krassandbernie

No apology needed here my friend. I simply caught onto this thread looking for something else this evening and wanted to make sure no one was mislead since soaking resin in lacquer thinner can likely dry it out or cause damage..........and it's rough on the lungs to boot!

I don't recall saying that. I suggest (with my resin) that you simply wash it in regular Dawn dish washing liquid and luke warm water prior to primer. My resin does not need to be soaked in anything to remove the mold release agent because it is a paint-able release agent. When I have mentioned lacquer thinner it was in regards to stripping paint off of the resin, and even then it was not suggested that you soak the resin in lacquer thinner but rather wipe the primer or paint off with a dampened rag or paper towels followed by a wash with Dawn again before starting over............just don't want anyone reading this info to think otherwise.

Thanks for the post (Dennis), and the kind words! The chopped '34 Ford 5 window coupe body is just about off-line for good. It will be discontinued indefinitely since the master did not hold up this last time from previous repairs and re-chopping the roof.....after making 3 new molds in a row. I now have less than 20 of these bodies in stock and will likely only get a few more out of the molds if that. The front splash aprons for it have not been available in over 15 years now and are not included with the body. The splash aprons in the kit have a huge notch cut out of the center so I molded these. Craig Turner mastered them and offered them to me a long time ago. They can be ordered along with the coupe body (or if you order something else they can be added to an order). I have gotten away from offering small parts since they eat up too much time for too little profit being a one-man operation. So, I will not ship a set of splash aprons alone I am sorry to say.

This is shaping up to be a fantastic build! I don't know why so many modelers these days gripe about this particular kit (the AMT kit, not my resin body). They keep comparing it to the Revell '32 Ford kits as one is naturally comparing apples to apples here. I think the AMT '34 Ford 5 window coupe kit is a pretty decent kit out of the box and you don't get all that many more options with half of the Revell '32 Ford kits either. This leads the average hot rod model car builder having to scratch build, kit, bash, or modify a few parts here and there to suit their project..............exactly what you have done here.........EXACTLY what you see most builders of the Revell '32 Ford kits (take your pick) doing. I am still left scratching my head at the absurd comments I receive regarding my resin body.........."I'd buy it if it were based on a Revell kit"...........which none exist currently by the way if you are referring to a standard 1/25th scale (non-snap tite) '34 Ford. At any rate, I am very excited to see this one completed! Great work!

Tom was an excellent resin caster. I was just telling someone about him this evening in a conversation regarding resin casters from 20+ years go. I have not kept up with him over the years........the same goes for Shawn Carpenter. Shawn didn't have a large catalog but his resin conversions were very high quality. I always thought both of these guys put out a product as good (even nicer quite frankly) than the average stuff Modelhaus churned out..........having ordered from all three back in the day.

Not at this time. I plan on offering one at some point.

And here I was thinking you got one of the last teardrop hoods FOR the Revell kits that I offered! LOL! Great job! Where did the wheels come from? Were they from this kit?

I know you weren't.........and I certainly did not take it that way. I was just clarifying for anyone else reading because we both know someone would take your remark to mean that most resin is prone to be thicker than styrene parts and cause fitment issues like being discussed here. Then I would possibly lose out on sales because of that assumption.

I find it extremely difficult to believe that my resin body was the culprit here. Dennis received one of the first couple castings out of the mold, which would be more exact and on-point then the casting I compared here to Dennis' master. This casting is somewhere around the 50th one out of the mold and it is darn near spot on. If it is a hair thicker (on the sides) it would barely be noticed and certainly not cause any fitment issues since the body can easily be spread out or pinched in to fit a chassis.......and any amount of play needed here would not even equate to the wall thickness of the casting either. I am one of the few resin casters who pays strict attention to things of this nature. I am constantly comparing wall thickness of the castings to the original master throughout the life of a mold and try to correct any casting procedures (if needed/or possible)....again, if something were to crop up. I also design my molds in such a way as to prevent this from occurring in the first place. While I can completely understand how one would quickly come to your (possible) conclusion based on the history of castings in the automotive hobby over the past 20+ years I would still like to make it known that this is not likely the case here! LOL!

Here are some photos of the very well executed build that Peter Sanders recently shared with me.

I have them in stock yet. The molds are past the halfway point as far as how many copies I expect to get out of them. Once they are used up this body will be discontinued for good.

I guess no one likes these hot rod builds?

This was another one of the bodies that Dennis Lacy mastered. Kenny did an outstanding job building it too! The model wasn't finished in the first photo but shows off the color better.

Lee just sent me this group of photos today of his completed Drag City Casting builds to date. He has a chopped '32 Ford Fordor sedan body but hasn't started it as of yet. I am also shipping one of the new chopped '32 Tudor sedan bodies to him this week, so it will be neat to see those added to this group of awesome builds pictured here! Each of these bodies is still available accept for the '30 Model A coupe.

Lee just shared these photos with me of his build now completed! I think it looks fantastic!