Speedpro

Very nice! The color combo works well. Great looking interior.

Looking good Bob. You always seem to hit the rough road when your painting the body. Try shooting your paint alittle closer so as not to get that orange peel. Distance and speed is the key to getting a flat paint job. You know how to paint, Just make some small adjustments and you will have those results you are expecting.

Very different! This thing is going to look really cool with the two mods you have planned. Love those front fenders!

Normally when I am doing a build I'll post my work in progress. I like letting everyone see what goes into a build as it progresses. I have one here that I built in a 4 week period last april that I never had a w.i.p. posted on the forum. The reason I wanted to do this build was to have a car I could enter at the GSL in the '29 Model A Roaster common kit class. So many nice builds. Its was a great time. Like i said, This car was conceived and built in a 4 week period. With the idea I had, it was going to be quit a undertaking, But doable. So the plan was to build a '29 with really nothing special except the engine, wheels and tires and a few details. The engine was going to be alittle pontiac 4 cyl out of a '62 tempest convertible kit. Was going to add a supercharger, like the one in the revell Attemp 1 kit. I thought this is going to be the only car with this blown 4 cyl, So I'll have something alittle different than the next car. Easy enough, or so I thought. I started getting everything together And wouldn't you know it, Someone else happens to have the exact same idea for a car he is building for GSL in the same class. Are you kidding me, I thought to myself. So it was back to the drawing board. Not knowing what to do now, I started going through my stuff, looking for something with a ford engine in it that I could apply to this '29 roaster. Just kept thinking, I gotta try and make this thing different, But this is almost like reinventing the wheel. Just look what what's been done with a '29 in 1:1 and 1/25 scale. So many great ideas out there. But I wanted more. This is what I eventually end up with in front of me, wondering now if I bit off more than I can chew! I'm going to do a kit bash between the '29 roadster and the Matt Hay Pro Street T-Bird. The engine out of the T-Bird was definitely going in that '29! Question is, What's it going to take? All the photo's of this build are already taken of course. I'm going start posting the pics of the build every day. I'v posted the car on here awhile back. Went and found the thread, but the pics were gone. I'll post a few pics of the finished car at the end of the build. On to the build, Started with the '29 frame, added a new crossmember for the trans to mount too. Used the part that was cut off the original trans mount to make the new one. Had to leave the original crossmember in place because the floor mounted to it. It registers where and how the body fits. Got the engine sitting in the frame. At this point the body can start being fit more to come, thanks for looking

There's something you don't see everyday! Nice build!

Very nice!

Very nice work! Great detailing to the engine and underside.

Nice work! Perfect color choice.

Really nice clean build!

Great looking '48. Nice color combo.

Looks good!

Very nice clean build! The paint looks really good. I like the color

Really nice looking nova Kevin! Everything about this build looks right to me. The color of the interior works perfect with the body color. Engine bay and under side detail is spot on. Great build for 1st one being back at your bench. Looking forward to seeing what you'll be building next.

That turned out really nice Bob! Color is perfect and the engine is very shiny. Overall very clean build.

So many cool things about this build. Have never seen a funny car body turned into a street machine before! Engine choice, tilting hood, flush fit glass and those flames are very well done. Your effort shows!

That looks really nice. Great color choice. Makes me want to build one

looks good! like the color.

Very Nice!

Nice!

@Ace-Garageguy, I was reading your post and got to the phrase "Chrysler- Gia Showcar" and saw the picture, Just had to share with you that I used to work on this exact car that is in the picture I posted. Its easy to look at a picture of this car and think "Man, is that beautiful. But when its right in front of you, It's more of a "WOW". Worked on this car for 10+ years a couple times a year. One of the scariest cars I'v ever worked on because Its a aluminum body! Had to be so so carefull. You think that car is something, You should see what's in that garage in the picture. $$$ Speedpro

I'v found that Mr Hobby Super Clear Matt over flat, satin, semi gloss has given a very convincing vinyl appearance.

Just about done with getting the wheelwells back together. As you can see, the area that the leaf spring mounts too is still open on the chassis as that needs to be figured out. Now that a rear diff has been decided Upon, I can get after that. Things worked out better than I thought. Kinda missed on a couple things but nothing serious. Alittle seam sealer will hide all that! Here's a photo to show the tire width difference and the room gained. The top slick is from the '65 gasser kit. And get this, when done, the tire won't even be up inside the wheelwell. Thanks for the comments and looking.

Got things going back together. This is going to take some work to fill in all the new voids and cut lines. Didn't make too big of a mess of things so it should turn out just fine. That rear end scale size problem is solved.......... I think. After an extensive hunt for a rear end that will look at home in this nova, I came across a very good candidate. The revell '30 ford model a coupe was kind enough to give up its rear to help a fellow hot rodder. I think that this ford 9" is the right choice. A few changes had to be made before it can be used. First, the shock mounts were cut off. The axle tube narrows for a control arm to mount to. The axle tubes were cut off at this point leaving somewhat of a pin. The axle tubes were then drilled out to slip onto the pin. At this point enough was trimmed of the tubes to get the wheels and tires in place. Once the wheel backs are figued out, the axle tubes will more than likely be shortened some more. The tubes are not glued to the center section yet so they can be shortened. Still have to work on the leaf springs new location also. Still more to do to finish up the wheel tubs. Thanks for looking.............................

Thanks david, I thought about this for awhile. Turned out to be the easiest route to get it right. I like that term Styrene Magic. Thanks Chris, It's actually a gm 12 bolt. Could almost pass for dana though. Amt totally miss on this one when it came to scale size. Not to worry......I'v got a plan! Thanks Trevor I can asure you that the rear end I was mocking it up with will no longer be used. I'v got a plan and it has to do with a different diff.

Made some progress here on the nova. Not much done, But alot figured out. At least I hope figured out. So I went through and cleaned up all the cut lines and inspecting what I'v done. Spent some time checking the space that's been created for the tire to work in. So far,so good. At this point, I'm working on two major things here. First one is how much to remove on the part that was cut out. Second one is taking off just the right amount so the tire fits and most important, the frame rails at the rear come back together to look like they were never cut. Turned out 1/8th (or around 0.120) is the best amount to take off the wheel housing. Mocking it up looks good, still needs alittle fine tuning, but it's darn close. To get the frame rails pointed in the right direction to meet up with each other, A cut was made to separate the rail from the floor pan on both the wheel housing part and chassis. luckily, the plastic is soft enough to put the bend in the rails. But they don't want to keep that bend either. It will work. Another thing that I looked at was the rear diff location with these bigger tires. And yes, it doesn't line up with the center of the tire. So thats going to be more fun........... Getting ready to glue this back together. I think I covered all the details (we'll find out). Thanks for looking