Dennis Lacy

Right on. It’s neat the effects the different clears can create. Like the wheels on this model. Normally the Silver Leaf is a bright, shiny silver. Like a space suit in an old 50’s si-fi movie. But hit it with flat clear and it dries to a textured, as-cast finish. The other thing I’ve been doing lately is spraying the exhaust pipes with Tamiya “Mica Silver” then hitting them with the flat clear. It ends up a dull metallic finish similar to the aluminized coating that comes on new mild steel 1:1 exhaust pipes to keep them from rusting.

Thank you! Your dads old truck sounds really neat. Those 60hp engines are pretty gutless but probably not as bad in a lighter Model A? I had a ‘38 standard sedan in the shop a few years ago that was an all-original low mile survivor and it had a V8-60. Dangerously slow in that big, heavy car!

That is Wicked!!!

UPDATE! After a proper amount of drying time I was able to polish and wax the body and frame yesterday. Today the weather was tolerable out in the garage so I spent the afternoon at the bench getting the chassis fully assembled, complete with grill, radiator and headlights. I also got the firewall, license plate and taillights installed to the body. Here's some pictures of where it's at as of now. I still need to make and install the engine fuel lines and then assemble the glass and interior into the body. One more day at the bench should get it finished so with any luck, next Sunday.

This is looking awesome! Really looking forward to seeing it put together.

I’ve never really gravitated towards these trucks and now I know why. The proportions with the shortened bed and wheelbase are infinitely better! Not only that but the stance is perfect making for a seriously tough looking truck. The engine is rad and it’s neat to see those Corvette gasser wheels put to use. I also dig the paint. Well, I just love the whole truck!

This project is killer, Roger! I love the blending in of the 2nd gen Lightning chassis and engine. If it were full scale that setup would move this truck good! I also like how you integrated the exhaust. The oversize steelie wheels are a nice look and should go good with your commercial style paint scheme.

Love it! So nice to see one that isn’t red and it looks awesome lowered with the updated wheels.

The look of this car is just plain wicked thanks to the aggressive chop and being blacked-out. And it has my favorite hot rod engine in it! My favorite A Coupe from your work bench so far. Someone needs to build a full scale version!

I actually only ended up using the transmission pan. If you look at the painted engine parts I changed to Corvette valve covers from Revell’s ‘62 stock Vette kit. The mounting points are enough different between the two kits that it wouldn’t have made sense to change the whole engine and trans just to end up with the same thing, a SBC and auto. And the ‘37 kits engine is detailed quite well.

UPDATE! This is turning out to be a pretty simple project by my standards so I've already been able to get all of the chassis and engine components in finished paint. Here's a few photos of where I'm at now: Currently working on getting the frame cleaned up and painted + some minor interior modifications and body work clean up.

Looking good in color. That red is really RED! ?

It’s almost unbelievable that you started with the kit that you did, WOW! Talk about making lemonade out of lemons. This thing looks ready to kick some butt at the track!

This is excellent and probably the best version of the MPC Sedan Delivery I’ve ever seen. Really digging the color and graphics! Also the rolling stock and those tough looking headers. Cool!

I dig the concept and the way the butter colored paint looks with the white running boards and top insert. It’s neat to see the pro-street narrowed and tubbed back half, not to mention the widened fenders to cover those big tires. Rad!

Thanks and thanks! I do both. I use various sizes of Evergreen styrene rod or small sewing pins depending on the size of the part. If pins aren’t practical I also use little dots of white glue which pulls apart effortlessly and the glue film just rubs off. I pin as many parts as possible. The pins ensure that parts go back together in final assembly the same way they fit during construction/mock up, give a discreet area to apply glue and are far more sturdy. Sometimes there’s enough paint on everything that the pins become an interference fit.

Fat Fenders need love, too! ?

That’s looking awesome! Where do the wheels and tires come from?

Likewise!

Thanks again! I remember back in the day loving the detail of the kit but being really disappointed by the stance. I ended up breaking the chassis loose then building a replacement where I carved out the front cross member and sank the spring into it and then did some carving on the back of the frame to move the Vette IRS up into the frame. Finally, nearly 10 issues later they finally addressed the stance in the last 2 Coupes! Haha

Great start and I really dig the wheels and tires. Looking forward to following along. It’s funny that you found my old Tall T thread (that turned into a roadster.) I was gonna dig up pictures for you and send them DM on Instagram. You beat me to it! LOL ?

UPDATE! I modified the Corvette rear and front spindles (optional lowered rear and dropped spindles found in the last couple of Coupe issues) by grafting on the brake and wheel mounting hubs from the axles in any of Revell's 1932 Ford kit series. I had to cut 1/16" off of the ends of the rear and the spindles to correct the track-width. These '37 Ford kits for all of their good detail had no brake detail at all (except for the latest Coupe issues with the optional big wheels) so now it will have matching disc brakes front and rear. The wheels I've chosen are a set of shallow and deep resin Halibrand's from Drag City Casting which drop right into the Modelhaus black resin tires. I had actually set these up to be a direct fit to a Revell '32 kit for one of my previous projects but then changed my mind during the build. I love the way they look under this '37 and are why I set the mounting up on the spindles and rear the way that I did above. I grafted in the hubs and spokes from the Revell '32 inner wheel halves and the inner rims are AMT sanded to the perfect depth. Test fitting the front and rear brakes and they just fit inside the inner rims! I'm not a fan of tailpipes sticking out past the bottom edge of the body on any car and especially in this case where there will be no bumper/brackets so I removed 1/4" of pipe to tuck them back under the car where they belong. I stuck the rear wheels on to check the fit width-wise and ended up redoing the brake/wheel hubs to suck them in another 1/16" as things were a bit too wide. I'm very happy with the tire tuck. (Note: This Corvette rear is the optional lowered version found in the last couple of Coupe issues which significantly lowers the car compared to older issues of the '37 kit series.) This is going to be the actual rear height. Unfortunately the front suspension is so fiddly that there's no good or easy way to mock it up so I simply stood a front wheel and tire up under the fender just show what the wheels look like on the car. Another thing I did was build a new driveshaft. I used the far better detailed u-joints from Revell's '29 and '30 kits and some 1/8" Evergreen rod. Better detail, no mold seams and the shaft is actually round! To end the day I went back to the engine and fit a Spalding Flamethrower dual coil distributor from AMT's parts pack Pontiac engine and then fabricated a dual coil assembly from bits of Evergreen styrene. The distributor and coil have been drilled to accept wires after they're painted.

This is absolutely RAD! So neat to see an Anglia done as a contemporary pro-street rod instead of a vintage Gasser. It seems like back in the 90’s there were quite a few being built and shown in Street Rodder magazine, my favorite being Mark Weiss’. I tried to do a Thames panel back then as a teen but the chassis was a mess. Would love to see a chassis shot of yours to see how you handled things...

SMALL UPDATE: A small update but one none the less. I masked the body and sprayed the roof insert flat black. Now seeing the paint finished it's amazing how much better Drag City's revised insert design is. Love it! It'll still be a couple of weeks yet before it's time to polish and wax the body and other blue parts, which will then allow assembly to happen. In the meantime I need to order more hard line and fittings so that I can make the fuel lines to complete the engine.

Thank you! It takes a bit of work to get all these different pieces blended together for seamless appearance and I don’t always feel 100% successful but I think this one worked out well.