Phildaupho

I just discovered this post and I am sure glad you solved the photo problem. I am going to bookmark this so I can spend the required time to fully appreciate your fabulous GT40's and text. GT40's are probably my all time favorite racing car. The Thunder Valley kit was the first after market purchase I made over twenty years ago but still have not built it. One of these days I will get to building my ultimate GT40 which is the one raced by the Canadian Comstock Team.

Congratulations on the completion of a great project. I always thought the Doug Rice Coupe was one of the all time coolest show and go cars. You did a super job of capturing the look and spirit of that car.

The Island Classic is an all subjects show but the automotive class is always the largest. This year there were over 60 entries in the automotive categories plus many more model cars in other classes and on display. There are only 10 automotive categories and only one award is presented per category for the favorite model as chosen by ballot by other entrants. The overall favorite car model is also recognized. Overall favorite Gord Spruyt Hot Rod Russ Ferguson Custom Steve Hayden Racing Car Gord Spruyt North American Steve Hayden Foreign Gord Spruyt Truck Matt Polley Small Scale Gord Enquist Large Scale Gord Bradley Diorama For all the automotive class photos http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/2017-island-classic-/automotive-class/

I predict the Foose Cady and F-100 chassises, engines, wheels and tires are going to find their way under many future builds.

Thanks Misha. This one will be in the Racing Car class this year but I do have an entry for the Collections Category - 3x 5-W Deuce Coupes. I think this is a really interesting category so hope it is popular enough to carry it forward to future events. I certainly have many ideas for future entries. See ya Saturday

I am back at work on the Mustang and hope to have it completed for a local model show this weekend. Apparently the paint which Shelby referred to as “gawd awful yella” was actually a Corvette color. I mixed my shade by tinting Testor’s gloss white enamel with light yellow. The hood, fender tops etc. and interior are Tamiya satin black. I have started applying Fred Cady decals and realize how fortunate I am to have had the foresight to purchase a number of Fred Cady decal sets before he retired. I would like to thank Fred Cady for the great work he did designing and printing decals for historic race car model builders.

Somehow I missed all the replies since early September, I guess because I became focused on completing two other projects. I just got back to the Mustang in the last couple of days in an effort to get it finished enough for a local model show this weekend I am putting on. Yesterday I applied the Fred Cady roof and trunk decals so was very surprised to see the photos of the Mustang at NNL West. I would have loved to see that Trans Am class as it looks like grids you see at Vintage car races. On my list of to do model projects is to build a grid of vintage Trans Am cars and have a stack of kits and parts to do so however this Mustang will only be the third one I have done so far. The Chaparral Camaro will be the next one and has already been started.

Bernard you definitely did this one justice. I also love sports cars especially Ferraris and have a number of kits for future builds including an AMT 250SWB. I really like your choice of livery, your description and of course your photography.

Thanks everyone. This was a very enjoyable and rewarding project once I got back into it. A friend is rebuilding his Model A Sedan hot rod with a completely new chassis and running gear. The challenges of getting everything to fit are similar. He is using nuts and bolts where I used glue.

I had started this project almost 3 years ago and even did an On the Workbench post which I have updated recently with the almost ready to assemble parts http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/97042-1936-ford-flatback-sedan/#comment-1326453. I created this ’36 Ford Flatback Sedan by grafting the roof section of a Revell 1/24 ’37 Sedan onto the body of a Revell 1/24 ’36 Coupe. MODIFICATIONS - I was kind of surprised to find that the ’37 Sedan was about 4 scale inches wider than the ’36 so I had to take a corresponding longitudinal section out of the sedan roof. With the center section of the ’37 rear window gone it was close to matching the shape of a ’36 rear window but not quite so I cut in the window from the ’36 Coupe. - Added distinctive ‘35/’36 molding under windows and above rear bumper using Evergreen Styrene half-rounds and lots of putty - Recessed firewall using section from ‘37 kit - Smoothed hood top. - Adapted ’37 inner fender splash panels. - INTERIOR from ’37 Sedan but had to narrow the back seat adapt the dash. Painted Testor’s Leather. - CHASSIS – ’37 Street Rod chassis that features Corvette independent rear end and A-arm front suspension - ENGINE – Chevy from ’37 Coupe featuring tuned port fuel injection, which I always thought was a great looking induction system. - WHEELS & TIRES – Chrome reverse wheels from Revell/Monogram1/24 ’32 Ford - GRILL – Model Car Garage - PAINT – I wanted a color sort of reminiscent of stock ’36 shade so mixed Humbrol enamel white and light brown to get this “café au lait”. Testor’s Chev Engine orange used for engine, wheels and grill.

