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Amazing work. The engine is like a little jewel. I love the color too.

OK. I tried the California V8 engine and it I am not going to be using it. The heads would stick out the sides through the side hoods and I really want to keep the front completely enclosed for the look I am going after. So, modern Ford or modern Chevy ?

I'll have to jump start this. So many projects, so little time......

Now all you need to buy is a saw and TIG welder

Cool. Looks like something out of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's garage.

No problem. I want bend the roof so the corners on the front go down just a touch to lay flush on the Duval frame. My idea is that will also create a little crease in the center of the roof, but it will disappear before halfway. Then i will sand the top of the hood smooth and add a new line from the tip of the windshield all the way to the top of the grille shell. This way the crease from the roof will be carried on by the windshield and into the body. I think that when it is painted all one solid color it will be a nice subtle touch.

Very nice. Altho not my style, I love the suicide set up for the front axle.

Thank you Bryan. The windshield is from the Phantom Vicky kit. I love it, but I hate the roof the mates to it.

Thank you. Darn , now I have to buy a Vette kit !? On the other hand this set up will save all sorts of frame and firewall issues. This also poses other issues. If I use a rear mounted trany, then I may as well use the Cali transaxle. On the other hand the Vette rear will be easier to adapt to the 32 rails. Hmmmmmm Now I am lost. I got a Jimmy Flintstone Fire Roadstered model from flea bay with the idea that it has some really cool IRS in it that I could use for this project. I just received it. What a joke. I can scratchbuild one with way better results. What a waist of money.

Thank you guys. Next on the agenda is making the engine mounts, filters for the engine and fixing the floor situation, as right now both the engine and the transaxle protrude a little into the interior. I have sort of a dilemma. The engine has a little part of it that does not fit within the side hood on the right side. I have cut the hood to fit around it and it looks really cool. However, my plan was to paint the car all yellow with grey-tanish roof and interior and then paint the drivetrain a gunmetal sort of color and also put it as an accent in the interior. I was also thinking about making it Boyd Coddington style and paint the engine same color as everything else. Now since a little part of the engine will be kind of part of the hood, I guess I will HAVE to color code it with the body, but then the transaxle will have to be the same "to keep the balance". And I don't thing the transaxle should be body color. Meanwhile it would be somewhat awkward to color code the engine and not the transaxle.

Nicely done. I am not sure which grey were you referring to about the color, as Ferrari had a bunch of them. Either way it looks really good. I used to have one like this in 1:1, but it was red. The only thing I would do different would be the paint on the engine. It needs to be flat aluminum. Almost grey-non metallic.

I am making it a Ferrari color and it is going to be red, but not the traditional Rosso Corsa. I am painting it Rosso Fuoco (fire red) which is cool red metallic tricoat. It is a $50 000 option on the real Ferraris. It also looks like I'll be hacking up that Ferrari California that has been sitting somewhere in my garage then. Any suggestions about what transmission should I mate to it?

I had these two boxes sitting on top of each other in my garage that I was walking by every day. I never smoke in my house, so when I need a cig I go in the garage. So I was staring at the two boxes for ever. One was from a Revell '32 3 window and on top of it was an old issue of the ZZ Top's '34. So this crazy idea started eating at me. I love 32s more than anything else (well except Ferraris), but I always loved the roof line of the '33/'34 better. So why not have the best of both? So I took a Revell 3 window and cut it to receive the Monogram's '34 roof. The Eliminator's roof had to be pie cut in the middle to narrow it to fit the Deuce body. Then the back end of the '34 hood was cut, sectioned and glued to a 32 hood, creating a hybrid that is a 32 top hood, but has a 34 cut infront of the windshield. I have glued the side hoods to the body right now, but they are going to be cut to follow the door jambs and to meet the top hood. There are things I do know how I want and many I don't. I know it will stay fenderless. I know I will keep the louvers, and I will try to use the Mercster wheels. I want this to be the perfect mixture between a traditional and modern rod which is a hard balance to keep. So what do you guys think? Modern Ford Vette motor or Ferrari V8 Then what should I do for a chassis? The standard Revell '32 chassis The Phantom Vicky's chassis A custom one.....? Vette rear end, solid axle quickchange or Jag IRS? Any suggestions appreciated.

