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Thanks Leslie!

So last year I started working on a parts box roadster and it fizzled out after a while. Well, I've been working on it again and rather than fight the computer on how to update the old post, here's a new topic on it (Maybe someone can explain how to update an older post at some point). This was where the Revell '34 ford body came from: And here's where the AMT '32 Ford frame I'll be using came from: I had covered the interior with a nice woodgrain shelf paper, painted some Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland bomber seats, and added parts box windshield frame, parking brake, and shifter: And here's where we left off: The AMT '32 frame is too long and too tall (a half hour and a palm sander took care of the height). I'd like the tips of the flared hood sides to sit right about where the slots for the 32 Ford radiator would pop in. That leaves the rear end too far behind the body, so we'll just shorten the frame, bring the rear end forward and see what happens. Here's where we are now: The black tape shows what part of the frame I'm going to remove. The first part of the frame is cut with a fine tooth modeling saw. I've removed a 1/4" off the frame, which will bring the rear of the frame forward roughly 6(?) scale inches. I've glued the frame back together and it fits really well with minor sanding. After about ten minutes of the glue setting, I added a bit of extra glue around the seams which I will sand down later before repainting the frame. Now we're cooking! Now that I have the frame length and stance I want, I can start finishing up other parts of this project. New frame length: Old frame length: So, as I go along, maybe someone can tell me how I can update this post as I go along. Thanks!

I don't think my updates are showing up...

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I was just thinking about this topic, Bring Out Your Dead, the other night; should I do it? Last summer my fathers workshop (where all my old model kits were stored) developed a major leak and a lot of kits got damaged and some vintage boxes I dearly loved got ruined - but luckily none of the ones that got ruined were mine as a kid in the 1980s. I bought those big clear plastic tubs and moved everything out of dads old workshop and into my own family's attic and my dry man cave. It's one of those kits I brought back from my parents house I'll bring back from the dead. I was 15 in 1988 and got this kit for Christmas. I'm sure my father picked it out, probably because he had one as a kid. He knew it had the retractable roof, he knew the body came in four pieces, not like the one piece bodies I was used to. He probably thought it'd challenge me. He was probably disappointed that I never showed him the completed model. The thing was complex; the retractable roof had a lot of pieces, the rear deck hinges were delicate and could be broken easily, and I never could get the goddam four piece body to stay put together... until today, 32 years later. If my dad were still alive I think I would've called him today and told him about it. There's a few broken parts, and the front glass is ruined (at some point years ago I tipped over a bottle of Testors silver paint into the box and doused the windshield and tires with it. But I'm going to work with it. The photo below is exactly how Ieft it right after Christmas in 1988. So here we go, the Revell Skip's Fiesta Drive-In '59 Ford Galaxie Starliner:

Mail Call! Been waiting for these!

What is the LA Awesome used for?

(Remove if not allowed) For you Chevelle fans, Untamed Youth did a killer version of Paul Revere and the Raiders song, SS 396.

This is about 1/4 of the boxed kits I have. This is a pretty good spot for them so I'll move the rest of them there over the winter. Just like Mike Fifer said, "Looking at them alone , takes me back and makes me young again."

Thanks Tim!

Any word on Revell as a company or specifically the Model A Coupe kit? Thanks!

Found these three mostly complete screw bottom buildups at my favorite thrift this weekend for $10 each. The red Bonneville had a nice paint job and I was going to keep it as is, but the paint came off along with the price sticker.

Thanks Mark, took me forever to even get those photos posted.

I get the -200 error message no matter how big or small the photos are as well.

Getting an error every time I update...

Fantastic work! What a beauty!

I just don't like the modern chassis... I agree, I don't like the hood pieces- BUT, there's no firewall or I don't have the firewall piece. Ideally, I'd add a bigger engine and move the '34 radiator up to where the it sits on the '32 frame. I have to work with what I've got, though.

A super quick update: Lots of sanding and grinding allowed me to put on a suicide front suspension, which solves a few issues, adds a few more, but lowers the front end, which I like. A quick shot of gray primer on the frame, and a coat of rose coral on the body.

Hey now, I like that idea!

Been working a little more on this: Used sheet styrene to create a pair of contoured fender walls to hide the open areas. I used a Crazy Glue type adhesive and that worked fantastic. It's not perfect, but it doesn't need to be. A test fit of the body with the added fender walls over the '32 frame and a different, parts box front suspension. I'm beginning to see it come to life.

Very interesting, Bill. I wondered about the wheelbases, myself. This build may not be perfect in the real world, but it's fun to throw parts at it and see what happens.

Hi all, Not everyone is going to like this one, and that's ok. It's a parts box build of the Revell HOT ROD '34 Ford Roadster. I bought multiples of these kits cheap at a flea market in ziploc bags. All I kept of the '34 Ford was the bodies, tub pieces, radiator chrome, etc. The awful chassis, wheels, tires, and modern seats got tossed, lost, or donated. I like the body and I like the challenge of throwing parts at it, so here we go. It'll be an entry in The Race of Gentlemen contest at the Mid-Atlantic NNL. I need a frame so I'll use a beat up parts box AMT 32 Ford frame. It'll need a lot of sanding and clean up. The molded-in rear axle sticks out a little on each side and will need to be trimmed to fit underneath the (seemingly off-scale) '34 Ford body. Why use a '32 frame on a '34 body? Because that's the parts I have. Decisions, decisions... Do I want the axle mount and frame horns behind the radiator or in front of it. The '32 Ford frame almost seems too long for the Revell '34 body. If I go for the behind the radiator choice I could cut out a section of the frame and and that would allow it to sit back. Or I could just make a real big mess and mount the axle where it actually goes for a suicide front suspension look. Not shown, but I've cut fender well / wall inserts from sheet styrene that I'll glue in behind the wheel wells. The interior tub is three pieces; two doors and the tub itself. I sanded off all the details from the doors and covered them as well as the tub with Wallstickery Cherry Wood Grain Paper. I'll scribe out door lines later. The three piece tub fits together poorly, so the door sections will have to be glued, set in place, then clipped onto the body interior with binder clips. Later I'll finangle the tub part in. More later.