Don Banes

You are CORRECT, SIR! The Parts Pack "T" body was offered as an "add on" to AMT's (current at the time) Double Dragster kit. Look to the folks at Round 2, if you want the kit back again. Thay can do it! Just tell them!

Good luck with that! If it exists, I've never seen one, and I've been fooling around with this model car thing since the VERY early sixties.

Hey Lyle! I stepped up to a digital SLR this past winter. To say that the learning curve is "interesting" would be an understatement. However, I will perservere and figure it out. I've got more than a few years of my life invested in old fashioned film based, SLR camera, and the digital SLR has just added more time to the learning curve! I will master it! BTW, your '32 fendered tub AND sedan delivery are just outstanding (as usual)! If we're at a show together, keep your eye on them! LOL!

We're Not Worthy! Another remarkable '32 variant from the Master!

I have a first issue AMT Ecto, and I've thought of building it as a non-Ecto ride. I WILL NOT BE OPENING DOORS, HOOD, OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT MODEL! I'm thinking more of a semi-pro-street ride, with nice, smooth paint. However, I DO like the examples posted above!

Stellar! I've been looking forward to seeing it! Outstanding job! Did that AMT tub body need much work, besides grafting on the Revell '32 cowl?

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I meant Scale Modeling By Chris, not Chros. Tell him I sen you. He knows me.

HOLY COW! That's just a magnificent build!

SMBC has the BEST distributors! This is my recently finished Deuce tudor with one of his distributors...

This thing fought me all the way, but for the most part, it's done! It'll need a few little touch ups here and there, and then it goes "under glass". I'm kinda sick of looking at it right now. Tamiya orange body with a '66 Chevy 327" mill lifted from AMT's Nova kit of the same year. The rims are from Revell's 1/24th '32 Deuce roadster kit, and the caps are from their rat rod series of kits. Tires front and back are Modelhaus. Everything else is pretty much out of the box. All of the building comments posted here regarding Revell's '32 sedan were VERY helpful to me, and I thank you all! Enjoy the pictures...

The '32 sedan is done! Finally! I'll get some pictures this weekend and post them here. It's not exactly perfect (what model car is?), but it ain't too shabby! My Wife is happy that it's done. She says I'll have more time to do little things around our "money pit" home. My model building is mostly done on weeknights and here and there on the weekends, when I can snatch an hour here, or another hour there. I told her that I have a very nice '27 "T" tub waiting for its turn in the sun. She sighs. My Wife is very patient. The '27 tub will feature a DeSoto engine (AMT - not MPC - '53 Ford pickup kit), along with an AMT '25 "T" (hot rod) frame, with about a half inch or more added for length. Front suspension will be from the Revell "T" roadster kit (Goodguys series). Rear suspension will be a mishmash of parts. I'll be starting the project this weekend (mostly preliminary primer and paint). The frame is basically built up, as is the engine.

The '32 sedan has been two steps forward and one step backward throughout most of the build. All my fault, I might add. It's a great kit, and had I followed the instructions, I'd be done by now. However, I have two more "steps" to finish, and both of them are fairly minor. I've started umpteen Revell '32 projects, and this is the first one I'll actually complete (barring an earthquake). It's turned out nicely, and I should be able to post some pictures by the weekend. Next project will be a '27 tub with a DeSoto engine. No fenders, or Fad "T" style, with sixties styling. Think 1964.

If you look at my '34 rat rod, you'll see that it has four bars on it as well. They've been around since '73 or '74, and I've seen fifties and sixties rods in various magazines with what look like home brewed four bars. I'm wrapping up a '32 sedan that has mixed metaphors, meaning elements from the fifties, sixties and seventies. Loof for it here in a few days.

Pretty daggone cool, and it looks much better than my build! I love the wedge chop! You'll be a welcome addition to the hobby of model car building! Keep up the great work!

Looks pretty daggone good to me! The Lindberg kit is about 1/26 or 1/27 scale, but looks just fine to me the way you built yours! Very nice build!

Excellent tutorial! I'm fooling around with a severely channeled '34 five window (AMT) kit, inspired by your raked '34. I originally set it up as a highboy, and then started to channel it after you posted your excellent '34 five window build. Like you said, dropping the body down over the frame is a LOT of work!

It was built from the AMT kit. Rims are from their '37 Chevy kit, engine from the '49 Ford, and the rear suspension is a combination of stock '34 spring, Ford 9" diff and radius rod from an old AMT parts pack frame. The front suspension is Revell '32 Ford (new tool), with early Ford backing plates. Hollywood Jim sent me the interior seat, which is from AMT's '41 Woody (the last rear seat). Dash is '37 Chevy with a '40 Ford steering wheel. AMT's '34 five-window kit has issues, but it's worth the effort to build. Patience is required, like you found out.

I saw that rod in the Rodders Journal, and it inspired me to finish this raggedy '34 coupe. It's got a Caddy engine, with way too many carbs. The body is a survivor from another project that kind of fell apart, and I got tired of looking at it sitting around. It was a bunch of fun to rework into what you see here. The hubcaps in the picture are gone, replaced by those in AMT's '41 Woody kit. Yours looks great!

Great choices overall, particularly the wheels! Your green Deuce highboy tub is a bunch of fun, and this project looks as good, if not better!

Whoaaa! Nice Build, and right up my alley! Welcome back, and your newest effort has that COOL factor down pat!

Suggested retail price is $24.95, but that will vary, depending on where you choose to buy the kit. The Internet guys always price it cheaper, but you'll have shipping to deal with. If that seems expensive, check out eBay and see what originals sell for, particularly the "T" body. The Steven's International kit parts will look just like the original items, except that they'll be in one box, chrome plated (except for the "T" body), with nice, new box art.

The Competition Parts Pack kit will ship from overseas in early May. Expect them in your local hobby store by about late June. Remember to read the box narrative.

Here's the dealio! You get five complete (5) engines (all chrome plated) and that cool "T" body (not availabale sibe about 1966). The Chevy and Pontiac engines have two building options. The Chrysler, Corvair and Allison engine do not. The "T" body has parts not shown, mostly due to the box art builder not following his instructions. This is a limited release kit, and once they're gone, they're gone! Ten years after the last AMT Parts Pack kit, it seems to be harder to explain to consumers exactly what's in the box, and Steven's International did the best they could. Read the entire box, including all the side panels. Just like the last time with AMT Parts Pack items, you'll have one chance to buy them again. The last time AMT/ERTL (not to be confused with RC2) ran the engines, they could only be had as a Blueprinter (mail order) exclusive, and the engines were molded in black plastic. It's easier to get rid of the plating on the Stevens kit, as opposed to putting it back on again. Questions?