Mr. Metallic

Thank you Phil. I know you are a fellow Deuce lover and talented builder, so it means a lot

The rears wheel/tire is also from Drag City Casting. The tire has a separate whitewall, and is based on the tires from the Monogram 41 Lincoln kit. Drag City offers two different wheel/tire combos with this tire, a steelie, and the artillery wheel pictured here(which is based on the Revell 37 Ford pickup, but made larger to fit this tire. Both wheels were mastered by Dennis Lacy. If you need me to I can get out the caliper and grab a couple measurements, and pics of the steel wheel The front wheels are from the Revell 37 Ford pickup, mounted into tires from the Revell 40 Ford stock coupe

It's up to the builder, depending on what style or look they are going for. On this one I used a shortened bed from the AMT/Lindberg 34 Ford pickup.

Here's the first example of a finished build since this conversion became available. It's mine By the way, it also features Drag City Casting items such as the Pontiac engine( a repop of the old Little Deuce engine), Olds rearend, stock style firewall, chopped uptop, rear artillery wheels and tall tires, and Ford brake backing plates. Their stuff is really good, buy with confidence.

Let me repeat the sentiment...WOW! I love the look the paint gives it, like all raw aluminum. Would love to see it with plug wires added, and a couple small items painted (oil filter, carb, fan belt, distributor cap, starter) just to add a little contrast. Of particular interest is the alternator. Hard to achieve that look in a model without using photoetch for the blades, but this rocks. And those headers. What a nightmare for someone to try to cast in resin, but 3D printing avoids that issue Well done

Most of the early Monogram stuff, like the 34 you're building, is true 1/24. I generally mix and match 1/24 and 1/25 if the parts look right. But these flathead parts from MCG are too big on most 1/25 engines, so should look perfect on your 1/24 build. And these MCG heads are beautiful pieces. Seek some out.

Here's my take. If I have something positive to say, I'll post it. If I like an build overall, I try to pick out something specific to comment on, just to show I gave it a thorough once over, not just an "atta boy" I never post criticism publicly on a finished build, unless constrictive criticism is specifically asked for. If I see an issue on a finished build I will send a private message. That way the person can take the comment and do with it what they will without the potential for public embarrassment. Every time I have taken that route it has been appreciated by the builder. It takes the same amount of effort to send a private message as it does to post a public comment. Commenting publicly on something in progress is a different story. Since it's in progress the builder still has an opportunity to take your suggestion for improvement, or ignore it.

Maybe an admin could amend the title of this thread so it doesn't perpetuate the false rumor?

And newly tools board and roof rack. BOSS

This conversion is available from Drag City Casting. It differs from any previously available body because it features the extended body similar to the 1:1 available from Brookville (extended behind the doors). It is not a replica of that body because this resin conversion has the stock "vertical" rear sheetmetal as opposed to the slightly laid back and upward curvature of the Brookville. The body is a drop on for the Revell 32 ford roadster kits available for the last 20 years. (It should fit the Rat Roaster, but I haven't tried fitting the RR interior into this body) The rear mounting tab just needs to be trimmed of the rear interior bulkhead. Please don't mind the gap between the hood side and body here, it's a poorly sanded hood piece creating the gap. They also offer a stock style firewall and chopped up-top if you're interested. The uptop also fits the regular Revell roadster body and even the old Monogram body (former Lil Deuce). The top is sitting on my in-progress build up of this RPU conversion

This body is excellent. I can't thank Dennis enough for doing the master. I'm relatively competent at cutting up bodies, but a well executed chop on a 32 5W body has eluded me. Just hate those reveals around the windows. It's so well done, when you look at this body you can't tell it didn't come from Revell that way. the finishing of the master and the casting is exceptional.

This was posted in the thread concerning the Nova that was announced a couple years ago. Appears as though Moebius is staying in the model car market for the foreseeable future... from this thread...

Now I'm confused too.

Dave, correct me if I'm wrong. But aren't the stock and hot rod parts thoroughly intermingled on the parts trees? If so, wouldn't eliminating the stock parts be rather labor intensive?

At one of my local stores they have taken about 21 spots that were formerly occupied by styrene car kits, and put diecast kits in their place. It appears they are re-arranging the entire aisle. But so far, no effect to the military and aviation kit sections. The holes that were created by the clearance sale have not been filled with new kits, but instead simply eliminated to help the consolidation effort. Nothing new from this year from either Round2 or Revell (with the exception of the 69 Stang and 68 Chevelle from Revell) I frequent my LHS, and use them to buy brand new kits, supplies and special orders. I use HL for purchases of kits I probably wouldn't purchase for full price because I have marginal interest in them. Or for purchasing parts kits. HL doesn't really take my business away from the LHS, so if HL is not going to carry as many of these kits I have "marginal interest" in, that's their loss.

Very nice mods on the frame. Gets that stance down a bit while maintaining the elegant "swoop" of the stock 32 frame. I know you said the wheels are Scale Motorsport, but I've only ever seen the American Racing style 5 spokes from them. These look really nice, which is to be expected from SM

Greg, you may want to consider offering the chopped windshield from the Rat Roaster. A good looking chopped windshield is a much needed part on the market. With a little work this particular piece can be made to fit the older Revell bodies, and possibly even the old Monogram based roadster bodies as well.

Here's one I built back in '07. Its the Phantom Vickie body and interior mounted to the Revell frame and drivetrain. I'm looking forward to yours to see what you can pull off with a more stock outer appearance.

As luck would have it, there is an update on Moebius in this thread

Not everyone has easy access to Tamiya paints would be one reason. To answer your question Bucky, yes you definitely can. I have found all of the Tamiya lacquers in their standard line (not the Polycarbonate specific paint line) can be used without issue with the Testors 2 part and Extreme lacquer paint lines. But as always, test first.

Really looking forward to the 23 T. And possibly the Drag 500 tires.

Steven and I have gone rounds on this subject before, we are not going to alter each others opinion, so I'm not going to try. But I'll present my opinions for anyone else following along. To me, the Starliner looks great. But it looks like it's painted with solid grey paint. There's no metallic or metal flake effect to it. My point, with regards to this issue is, build what makes YOU happy. If you like the look of whatever paint you choose to use, that's all that matters. Building for 100% accuracy is a great endeavor as well if that's what makes YOU happy. But if building to 100% accuracy is your goal, you should probably steer clear of this line of paints. Some people enjoy building for accuracy. Some people build for creative expression. Some people build for stress relief. People build for many reasons. The important thing is, build what makes YOU happy. Don't let anyone else diminish your enjoyment or satisfaction with your build with their expectations.

In my opinion, they have changed the size of the flakes over the years since this paint line launched 10-ish years ago. I beleive they made the flakes smaller to address the criticism of the flake being too large at launch. So, it all depends on when your can was made I have used these paints extensively over the last ten years. But, i could be wog about the change as well, and there could just be lots of variability between batches. Here are models I've built using this line of paints

RMR has been around for awhile now. They have some unique offerings on their own, and now will see a big expansion with the former R+R product.

Guys, can we not do this "I don't like this style choice, blah,blah,blah" thing in the middle of all this new kit info? Yes, we're all entitled to our opinions. In a thread about the new offerings of a particular company, it's one thing to comment on a specific aspect of a kit that you don't care for, but it's quickly devolved into general statements about trends people don't care for. These kind of things tend to take a thread off the rails very quickly, which is what is already starting to happen Just my opinion. Thanks