but wouldn't pay the price due to the fact that I'm a cheapskate. I had 2 of the '50 kits....close enough! But I got carried away and added a roof cobbled together from various junk items. Oh, and I sectioned it ?The AMT '50 convertible is a really great kit for the spare parts alone. You can go a lot of different ways. The mods in the front of the '53 is from those parts (sort of.)
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If he decides to use the inner fenders and "chin", the grill will be set correctly. Personally, I never liked the look of the '33/ '34 with the inner panels on board but that creates a mounting problem. I have struggled with this. Maybe you know a good way?
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Thanks, Rusty, I should have done this from the start. I was already weeks into this build and had I had those corvette bumpers then, I could have saved a ton of work. I got the "Skips" '60 'Vette kit off ebay for cheap (it was started) but not with this in mind. I actually didn't make the connection till the other day when you pointed out my poor design. It just goes to show that sometimes you need another perspective to get it right. I wish I had your help on this one ( see below ); you could have talked me out of adding that roof and it would still be a convertible. ?
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Up till 3 am on this. I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel. This will look much better than what I had and is a lot closer to my inspirational subject. the bumpers will be pinned on the ends as shown here. Over-riders will be glued to the plate mount. Still a ways to go to get it smoothed out. Thanks for looking
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Mike, if this roadster turns out like that blue coupe you built, it's going to be awesome! These kits are not without some issues but if you have both of them, you have all kinds of mix & match possibilities. Throw in the '32 3 & 5 window kits and the sky's the limit. I just wish they'd give us a nice flathead with one of these kits.
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it's a shame Revell gave us stupid decals instead of pad printed or insert tires ! And while I'm at it, why not a standard tranny? The gave us an automatic but a shifter that could only be for a manual transmission! Sorry, just venting.? Beautiful build, Mike. I love the idea of leaving the roof removable to show off that nice interior. Got mine yesterday, can't wait to get into it ?
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You'd still need to stretch it, the pillars are slanted. I suppose you could lean the A post's back like a lake car, a formidable task.?
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That's how I do mine too but Greg has the advantage of not having to screw with the reveals, something that kills me on a 5W.
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Count me in too, Greg, this thing looks like you gave it a lot of thought and planning. Stretching the roof like this can't be done on a body with integral roof unless you cut it off first. Every chop is different and you found a way to do this one that, I know, I wouldn't have thought of.
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My 2 cents: if your registration plates are say, Arizona or Nevada, you may only want some light surface rust where the paint has gotten baked in 110 degree heat, but no rot. If, however your plates are from Rhode Island, you may want to show rust-through in the body to frame mount areas and the lower corners of the cab and where running boards touch fenders, etc...door bottoms are a good place too. The bed to fender mating area may show some and underneath you can be pretty liberal with rust unless it was an oil leaker like some of my past transportation. Inside the bed, the metal runners between the wood planks would be mostly bare metal with rust where things don't rub it off. Maybe you have this in mind...or this....
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I love it! Uh oh, it's giving me ideas. ?
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Yeah, true.....that's what I'm trying to do ?.....thanks for the encouragement.
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Carl, I don't think they're ever coming back ?. Ebay! I found some there a few weeks ago. Greg, I think that could work. Basically, it's a compass when used to create a radius. Good thinking! Thanks, guys!
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Thanks to all, your comments are greatly appreciated. I just wish I had rounded the top of the doors. Looking at some similar 1:1s, you'll see them both ways. Trying to straighten up door lines after a chop is hard enough but a radius, for me,, would not have been sucessful, I'm pretty sure. I just hope I can fix the paint and finish this puppy.