Gray Smith

I like it! cool to see one of these built. Are you going to put the cool air dam off of the red light bandit on this one?(i've got that kit, bought it because of the air dam) keep us updated, I'll be watching this one for sure! Gray

the white and dark green in the interior looks good Marcos. I love what revell did with this one(and the 32 sedan) even though they missed the arm rests and handles..lol keep up the great work on it, look forward to seeing it done. Gray

Wonderful work. You've done this kit justice. thanks for sharing with us your adventure...great job man Gray

Chassis work looks as good as the motor work Marcos...this whole build is shaping up to be a front and center display for the shelf. I like those interior parts..I bet they'd work well on the 32 sedan as well...hmmm Keep up the good work man Gray

I figured it was yours...it had the "Lyle Feel" to it..I'll pm you Gray

Ohh looks good Steve. I really like that inca gold color, everything else on this rod just fits well.. You did a great job on the section and overall on this one...hope the next one turns out this nice. Gray

Looking good Marc, very clean engine bay as always...keep up the good work on this one man. Gray

cool build!, like the color combo. Lets see some more pics! Gray

very bright!, I love the color used, and you've got yourself a very clean jdm ride here...very well done. Gray

Looking good Jonathan, great contrast between the suspension, the engine, and frame, love the colors used, and style this build is headed in.. Look forward to seeing more. Gray

Hey Lyle, great pics as always....I'd love to be able to go to a model club meeting like this one day.. quick question, do you know who is building this? and do you think they'd mind sharing more pics/answering questions about it? Thanks in advance. Gray

great jumping jehosaphets! thats alot of holes, but looks good nonetheless

thats what I like to hear..a rod that handles well...not just for straightline speed... I look forward to seeing these plans of yours..keep up the great work man Gray

Awesome Marcos! that paint looks great, and excellent polish job too, I bet its blinding in the sunlight..speaking of which...lets see some outdorrs shots! Gray p.s. good luck with the rest of the build.

looks great Lyle, blue is a great color for this car..thanks for the heads up on the cowl lights and firewall..I plan to use the cowl lights on my build, and the fire wall is usually the first part I glue in on one of these kits.. I love it! Thanks, Gray

thats a nice color Marc, I'll have to get ahold of some of it. All I've got so far is the inca gold..shot some tamiya clear red over it the other day and its purdy.. I'll probably buy at least a can each of these new colors eventually. Gray

Looking good Jonathan...I'm liking the army green. Can't wait to see the weathering..I'm going to have to try my hand at that one of these days.. Gray

Raul, I'd love to make one up from scratch if I could, but my skills aren't there yet, this one will be riding on a heavily lowered kit suspension...maybe like a really early racer?..lol I figure If I ever get around to building a full scale rod i'd get an ifs setup thats looks just like a dropped tube front end that uses torsion bars, I'd do that to this but it was supposed to be a simple build..lol. I do have an ifs/irs rod in the works...built off the phantom vickie chassis with revell cobra mustang irs parts. it can be seen here.. http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/gr...20DOHC%20Duece/ thanks for the kind words guys....gets me pumped up even more to work on it..tonight I got the surgery of implanting a cosworth logo on to a sbf valve cover done.. next update will hopefully show some painted and done intake parts..and maybe some more motor stuff... Gray

Marcos, Dude that engine is just gorgeous , those strombergs look great....I definanitly will get a set of them now.. quick question...where does one find Verdoro green that is a very nice color great build so far, look forward to seeing more Gray

Thanks Jonathan, the diffuser needs a little putty work, but I'm happy with how it turned out, better idea here than my first attempt. The grill lower had been opened up a looooong time ago(like 98ish) when I deeply channeled my 32 coupe(now known as the Dohc Deuce). I recently filled it with some thin styrene sheet in an attempt to drill 3 holes in it.....but that didn't work out very well(dremel and thin plastic don't mix) so I just opened it back up, still debating on putting a p/e grill in there. I hope that by sunday I'll have some more motor work done, I went home at lunch today and tried my hand at "turning" the engine pulleys with my dremel, that too didn't work very well..lol Gray

