RSchnell

One of my mentors had a nicely built 283 in his '58 Corvette he bought new. The first time he took me for a ride in it I was 11. He'd wind it out, change gears & you'd get pinned in the seat again. I looked over & he has this big Chesire Cat grin going on. I asked him "It never gets old does it?" I can't repeat what he said here, but it still gives me a laugh nearly 40 years later. He was an old school drag racer & loved 283 & 327's. He used to call 350's Kmart motors lol. This is the dude responsible for my '77 Caprice 4dr getting a 327 & 4spd instead of the 305/TH350.

If you still need parts, I likely have them. Let me know & I'll look for them over the weekend

I built the Beetle a month or so ago, Great kit with no build issues! Still looking for the Ghia.

That is nice!! I intend on using the body I have for a streetrod, but I knew to use it for a stock build with the top down I figured it'd be easier to start from scratch.

Good to know, is it a decent kit?

I used a lot of Tamiya Extra Thin & it was one of the main reasons I'd hit up HL. Once they quit carrying Airfix kits and then Tamiya supplies I just about quit going in there. It got old going in and seeing the same kits on the shelf, 90% of which aren't in my wheelhouse to begin with!

Haven't seen mention of this. Was watching the new release video and saw this come across the screen. I like the VW parts & service decals and will be ordering one to go with my 1/16 Beetle I finished up recently.

I was unaware he had a '32 Wagon body. I shall have to order one. I've got several of his bodies like the '53, '57 & '59 Ford wagons and those are great. I was just a bit let down with the B-400 for what I had in mind.

1933-34 commercial rad shells don't interchange with a '32, not to mention 33-34 shells have a slight slant to the rear of the truck, the '32 is straight. This is a '32 commercial shell. Note there's no removable insert like passenger cars and the top part is shaped a bit differently than the car version.

Was going through some photos here on the laptop- The first pic is my Dad's '41 Continental that he bought when I was 6. We took a road trip just outside of Marietta Ga to go pick it up. He never did anything with this car as one of his friends pestered him to death to sell it to him. The second is me & my sister in the back seat of my Dad's '55 Ford Sunliner with my mother driving. It was some parade but I don't remember the details- that was 40+ years ago!

Ordered some paint from Scale Hobbyist, figured I may as well grab a few more of the ICM Ford kits. Henry Ford was back in stock so he's now living in Cocoa Beach. As an aside I emailed ICM about how badly we need a good 30-31 Model A Roadster kit on the market, haven't heard back from them yet.

Not so much pleased as it amused me more- Went to Harbor Freight earlier to pick up a couple things and there was a British couple doing a video tour of Harbor Freight. "Clive show the people back home all the great kit they have here" That ranks second to the Walmart on Saturday when all the cruise ship staff is in there trying to buy stuff with pesos. Living next to one of the largest cruise ship terminals in the US definitely provides moments of amusement.

I dunno how I missed this before, but awesome work!

Did you use a Model A station wagon body to start with? I'd think that and the cowl from an AMT '34 Ford Pickup would get you in the ballpark. The '32 Commercial radiator shell would be the other problem!

This body along with a good 30-31 Model A Roadster body have been on my list for a good while. I was really hoping the Flintstone body would've been better than it was. Projects like this are good for shaking cobwebs loose anyways!

I thought something looked off with the cowl, figuring I'd cross the bridge when I got there. I plan to either scratch a new firewall or use one of the resin ones available as the kit firewall ain't gonna get it, it's not even close to being correct. My ideal plan is to drop the body over the firewall like you do the 1:1 car.

Tonight I rough sanded the Milliput. Got the windows roughed in. I made a couple contour gauges from thin styrene so I had a uniform shape from side to side. I'll fine tune this tomorrow evening and start laying in the styrene strip for above the windows. On the 1:1 car this is the part that the top would snap onto when raised. Sorry for the abbreviated posts, the forum won't let me post anything over a couple paragraphs!

On my lunch break Wednesday(my build desk is next to my work desk so only a 2 second commute) I epoxied some piano wire to the body in the rough shape of the windows to act as an armature for the Milliput that I'll use.

I thought how I wanted to go about the windshield. Finding a windshield frame in my junk box from the AMT '36 Ford kit that had a groove on the backside for the clear plastic made this an easy choice compared to building one from scratch. I started by sanding down the thickness, cut the frame into 4 pieces and sectioned each piece. I framed it up on a 123 block with magnets & set it aside for the glue to dry. I'll fine tune it after I let it set a day or two.

See if this will post! I had some time this evening to work a bit more on this project. I started by adding a bead of styrene around the rad shell to duplicate the stainless trim found on passenger cars. I'll sand it down to get it more to scale.

I just had the same problem when I went to update my '32 B-400 WIP thread.

It's funny you mention a Panel Delivery, It's on my list along with the Roadster Pickup. I'll probably do the Roadster Pickup first-it's easier!

Looks like an original '32 Body Parts List! I've got most of the Model A Body Parts & Parts Price Lists, but an original '32 has eluded me so far.

Biggest car I owned had to be the '62 Galaxie convertible 390/401hp tri-power 4spd car I had. It wouldn't fit in the barn-when my grandfather designed the shop he built it for Model A's, not 60's tanks. I could pull the car in but wasn't able to shut the garage door as it hung out the door opening about a foot. LOL Had to keep it up at my grandmother's house where the garage was big enough to park it. Runner up would be the '77 Caprice 4dr I drove to high school. The 305 laid an egg and my dad & I slid in a 327 & 4spd. I put a set of those 80s Cadillac wire wheel covers on it and lost more than one giving the 5.0 Mustang boys a fit. This was back in the mid 90s when it seemed like everyone had a 5.0 fox body Mustang.

Tonight's work ends with reworking the windshield opening and making a header for the convertible top. Even though I plan on having the top down, this area is still visible and want to make it look right. The B-400 uses the same windshield & frame as the '32 Cabriolet and this windshield is not like any other '32 passenger car. It is more Model A like in design with it's square corners & tube hinge. The windshield pillars are different between the two body styles as well so I fitted some .040 square Evergreen into the pillars and laid a piece of Plastruct channel to serve as the basis for the header. The kit windshield frame ain't gonna get it so I will scratch a new windshield frame to fit the corrected windshield opening.