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Nice to see. Maybe my favourite Ferrari supercar. The Tamiya version was a great kit.

If you want to have an articulated opening hood and opening doors you can combine the front portion from a Revell 1/25 1929 Roadster pickup and the back of a Revell or AMT Roadster. In this case I used the AMT version.

Great looking Hot Rod, Russ.

My current project is another one from my previously started list. It is a Revell 1948 Ford Woody which was only ever issued as a stock version. My build is inspired by a Vancouver ’48 Woody that I have been impressed with since I first saw it not yet finished a number of years ago. On the surface that car is perfectly restored and except or its stance looks absolutely stock. Underneath it has a full C-4 running gear including suspension and tuned port fuel injected engine. My build will also have a Corvette engine but a C-5 LS-1. As for a chassis I am using the great Art Morrison chassis from the AMT Wagon Rod which features an independent A-arm front suspension, rack and pinion steering, disc brakes, a Ford 9-inch rear end and air bags all around. I have also grafted the 5-speed manual and oil pan from that kit onto the LS-1. The ignition covers were modified with Evergreen siding to sort of look like finned flatheads. My first modifications to the kit were to separate the “woody” parts from the “metal” parts and the roof. Then I cut out the “wood” panel sections from the “wood” framing to eventually be replaced by real wood panels from cigar box separators. I have always been very impressed with the headliners of classic Woody’s. They remind me of the wood work on classic yachts. The headliners were in many cases an open grid of narrow wooden slats through which you could see the white inner liner of the fabric roof. The headliner in this kit is very well rendered but I have scribed open between the slats so the white under the roof can be seen so I may not permanently attach the roof. Before proceeding any further with the Woody work I decided I better do the modification to get the chassis and engine under the car. Fortunately, the wheel base of the Wagon Rod appears to be the same as the ’48 Woody. So far I have removed the gas tank and some raised surface areas from the Woody floor pan. Next up will be to paint and assemble the rolling chassis and engine to see how it all fits and what else needs to be modified.

Looking fantastic I like everything you have done to it especially the engine and wheels.

Great patina on the Deuce. Two very cool hot rods.

I like this a lot. Very smooth. Great colour.

Outstanding model of an incredibly tough machine

It looks so real. Very impressive model of such a significant car.

Thanks Bob Thanks Carl Thanks Tyler Thanks Ron - It is reassuring to hear I am not the only who has had trouble applying White Lightning. I was hoping it would be my go to paint for a couple of other white pearl projects I would like to do but will use Tamiya instead. Thanks Chris

Mark - Very good looking model of a very appealing car but in reality I still prefer my previous generation MX-5 retractable which may have the best designed retractable roof.

Great back story and a really well built and beautiful model. It has a bit of an Aston-Martin vibe.

Very, very nice. I have been reading the Shelby biography and just read about the competition 427's

David - I have another set of seats from an AMT '57 Ford that I may use in Lindberg '53 Ford which I have thinking about building as Pro-Touring version of a Carrera Panamericana style car but very much the same as the Fairlane with the same colours, same wheels, tires, brakes and engine, same dechroming and same radiused wheelwells like a twin 11 years older

Thanks Scott Thanks Andy Here is a better view of the engine compartment

Thanks Keith Thanks David - I tried to get some better views of the interior

WOW - beautiful kit. One of my all time favourite cars. I actually considered buying an SM when they were going for about $10000. As close as I got was buying a book on the SM's and a 1/43 diecast. I would love to get this model but the price is too rich for me.

Thanks Ray Thanks Larry

I am calling this a Pro-Touring Thunderbolt but the inspiration behind it is as a phantom road version of the Holman-Moody 1964 427 Fairlane. Back in ’64 at the request of NASCAR Holman-Moody built a 427 Fairlane to evaluate a unibody car as a possible next generation Cup racecar. This car did race at Daytona but not in a NASCAR race rather it was driven by Fireball Roberts in the Daytona Continental and finished second to AJ Foyt in a Cooper Monaco. Later it was sold to Alan Mann Racing in England and was raced until a crash. In this century H-M has built a few continuation 427 Fairlanes for vintage road racing. For a very interesting article on the H-M 427 Fairlanes check out https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hdrp-0605-1964-holman-moody-ford-fairlane/ My model is based on the Revell Special Edition ’64 Ford Fairlane Street Machine 2’n1 kit with body modifications similar to the HM 427. - removed lower body trim - reshaped front and rear wheel wells - wheels, tires and brakes are from the Revell ’57 Chev - suspension lowered - seats from AMT ’57 Ford - console modified from AMT ’58 Chev - dechromed bumpers, wheels, valve covers - added a splitter to front bumper and a trunk edge spoiler - opened the front licence plate area for extra cooling - added an electric cooling fan and a boosted dual master cylinder - I wanted to sue the Thunderbolt style air intake but with the stock style hood. To do this I had to reduce the overall height of the entire manifold, carb and intake assembly. - I used Testors One Coat Lacquer from the rattle cans and for whatever reason I had some problems with the application. The white is called White Lightning which seemed appropriate for a Thunderbolt and keep with the Holman and Moody look and the silver is called Diamond Dust.

Gorgeous. Jo-han sure made some great kits.

I did not know what to expect when I opened your post but man was I pleasantly surprised. Like others have commented - great design and execution.

WOW - extraordinary. I have always been attracted to Canadian Pontiacs. There some very cool versions from the mid fifties to late sixties featuring all the great Chevrolet engines. My parents had a 53 Pontiac which shocked a mechanic in the states when it needed a new muffler and he discovered it was actually a Chevrolet under the skin. I also witnessed a street drag between a 65 Pontiac and a maybe Thunderbolt. The Pontiac had a least a hi-po small block if not a 396 and gave the Ford a good run.

Great story - great model. Really like both.

Super cool gasser and extra cool photos.