Looks good Jonathan, I was going to post on it this morning, but I got busy at work...very cool style, and nice looking flattie....even a bone stock one is a nice site to look at in my mind, good luck with the rest of the build. Gray

hey guys, I've been working steadily on my 32 Ford Roadster and ive got some better pics to post this time. First off we have some motor parts pics...my original plan was to build this kit with the most kit parts as possible to make the build go quickly...well I just can't leave well enough alone and wasn't happy with the pedestrian looking 302 and went somewhat whole hog on changing it up some... I tried to make something from nothing and found a cosworth valve cover from an old indy car and made a "special" intake manifold with the 2 part 4 carb(?)set-up from the new amt ala-kart. I scratched up some angle cut trumpets from various aluminum tubes and polished them up in the dremel. I added a fpr to the fuel rail and some fittings for fuel lines for an efi setup, also shown are throttle linkages(which need to get cut down the pins). I figure with an open hood street rod your going to see alot of detail...why not add some of the important stuffs. also shown is a possible spaulding flamethrower magneto. I also have another cosworth vc and will be transplanting the cosworth rib and logo like on the manifold to the kit valve covers. I wasn't going for a retro 60's speed equipment look, but I think I might have it..i'm happy with it so far. To be added are re-done pullys and belts, and some braided rad hoses. Also shown is the early start to a single guage pod dash, made from an extra smaller headlamp from the kit and some sheet styrene..much work is needed here. Here are some body mock-ups...I'm using big headlamps from another kit(amt based, dunno where they came from) mounted to the frame horns, and there will be a smaller set of fog lamps(from the kit small headlights) mounted on the insides of the frame rails. I used some beading pins for the little push bar/headlight mount as well as pinning the windshield frame to the body(some putty work needed here). Also shown is the orange nail polish my wife picked out for this ride. and here is the work done to the back to get it to sit in the weeds, i hope the pics can explain since the best way for me to explain it is I cut the area over the axle out and glued it in higher up on the frame. That work needs to be cleaned up as well as the open area left on top of the splitter going into the trunk well I hope these pics are a little better than the last ones..and I hope you guys like it! 32 fever has hit me hard, after this i've got 1 of my 32 sedans started and waiting, and the Dohc Deuce has been calling me to finish it as well. comments and critiques are always welcome. Gray

alright!!! Albert I've missed your swap meet pics..thanks for posting Gray

I know its not a sedan but I've been working on this one for a while, and don't want to put it down... Started out as a quickie build, then went too crazy with ideas, than back to a quickie build(albeit a longer quickie..lol)... Its been channeled via the Tim Boyd style of the black Deuce in a past issue of another mag, and uses his lowering techniques along with an upswept frame in the front, and the rear was butchered to lower it even more. <img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/grayelysemakalya/Models/Revell%2032%20Roadster/revell32roadster1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/grayelysemakalya/Models/Revell%2032%20Roadster/revell32roadster2.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> motor will be the 302 from the kit with a scratched up intake manifold and intake set-up and detailed, wheels will be kit stock with 32 coupe tires, the body will have the duvall style windscreen from a phantom vickie kit, the interior will be mostly stock except for the dash. The grill is cut out to sit lower on the frame, and already superglued in place as are the front sock mounts(will get better looking shocks made from aluminum). The main thing about this is the rear diffuser/undertray that I made for it, since the gas tank is no longer on the frame, to help finish up the back end(just doesn't look right when the body work just stops). The tail lights will go into the side slots, and the exhaust will be a center exit affair. Paint will be a very bright orange nail polish that my wife picked out for the car, with maybe some purple on the motor and back end, with titanium or magnesium metalizer colored metal bits. Sorry for the pic quality and lack of visible stuff, theres alot more done than pics show, once I get further along with subassmblies i'll post pics of them. comments and critiques always welcome. Once I get this "uncomplicated and quickie" build finished I'll resume some of the other projects I started in 2007 and get them finished. Gray

Same here....guess thats why I got 2 of em....build em both ways... first one will be hok candy tangerine with dark blue accents, a flattie, the wires, and slightly channeled Gray