Thank you Doc. This one will be very shiny and very monochromatic. Almost entirely yellow.

I hate the monkey mobile and that is why I did not look at this thread before. What a loss for me. This thing is absolutely great. I love the new roof and the sculpted interior. What did you decided for the interior/exterior color? (Sorry if I missed that somewhere)

Thank you Nick

As my kid says - That's so totally cool. I love it.

I have not been on here for quite some time and I have not shown anything new in over a year. I have diecast to blame, but I got the itch for some styrene lately, so I revisited some projects. This one has been on and off for years and it started as something else and then it morphed into different things over time. It started with the idea of putting a V8 into a Prowler, which then turned into putting the Prowler drivetrain in a 3 window Deuce with the Plymouth's suspension. Then it was supposed to be a green roadster and the frame was painted. That idea became a yellow Phaeton. So the frame was repainted. Then the Prowler drivetrain plan was scrapped and the idea became a high power V8 (LT5) with a quick change rear. As it sits right now it has a Ferrari V12 in it. So, what was done? The frame is a hybrid between the AMT Phantom Vicky and a Prowler frame with good amount of modifications thrown in. Reading the later issues of the Magazine, I guess it would be considered "scratch bashing". It now has the IFS from the Vicky and an IRS based on the Prowler's, while it accommodates the engine and the rear mounter transmission. The body is the front half of the Phantom Vicky, mated to the rear of an old AMT Phaeton body, with all the door lines filled and new ones scribed. The interior has the dash from the Vicky, but pulled out, extending the panel behind the windshield. The floor is about half of the Vicky's, but the rest will have to be scratch build. The side panels are from the Dan Fink speed wagon and are completely reworked with new door lines described and will be molded with the body on the top. The front seats are also from the Speed Wagon and are so far stock. The rear seats is the bench from the same kit, but it has been cut many different ways. The roof is from the AMT Phaeton, but it will be modified in few different ways. The wheels are from a Tamiya Ferrari 360 with the rears fitted in a Pegasus alu sleeve and shod in stretched Tamiya F40 Pirellis. Still a lot of work to do on this one, so stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Very nice so far. Can't wait for more.

Beautiful build. Just what I like. Colorful yet dark and subtle with just the right amount of shiny stuff.

Holly ######!!!!!! I think I need a drink........... This is absolutely incredible.

Blown streetable SBC Headers intended for the Deuce Awesome wheel/tire combo An all new interior Cycle fenders Just these things alone are worth buying the kit IMO. And about the thingies on the hood - who cares really? Anyone who I know who likes building street rods has at least half a dozen "regular" hoods in their parts box from the other Revell '32s. Now after this comes out and becomes an instant hit, just like all the previous '32s Revell has released, I am wondering when are they finally going to make something completely different. How about a '32 with Kugel suspension? Both IFS and IRS. How about a Vicky or a two door (phantom) Phaeton? They really need to develop a new chassis set up for the Deuces.

Very nice model and very well put together. Dinos came in all sorts of colors originally and then many have been repainted in all sorts of non-ferrari colors. About if it is a Ferrari....well, technically it is not. Alfredino Ferrari, was Enzo's son, who expressed great interest in engines. Legend has it he had some involvement in the design of the V6 engine in the 1961 F1 "Sharknose". Unfortunately it is more of a fiction, but it makes for a good story. Anyway, Enzo Ferrari refused to make a rear engined street car and even less, one that had fewer than 12 cylinders. So the Dino was created as a separate brand to offer more affordable alternative to Ferraris. No Dino came out of the factory with a Ferrari badge or the name anywhere on it. The Dino 308GT/4 later on came out same way, but because of customer outcry in US, second half of the production came with prancing horse badges.

Really cool. I love Boyd cars and have seen few in real life. Very nice kit and you definitely did it justice. Very clean build.

Ha! I thought that's what promos were made for....