OldNYJim

3 or 5 get my vote...

Excuse the long title but I couldn't think how to shorten it and have it still make sense I spent the day sanding louvres off the hood of a 32 that I'm building but I'm bit worried about them ghosting back through the plastic once I paint it. I'll be using Tamiya primer and some kind of automotive lacquer with clear over the top. Any suggestions to make sure they dont reappear as soon as I lay the last coat of paint down?

They're pretty powdery at this point - might take some reshaping to get them usable Just a mini update, seeing as i was replying to the post above anyway...I wanted to lose the top bar of the windshield frame and lay it back a bit. Not a big job, but I'm pleased to have it done! Box stock: After: A real update coming soon, when I've made some real progress!

This is probably my favourite thread on this site right now - what a great build!

Continuing with the bodywork here - I wanted to smooth out the louvres on the hoodsides and the hood, so I spent a few minutes with my favourite new tool - I little diamond file. Makes quick work of smoothing these out! Nice and smooth! The fit isn't as perfect as I'd like, so I'll need to do some tweaking to get them just-so I had to use a little putty on them to smooth out some ejector pin marks on the insides of the panels too, and whilst I was doing that I filled a couple on the chassis, underside of the hood and on the seat too And, so I can start to get the engine assembled and detailed I smoothed out the valve covers too (top: before, bottom: after) Next up, work on chopping down the windscreen and adjusting the frame to suit!

Great pics, thanks for posting those Dave!

Any progress on this one Michael? Can't wait to see more of this one!

Cool, I had one just like it in baby blue! What engine is in yours?

What a gorgeous build! Great job! Love the paint especially, and the stock firewall is cool too - nice touch!

Huh! I learned a thing! Thanks Dave!

So, first job was to mock up the wheels I chose with the kit axles and see how it sits: Not bad in the front but kinda high in the rear - gave it more of a raked look than I wanted. Luckily, the fix was pretty easy - there's a couple of pins that protrude from the chassis that hold the axle in place... I just needed to file those down a couple of scale inches - got the wheel sitting just where I wanted in the arches Much better! Next up, remove the fuel tank and bumper mounts from the rear end, and fit a strip of plasticard to to bridge the gap between the body and the top of the frame Whilst I was doing some bodywork, I wanted to make the bead that runs around the tops of the doors level rather than having this dip at the rear I used some half-circular plastic rod, cut into smaller angled segments where needed and brought the line upwards a little - it'll need some filler and sanding to make it perfect but it's not too far off Whilst I was staring at those four holes next to the rear decklid I stretched some old kit sprue and made some plugs for them Then, finally today for this update, I sanded the moulded in badge detail from the front grille to smooth it out a little Off to work on the engine now! The it has a small block Chevy in - and though this build will be designed to be displayed with the hood and hoodsides in place, I'm going to make it look as nice as I can. Maybe permanently affix the hoodsides and have the top part of the hood removable? More progress as I make it!

There's probably aligators outside anyway - best to stay at the bench

So, my last build was a red 32 Vicky and I wanted to build a series of Deuces in all the primary colours to make a nice colorful display. Red down, next up is the orange one! I also wanted to try building as many of the different 1:25 Deuce kits as I can find and not just the Revell ones. This one is a 1980s Monogram kit that I found on eBay Buy It Now for a super cheap price: It looks like a pretty nicely molded kit - Small Block Chevy included and decent detail. I'm not super excited about those wire wheels or the clunky looking roof tho, and I think cleaning up some of the trinkets and doodads off this thing would make it look nicer. Shave the door handles and hinges, bob the rear fenders a little maybe, lose the front and rear bumpers and make the headlights and taillights sit on there a little nicer. Paint it all in a bright glossy Dukes of Hazzard solid orange, swap the wheels out for something more modern (my last build was pretty traditional so I thought a more modern build would be fun), get it sitting right and make it look a little more street rod than hot rod for this one. That said, I dont want to reengineer the kit - just take what's there, add a couple of parts to detail it up and just make it look cool. More soon, soon as I have more

THanks Misha! It looks shinier in real life than on my not very good camera - it looked better on my iPhone! The headlight lenses fit TERRIBLE, they basically fall inside the lights but I'm looking for another pair to put on there that actually fit. The taillight is hidden below the licence plate _ I didnt want to ruin that nice curvy rear end! Thanks Donald! Thanks Frank! I used some super thin aluminum tube, I was pretty pleased with how they came out! Thanks Marty! Thanks Steve! Thanks Dan! I used Tamiya Italian Red! I'm going to do an orange Deuce next, then a yellow one...and so on until I have a nice line up of primary colored 32s! Thanks David! Theyre such a fun kit! Thanks Mike! Like I said in a previous post, it didnt photograph as nicely as it looks in real life - I'll have to take some better ones. I was pleased with the shine in the clear but it doesnt really show in the pics as well The paint took me longer than anything else! I used some automotive primer, sanded it flat, then some light coats of the red until it covered and then a decent automotive clear - polishing out any dust or imperfections in between coats. Took a lot of patience to do it that way, what with letting the paint harden before polishing and reapplying but taking it slow and steady is definitely the best lesson I learned so far to help get great (or at least, better) paintjobs Thank you Greg! Loved all the comments guys, they really made me smile....off to start on my next Deuce!

Being the least impotant doesnt sound THAT bad. Better than being the MOST impotant anyway...

And...done!

My first 'Under Glass' post! The build thread, for anyone interested...

...and on with some final assembly. Despite the relative simplicity of this kit, a lot of the fitment is what I would call character building, even factoring in some of the provisions I made through the build to make it a little easier. Getting there though...

Looks gorgeous so far - GREAT paint!

Great advice! Thanks James! Went with a darker shade for the interior - I woke up this morning and thought "oh God, this is terrible". Prefer it in the darker brown, even though I imaged the lighter color looking better.

HAHA! Busted

I cant believe noone commented on this build yet since yesterday - what a gorgeous looking 32! I'd have it in MY collection too, so I can't blame your grandson

Great build Austin - I like the colors that you chose!

This build is a masterclass Greg! I love it so far! great job! Keep us posted with plenty of pics!

THis thing is GORGEOUS James - I love the color, and that engine looks great! Those pipes are crazy!