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If you ever decide to sell that set, let me know. I'd like to try one again.

They were an item at one time available from Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland (RM-98 1/25 Vintage Wire Wheels - $39.95). They included Norm's big & littles resin tires w/ Detail Master photo etched Kelsey Hayes wheels. A bit of a challenge to get the PE wire wheel front and backs put together but the effect is worth it. I would order more but they are discontinued, there must be unbuilt sets out there....

This is true, on the 32 sedan I 'm working on, I did a radical chop that is probably more than what a kit issued chop would offer.

That is VERY nice box art, - looks like the #440 '32 sedan Bob Mcgrath ran at Bonneville, before it got the four inch roof chop. Too bad this reissue didn't come with a chopped roof. If this is a reissue of the previous 32 sedan, you all might practice getting that interior tub inserted in that body shell. I'm currently completing my build of the original kit and there is a trick to it .......here's a tip from Tim Boyd's review: Flathead engine is a nice choice, think I'd like to power up with a supercharged Chrysler and channeled for a mean stance.

Looks great, did I miss what color and paint you used? Nice job.

I've heard MCW 's line of enamels is very good as well. They have a hardening additive to speed the drying time, and their own gloss, which according to some isn't needed.

I took a look at this project again and would like to finish it, now that other projects are completed. The paint job is not one of my best as the rattle can Testors Custom Lacquer Ultraviolet Pearl doesn't have the gloss I would have liked, and there are some bad areas on the body shell where the paint collected on ridge lines and outgassed tiny micro bubbles. They left some tiny pitting in the surface when dry. I took another look and decided some areas needed attention, so I tried some wet sanding to get rid of the bubble pitting, and repainted using the same paint but decanted this time into a jar and letting the paint outgas the frothing little bubbles before airbrushing. Did better this time, wished I had done the decanting method the first time. Was a bit risky as this Testors paint is no longer available since I started this build years ago, so the one can I have is all there is, and there is leaking/dried bubbles around the bottom seam of the can. Looking to try other paints. Time to transition to MCW paint on future projects.

My LHS doesn't carry it. But just got some this afternoon from Amazon ...only took a week. Came in a two pack: Tamiya Polishing Compound "Fine" and Tamiya Polishing Compound "Finish". Tried them out this evening. Both tubes full and easy to dispense. I noticed the consistency of this Tamiya stuff is very creamy vs. what I'm used to I've used Novus 1 clean and shine and Novus 2 fine scratch remover. I recently tried Novus 3 Heavy scratch remover...be careful with that stuff....it is like grainy toothpaste and even when you wipe it off it leaves a lot of white residue that has to be washed off under the tap. Also tried LMC Micro Gloss Polish which is like Novus 1 but leaves a glossier finish. I think there is no substitute for a well applied paint job in a correct dust free good air temperature. Even my best paint jobs needed a wet sand to get rid of the fine orange peel appearance under magnification. Not sure a gloss over coat will hide that.

Resurrecting this build after finishing other projects. The interior was completed but fitting it inside the body shell was a bear. Found a kit review that acknowledged there is a trick to getting that interior inserted past the narrow bottom of the body shell Wiring the flathead, reevaluating the paint job and checking the suspension/stance.

REALLY nice work. What's the story on the urethane gloss...what brand name? Decals ok?

Looks great - Well Done!

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Rally nice....great pics too. What camera are you using?

Can I renew and start with #223 Jim

Me too.

Looks fantastic....love the color and finish. I assume MCW paints are airbrushed. Can you tell us if you used a polishing compound as well.

Found this old review of the kit, and the interior fit. Admits to the challenge (difficulty) of getting the assembled interior tub inserted into the body shell. There apparently are ways to do it...I found this method to work only after filing down sides of the dashboard (you can see the right and left sides of the dashboard protruding in the picture) and filing down parts of the interior tub rear sidewalls while stretching the sides of the body shell open at the front while working the interior in.

The photo etched Kelsey-Hayes wheels were from Replicas and Miniatures....RM-98 1/25 VINTAGE WIRE WHEELS. It included Norm's big & little resin tires and Detail Master PE wire wheel sets. (Was $39.95) Norm still has lot of great tire choices - but when I asked about the photo etched wheel set he advised they are no longer available as Detail Master stopped producing the photo etched wheels to go with the tires. I read the instructions several times before putting them together, as the build looks a bit complicated at first. The photo etched wire wheels are flat, and took a LOT of dexterity to bend the inner and outer spokes to interlace the front and back wheels, then superglue them together, but they are very convincing pieces when done. I would order them again if they were available....I'll bet there are a bunch of them out there that were bought but have never been built.

I'll pull the packaging and check.

Beautiful build so far....have you tried to insert the interior into the body shell? I've been working on a chopped version with photo etched wire wheels, ran into a problem with the interior fit.

I'll give it a try.

I pulled it off, still has a problem, and the dashboard is a tad too wide to fit the body shell as well, so I filed the left and right ends of the dashboard off. If I wrestle the thing in, by spreading the sides of the body shell open, it might slide in - but it is putting stress on the parts.... I don't think this part of the kit was well designed - the bottom of the left and right sides of the body shell curve inward....making it too narrow to easily slide the interior tub in. Very difficult assembly - Maybe that's why I don't see many of these kits around.

Good work so far. I'm partial to '29 roadsters.

I've broken the interior sidewalls off several times trying to get this interior tub inserted, the body shell. Tried sliding the tub in at an angle rear part first...but the front overhangs...won't go in. Really frustrating.

Has anyone completed a build of this kit? I don't know how they expect the assembled interior tub to be inserted into the body shell...the assembled tub is both wider and longer than the opening at the bottom of the body shell.