Quiet Eric

With mag wheels and a forward rake, absolutely no skirts. Looks good!

Spotted this beautiful 300ZX on the way to work the other day, going to make me buy my first Japanese kit to replicate it. I must have one! Then last night at the local burger joint...

Got mine from Scale Finishes, they're for airbrush use. I bought an airbrush just so I could use their color selection and so far so good.

I have just the project in mind in case it’s a blanket ‘80’s street rod build off....

I love a good bare chassis, looking great.

Actually I was confused originally thinking R&M but looks like its actually Model Car Garage. The 6-gauge Stewart Warner Ensign panel. Though I can't seem to find it on their website except in the Big Deuce set.

Thanks for the tips Bernard! I’m still contemplating what to do on the dash. But also thanks for the source on that gauge panel as it is exactly what I need.

Nice looking interior!

Great project, can't wait to see it finished. Those west Texas boys knew how to build a racecar!

Thanks a lot guys! Special thanks to you Tim! Its an honor to have you following along. The color has kind of a story. At my last place of employment, we built a pretty high end '32 roadster to compete for a pretty high end award. I had suggested that color and everyone involved liked it so that is what I was expecting. Well, by the time the car's owner and the painter were done tweaking the color, it was nothing short of burnt orange mixed with tangerine. So I decided to keep the Aztec Copper plan for myself, but unfortunately never got around to it. I am thinking of an off white/bone color for the interior.

My justification is that on a real car, you’d be able to make bigger wheels and tires fit and have this stance. But being a model, with the thickness of the plastic and the way all the parts are made it becomes difficult. So I have been known to cut a corner or two to get the look I want, especially if it’s just a quick shelf model.

Working on this for a birth year build-off on another board. Obviously the kit is an '83 but with a color flip from black/silver to silver/black it magically becomes an '84! The red stripe in between will be a challenge. And since I can't leave anything alone, it's getting lowered as much as possible without really hacking things up, and getting the wheels/tires from a Revell '62 Impala kit. Spokes of the wheels will be painted dark grey. Otherwise, the kit will be stock save for maybe a new carburetor and air cleaner. Adapting the kit wheel mounts to the new wheels. Also cut off the molded in kit disc brakes to both add separate bigger versions and to narrow the track up a little to fit the new wheels. Haven't sorted out the front suspension just yet. Had to cut the tops of the rear wheelwells out and thin out the inside surface for clearance. Don't think I'll be doing anything else about them as they'll be very hidden. Kit rear springs will be cut down. Up front I had to cheat a lot. Cut away as much of the bottom of the inner fenders as I could without causing a lot of problems. I don't think the area that was opened up will be very visible under the hood. And then, one of the ultimate sins...I cut the tire. Ideally I would like to find smaller outter diamater tires which would fit and look better, but I really don't want to invest a lot into this build and it's on a deadline. Final stance. It'll do!

Nice and accurate chassis detail. Looks great!

Thank you! The gold Moroso valve covers were part of the plan from day 1, a must have. I bet that was a cool Grand Prix. I love Pontiacs.

The 308, Testarossa, and F40 will forever be my favorite era of Ferrari. Great looking cars!

Killer job on the weathering and door innards! Hot Rods for life.

This is one of the hot rods I have built over the years. The body itself it a steel Brookville reproduction, but the frame, grill shell/insert and hood are real '32. I did everything on it myself including building the chassis. It's a pretty basic hot rod, has a Pontiac 350 and Muncie 4-speed, 9" Ford rear end. Buick brake drums and '40 Ford brakes (up front at least), 15x6 vintage American Racing wheels, an early Corvette steering column and wheel. Before I got the car to the point of being painted and upholstered, I sold it to its current owner in Sweden. So with the model build, it will be a replica of this car but it will be as I intended to finish the 1:1 with paint and interior, and maybe an slight engine upgrade. I figured starting with the Revell kit was best despite its shortcomings. The interior provided is a design like what I would have gone with so I decided to use and improve upon it. If its assembled per the instructions, you have to install the whole interior before you glue the rear wheel wells in. I'm not a fan of that as the wheelwells should be one with the quarter panel. The wheelwells have been glued to the body and will get some filler and bodywork to look one piece. That means the interior needs to be installed from the top which I actually like better. To make this possible I cut the back wall section off of the main floor piece of the interior. It'll go in the trash. Real '32s don't have anything like that, just some support pieces and then the seat itself. On this model, the rear wheelwells to a fine job of locating the body on the chassis so that rear wall area is kinda redundant. The side panels of the interior and the tops of the doors/quarters together out of the box are way too thick. I thinned out the tops of the interior panels quite a bit, then beveled the top edges of both the body and the interior panels so the panels set almost flush. I also separated them into individual pieces for ease of assembly, and more realism. Finally, the kit seat is a little too street roddy for this build, or for what I would have done in the real car. I took the seat from a 3-window kit and sectioned out the top area where the button tufts were to lower the seat back. I want it just visible from the side profile. Had to cut the sides of the seat off too but just enough to fit between the interior panels. This will make for a pretty nice looking interior I think. Out of the box (back panel cut off) Thinned out: Seat fit...a bunch of filler/sanding work to come on the seat back. The picture is kinda washed out, but you get the idea I don't care for the kit supplied dash either. I have started to fit the dash from a 3-window kit too, but it with still require removal of the glove box doors and a/c vents. Thats where I am so far. I thinks I've got the wheels and tires to use figure out. I have a number of other kits to supply appropriate front suspension goodies. Using the 421 from an AMT '62 Pontiac as a start for the engine/trans. The '32 kit has pretty correct ladder bar rear suspension and a 9" ford rear but I'll be converting it to a transverse spring. Pretty excited to make progress on this but also planning to take my time to get it just right. The color will be 1956/7 Corvette Aztec Copper.

Wow, that is a great car! Thanks for sharing. One of the best eras of hot rodding. Thanks for all the kind comments folks, really appreciate it!

Nice build and excellent paint work!

While this is up to the top, I love it! Reminds me of...

I like it, and vote keep the wing.

Where you lost others is where you picked me up, love the wheels and engine choice. Cool build.

Thanks everyone!! Glad y'all dig it. I've got another green tri-5 210 sedan build coming up soon to look out for. Stay tuned!

Great color choice.

This is brilliant. Thank you for sharing!!