dino246gt

I wanted a small block Chevy in my sedan, old school-ish. I found this one in the Rat-Roaster kit, but the oil pan was too modern so I took one out of an OLD '55 Chevy kit. That oil pan had a bump on the top and a pin on the bottom and was too long. No problem though, I made it fit and kept the side motor mounts. I also drilled for a new drain plug! After I test fitted it I needed a tiny bit more clearance under my cobbled together parts box build. Should I keep posting all these pictures of such little progress on this thread or is it too much?

I made a little battery box for under the seat. I added the horns, heater, coil, beehive, voltage regulator and steering gear and rod. I got the hood to fit better by carefully sanding the sides at the front. Pretty much finished this one, still trying to make the hood open farther, anyone who's built one knows that it snaps in place and opens, but not very far.

So.............am I good to enter? I thought it had to be the Revell sedan kit only? Cheers, and HAPPY CANADA DAY!

I'll join in the Sedan Build Off with this if I may. It's not really a '32, but I'll use a '32 frame and grille. I had this old body, so FIRST, I removed those little rear fenders. Then I made somewhat of a firewall from styrene sheet and strips. I removed the fuel tank from a Revell '32 frame. I fitted some inner rear fenders. I made a flat rear floor for the sedan, again from styrene sheet. I cut open a cowl vent hole. For now it's just sitting in the shop while I work on other projects, waiting to see if it's acceptable for this Build Off.

Here's how it looks, I added clear red paint over the old tail lights after I smoothed around the edges and foiled them.

I removed the chrome from the centers of the parking lights and added clear lenses from the parts box, likely '32 cowl lights. Everything is restored from the original built up except headlight lenses, parking light lenses and hubcaps! That was my goal, NOT to get carried away with new stuff!

Looks fantastic, now how are you going to hide those wires?

I foiled the original grille, and it wasn't as easy as I thought! Had to do it in sections, and there's a lot of burnishing involved! Some black panel line brings it to life! Original bumpers too, but new headlight lenses, these are from Jim Pelosi, resin or 3D I'm not sure but I bought a ton of both sizes and they're great! Bumper guards were brushed with Molotow after the bumper was attached, chrome was worn, still is in some areas but that's okay for this one.

Here's the front suspension bits. Since I'll be mounting the king pins upside down for the lowered look, the tie rod won't stay on, so I snipped off those pegs and drilled for straight pins. I made little styrene circles with a hole punch, and to drill them, I put them on tape because they're too small to hold and drill. The wheel backs are not from this kit, and they're too long, so they got cut off! These little bolts hold the wheels on, and now I have poseable steering! (the kit did have poseable steering, but because mine is a re-build, there was glue and paint and it just wasn't working for me)

Looking........GREAT!

Nice project and I like the way you wired that engine, looks natural, very cool!

WOW, It's fantastic! You really made that into something so special, I love it!

Oooh, it's looking great already, I'm loving this one!

I brushed Future over the dash top and door tops, and the center of the steering wheel.

I painted the dash, foiled the gauges and used decals from the Revell '49 Merc kit. Then I covered them with white glue, when it dries it sort of looks like glass lenses and it keeps the decals in place! Interior is pretty much done! Oh, I'm still going to brush Future to the dash top and steering wheel center, for a bit more gloss.

I mixed up various shades of Tamiya acrylics to get these tones for my interior, I even had to mix flocking to get a color I liked. I made some simplistic window cranks and door handles from small beads, wire and wire insulation. I squished the brass wire for the door handles. Then I brush Molotow on them. Not much of this will actually show inside the Merc even though it's not chopped, it's just fun to do and I haven't added any extra parts, other than the "made" cranks and handles. It's still an old glue bomb save.

Pontiac engine looks great! Nice build!!

Wow, that looks fantastic, so neat and clean everywhere, inside, outside, underneath, wow, I love it!!

I built the Modelhaus '49 Caddy and was planning to built the '50 as it's companion. I've built a few Caddies!

I have the Modelhaus '50 Caddy, never unboxed, if you want it, not cheap, contact me.

Here's how that one turned out, tires are hard resin, brush painted with Tamiya acrylic "rubber black".

Those side window foil bits!

With foil and glass installed, it's coming along! Anyone who's foiled one of these knows the pain of the side windows, barely any foil, just enough to take a lot of patience! As always, touch-ups come after looking a large pictures! Cheers.

When I fitted the rear window, I saw those two strips sat way too high. So I got rid of them!!! Don't let the reflection of the LED ring light make you think the paint isn't smooth, it is.

Here's the body in paint. I spray bombed it, then lighly sanded then used clear also from a spray bomb. Then I polished most of the clear off to achieve this finish. Remember that I had NO PLAN for this once I started the dis-assembly, it's just the paint I had on hand.