OldNYJim

I wonder what happened to THAT tooling? Seemed like a lot of effort to go to, to release it once (in seemingly limited numbers, based on how hard they are to find compared to the other Deuce kits) and then hide it away for almost a decade...

This thread will be right up your alley:

Even when I get the wrong guy, you still know the answer! ?

Soft or hard shell?

I think I remember @tim boydonce writing in an article or posting online somewhere about the AMT Ford Courier frame and running gear being a good basis for modernizing a 40 Ford...but my memory is a little vague. Tim to the courtesy phone please!

Love how this thing sits! You surprised me with the wheel choice - I figured it’d be something more old-school but I like ‘em! Excited to see the colorscheme you have in mind!

Thank you sir! I don’t do a tonne of replicas, but it’s fun doing some research and trying to get close to the real one as best I can! Today’s project was the diff and rear suspension. I haven’t been able to find a tonne of pictures of the rear end of the real car, but it definitely doesn’t look too much like this: Kinda blocky and bulky and doesn’t look a bunch like a C4 Vette’s rear suspension (which is what the real Chezoom ran). So, using the few reference pictures I could find, I did some slicing and dicing and building and got something a lot closer to what the real car ran: I had to use a little artistic license to make it play nice with the frame and interior tub, but it’ll look a lot better than the blobular assembly that Testors put in the box: Back at the front of the car, spent a little time today doing some detailing on the steering rack that I made last week - used some micro O-rings, dollar store craft wire, photoetch and a model railroad bolt…came out ok I think: And finally, gave the body a first round of sanding having primed it yesterday - found a few imperfections that I hadn’t seen before…still need to do some work on that front quarter: More soon!

Bob, dude, that is a HUGE help!!! I was going to go hunting for a good scan so I could make some paint masks and paint one to look like the original issue. Awesome! Thank you!

Ha, I was going to post the exact same thing today! I’m impressed with how nice of a job Atlantis did with this kit. I wish there was a copy of the original decals included, but that’s nitpicking really - I’m just delighted they brought it back! This AND the Groovy Grader! Wonder if they’ve got the Red Baron? Bet that would sell well…

You’re right! I’ve got the acrylic bottle paint version of that here, which is what I’m trying to work with - and I’ve ordered a handful of the currently-available teal enamel that I’m told is a match. The R/C paint is much more easily available, it seems like, but I’m not sure how much I trust it over styrene. That said, my paint experiments continued today and I think I got it figured out. Mixed up some Future with bright blue Pearl Ex powder and tested that over the black/teal basecoat combo that I decided was ALMOST right and got REALLY close to what I think the real color should be. The clear/Pearl Ex mix, ready for a light coat or two: A bunch of suspension and engine parts, ready for clear: And the results after pearl blue and then a gloss coat: In daylight the blue pearl seems to flip and flop and give that kingfisher blue color that you see on the real car, but in the low spots and less bright light it dips down to dark emerald green and almost black. I think we got it! The weather was really nice here today, perfect spraying weather, so I shot some filler primer on the body so that I can see how much more work that’s going to need: And everything’s in the dehydrator now baking overnight so I can maybe start assembling some small pieces tomorrow. More soon!

Had a good day today! This showed up: Impressed at how good of a job Atlantis did on this! Super sharp crisp moldings, the chrome is great - even the box feels well made! Nice job Atlantis! This arrived from eBay - seller said it was complete, which I could tell from the pics it wasn’t but for under $8 I’ll be able to do something with it: And my now bi-weekly trip to Hobby Lobby netted me a couple more Revell 29 Roadster kits for my stash…they actually had five on the shelf but I restrained myself. Already thinking of new variations on this kit I’d like to do once the ‘30 Coupe comes back - got ten on the shelf now so I probably don’t need any more right now ?

My local store had a pretty decent re-stock! Nothing new that jumped out at me, but they’d been needing to restock those shelves a little!

Tom McEwan ‘57 Chevy kits are starting to ship this coming week, according to today’s Atlantis Newsletter.

I’m still buying the roadster kit at a rate of a couple a month just to build a stockpile! Will definitely be stocking up on these too!

Aww yeah! I've been looking forward to seeing some more on this thread! Bring it on dude!!!

