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Another great looking hot-rod from a super kit with only minor personalized modifications. I especially like how your windshield mod turned out.

Great choice of rolling stock. I think dull spoke Americans are the best looking wheels for a sixties style street machine.

Very nicely built. I really like the contrasting colors.

I enjoyed your 2015 model retrospective. Especially like your "cut-away" photography. The decal treatment on the Silver Slipper worked very well.

Congrats Bernard for getting one more Deuce done. There is a lot I really like about this one - the stance, the paint textures, the slot mags, the engine compartment spreader bars, the Pontiac engine and especially getting a dual quad blown engine to fit under the hood. I did not manage to get my year end projects completed but I should have a couple under glass early in this new year.

Replicas & Miniatures does have an excellent Duval windshield and hardtop which I can highly recommend

What a wonderful story of a great hot-rod and an amazing model. You are a lucky man to have built and owned the real thing and now to have had the chance to assemble the model and have it to remember your hot-rod.

Thanks everyone for your replies. It has been very interesting reading the variety of opinions on this subject. I was not aware that the Rat Roaster was considered a new tool so that must mean Revell could re-issue the Deuce Higbboy in its original format which would be better than nothing I guess and like Bernard just said "Let the hobbyist do the rest."

How's that. I guess Arial is the default font for this forum??

While waiting for the family to arrive for Christmas dinner I got to thinkin’. As far as I know the original mid 1990’s Revell Deuce Highboy Roadster was modified in a number of ways to produce the Rat Roaster. I for one would like to see Revell issue a more generic Deuce Highboy and think they could easily modify the Rat Roaster to produce a successful and popular “new’ Deuce Highboy Roaster. This is my wish list of changes I would like to see Interior - return to a bench seat interior Exterior - up-top, louvered hood top and hood sides with more louvers than the first issue Engine - three carb and/or dual quad intake manifold, option of existing side exhausts or inboard headers Suspension – beam front axle and quickchange rearend Wheels – deep dish rear steelie wheels What would you like in a “new’ Deuce Highboy Roaster kit? Maybe Revell will listen.

This was a nice Christmas present to open up. I like it a lot. Well done. Great color choice, good looking headers and the Rat Roaster wheels are a natural fit.

Extremely well done convertible conversion. Gorgeous in all respects. . I have no doubt the boss was bowled over.

I remember the original box art well and it is wonderful to see it brought to reality.

Extremely well done model. Credit to you for building such a beautiful hot rod model and credit to Revell for producing such a great hot rod kit. Your build may change a lot of peoples' opinions of this kit.

I must saw you made a perfect selection of wheels and color. Just like the 65 Falcon I had for a few years. Nice model.

Thanks John - You should really try to make to Victoria next summer for the show. The out door car show that only happens every three years around the Inner Harbour is mind-blowing with over 800 hundred 1951 or earlier cars - over 400 of which will be Deuces - many having traveled long distances to get here. Deuce Days in Scale will be right at the centre of the action - indoors in the ballroom of the host hotel.

Thanks everyone and Mike the outside mirrors came from the Revell 40 Ford Coupe Street Rod kit

I had a fairly productive 2015 mainly concentrating on Deuce builds which I will continue building into 2016 leading up to Deuce Days in Scale in Victoria BC July 24/16.

Your drag cars are amazing. I am going to have to pay more attention to the drag part of the forum in 2016!!

I absolutely concur with all the previous comments. Your build really shows what an irresistibly great kit this is which can be enhanced further with the addition of just a few well chosen parts.

Yes I am familiar with Steve Moal built Ferrari powered hot-rods. He also did a fairly traditional looking black Deuce roadster with a Ferrari V-12. There were two Ferrari Deuces on the 75 most significant list.

Thanks for the encourage. Next I plan to do wheel mounting and widen fenders

While waiting for the weather to dry up so I can do the final painting on another project, I decided to get started on a new Deuce model. Over the years I have been intrigued by number of full-scale Ferrari powered Deuces and decided it was time I built my own scale version. I am using parts mainly from three kits; - Revell of Germany [Italeri] Ferrari 250 GTO – engine/transmission, wire wheels, exhaust, taillights - AMT Phantom Phaeton – cowl & Duval windshield, chassis and running gear - Revell Rat Roaster – body, fenders and interior ENGINE – Built box-stock but did will convert to wet sump. The 1/24 engine is of course slightly longer than a 1/25 version would be. CHASSIS – Lengthened about a scale foot. Could have reduced this amount by recessing the firewall and using an alternator WHEELS & TIRES – The GTO kit comes with very nice three piece wire wheels with three different outer rims. I am using the deep dish on the rear and narrowed versions of the non-dished on the front. Tires are Revell Deuce kit no-name big and littles. BODY – Used Phantom Phaeton cowl which is a little shorter than that of the Rat Roaster. That combined with the fact that the Roadster sits slightly further back on the chassis contributed to some of the extra length between cowl and grill shell. I made the lengthened hood which still needs a bunch of work from two hoods, widening one and narrowing the other and then joining them towards the middle. A Ferrariesque hood power bulge was made from a sectioned airplane drop-tank. The hood sides were made from sheet styrene into which I will cut in a couple of GTO vertical vents. Out back the Phantom Phaeton roll pan was molded on.

Talk about great inspiration. I have always really like the projects when I see a certain car and cannot resist trying to recreate it in scale. You certainly have made a fantastic start.

Let me be the first to congratulate you on another amazing model of a classic. Incredible detail. My wife has ridden a Bianchi bicycle for years.