OldNYJim

Great tips Greg, thank you! I won one of these kits in the raffle at a show last year and I’ve been casually researching these trucks to learn a little about them. Great to have some of the flaws and fixes spelled out, thank you!

I have never used either the focus stacking technique for taking photos OR the trick of auto/blending the layers in Photoshop - great tips Urs, thank you! Do you have any recommendations on lenses? I’m using a base-model EOS that I picked up recently, with the standard 18-55 lens that comes with it but getting everything sharp and crisp is tricky…

Thanks fellas!! I’m not familiar with the siding stock Evergreen, I’ll have to check that out! Thanks for the tip! Tiny update tonight, because it’s our wedding anniversary this week and I’m meant to be spending time with my wife… I went through a tonne of options for headlamps on this thing…I knew I wanted some real big stock-sized ones, even having read a bunch of different times by different people that those big old headlamps were the first thing to go on a lot of hopped up early Coupes like this. I figure I like them now, and if I was building this in the 60s I’d like them then too, so I’m rolling with it… Ended up, after an hour of playing with about every pair of lights in my stash, going with a pair from the kit ?. I didn’t like how high and far-forward the kit had them though, so I drilled out the brackets on the frame, added pins and then drilled the lights out so they drop right on: I need to fix that kit grill - they always seem to want to lean backwards and it’s bugging me…also mine sat way off center, which I’ve since fixed. I like the look tho! I’d like to get the frame wrapped up this weekend, but I’d also like to figure out scratchbuilding a 40 Ford style crossmember for it, plus I’d like to mess with the engine and scratchbuild an exhaust I have in mind…plenty to do before I can start confidently laying down any paint I think… Like I say, just a mini update - thanks for looking!

I never knew this kit existed - cool!!! Looks like a good start - I’ll be watching!

Thank you! Huh! I knew someone would know - thanks Bob! Thank you too, Paul! A little more progress tonight - working on some of the boring stuff so I can get to the fun stuff… Printed some nice brake drums for the back - not that you’ll be able to see TOO much of them from normal viewing angles, but I still like the look of any kind of ribbed drum: I don’t mind drums on the back, but I think I’d feel better about disks on the front if I was building this for real…so I tweaked the kit parts a little to make them work with the new wheels I printed… I’m using the kit steering linkage, but I won’t be using the standard rack and box that mounts to the frame - I really like this little cowl-mount steering linkage that came in the old Revell Parts Packs and wanted to use it (even if it would be far from ideal for a 1:1 build)…using it strictly for the coolness factor… Whilst I had the printer running, printed a Mustang (I think?) radiator… And because I don’t want a mechanical fan spinning out front of that cool Hemi I’ll be using, printed a fan too…the fan especially is a BIG upgrade from the kit Revell part… And that’s tonight’s progress…tomorrow’s project will probably be headlamps, and then I need to do some more work on the frame…thanks for looking!

We’ve all been there I’m sure - it’s surprising how badly most red colors will cover anything other than white or pink. Actually, I found a yellow primer in Ace Hardware a while back that worked pretty well too…but even a light gray can be too dark for some red paints. Don’t be discouraged, this is coming along great!

This is coming along nicely - and you did a GREAT job designing that air filter! Looks awesome! What did you use to design it?

Nice work so far - did you make that hydraulic pump?

Nice start - that Inca gold will be a GREAT color on one of these!

Agreed! I love hard-to-find old stuff like this! Is that a Dudek machined axle?!

This is a great looking build - I need to pick one of these up myself! Great color you mixed up too!

Those look GREAT! Have you had any issues shooting it over anything at all? I assume it’s not particularly ‘hot’?

Thanks for all the comments, gents… @bobss396 - thanks for sharing those printed parts! Those are all cool - could definitely find a use for all of those! A little more progress tonight… Ended up going with the hairpins on the front end - that was my first instinct and I like how they look: I drilled them out (carefully!!) at the frame end so I could pin them to some brackets I added to the frame: I’ll let the glue set overnight and clean up those brackets ready for paint… As you can see I printed up some wheels and tires too - a friend sent me this file and they’re not something he sells, as far as I know, but they’re super nice! I think he’s on here, so feel free to speak up and take credit if you want it [redacted person’s name]. Now I’ve got the front and rear suspension roughly where it’ll live, time for the first mock-up of this on it’s wheels: Need to print some better wheels - these were a test and they’re a little rough, but I love how they look! And finally tonight, I was thinking about the interior and felt like hunting for some parts…it’s fun to visit the junkyard! Found these bucket seats from ???: I think they’d be a more sensible choice than a bench seat - haven’t totally got my heart set on them yet but they fit pretty well and have the kind of look I imagined. I wonder if they’re meant to look like a particular 1:1 product? Anyone know? And that’s it for tonight - next jobs are figuring out brakes and getting the axle widths correct, and I want to play with some headlamps too, try and find something that matches what’s in my head…more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

This will be a cool one - following!!

That looks great!

