OldNYJim

I have to say, working out the headlights on these early rod projects is probably my least favourite part. it's hard to make them strong but in scale, and easy to mount. Your solution is great!

I kinda like these, from the Revell Orage Crate: Meanwhile - got those fiddly awkward to install plug wires in, secured with a tiny bit of Elmer's glue - plus I'd picked up some red fuel line to use for this porject so I got one of the two fuel lines in place (the other one will need to be added when the engine is in the chassis) Need to work on the pulleys next, and figure out what to do with the radiator hoses that dont fit even remotely...

Thanks Wayne! After letting the engine sit for a while (having Alclad'd the bits that needed it) I peeled the masking off and was pretty pleased to find no runs or anything horrible under the tape. The Alclad black base is pretty thin, so i was worried about having it leak under the tape, but no probs there. With that, I got the intake and the plug wire sheaths in place, ready to start plumbing and wiring Before that though, I picked out the bolt detail on the engine with this silver gel rollerball pen that I found at the art store - worked pretty well! I'm looking forward to the plumbing a LOT more that the wiring, I can see the wiring being fiddly, so I'll tackle that next. I ws going to go with red plug wires, but I think there's gonna be a lot of red on this car already so I'm kinda thinking more of black now...more progress when I make some!

It's been a bit cold for painting here this week, but I colorsanded the paint I'd laid down already, got it super smooth and laid down a couple of mist coats of clear and three thick coats - hopefully it stays as smooth as it looks here! Meanwhile, I prepped all the bits that will be either a chrome or metal finish ...airbrushed on Alclad black... ...and laid down some Alclad steel, aluminium and chrome on the various bits. I really need to get the chassis painted so I can start assembling this thing, but once the Alclad has dried on the engine I can start getting that put together and detailed anyway!

I LOVE that headlight beam - I was stuck on a design for one that I'm building and this helped me figure it out! Thanks for posting!

Brilliant! Thanks Tim!

What's the Altoids tin for?

I've never built one before - but I've been collecting some different 32 kits for a series of builds that I've been thinking of and this seemed a fun one to start with!

Thanks James! Slow progress here - I've been waiting for the weather to be half decent to lay some paint down. Managed to get three mist coats on the body and grilleshell today, let it sit for three or four hours, sanded out a few imperfections and then laid down a thicker coat...doesn't look too bad so far! I'll let the lacquer harden for 24 hours, smooth it down one more time and then put some hi-gloss clear over the top to make it all shiny and pretty It looks prety orange-peely on the roof there but that's the texture on the moulded in fabric roof - the rest looks pretty shiny so far! Fingers crossed it dries that shiny!

Ohhh, that looks GREAT! I love it, looks great with a couple of slices taken out!

A couple of small updates, seeing as I didn't get chance to get any paint laid down today...made some simple pipes... They need a little filler to hide the kinks (solid bar would have been better but I didnt have any), and after a couple of days of thinking I worked out a solution to adding a taillight to the rear. I didnt want to put them on the bodywork, so I modified the kit license plate / single light and affixed a pin so it can mount to the bottom of the frame right at the rear Hopefully I'll get chance to lay some paint down tomorrow - the engine block needs a couple more coats of clear to get it as glossy as I'd like, and the body and grille are ready to go having painted the inside of the body over the weekend, cleared it and carefully masked it back up again. More progress soon!

This is an old post, but what's that build Dale? Looks STUNNING!

Having seen your MG build Graham, I would think you'd be able to do what I'm doing here easily! The only non-kit parts so far are the wheels, and everything else is made from styrene sheet or bar mostly. No special tools, just a hobby knife and a scriber. You can do it!

Got the door pockets made, inspired by the ones on a stock 32 Theyre kinda hard to see with the seats in place, but I figure they would be on the 1:1 too Whilst I was working on the tub I added some laminated styrene strips to the outside to fill a gap that's visible beween the frame and body when viewed from underneath And I laid down some red on the block - I want to clear over it I think to get it really shiny Now to find some taillights so I can figure out where I'll mount them on the body and get the body ready for primer!

