Mr. Metallic

Man those blue lines are nice. I may have missed it, but can you purchase those blue line fronts in a parts pack or were they in any other kit yet? I'd love to have a pair to go with a set of the blue line slicks I have. No offense, but I don't have much use for the rest of the new Monkeemobile kit to buy one just to steal the front tires. But now I'm sure someone will just tell me to make my own with a gel pen.

I would leave the splash shields on. Gives it a more dual purpose (street/strip) feel, which is what would have mostly been running on the beaches back in the day. Drive to the beach, strip off the headlights and fenders and maybe remove the windshield, then go racing. I believe the reason the splash guard remain on dual purpose racers is that they are very time consuming to remove at the event since the attachment points are buried under the body

Jealous. The grille you show in the pic with the wheels and tires is from the original issue of the Monogram 34 Ford 6 in 1. More of a custom grille, it is still ultra cool. Wish I had one.

I see that you took care of the issue in true hot rodder fashion and just removed the fenders. It's looking great. Just an FYI for you and anyone else, the bodies in this kit drop on the AMT 29 Ford roadster fender unit. The helpful thing here is that that kit has a separate frame rather than being molded to the fender unit like this kit. Thanks @Dave Darby for sharing that tip awhile back. Haven't used it myself yet, but thought others in this thread might like to know it too.

Thank you. I've lost my motivation the last few weeks for anything model related.. Between the holidays, working on the house and just general lack of motivation everything on my bench is gathering dust. The phaeton is essentially ready to go but Ed wants me to try to master a chopped uptop for it and the first attempt ended up in the trash. I have parts for a second attempt, just need to sit down and do it. Stay tuned.

Dang, I have a thing for anything worked on by the A Bros, was hoping to build the concept car. Oh well, thanks for your efforts bringing this kit to market though.

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Man, this has that sweet late 80's flavor. Takes me back to wandering around the fairgrounds with my dad back then, and leafing through all his then current Hot Rod and Popular Hot Rodding mags.Thanks for taking us along for the ride as you built this one up.

Yes, what Dave said. This is such a cool build, it would be a shame to watch the wheels/tires slowly disintegrate. Those wheels are such a signature part of this build, you should try to save them. Anyway, thanks for sharing.

x2. Very well done.

Nice clean build, augmenting the basic items the kit gives you to heighten the accuracy. Well done.

With the parts 98% there, it deserved to be put back together, faded chrome and all. It looks great.

Alright Dave, I may have missed it, but what are you up to with the windshield. there's definitely two different ones floating around your bench

That's what i was afraid was going to happen when I saw that you were painting the floor and chassis without having the body in your hands. Hopefully you wont have to perform too many mods since the work you have done so far looks good.

Thank you for your thoughts on the newer Revell tire decals Chuck. I always avoided them because i assumed they would just be more of a headache than painting. But your examples above look great.

Maybe @Bernard Kron could update the title of this thread? Just a thought

Color me intrigued, especially if we eventually get different body styles (30 or 31 roadster, 30 closed cab pickup) I keep wanting to type that the choice of 1/24 is unfortunate for the hot rod world (and I get the reasoning behind the global scale of 1/24 being chosen) but then I remember all the 60's Monogram hot rods were all 1/24 as well. (30 Phaeton, 34 coupe/roadster, 30 Coupe/cabriolet, Little T, Little Deuce, Woody Wagon, Blue Beetle)

Super clean build of a very tough kit. Nicely done.

Well, I don't venture into the Community Builds area very often, so this thread was a pleasant surprise. Just read through the whole thing, good to see the usual suspects participating, and also a bunch of builders I don't normally associate with hot rodding. But everyone who has shared so far is definitely on the right track. I would love to participate, but I don't want to commit yet. By bench is 9 projects deep right now, so let me see how the next couple months goes before I jump in. That said, I'm already formulating build ideas in my head. But I will definitely be following along through the "race"

Glad this one got a bump because it's a sight to behold. I'm sure many of us have the thought to build one of these with our modern skill sets. You have set the bar very high. Well done.

Late to the party, but this is sweeet! Great color, great stance, and excellent wheel/tire choice. But my favorite part is the precision fitment of the hood around the exhaust. A tricky endeavor for sure

Top notch builds from your bench as always. Your build style is so clean, a level i strive to reach someday. Between your 65 build and Steve Milberry's, I no longer feel a need to build my own if I can even get my hand on the parts. That's not a bad thing, I can just take pleasure in looking at yours and spend my efforts on something else. And the VW bus mini dio is sweet. Thanks for sharing

Being a big Testarossa fan as a kid in the 80's with a poster on my wall I was intrigued by this car and I built the Monogram version when it was new. Not my best build, as there were some fit issues, but I also painted it silver like you planned to. Then I was introduced to Tamiya kits and found one of these on clearance. Still have it in my stash as one of those "someday" builds. Yours is looking very good. Great color choice. Plans for the interior color? Tan?

Glad to know the Rep +Min Duvall fits the new body. I applaud Revell for the new parts they added to this kit and will buy more. But the R+M piece really captures the laid back swoopiness of the Duvall unit so much better. Looking forward to seeing your build progress.

Hobby Lobby does carry some of the Atlantis ships and aircraft, but for some reason they haven't carried any of the automotive stuff. ?