Dennis Lacy

@Bullybeef @tim boyd @Plowboy @Rocking Rodney Rat @Kit Karson @CabDriver @alan barton @Bernard Kron Wait no further, here's a huge update! I know my own progress has been lagging a bit but for good reason. I've been focused on getting this thing painted over the last 5 days. The week prior the weather was a bit cooler and wetter than I felt comfortable with so I had to wait for some Sun and 70's this week. Everyone knows what primer looks like so I won't bore you with that. I will say that before primer I prepped the body parts by wet-sanding with 600g, sprayed Tamiya fine gray primer, wet-sanded that with 1500g, and another thin coat of fine gray just to make sure there was no bare plastic showing anywhere. No sanding, paint, decals, clear. On day 1 the first order of business was extensive masking of the fenders and inside of the cab to keep the Tamiya Purple (mostly) where it belonged. Not shown are the doors and front shell. On Day 2 more extensive masking up the now purple bed support structure and spraying the rest of the fender unit Tamiya Black. Pulling the masking tape off of the bed support structure resulted in this: On Day 3 it was decals which I allowed to set up over night and on Day 4 it was time to seal everything in with Tamiya Clear. Finally all of the tape was pulled out of the cab protecting the gray interior finish. I couldn't wait to bring everything home for a mock up on the bench. This should give you all a very clear vision of where this thing is headed! Won't be much more to post as I wait a few weeks for the paint to fully gas-out so that it's safe to polish and wax. Then final assembly will commence. In the meantime I do still need to mask the top sides of the fenders, cab and bed so that I can spray the undersides flat black. I also have a touch more to do on interior detail painting then I'll show that group of parts. Let me know what you all think!

@tim boyd That's so bitchin! You gotta finish it!!

So RAD! Definitely one of the coolest models I’ve seen built out of that old ‘41 Plymouth kit. Makes me miss the pro-street craze of the 80’s and early 90’s!

@Rocking Rodney Rat Motor looks great! @Kit Karson Nice work!

@Kit Karson Just post the step by step! I made you guys equal partners in this thread. Plus, it’s gonna be a minute before I have more to share so breathe some life into this thing!

@Plowboy How about a rolled pan to hide the rear section of the frame?

Nice update. That’s gonna look super tough with the headers dumping through the fenders!

I’m with @alan barton With the decidedly modern direction of the car the smooth sided frame works. And, as he said, there’s several manufacturers of aftermarket ‘32 frames that don’t add the reveal. So keep it and go with the Corvette LS1 motor under a full, smooth hood.

Very nice! The damaged chrome on the radiator shell was a happy accident because this model looks so much better with the shell painted. The paint detailed blower scoop is a nice touch, too.

This is one of the best models I've seen built out of that old Monogram kit. Has a really nice stance and proportions, nice simple small block and I like the color scheme a lot. Then there's the fact that the frame and fenders are molded as one big heap so bonus points for so cleanly cutting the fenders away!

Looks awesome! Stance and rolling stock are perfect and really like the color scheme.

Chop looks good and aggressive as does the mock up! Nice dumb luck on the windshield frame. Is it me or is it a better looking frame?

@Kit Karson Excellent update! The installation of that firewall is as clean as can be. @Rocking Rodney Rat Moving right along. That light blue is totally 80’s and I really dig the interior colors. Don’t often see brown and gray but it works!

UPDATE! Today I finished the last bit of fabrication work needed which was to install the hinge halves on the cab and then drill the hinges to take proper metal pins. With that final task complete the cab, bed and fenders are ready to go into primer in the coming week.

UPDATE! Today I finished the last bit of fabrication work needed which was to install the hinge halves on the cab and then drill the hinges to take proper metal pins. With that final task complete the cab, bed and fenders are ready to go into primer in the coming week.

UPDATE! More parts finished! Here's all the surf junk for the bed detailed out. A bunch of tedious steps masking and painting the scuba tanks! RRR suggested off-site that I should add a strap to the goggle so I'm contemplating that. The board and shark decal are from Revell's 37/38 Ford Pickup while the rest is from Monogram's "Blue Bandito" '29 Roadster Pickup retro release. Frame is finished purple and clear coated. Here's the rest of the finished suspension parts, some of which were hung up waiting on their purple paint to go with the frame. And to get an idea of how the purple and pink will look together... At this point I have a little more clean up work to do on the cab, bed and fenders and they are heading to primer in the coming week. I'm waiting on a can of paint to show up in the mail so that I can complete the "upholstery" painting. I'm also waiting on a restock of Tamiya masking tape to show up that I likewise need to finish up interior stuff.

@CabDriver @Kit Karson That’s one hell of a nice offer. I’d take him up on it if I were you!

As the owner of a full scale ‘32 Pickup I approve of this thread! Conversion looks good as does your suspension and engine detailing. Speaking of the engine, nice choice! A Ford in a Ford. @tim boyd will be pleased!

Minus the tunnel ram intake and cut down windshield, that’s just about as nice out of the box as you can get!

Roadster is looking good so far! I can’t help but think that poor stock flathead needs some hot rod equipment on it, though.

That’s the way to go. Does a lot to make it look more like a scale vehicle and less like a toy. And that other frame looks to certainly be from the Uncertain T ?

@Kit Karson Very methodical as usual!

@krassandbernie LOL! Thanks for the kind words.

UPDATE! Still working away here. Got the motor completely assembled. Couldn't be happier with the way it turned out both in color scheme and parts selection. Extra detail courtesy of a Parts By Parks pre-wired distributor, a combo of Model Car Garage and Detail Master wire looms, Detail Master #1 fuel line and line nuts with a scratch built T from .040" square rod. If this doesn't scream 80's Billet I don't know what does! I did run into a snag with the wire looms and thankfully something compelled me to test fit a wire before starting any motor assembly. As it turns out the wire holes in the Detail Master looms (Pic 1) are too small for the wires on the Parts By Parks distributor! Total bummer!! What to do? Well, looking at one of my sheets of Model Car Garage wire looms I found that there are some with stand-offs (Pic 2 circled in red) and the stand-offs could be cut down into a short tab and fit perfectly into the alignment slots on the Detail Master loom plates. So I was able to prepare a new pair of looms combining pieces from both brands (Pic 3). That was a lucky save! Here's some finish pieces such as the fully assembled Corvette IRS with added disc brakes, front axle with brakes installed, exhausts with hangers, clamps and tips all paint detailed. And I just could not resist doing a mock up with the finished engine and wheels. I just love the way the paint detailed Corvette IRS looks peeking out the back. In the coming week my goal (iffy weather permitting) is to get the frame, more interior pieces and the surf gear for the bed finish painted and possibly get the body parts in their first round of primer. We'll see how it goes.

Go man, go! (And I happen to know all those parts are looking pretty gray as of tonight.)