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The other day I was in the hobby shop and my kid asked me to make a model together. He chose the Boothill Express. He likes the skeleton I guess and all the shiny pipes on the motor. Well that's mind of an eight year old. I had reservations about the project, because this kit is not exactly 8year old material, but to my great surprise and delight my kiddo is handling it like a champ so far.

This one I got from e-bay, waaaayyyy back. I don't remember who makes it, but I believe it came from Australia.

Box stock. All paint, not a single decal on it. Sorry for the crappy pictures and thanks for looking.

What kit is that?

Daaaaaaaaaamn. With all this Olds build ups, you guys are going to make me put the deuces aside for little. I am seriously thinking getting one of these. It looks absolutely stunning with the carson top.

holly thread resurrection, Batman !

Ha ha ha. I do the same thing and try to make them all slightly different. Nothing wrong with the small block Ford. Especially if you keep its top different. You can dress them up pretty good these little engines. MCG sells some pretty good kits for them too, which will give you different valve covers and matching filters. And yeah, I have at least a dozen Deuces. 3 Vickies - cabrio highboy, cabrio with fenders and a chopped top highboy 1 B400 3 Speedwagons - box stock, highboy and highboy cabrio 3 Tudors - a vintage highboy, chopped highboy and a chopped full rendered one. 2 5-windows - Eastcoast vintage highboy and a modern chopped highboy. 4 3-windows - the Lucky 13, two full rendered and one chopped highboy. And I still have not started the roadsters and some other ideas I have.

Very nice build, but the license plates don't jive. You have a D sticker, which is the old way (same vintage as the car) to show where in Europe you are and license plates from Bologna, Italy. The build tho is just remarkable.

Looks really cool. I have one on the bench, but definitely not stock

The yellow definitely suits the Scud. These are awesome cars. You can have 7 laps in one at the Vegas racetrack for $299. Which is a steal and worth every penny.

Pure awesome !!!!!!!!

Sweet. Love the rear wheels.

I hear you Jim. I have over a dozen Deuces on the bench right now. I have to pick one of RMCoM sedan deliveries too. My problem with all of them is that always want to make them either black or some sort of red. LOL.

That engine looks really cool. Generally I like rods shiny, but this Deuce is turning really nice and most importantly it has character.

Thank you Bryan. The cut in the firewall came out looking cool, but it was pretty much dictated by necessity, because the engine could not fit in otherwise. For the front I have decided to go with a high tech setup, which will look very traditional. It is a combination of a dropped axle, airbags, friction shocks and four radius rods. But on the outside the only thing visible will be the axle and split wishbones. It is a set up I saw on a Deuce in a magazine. I am making all the parts for the front and then the chassis is getting putty and primer. However on Tuesday I'm going to Vegas for a week (Yeah baby) so I'll pick up the project when I come back.

OK, so I had to take care of some other stuff first, but I am back at it. It's got a name now, which will be Lucky 13- the 30sumtin' rod. First I decided to finally figure out what I want to do with the front end. Still not 100% sure how I'll go about it, but I new that the frame would have to be Z-ed to bring the front into the weeds. So instead of going the traditional way, I just glued the front piece from another frame over this one. This would also stretch it just a touch without affecting the proportions. Then everything was filed to give it a somewhat natural curve, so the Z-job is not really obvious. Also the horns were thinned and curved just slightly. Next I started to work on the rear floor and the trunk. I wanted everything as smooth as possible and as close to the frame as possible. Also there was an issue with the rear diff as it was hitting the floor, so it had to be built around it. So first I made a frame for the panels, to which flat sheet styrene to be glued. This way everything will line up perfectly and also the structural rigidity of the model is greatly improved. Because of the way I made the frame, it was possible to use just one piece of plastic to create the trunk floor and a big part of the rear floor in the same time. Then the two panels on the bottom were made, leaving the middle higher to allow movement for the quickchange rear. A quick check with the frame shows that everything fits just perfect. Later on the front portion of the floor will be made as one piece with the bottom of the firewall and the floor of the interior. I just have to figure out how to make it so there are visible seams even if painted before assembly. Interior Panels were made for the entire trunk. They are glued in, but not the final look. I made templates and drew what the design of them should be. A quick mock up Thank you for looking.

Full of character and totally cool.

I am not sure if you are trying to be funny or just plain cruel.

Yes it is. It was my first model for the year and it is 100% box stock. You can see it here http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52072&hl=

I love the interior on this kit. I just can't believe they did not include any hardware for the doors, like window cranks or door handles. I made a red one.

Very nice. I love the interior.

Very nicely done and a great color combo. Is it RMCoM body?

This will be cool. Is the color a spray can?

Very cool so far. I just think the shifter is grossly oversized. But all the sound equip in the rear is really cool and I love how the interior flows around. Can't wait to see it finished.

Hey, no problem Jason. This is what the forums are for, right? Just make sure you practice the airbrush for flames. You need to play with air pressure, nozzles etc. The flames on the Merc are made with 9 different colors. 2 whites, 2 yellows, 2 orange, 2 red and a little blue. It gets confusing when you have the masking on, so I kid you not, you need to know what you are doing. I don't want you to mess up some really nice project you are working on. I just laid down the clear and this thing turned amazing. I don't want to mix the threads and I don't want to start a WIP one for the Merc, because there isn't much to show. I'll just post it "under glass" once done.