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Stunningly beautiful !!

WOW Fantastically well built especially the belly pan !!

Thanks guys - Yesterday I took the model to show a friend who may not be with us much longer. Back in the sixties he had a 34 Ford Coupe with an Oldsmobile engine which I had previously built a replica model for him. He loved seeing the blown and Olds and it was fun being about to open up the doors and trunk for him to have a better look inside.

Thanks Christopher - I can only remember trying one Revell kit as a kid in the 1960's when they were first released. I was used to metal axles and screw on one piece chassis. I never completed the '56 Ford pickup which looked so promising when I opened the box.

Candy Apple Red looks fantastic.

Thanks Maxx and Ron - Here is one more photo. Great chassis and engine. The frame was a little bent which causes some problems before and after assembly. I did build up the chassis, suspension and steering completely before painting. I think it would be even more difficult to have done it after paint.

Thanks Bill - Glad you like it Thanks Ray Thanks Gerald. My attempt at piping on the seats using a liquid pen looks acceptable to the naked eye but I may try to fix it up using thinly cut self adhesive vinyl. Thanks Alan - Look forward to seeing your's So did I Thanks John for posting the photo of the restored car. Ironically the spindly suspension parts in these old Revell kits are some cases truer to scale than similar parts in newer kits.

For my final completion of the year, I decided to build the Stone, Woods & Cook Willys Gasser. It was a favourite car of mine back in the day and a nice tie in with a couple of other of my 2021 models. Earlier in the year I built the Big John Mazmanian Willys Gasser using the newer Revell kit so I figured it would be interesting to compare that experience to the vintage tooling of the SWC kit. There are also a few connections to my recent completion the Beatnik Bandit both having blown Oldsmobile engines, both were upholstered by Eddie Martinez and the SWC Willys was lettered by Big Daddy Roth. I used the latest re-issue of the kit which was molded in white styrene. The kit was originally mastered in 1963 and was one of the more detailed offerings from Revell with opening doors and trunk, posable steering and very detailed and realistic chassis and power-train. It even has chrome frames for the inside of the windshield and rear windows. Like many of the Revell kits of the day the parts can be fragile and fiddly. There was a fair amount of flash, seams and other evidence of the molding process so lots of preparation was required. I used the great article on the restored car in Rodder’s Journal #36 for reference. I did make a few changes from a box stock build. - Replaced the original kit headlights with chromed lenses to those from the newer kit with clear lenses - Replaced taillights with ones from ’32 5W which look more like the Pontiac units on the real car - Filled in the cowl hinge area and evened the trailing edge of the hood - Dechromed the trim and attached it to the body before priming and painting as I did not think I could get it fixed in place without screwing up the paint job. Bare-Metal-Foil was applied after the paint. I noticed neither of the box art models on either the older or the newest releases had side trim. - Added door jams and made the door handles functional to keep the doors closed - Filled in the rather large open area in the floor by way of the shifter. The floor was flocked to simulate carpet. - Added a tachometer to the dash - Used pins in the steering system to make it fully functional - Dechromed a number of engine components and used various paints to simulate how the real engine looked. Interesting the styrene under the chrome was dark grey - Installed a couple of batteries in the trunk for better weight distribution - Used Tamiya flat white acrylic for the white walls on the front tires - PAINT – Tamiya TS-58 Pearl Light Blue - DECALS – The latest re-issue came with a great set of decals including for the interior. I also have a Fred Cady set which I did not use. The Back Story – The real car still exists and has been restored except for the unique front end which some other guy owns and is unwilling to part with. The very first SWC Willys had a trailering accident after which the entire body was replaced and combined with all the parts from the first. A complete second Hemi powered car was built to be more competitive with the Mazmanian Willys. This car eventually got a Hemi and after its drag racing career it became a street rod for many years.

All together very attractive. Gorgeous looking Deuce from a great kit that hopefully will be re-released some day. Love the color and the wide whites with the mags.

Great to see another Mazmanian car. I have built three of his previous cars but likely will never get to the funny car so I really appreciate your build.

Very interesting and well done model and as mentioned by others - great photos and back ground.

Fantastic looking Deuce Coupe. Very well built. I am planning on getting as far east as Winnipeg next June. Maybe I could get your Deuce and take it back ti Victoria for Deuce Days in Scale on July 17 !!

I just discovered your project. Fantastic. Keep up the great work

The plan is for the 348/409 to go into a early 1960's style Deuce 3W Coupe - chopped, full fendered, candy apple red, chrome wheels, wide whites, white button tuff interior

The roof was shaped from the convertible up-top. This was one of my favorite race cars at the track near Vancouver in the mid 1960's. I built the model to try and find out what happened to it. Eventually discovered that it had a follow up successful career as a drag car but then got wrecked and disappeared. I once had thoughts of building a full size replica for vintage racing.

I really like the 409. I have one planned to go into a future project.

This is going to be awesome. Glad I was able to get you motivated to build this.

Built 14.5 years ago. Link to more photos - FOGG MOTORS 65 MUSTANG album | Phildaupho | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

Thanks for the info. I had never before studied the bed floor of a 57 Ranchero. I did an internet search and found a few more views so now I have a plan.

Great project and one that I have wanted to pursue using similar components as you are. A number of years ago I built a 1/24 Notchback Mustang A/Sedan by converting a convertible into a notchback and using GT350R parts.

Thanks guys - I think that I will definitely have to get back to this after I complete my current project. I want to save the kit engine for a future hot rod project so plan to install a Thunderbird engine from the AMT 62 T-Bird kit and will likely go with either chrome wheels or Radar mags. Color wise I am leaning towards two-tone light green and white like the box art model. I think the only difficulty I am going to have is with the pickup bed. I am thinking I will try to make the sides, bottom and bulkhead under the rear window integral with the rest of the body.

Thanks Bill - I just couldn't hold my breath any longer !! Thanks Stuart - I studied the rear of the cab closely and figured I could make the Wagon rear window work. In reality I think the rear window was a pickup unit. You may be right Bob. Once I finish my current project and might not be able to resist getting back to the Ranchero. Thanks David - I do like the standard trim and changed to that on a Gasser Sedan Delivery I did but I do prefer the Fairlane trim on Rancheros.

Excellent Model-T model and great photos

I have a project ready for paint but it has been too wet to consider going to the spray booth or even wanting to spend much time outside so I just had an uncontrollable urge to try converting a Revell 1957 Del Rio Ranch Wagon into a 1957 Ranchero - one of my all time favorite cars and one which probably is unlikely to ever be released as a new kit. The rear window is the Wagon window moved forward and the bulkhead below is a portion of a '57 Chrysler 300 roof. I am not sure when I will get back to this but it was a fun way to spend a few hours. I previously built a Meteor version using the old Revell kit.

I really like the combination of the hubcaps and wide whites. Classic old school.