Quiet Eric

Absolutely stellar build quality. I think this looks better than the real deal.

Nice work and love the subject matter!

Thanks all!! No sir, they are from Fireball Modelworks. They are meant for the Revell ‘83 Hurst Olds kit but I cut the back half off of them and they fit well to the kit wheel backs. Forgot to mention the tires are from the AMT Polyglas Gasser ‘62 Pontiac.

Finished up the ‘69 Cutlass I was working on, now back on this one until it’s done. November 30th deadline. Cleaned up the seams and got it in primer. Got the suspension sorted out to lower it and have the wheels/tires final fit. Got 4-wheel disc brakes on it too.

Converted of course from the AMT 442 kit. I didn't set out to build it this way but found inspiration in my favorite Olds from the 2019 MCACN show. It was a uniquely optioned car, a Cutlass S with the W31 package and in special ordered Toronado Powder Blue. While not an exact replica (this one has a 4-speed manual trans, and the interior shade is a bit off, and I added a Sport steering wheel) I got as close as I could get. Technically a 400-455 Olds engine is significantly wider than the small block a W31 would have, but in scale the kit engine is close enough and some gold paint designates it appropriately. Built mostly box stock with some refinements on fit and finish. The wheels and door handles are from Fireball Modelworks, Keith Marks supplied the emblem decals, I converted the kit grill to a Cutlass S version, and the paint is from Scale Finishes. All trim done with Molotov. I forgot about shaving the fender lip trim prior to paint, so it was intentionally left body color. Paint is always a struggle for me and this one has a number of flaws but overall it turned out much better than I had expected. Thanks for looking!

Would love to see more of this one!

Dang Dennis, I wish I was building them that nice at 13!

Looks great, love the tonneau cover over the back seat!

Some inspiration...Ignore the ‘70’s stuff and that one late ‘40’s thing ?

I like that a lot, one of my favorite body styles. Vinyl roof is a nice touch!

Heck yeah! My official hat in the ring...A very John Buttera style ‘29 Roadster. Seems it would be difficult to accurately recreate a specific one unless I can find a bunch of detail pictures.

That spoiler is just right.

Thanks Dennis! Once I strip the chrome from those wheels I think they will look a lot better too. Started on the stock/flattened firewall, should have some good progress to report this week.

He is a horrible representation of the profession.

Side profile is sinister, looking good!

Very nice, very accurate looking work! Killer C10.

Beautiful duo

That is a great car, excellent choice.

Very nice. This is my favorite body style B-body. I built that Roadrunner kit as a kid and it subsequently was rebuilt numerous times, I have a soft spot for that yellow plastic! Haha. Before it eventually died completely.

Making progress. The real car has a Chassis Engineering X-member kit in the frame. I didn't want to build that from scratch, so the closest thing came from a Revell '40 Ford. After cutting out the tabs and other molded in pieces of the frame crossmember, I trimmed the legs of the '40 pieces so they fit right and glued them in. Before glue though, I put some scotch tape on the floorboards in between. You'll see why in a minute! I had already cut the gas tank away from the frame and assembled the top piece to it so the tank would go in as a separate piece. Then I cut the rear floor and coil-over crossmember out of the frame. I took the rear crossmember from the same '40 and flattened it slightly with a couple pie cuts towards the center. I glued it into the frame "backwards" from what it would have been in the '40 because my car used an original '32 rear crossmember which had a curve towards the back of the car and this is about as close as I could get. Then I added the plate along the bottom of the X-member pieces. It will get some more shaping later, but I needed to tie them together now for strength. All these joints were glued with solvent type glue, then reinforced with some CA. The reason for that tape was to keep the X-member legs from sticking to the floor. The floor was left in place from the beginning to keep the frame pieces in the right spot. Now that the X-member was in, I was able to scribe that floor off of the rails. The floor would have worked fine but in the end is inaccurate, so I will be building a new one from scratch. I am trying to get this frame to be as accurate as possible. To me, it is one of the most iconic parts of a '32 Ford. It is hard to tell from the pictures but I have significantly shaved down the sides of the rails around the reveal line. This kit has that line very exaggerated and on the real deal, the line tapers to almost nothing at the top of the rails, and is more of a flair at the bottom of the rails than the hard ridge out of the box. One of the other issues with this frame are the frame horns. Both front and rear they should be a C-channel. The odd notch in the top of the front horns is very odd too. I have done this once before on a project that was abandoned, but wanted to try it again. The horns were thinned out on the inside surface with a file, then slightly thinned top and bottom. I added an .020 strip of styrene to the top and bottom, then after it was cured filed them to a more appropriate shape and thickness. I have started on the rear too but haven't finished. Something I really never do or have the patience for is opening panels or doors. This project is pretty special though so I thought it was deserving of at least a functional decklid. The doors will remain shut because well, it's a roadster and what would be the point? Finally for today, here are the wheels and tires I've settled on. The wheels come from the AMT '69 Cutlass and look to be a pretty faithful replica of early American Racing 5-spokes. These might be a touch too wide (wheels on the real car were all 15x6) but they looks pretty close. I do not know where the rear tires came from, I stole them off of another never-going-to-be-finished hot rod project...they were originally whitewalls with a plastic insert, with that insert on the inside and painted black. Front tires supposedly came from a Revell Ford Thunderbolt kit according to the eBay auction I bought them from. The tread on them is almost non-existent which is frustrating, and they're still a little too tall...but close enough unless I find something better.

Started on page 1 then skipped to page 6 and wow you took it up quite a few notches. Excellent detailed and clean build.

Uff da! That’s rough about the shelf. But glad yo are rebuilding. That Supra was looking great!

These two cars were incredibly influential on me as a youngin’...I did have both as quick-builder kits way back when and did an awful job putting them together. Hopefully I can do them both a little bit more justice this time around.

Thank you! I struggled with hood pins...I have some photo etch ones I might throw on still.