Here is a better photo of the engine and the TPI which I really like the looks of. The headers are currently pinned in place and I can see by the digital close-up that they also need to be glued!

The engine and chassis are the great combo from the Revell ’37 Ford Coupe Street Rod. The chassis features independent front and rear suspension. The front being A-arm and the rear based on the Corvette C2/3/4 design. The Chevrolet engine features tuned port fuel injection which I always thought was a great looking induction system and a good looking accessory belt drive. The chrome reverse wheels are from a Rev/Mon 1/24 ’32 Ford Roadster releases. Testors Chevrolet Orange was used on the engine and wheels.

Very well done and great looking 429.

Great seeing two birdcages together. I really like the look of the stacks poking out of the hood on #30

After two and half years I finally got back to this project and I am now almost finished. I will post various sub-assembles over the next few days as I get them ready final completion. BODY - Added distinctive ‘35/’36 molding under windows and above rear bumper using Evergreen Styrene half-rounds and lots of putty. Recessed firewall using section from ‘37 kit. Adapted the ’37 inner fender splash panels.

Thanks everyone. I have always had a fondness for customs since I first discovered there were cars other than stock. I devoured "little pages" mags that I bought super cheap at a used book and magazine shop.

I assembled this ’41 Ford Custom Convertible while on vacation but I started building it a number of years ago before the Revell ’48 Ford Custom Coupe was released. I like the look of the ’41 Ford front end and needed the woody body from the AMT kit for another project so the ’48 became a ’41. The chopped Carson top that came with the kit was smoothed reminiscent of the steel lift-off roof on the Ohanesian/Westergard/Bertolucci ’40 Ford convertible sedan. Housings for both the headlights and taillights were frenched and the fenders molded to the body. In order to get the car as low as possible, the body was channelled about 4 scale inches. Both front and rear suspension cross members were replaced with flatter ones to gain additional lowering. The Sombrero hubcaps came from the Revell ’49 Mercury while the fenders skirts are from Replicas and Miniatures. I cannot remember where I sourced the Desoto bumpers. The engine is the stock flathead. I will have to wait until I get home to find an air cleaner that will fit under the hood. The paint, which I did have untypical problems with, is Testor’s rattle can Honduras Maroon lacquer topped with Testor’s lacquer clear. The interior is Testor’s leather.

That old parts pak Cady is sure a sweet looking engine!!

This is a really nice traditional 5-W Deuce Coupe. The combination of all the various parts you used works very well.

You did a fantastic job capturing the Race of Gentlemen look for your '29. It looks great both with top and windshield as well as topless. Nice job on the flathead as well.

Great story and pretty nice model of a car I always thought was very appealing and still check out whenever I see one.

Fantastic looking rally car from what is obviously a pretty impressive kit.

Thank you Jonathon and Chris. I love white styrene!

Sweet 48. Wish I had a car that looked this back in High School!!

Does anyone know if this new re-release is molded in white? My old kit is molded in red which is my least favorite styrene to work with. I am guessing it might be white styrene as the build up posted on the Revell website is yellow which would difficult over red. I have been wanting to build a Monster Miata version with a 1/24 FI Ford 5-liter from the Revell 55 Ford Pickup.