Dan Hay

Any updates?

Looks good! Is there a separate piece of trim that goes on the hood to separate the tops from the hood sides? I know the real ones have it.

I didn't realize until now that you only opened up one side on the doors. Good idea, keeps the body more rigid and you really only need to open up one side for display. Looking good so far!

You brush painted that thing? Incredible! Looks good!

I've got one of these, and planned to build it right out of the box as well. Really looks good!

Really cool! Makes me want to build the Corvette from “Hot Rods to Hell”

Awesome! I’ll be watching because I might like to build one too. I rode to school every day of my senior year in high school in my best friend’s 64 Olds F-85 4 door. That was 1994-1995 so it was pretty wore out by then and bent on every corner, but that car brings back memories.

🤣Just don’t do any 4 grand clutch drops and you’ll be fine. I abused an early ford trans behind a 350 and never broke it but my uncle sheered the teeth off of first gear dropping the clutch in his 47 sedan. I think my saving grace were the bias plys that never hooked on any surface

That’s really sharp! I’m not really a Camaro guy but I dig that one and that’s saying something! I’ve got a 1/12 67 Corvette in process. I think I like the painted steel wheels and caps the best.

I have considered grafting stock louvers from a Revell 32 into the side hoods but I think it’ll look weird because of the scale difference and the monogram hoods are longer. Wheels look good and the cross ram is definitely more interesting!

Kelseys!

Yeah I’m aware of the width issue. I chucked them up in a cordless drill and “machined” them down to fit with a 80 grit file. Totally worth it, they look great!

Looks great! I recently robbed those wires for another build, but I want to build this Riv.

You can get styrene pretty hot before it warps. Are you sure that it did t get near a heat source? No way it did that from your hands. I put bodies in scalding water and still have to put a good twist on them to unwarp them.

I built my hiboy blue and white to clone a real 32 roadster my dad had at the time. The two tone was weird, it was blue above the belt line and wrapped around the body behind the top. It was kinda ugly car in my mind today but back then I loved that thing and couldn’t wait to ride in it every chance I got. Funny I think he had that around 93 as well!

Funny, I’ve been thinking about this kit for a while now, and recently did some comparison with it and a Revell 32. I really like the old monogram grille and shell better, among a few other details. Also, the hoods are noticeably longer on the monogram vs Revell. I know the monogram is 1/24 but even with the scale difference it looks better on the monogram. Because of my love of deuces I probably built this kit more than any other, I even remember sawing off the fenders out in the garage on dads bandsaw to make a highboy. So now you got my brain going and will probably build one myself in the near future! The only problem when starting a deuce build is deciding how to build it. Can’t wait to see this one finished with your usual quality and attention to detail.

Super cool!

The kit came with opening doors. They were a real pain. I almost glued them shut. I had to shave about 1/8” off both armrests to get the doors to close, and now that they close the drivers door is nearly impossible to open. Too much paint build up in the doorjamb I guess. Thanks for the kind words!

Finished this up today. Dang this kit went together hard. Nothing seemed to fit, but I won in the end. Mostly box stock with wheels and tires from the Barris 65 Riviera, lake pipes from the Revell 49 Merc. Paint was inspired by Jim Doss’ 58 Chevy painted by Larry Watson. Tamiya purple and light Pearl blue covered in Tamiya clear. Then colorsanded with 3000 then polished with 3M Perfect-it 3 stage compound and polish. Lots of chrome trim removed if you know what a 58 Impala looks like. Thanks for looking!

Really cool!

Wow! Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear... you made that ugly old truck down right beautiful! I'm taking notes as I'm doing a custom 55 F-100 at the moment.

Looks great! Thanks for the Indycals link. I had no idea they existed.

The Jo-Han quality is very good despite that they were produced in the 60’s.

That’s sharp! I’ve got a Jo-Han 31 Cad that this build makes me want to build.

I love Cadillacs, and have felt the model selections are sparse. Glad you're doing this kit some justice. I have one of these built, but box stock so I look forward to see it done and more detailed.