Hey buddy! I’ve found it works just fine for what I’ve been using it for - and I like that the tube has a super-fine little nozzle to help apply it. I’ve been letting it set up for 48 hours before sanding and I haven’t really had any trouble at all - it just works like you would hope it would! That said, I haven’t tried anything other than a few little pinholes and imperfections so far - but I did have a sink mark on the hood that needed some attention so I’ll try that and see if it works ok there too! @showrods - thank you!! Still working away on some little bits so I can get some major components painted and start posting some interesting stuff - lots of priming and filling and sanding work. I’ve been trying to figure out how best to replicate the color of the real car. Now, I know Testors MAKES (made?) the exact color for this car…but it isn’t the right color. Well, it kinda is; apparently the real car was shot in a standard GM teal and then had a blue and green pearl coat laid over that, whereas the Testor’s paint is a straight metallic green. A good starting point, but the more complicated process they did on the real car explains somewhat why it could end up looking either teal… …or a much more blue-toned color… …or an even BLUER green/blue teal: …or just a plain old metallic green… …or even close to black or purple… …depending on the light. Of course, these photos are from a variety of sources and different qualities and processed differently - but it makes for a challenge to match the color when it looks so different so many different places. So, using some spoons and a variety of base colors I’ve been messing with spoons the last couple of evenings. From top to bottom we’ve got Testor’s Chezoom Teal over light gray, olive green, black, dark blue and light green. Obviously the grey primer and light green are out, which leaves these three possible contenders: Seen here under a bright LED lamp, I think of these three the left spoon is probably closest - which is the version with the black base. In regular daylight the blue base (right spoon) looks the closest…but then under a light it’s WAY too blue. Next test I think will be shooting some blue pearl over these (particularly the teal-over-black) to see if that lightens it up a touch and gives it the same flip-flop quality that the real car has where it can be REALLY dark green, or almost a man electric kingfisher blue. Soon as I figure this part out I can actually start painting some of the big parts and detail and assemble some stuff! More soon (and comments and ideas welcome on that color…) - thanks for looking!

Interested to hear what you think of the gasser kit - I’ve been thinking of building one of those…

Thank you for all the nice comments everybody! Love hearing people’s memories of the 1:1! I picked this book up from Goodwill - got some more research material to help me along here: I’ve been trying to make a conscious effort to have something worth showing after my usual two/three hours of bench time every night…tonight’s project was the front brakes. Now, the kit didn’t come with any, but I had some of the right diameter in my resin parts stash that would work. Problem was, the front wheels have these unusual pill-shaped centers: I carefully chucked them into my little lathe so I could machine a little off, and clean up the back of those rims a little too whilst I was at it: Success! I’ll need to modify them a little to look more like the 1:1 parts but they’re pretty well hidden in the wheels anyway. In other news, I picked up this Vallejo Plastic Putty last week to try, having seen some good reviews of it - I guess it’s kinda like when people melt styrene in some glue to make a paste? Works GREAT for filling little pinholes, I’ve discovered: And I’ve started prepping some of the suspension pieces and getting them into paint - there’s surprisingly few bare-metal components on this car, but there’s a few on the frame where I’ll get to use some metalizers: Not a very exciting update - but a little progress from the bench at least! More soon!

What a cool story! Do you still have the model? Would love to see pics of it!

$50 does seem high - am I right in remembering this kit doesn't even have an engine?

I just tried adding as many as it would let me to my cart - it maxed out at 9233 cans...so I guess they have decent stock of it

This is coming along great! Always enjoy your scratchbuilding and kitbashing That Grant wheel is really cool! Never saw one of those before!

Thanks everyone! I think it’s the exact same body as the curbside, right down to the closed hood. The very last step in the instructions, is to open the hood “if you feel comfortable with the procedure” ?: Kinda late to be cutting the hood open once you’ve finished everything else and already glued the body to the frame if you ask me ?‍♂️ The kit does include some nicely moulded hood latches, but if you use those you're stuck with an open hood so they won’t work for what I’m doing here. I’d to see your take on a Chezoom by the way Claude - always enjoy and appreciate your work! Tiny update, as I was replying anyway - got the frame all cleaned up and ready for color, and mixed up some very-dark-gray paint to match the semi-gloss powdercoating on the real one: I’m contemplating picking up either a Monogram or AMT C4 Corvette kit to help with detailing up the suspension on this build, seeing as that’s what the real one used. Anyone reading this got either of those kits in their stash? I’d be interested to hear which has the nicer detailing. More soon!

Saw it posted on one of the modeling Facebook groups ??

This sounds interesting: