Mr. Metallic

Picked up mine at the LHS yesterday (same day as the Mooneyes? What are the odds?) Sure, i have several of the first issue roadster, and one of the first issue coupe with the shrink wrap still intact on my shelf. But i want to support Revell for brining this back to market. I had two on hold, but left one there for someone else. I will buy more when i have to opportunity. It's a gold mine of a parts kit. Someone needs to sit down and do a side-by-side comparison with the first issue to see if there truly are an differences in the actual tooling itself (other than the obvious swap of the engines)

Missed this one the first time it was posted awhile back. Glad someone bumped it. Very cool build, right in my current build style, as you know

Very well executed conversion work. I've always liked that roofline, with the lack of a B pillar you almost lose the fact that it's a four door.

I never paid attention to the Polar Lights version of this kit. I didn't realize it came pre-finished to approximate stainless. you did a very nice job building it up. You may have convinced me to add it to my list of wanted kits.

Very clean and well executed build. I enjoyed this movie a lot, but I guess it didn't do well enough to merit a sequel. I really enjoyed the premise of bringing together all those literary figures. I'm pretty sure it was based on a graphic novel.

I hear ya there. We bought a new house last February, and it was a good 4-6 months before I had a space I could build in. Between getting settled, carving out a space, and other activities it took awhile.

good to see this one up and running again. What's left to do?

That is very cool. Thanks for sharing

I'm going to push the "deadline" back until March 1, 2022 to try to drive more participation

Welcome to Part IV of the "Life Cereal Faux-vivor Fake Out" saga- The Orange Little Deuce This build is pretty much the inspiration behind this entire series. Over the last couple years I've been on a mission to collect the Tom Daniels versions of these Monogram Hot Rod kits, The Boss-A-Bone, the Son of Ford, and SweeTee. I managed to collect 3 builtup Son of Fords in various states of completeness. Between all of them I had parts to build one SOF, a near complete one, and the third would basically just be Orange plastic parts. That last bit is what got the wheels turning as the carcass sat there on my bench, what could I do with those parts? I love the Little Deuce, but the entire kit is molded in white, unlike the three other kits in the series that came molded in white and then a complementary color for the body parts. What if Monogram had used that formula on the Little Deuce? So, I pulled the LD specific parts together with the orange parts from the SOF, and you get what you see here. Fortunately on this one there wasn't a lot of repairs to make. I replaced a few of the white parts from a newer issue kit. After a gentle polishing of all the orange parts, and a few touches of flat black and Molotow, the assembly was pretty straightforward. I did take the opportunity to fill in the backside of the mufflers since it's an unattractive item on an otherwise sterling kit. For the last time, to borrow a phrase from a popular Marvel TV show and comic series, What If... Monogram had released a third version of this kit before they changed the tooling? This is what it could have looked like. For more pics and details follow the link, and thanks for looking. https://public.fotki.com/crstan/finished_models_by_me/survivors/life-cereal-faux-vi/creamsicle-little-deuce/ And, here it is posed with another what if, the molded in black Little Deuce. And here's links to the previous 3 entries in this series

Apparently this part is required

Well, that's good. i can stop looking for one of those gen AMT Vette kits with that windscreen and options. Curious what the experts will tell us this kit is based on and even curious-er to see what actually ends up in the box. edit- this is not the kit I thought it was. i was thinking of the later AMT annuals apparently.

Exactly. At least with the 40% coupon they would get money out of me for SOMETHING if I walked in the store and couldn't find a kit I wanted. Display case, can of paint, supplies, gift for someone else. now they get ZERO dollars from me if they don't have a kit I want. And the way their variety has been stagnant the last year I'm struggling to even find a kit to buy.

Stay tuned. There may be a development coming up on this front, but in resin.

Each store does their own clearance, so not everyone will have that same $7 price. Some stores are even just getting their initial pallet in. But I appreciate the heads up because I will be searching the clearance section more diligently now

Thank you. That's straight out of the origninal issue Monogram Woody Wagon. A very similar setup can be found in the Blue Bandito kit offered a few years ago (which is actually a retooling to bring that kit back to it's original Blue Beetle version)

Thank you. I don't think I can take credit for the box-as-part-of-frame idea, think I saw it on a 1:1 hot rod at some point. Seeing that it's been almost two years since i did much with it, I had forgotten how far along it actually was. i need to get back to it.

No, that is the resin hardtop part from the Replicas and Miniatures of Md's Duvall windshield conversion body.

Very nicely done. That stance is just killer, and the paintjob is stunning.

I think the confusion comes from the fact that when Atlantis showcased all those upcoming new projects at the IPMS Nationals over the Summer they said the new parts pack based kits would include two engines. Since this kit was announced well before those , and is essentially a replica of an actual vehicle, I guess they elected to not add another engine. I was a little surprised too when i saw it only had the Chevy, but the more I thought about it it's not that surprising to me. Super stoked to get this kit in my hands. Soooo many extra parts!!!

Is it me or is there a "deep" groove in the sidewall that would facilitate easy painting of a whitewall on there? if so, smart move for them as this tire will certainly be used in more kits than this one and the whitewall addition would be beneficial.

Welcome to Part III of the "Life Cereal Faux-vivor Fake Out"- a Yellow Woody Wagon This one was fairly straightforward. I swapped parts from an original issue (molded in red) Woody Wagon built-up with the molded in yellow parts from a 70's edition of the Monogram 30 Woody kit. I did use the wood parts from the original issue as well because they skewed more "tan" in color, where later issues of the kit all skewed a little more "orange" (except the most recent release which is all molded in white) One detail I did add to help sell the "phantom third release" theme of this build was to add the front license plate to the headlight bar of the later issue. This was delicate surgery due to the fragile nature of the parts involved. After polishing the yellow plastic and making minor repairs to the parts rescued from the original issue built-up it was pretty much straight assembly on this one, other than adding a few flat black and Molotow accents. To borrow a phrase from a popular Marvel TV show and comic series, What If... Monogram had released a third version of this kit before they changed the tooling? This is what it could have looked like. For more pics and details follow the link, and thanks for looking. https://public.fotki.com/crstan/finished_models_by_me/survivors/life-cereal-faux-vi/yellow-woody-wagon/ And here are links to the previous two builds in this series

Very clean build of a "tricky" kit. The little details you added like flocking really make this pop.

It's only plastic, that's my motto. I understand not wanting to "ruin" a new kit, but if you want something different you have to push yourself sometimes. It's not a rare kit, so i bet if you mess something up someone might have a spare for you. That being said, the last mockup with the Foose wheels looks good, but probably could be lower. Of course you could just make it a curbside if you want to use those pro street tires. Or if you want to use the Foose wheels use the old trick and just cut the tops off to let it sit lower.

Sooo, you have one in your hands? What is the second engine? You're teasing us. EDIT- never mind, I saw your post over in the Atlantis 2021 thread. So, no second engine? I guess the two engine deal is just for the upcoming "parts pack" dragsters that aren't replicas of an actual vehicle. So stoked to get this kit in my hands. it may be a "clear the bench" build