Vallejo rubber black is a good one too - slightly lighter

Have you got any pics of anything you shot with that Duplicolor clear? I love the high gloss look you get with an enamel…

Thanks fellas! Some of my favorite builders of hot rod stuff on here are @Dennis Lacy, @Kit Karson and @Rocking Rodney Rat, along with @tim boyd - lots of inspiration if you go through their old threads! They’re all a LOT more knowledgable than me on early hot rod stuff, but I’m going to try my best anyway… Juan’s a cool guy! I didn’t see that particular frame, I’ll take a look! Someone makes a pre-zee’d frame that allows you to use all the Revell kit parts without any modifications - I’d like to try one of those at some point too… I saw your post today with the framework - I’d been thinking of adding a ‘40 crossmember to this one too… Meanwhile, had a quick hour at the bench tonight - stripped the chrome off the tube axle from the current Revell 32 Roadster kit, and dug around my parts boxes for something interesting to compare it to while I was waiting. I would LIKE to use this old Revell Parts Pack axle (front)… …but I do prefer the look of the tube axle so I think that’ll win out… Also pondering linkages - hairpins or the split wishbones from the current 29/30 Model A kit? The wishbones would match the rear nicely, but the hairpins are a little less beefy and chunky looking…any opinions, anyone? Also had the printer fired up this evening - printed a stock(ish) firewall to replace the standard Revell piece. I’ll need to figure out how much room the motor and trans will need and then modify the file accordingly, but I like how my test piece looks anyway… And, finally, I ordered a roll of embossing aluminum to play with - I wanted to try using it to easily reproduce stuff like stamped floorboards…did a quick ‘rubbing’ of a floor from the old Monogram 32 to see if I might be able to make some pieces I could lay down on the underside of the frame…haven’t mastered the technique yet but it has potential! Just a little update…thanks for looking!

Pity - this was a great build, from what we saw!

32s are probably my all-time favorite car, but I haven’t built one for a while…time to change that…I’m thinking a chopped, fenderless 3-window with a nice raked stance and a big ol’ Hemi out front, and a bunch of cool traditional parts. I chopped this spare body a while back, just for practice, then used it for paint practice, then felt sorry for it and stripped it and started body working it to get it a little straighter… And I’ve got one of these on the shelf, so it should be a piece of cake, right? Just switch out the body and call it good: I’m glad these Revell Deuce kits are available, but there’s a lot I don’t like about them, plus there have been so many built by this point they usually look like another Revell Deuce with it’s airbag suspension and 4-links and the 9” axle and the standard tuck n roll interior and so on. So, I’m going to use this as a starting point but likely not use too much of it aside from the frame. First up, I want to rid this thing of its airbagged rear axle, and swap in a Quickchange. @Mr. Metallic has got a Deuce WIP right now with a really nice clean rear end install going on, and I’m shamelessly borrowing what he did as my inspiration… Axle is a Parts Pack Quickchange, with an AMT Model T spring, which fits almost perfect without much work at all: Recessed a pocket in the frame for the spring, measured a bunch of times to make sure it’ll sit where the old one did, and pretty quickly we’ve fixed the first thing I wanted to fix: Next up, need some linkages, so I modified the nice pieces from the Revell Model A kits and made some mounting tabs: Fits something like this: Next up, hiding some shocks in front of the axle, so that it doesn’t spoil the nice view you’ll get underneath of the spring and the QC…these shocks are Revell Parts Pack too - they’re a little long but I really wanted to use them so I made them work - just added some bolt detail to one end and made a mount for them from square tube: Next up, making a Panhard bar, after Mr Ace Garage kindly gave me a lesson on them today…scratchbuilt a little mount to attach it to the axle and a mounting bracket hidden on the inside of the frame: And after all that we’ve got a nice rearend setup that could possibly work in real life (although I’m almost CERTAIN it wouldn’t be optimal…but it COULD work I think?) and a nice clean view from the rear of the car of that nice arched spring and the vintage Quickchange: And…that’s about all I accomplished this year so far ?. Next adventure will be the front suspension, then everything in between it and above it - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Perfect explanation - thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge Bill!

What DOES the Panhard bar do that is essential, in this case? And would you need one if there was a single leaf spring outback instead of the coils? Inquiring minds want to learn! Great build @modelfink! Looking forward to more progress on this one!

Absolutely! A balanced diet is important! M&M's are cool, but so is steak and bourbon! That's a cool project - nice work so far!

I agree on the Rustoleum comments (I’ve had so many bad cans of their primer that I could’ve painted a battleship…if they hadn’t clogged) BUT I’ve found their High Lustre Lacquer clear (with a black chair on the can) is a GREAT product. The cans I’ve received and used recently have a new, larger, cap which I’ve found lays down a really nice wet coat of clear, and with careful application (couple of mist coats to start, heavier coats followed by a wet sand and then a gloss coat) I can get a nice finish right out of the can. I’m glad I tried it - it’s my go-to clear now for about everything that needs to be shiny, it isn’t expensive and it’s about the only product of theirs I still use

Messing with this curbside 3D printed Beetle salt flats car…modified a seat I had printed previously to fit, and figuring out what little interior stuff will be visible when it’s done…