Chris B

Work has been slow on the model of late with multiple Birthdays including my own and one of my daughters getting married in another city. I have spent a lot of time traveling out of town. First off I soaked the diff from the 32 roadster in Simple Green to remove the paint and as the top of the diff is hollow I filled the space with epoxy putty and shaped to the desired shape. I also soaked the chrome quick change center section in bleach to remove the chrome. I then made a silicon mold of the center section The part closest to the mold is the cast part This is my first attempt at making a mold and casting my own part and I am pretty happy with how it came out. Next will be to make a mold of the diff and cast a resin part so that I can reshape and adapt the quick change to the diff

Here's another one for you

This project reminds me of this Terraplane here in NZ

Love this, very creative. Your execution of the body mods are flawless. Cant wait to see how this one progresses.

Aye yes I remember that now, still it's an outstanding build. Well done

I can't believe how quickly you have built this model. Your attention to detail is sublime. Beautiful model well done

Another quick update. Work has been a bit slow over the last couple of weeks. I decided as I have modified pretty much everything on this kit so far why stop there. Initially I planed on using the kit rear axle for this build and I extended the axle tubes to allow me room to cut to length to suit the skinny wheel choice and finned brake drums. But then I decided that it would be better with a quick change diff . I started to look around for aftermarket resin items with no luck, so then I asked around for anyone that may have one in there parts box with no result So i guess that means I will just have to make one myself. I looked through my parts stash for a suitable axle to modify but could not find anything that I liked the look of. Then by chance I saw a Vintage Monogram 32 Ford roadster kit come up for sale. I already have this model that I built 36ish years ago but couldn't resist turning down the opportunity to own an un-built kit to add to the stash, my bid was successful and I now own this kit. While looking through the opened box I noted that this diff looked like a good donor. Not wanting to open the bags I removed the diff from the built model. This model was a little run down and stored away in a box in the top of my wardrobe and when fishing it out I noted a sprue from an equally as old Revell 3 n 1 Hot Rod kit. On this sprue was a center for a quick change diff My plan is to remove the paint from the diff and the chrome from the quick change diff center, make silicon molds of both parts them modify the new castings to resemble the Quick change diff I want. Progress updates to come ?

Thanks for your comments Alan and as I said I love your model and as it is really similar to my build in some aspects it goes to show that Aussies and New Zealanders do think alike. Love the dice shifter knob Cheerrs Chris

They are very similar to your average o-ring. o-rings are available in made many different materials dependent on there application. I chose to use EPDM o-rings as they have excellent resistance to ozone, sunlight, and weathering so I felt that in many years to come hopefully the steering wheel will not have deteriorated as it may if just using rubber. i don't have any particular preference to size, in this case I did not have a lot of room for a larger sized steering wheel so I choose to make my own. After cutting the wheel spokes down to the size that fitted I took it to a local bearing supply store that I knew stocked a large range of o-rings I bought two different sizes of the correct diameter, the difference being the profile size ie how fat the o-ring section was and made two wheels then fitted them and chose the one that looked more visually appealing

Thanks for your comments Alan You are close with your guess. I am from New Zealand, very top of the south island. Love your build it looks awesome

This looks interesting, can't wait to see how this one progresses

Thanks for your comments guys

Nice work Dennis, looks sharp

Thanks Slusher

Thanks so much for your comments guys

A quick update. i have been working on the engine again and have completed the fuel lines to the carbs. The lines were bent up out of .025 inch craft wire and the fittings are from Top Studio. the fuel block is made from styrene. I an yet to mack a pressure regulator that I will fashion out of styrene.

I vote black for the interior. I'm surprised at how many of us are building 32 Phaetons at the moment Although red slightly on the brown side would also look good with that blue

Time to liven things up in the interior.I watched a few tutorials on YouTube on realistic painting to get a leather effect. I used Citadel Paints and followed the method demonstrated on the Artis Opus YouTube channel. To simulate carpet I used the Embossing Powder method sealed down by a finely airbrushed coat of satin black over the Powder and some careful dry brushing. I made an accelerator and brake pedal out of styrene stock and added some detail master pedal faces. The dash is primed ready for paint and closely represents the finished color that I have chosen for the car SMS Medium Grey.. Wheels will be gloss Black.

Wow the pickup is a stunning build love the color choice and those wheels finish it off beautifully

Awesome build, looks great

Love this it kinda reminds me of this

Thanks for following along guys hopefully I can keep it interesting

From here I have moved on to the motor. It is a bit of a kit bash starting with the original block and transmission from the AMT 32 Ford Phaeton kit I widened the block with some styrene to take the cylinder heads and rocker covers from an old Monogram Snake rail dragster kit. I also modified the trans and trans mount to get the engine to sit back further to allow for the lower blower belt pulley. The whole front of the block is also scratch built from styrene to make a water pump and the top and bottom radiator hose fittings also all scratch built from styrene I also added some frost plug casting details to the sides of the block made from tiny brass washers from an old carb rebuild kit just to add a bit of realism the blower is the original blower that came with the Phaeton kit and the manifold was modified to fit the cylinder heads and also to suit the new placement of the scratch built dizzy in the original Hemi position The blower belt and pulleys are also from the Phaeton kit but the idler pulley and the idler mount are scratch built, I also added some tiny bolt details to the top pulley The water pump and alternator pulleys were parts pox bits modified to get the correct spacing's. the carbs are Scale Production items yet to be detailed up and fuel lines fitted The plug wires are made from 30awg kynar wrapping wire. The plug boots were made but cutting some small circles from styrene with a small hole punch and drilling a hole in the center of them, with wire insulation slipped over the ends of the wires and then pocked through the holes in the styrene circles with a little paint I think they look pretty good. I also added some detail to the blower pulley by adding more of the same studs and nuts that i used on the steering box mount. The carbs at this stage are just sitting there to add some dimension. they will be painted in Holley gold and details added, fuel lines and linkages etc. There is also a plenum that goes between the blower and carbs

I spent a long time searching for a steering wheel that was the correct size but could not find anything small enough so I decided to attempt to make my own. I had several wheels from monogram 30's era cars all the same design so I cut down the spokes to accept Ethylene-Propylene O rings. i had a choice of two section thicknesses so I make two wheels to compare the appearance Wheel B was my preferred option

I love the look of the cowl mount steering so decided to attempt scratch building a steering box from styrene stock, basically I cut several pieces of tube and slipped them over each other and cut some webs from flat stock and assembled it all to look something like a speedway style box. The nuts and studs securing the mounting block are from T2M Tuner Model Manufactory The dash and interior tub was modified to take the steering box. The seats I have chosen to use were from the kit but the backs have been thinned up a little I felt that the door trim panels were a little plain so I added styrene that I scribed to resemble a pleated design I also scratch built a gear lever. The knob was made from Milliput epoxy putty rolled between my fingers to form a ball of the desired size. Once this had hardened a hole was drilled into the knob to take a pin that I bent to the desired shape. The boot was made from styrene stock that was cut to shape and stacked in layers to give the basic shape a slurry of thinned epoxy putty was then brushed over the boot and once hardened was brushed with a fiber glass brush to knock off the edges