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I am in also. In case no one has guessed it, yes I'll go for another '32 Ford.

So here is the roof after some putty with a new character line added. It is superglued on top of the putty, which is irrelevant as it will have filler all around it and on top of it. It is marely a guyde line to keep the shape in check.

Here is a quick mockup of the whole thing. I have not decided on wheels yet, but the ride will be adjusted for sure. Because of the frame modifications, now the wheels sit somewhat more inwards in the fenders, which needs to be fixed. Also the front needs to be brought down a little. But there is a lot more work on the chassis and fenders that needs to be done before that. The model will have white wall tires for sure.

Other than the yellow parts, everything else on this is from some sort of '32 Ford kit or will be scratchbuild. The only aftermarket item (other than the usual detail wires, grilles etc.) will eventually be a coffin riding in the back, which will most likely come from Jimmy Flintstone.

Like it did not look cool enough in bare plastic, you had to add paint too? Can't wait to see this thing finished. By far my favorite project on here.

This is another one of my endless Deuce projects and it is ..........a hearse. A hot rodded one at that. I don't remember what gave me the idea, but it has been in my head for a while now. As a matter of fact it was already in my head last June in Kanzas, where I did not see Dorothy, but I got me a Boothhill Express showrod in a gallon ziplock bag for something like $10. It was exactly what I had in mind for the project. The other part I needed was the Dan Fink Speedwagon, which I already had a couple of from evilbay. The only setback was, that I found out that the supposedely whole kit of the Boothill express was missing its roof. Well styrene sheet it was. Since I now had a much longer body, I needed to stretch the frame. I decided to use two separate fromes cut at different places for the job (sometimes it seems like I have an unlimited supplies of '32 parts accumulated over the years before I even gave myself a break from the hobby) Looking at all the issues that would have caused with the cross members etc. I decided to use just the front crossmember and the one at the very back. So basically I had to scratchbuild the frame with some styrene tubing . I decided to go fullfendered as I have a vision of a hot rodded but elegant hearse. That meant that not only the fenders had to be stretched, but also the running boards now had to be filled to become smooth. To locate the first crossmember made, on which the rear suspention is going to be, I temporarily glead the rear radius rods to the original kit cross member and to the rear end. This way I had the exact geometry that I needed laid infront of me. Pretty much the same principal was used for the tranny mounting point and another crossmember further to the front. Then everything was glued together by some design of mine. This is pretty much what the new stretched chassis looks like as of now. It still needs some more work and attachment brackets and mounts for the suspention. Thank you for looking and stay tuned.

So I sprayed the black on the top part of the body and was watching it dry and two new ideas hopped in my head. The first was to make the thing full fendered. That sounded good and it will be done, but it is going to be a separate project to create a sister car. The second idea was not really new, but ratter remembering an idea from the day I laid eyes on this kit for the first time. The model will look awesome with a top on, but the top of the model is somewhat not suiting the car. Too round and bubbly. It will probably look cool on a Prowler Phaeton, but not on a cool angular '32. So I have always manted to make a proper roof that suits the car. That time has come I guess. Anyway, the original roof with tape marking the line for the first cut. It is important to keep the front edge of the original roof as it is a perfect mating surface for the split windshield. In order to maintain all original proportions and angles, a "spine" is glued in the middle of the cutout, before the sides are cut Then after the sides are cut out and replaced by square styrene rods, thin sheet of styrene is used to create the new roof in two halfs I want a particular shape I saw as a scetch somewhere, which is kind of complicated as it had a a raised edge in the center, which fades away towards the back which is squarish but looks kind of round on top. I know, I am terrible at describing it, but I have the vision in my head how to do it and when I am done with it, you will see what I mean (if it goes according to plan ofcourse) Here is some strips added and a pool of hardened superglue to prevent the top from sagging from the putty. Thank you for looking

Wow, that grille!!!!

This looks cool. A lot of work piecing all these parts of cars together and making it look seamless. IMHO this has to be painted white metallic.

Sweet. love the PE emblems

Really nice looking shoebox. This is one Ford that I really love ever since I read an article about a custom one made for Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. I think his was called Copperhead or something like that. I think that the wheels and the colors are suiting the car perfectly. I guess I am not saying anything different than everyone before me, but anyway.... About that engine....which kit did it come from and did it come with this whole setup? The intake and the carbs and everything? Once again, cool model.

That Mysterion looks really good. From I have heard they are not easy to build.

Truely cool. I love it

I will definitely be there too. Not much going on in Colorado as far as model shows are concerned, so I can't miss it.