Made some more progress on this build in the past week - lots of little bits and pieces, but I'm excited to get close to paint so I can start laying some colour down on this thing! First up, I shaved all this funky detail off the firewall and made it nice and smooth and attached it to the body so I could get that sanded and ready for primer The molded-in detail on the interior tub is pretty minimal to say the least, so I sanded it off... ...and started adding some detail to make it look a little better. I'm going for a relatively simple design along the lines of the stock 32 door cards which had a cool 'pouch' build into them which I need to fabricate Peg City over here putting the seats and rear axle together. These little mini pegs are SUPER useful - theyre just the right size to hold the two axle halves together perfectly and keep it aligned whilst I glue it Whilst they were drying I worked on getting the framerails nice and smooth - there was a small plastic stub on the drivers side to mount the steering box, but to make sanding easier I removed that and replaced it with a little piece of aluminum rod. I still need to fill that little low spot right behind it before I can prime the chassis and paint it, although it's nearly invisible when the body is in place Last up, I used the same metal tube to make some plug wire sleeves like the car would have had from the factory and got holes drilled for plug wires so that the engine's ready for some color Ohhh, and the paint arrived too - we're going with a nice bright Tamiya Italian Red, probably with a tan interior (maybe basball mitt color), and a red engine with some chrome detail to break up all the color. More progress as I make it!

What type of clear is that? Looks AMAZING after youve polished it!

I wondered about finding a Lego man with a similar helmet on too, but same thing - it might be a bit too big...what scale are Legomen's heads?

I wondered about using one of those - would it be WAY too big though? Anyone got one sitting aroundwho could give me an idea of size at all? Thanks for the replies guys!

Anyone ever seen one of these in resin? Or in a kit, even?

At least they did a decent job with the instructions for the parts that you dont get One thing you do get is a couple front axles, and I picked this tube axle arrangement (bottom) over the stock axle (top) as it dropped the front a scale inch or so... I mocked up the kit flathead ready for for some detailing: The new bits in place (I found a correct grille for it in my stash!) And a mockup with the new bits: Off to work on the engine some more and research early Flatheads!

OHHHHHHH, this is going to be cool!

So, I saw this kit on eBay and thought 'oh cool!'. I've always liked 32s, I like oval cars, this kit seemed like a must-buy. Those dirt tyres, the ironwork, those wheels - awesome! Disapointment when it arrived though - its the standard Vicky kit with basically NONE of the cool parts on the box. Not the tyres, the wheels, the ironwork, those cool exhausts...the instruction sheet directs you to use styrene and resin parts to complete the build as on the box. What the.... It's LITERALLY impossible to build to look like the picture out of the box. To add insult to injury, my sealed kit didn't even have a grill shell . Anyway, not to be deterred, I'm going to build it anyway, and make some kinda clean simple 60s showcar/drag car/hot rod out of it. I dug out some parts I had and found a grille shell (not the correct one, but its for a 32 anyway...) and some wheels from an Orange Crate that I picked up for spares (the kit wheels included are pretty terrible) and before I know it we had a battleplan! I'm going with the kit flathead, and it'll be pretty much out of box aside from the missing bits and the stuff that I can't bring myself to use. Add a little detail, use the kit Flathead, focus on my paint skills and have a nice (relatively simple) build. Famous last words...

What a cool build! Cant wait to see more!

Thanks for the nice comments guys! It's kinda slow progress on this one - I'm spending 10x as much time working things out as actually building, but I've got some time off planned soon so I'll spend some more time at the bench. In the meantime, here's another shot of the front end (held together with sewing pins right now for ease of mockup) I'm going to start on hanging the rear end soon... I made a little Moon tank using a pen barrel and some resin hubcaps And I've started collecting parts for the engine, including this cool intake setup from The Parts Box in Australia - I might find some nice machined aluminum stacks to stick out through the hood More progress as I make it!

And another little update - I had to wait for some thin aluminum tube to arrive so I could continue with the front end but it arrived this lunchtime so I got right to work making a couple of bars to finish off the front suspension: It's held together with some micro drill bits right now whilst I wait for some scale fasteners to arrive, but in the meantime I'm going to work on fabricating some front shocks and cleaning up the front end parts gently to remove the flash that you can see in the pics.