bill-e-boy

Next up on the bench as I progress with my 32 Coupe build

Thanks Chris and Bob Been working on the induction system I have drilled the carbs for throttle shafts - 0.5mm brass wire. Also drilled out the fuel bowls for fuel lines And made some linkages from 0.25mm ally printing plate that I have had for years I cleaned up the linkages and fitted three of them to the carbs although it is a bit hard to see in the pix coz everything is the same colour Thanks for looking

Claude, you have nailed it again - another fantastic build.

Yup. just gets worse - time to walk away

Talking of scratches in your paint finish - 1- I now use a finer grade of paper on the undercoat prior to paint especially lacquer - the scratches stay all the way to the last coat of clear 3- wait a few days between colour and clear 3- When colour sanding the clear coat I start with a finer grade say 3200 for the first session at least a week or two after last coat of paint, then I leave it to sit for a day or two to gas out some more before hitting it with the next grade. It is amazing how soft the paint is even after siting for a time 4- after rubbing out finish off with the Final Detail Carnuba wax or Mother's Brazilian Carnuba

A superb old timey rod. There is a lot to like here and you have done a lot more work than you have said in your brief description. And all of it good too.

Good work Bob. That has turned out great

I would hate see one of your bad kits!! Looks good from the side - good work I would say

My 32 Tudor build id under glass so got to do some work over the weekend. I colour sanded 3200 through to 8000g during the week taking my time and leaving it to sit and gas out some more between grit sizes. The Tamiya acrylic takes a while to harden and the wait time between paint and sanding of about 3-4 weeks was worth it Got some shine on it over the weekend and some work on minor stuff Thanks for looking

Looking good James. I mixed a similar colour mix for my 32 coupe build and the finish off the gun was very flat. Even flatter than yours. I had to pour the clear to get it to shine but it did in the end Like the colour matched plug leads too

I like how you have done this mod. The stock height can be a smidgeon too high. Must remember this

Good to see this coming round again. Some nice builds here. A few of mine 56 Chrysler 300B- slammed with original hemi with some changed bits in engine bay. More about stance, wheels and colour choices 56 Nomad - 409 power 69 Torino Cobra Jet - very subtle stripe - colour is gun metal with light gun metal stripe

I am 0n crowd control week after next - school hol's

I am calling this done - off to Under Glass Been a cool time contributing to this thread - I've had a ball building, watching and interacting with all like minded people

Looking good but you gotta scrape off that made by in ..... stuff on the chassis. Just my thoughts

Looking good Michael. The recessed plate breaks up a rather large expansive area - I should have done it on my build but I figured I had enough going on at the back with the wiggly rear end and tubbed fenders

And it is going into..........

Looking good. Had not thought to use PLA filament for models - don't have any so thought never entered my mind. TS 60 is a good colour choice - very similar to the colour I have used on my 32 5W build -

Well I missed the deadline for the meeting theme due to work. What a dirty four letter word that is. Any way moving onwards toward getting it done Got the fenders glued up. I had pinned them when I was fitting them up during construction and this has payed off when gluing them to the Vickie chassis. The white bare plastic showing on the floor boards are where I had to some relief work to get the body to fit the frame. A typical issue when kit bashing Not happy with the paint finish on the driver side running board - not sure of a fix but most probably hit it with some flat clear - Oh dear!!! I glued the interior into the body - my you have to hold your mouth the right way to get these in. There is no registration lips or protrusions to locate the body when inserted so some electrical tape to the rescue to hold it in position will the epoxy glue cured. It is sitting on my 5W coupe chassis and it sits a bit high due to the additional reveal line and the rear of the body After the trimming of the floorboard got the body to finally fit the chassis and epoxied into place Still a few more bits n bobs to get out of the way but getting there Thanks for looking

Dont forget this is an OOB build. You want fine detailing like piping - stretch some sprue that came in the kit - then chrome it with a Molotow pen before glueing down At least the door cards are separate and can be easily deatailed. I have cut off things like arm rests before and then detailed the cards then glued them back on after detailing them - still OOB

My 32 Tudor coming along nicely And with the body sat on my coupe chassis

Revel 32 5 window coupe build. Chopped 3" with resin flat motor. Painted and waiting for that to harden before colour sanding

Looking good - but: Looks like you could open up the recessed firewall a tad both in width and height to fit those massive stacks and move the engine backwards. That would then give you room for the radiator and fan as the motor looks to close to even fit the radiator. You will need lots of cooling with that high horsepower motor. Rrrrgh - this is what happens when we modify things - you spend a truck load of time making everything fit

Sometimes when you have other in depth builds going on you need to do something simple an OOB build. When you are done you feel as though you have accomplished something and have another build on the shelf. You just have to remember to keep it simple and it looks like you are achieving that in spades. Just keep an eye out for Bil's squirrels

At the start of a build a build list - not to much detail, just general bullet points Often with OOB's I will note down things on the instructions like colour callouts as the instructions are often not quite correct for RepStock or if a modified build as I want to see it At the end an A4 page with build notes clipped to the instructions - I keep all of my instruction sheets in a folder (or2) For one of my current WIP's (Chopped 32 5W Coupe). Typically these things evolve as the build goes along