This is a model that was started somewhere in 1998 on the edge of a room window. I had the idea back then and over the time the model changed few times and few colors. However it was never really finished. last year I attempted to finish it on time for the Heartland Nationals and because I rushed it, it end up not exactly what I wanted. actually it is exactly what I wanted, but not to the standard I wanted it. It started as an Aluma coupe body, which then was modified in every regard. It is now lower, wider. A chopped 32 grille shell was grafted in the nose and then the upper part cut and molded with the widened hood to open as a one piece. The interior is Scratchbuilt using parts from different models. The seats are the rear seats from a diecast Ferrari 456GT that has been very much reworked and just the centers are retained in the shape they were. The dash is made of the center section of Dodge copperhead concept and the center console is from Ferrari F50. Everything has been blended together with the help of a lot of styrene and putty. The engine was donated by the same diecastmodel, as was the center section of the frame and the rear transaxle. I am not happy with the finish on it and some details. As for now it is sitting like this, but it is in the future plans to redo it once more. the idea was to perfectly blend all the characteristic threads of both Ferrari and '32Ford. So it has four round stoplights, inboard carbon fiber suspention, front mounted V12 and gated shifter. Meanwhile it retains the Hot Rod spirit, the emblematic Deuce grille and the overall Deuce shape. Thank you for looking and sorry for the crappy pictures.

That last creation is insane. I love it. it gives me ideas....must look away.......must look away........to many projects.....look away

Great choice of engine. it looks just right so far. Wheels/tires can either improve it or ruin it. Choose wisely

So incredibly awesome. I absolutely love it when I see models created with "out-of-the-box-mentality". I don't even know for sure what these type of cars are called, but this is one of the coolest things I have seen.

Looking cool. love the color too. I may be in the minority, but I love the 928 too. I got tired of the same 911 design when I was 15. Not digging the wheels tho, but to each their own. Does anyone make this car WITH an engine in 1:24

Nice job. I have to ask, because I am not very familiar with all the terms. Does Pro Street have to have threaded rear tires? I am asking, because I see builds with slick rears and also kits that say pro street and come with slicks. Yet when reading rules for contests, I am left with the impression, that they have to with threaded rears.

Bart, the wheels are from the Revell Monogram '32 Roadster, hence they fit perfectly on the original axles of the kit, but do miracles on a fendered setup. So, I did the interior. It was painted in the closest thing I had to natural hideand the window cranks and other detailes were picked out with chrome paint. The dash was painted semi gloss black and the upmost portion on the doors and the handrests in flat black. The chromed piece from the kit for the dash had its gauges first painted yellow and then the markings drybrushed black in them. Then the entire panel received a general dose of Tamiya smoke paint. After that the instruments were drowned in acrylic clear. The steering wheel is the banjo style found in AMT's Phantom Vicky, from my other thread. It was first painted flat black and then the spokes were picked out with chrome. The buttons on the seat were also touched up with black Next I put the radiator in the model. Instead of the usual flat black, I decided to make the Rod sport an aluminum radiator. So some metalizer gunmetal with aluminum drybrushed over it, did the trick. Unfortunately after I had installed the fan on the radiator, I found out that it rubs in the engine pulley, so some material had be sanded down. I know in the other thread I said I never liked the panel creases painted black, but in this case it works quite well So here is where we are so far

So I stripped everything from paint and painted it over again. Because this is my guinea pig I decided to experiment with different paints and their compatibility. I said I wanted to do this as a spray can job, so I first covered everything in Rust-o-leum primer sealer from the Auto Zone accross the street. This went very well. Next I sprayed few coats of Tamiya bright green, which was way too bright, so I decided that I need to take some of its fluorensence out. Back to Auto Zone I went and bought a can of clear EFFECTS (or something like this) which claimed that creates a metallic out of any solid color. I sprayed it very very carefully over the Tamiya paint and the green was metallic. Then I did something I usually don't like. I used a 0.05 marker to put black in the door creases. I did not like what I had because it just did not look very realistic. I never liked the black painted creases on doors or nay panels and I have no idea what made me do it. Anyway, since this is my guinea pig and the Tamiya paint had some transperancy to it, I decided to spray a couple more very thin coats of green, so it could cover the black creases but to be transperant enough, so the black still gave a shadow. Then I sprayed the clear effex, or whatever it is called, and decided to build up glitter with it. In few thin coats I build up enough of it, to receive an amazing effect. It gives the paint almost a shifting ability. Under surtain angles it is just plain green, but under others it has golden hues with even some blue into it. Really really cool. This is why I love guinea pig projects. Always something new to discover. I guess third time was the charm. I wil wait a couple more days and mask it and put the black on the top part of the body. I decided not to take away from the wow effect of the green paint and make the top part just plain black. (originally I was thinking spraying the clear effex over the black too) Thank you for looking and stay tuned.

Thank you Dirk. I never knew McLaren did Mustangs.

Fantastic. I love paintjobs like this. I have done quite a bit of model painting and masking , but never tried something like this. Maybe because I never built any models of this type. But the more a look at projects like this one, the closer I get to buying this sort of kit just to try laying some paint. Thank you for the great pictures and explanations.

I apologize for my ignorence on the subject, but this is the first time ever I hear about a McLaren Mustang. Did such a thing ever exist or is it just a name you picked for it? And like Dirk asked, what makes it a McLaren? The model itself looks sweet.