mrm

Uhhhhhh.....I think the definition for "fully detailed" received a new meaning.

Here is one from me. I call it the Friday Night Roadster. It was originally built about 12 years ago. The scratch built parts are...well everything. And I plan on changing it one more time

I love the blue one. The paint and the chop and the engine.........pure awesomeness.

The colors, the wheels, the overall stance......spot on. Great build

Really cool. definitely the right color combo for this car. How do you guys make your own license plates?

Great looking. How do you guys achieve this "rust through the paint" effect? Is there a tutorial on the forum or something I can look at and follow?

I think that if the front wheels have about half the lip of the rears it will look really good. You can do it by making the rears deeper, or the opposite with the fronts. If you leave them as they are is still really cool, so it is totally up to you.

Crazy Cool I love the blue windows

Looks cool. I think you need to stagger the wheels a little.

Outstanding!!! Great stance and I really love it that you did not put a chrome blower in it.

absolutely love it If you don't mind telling, where did the engine come from?

Here is another Phantom built around the same time. It is far from perfect, but it is one of my all time favorite builds. A Dan Fink Speed Wagon converted into p-up, sitting on top of the AMT's Phantom Vicky frame and suspensions. The sides and the floor of the bed are balsa wood. The wheels are from Detail Master with American Satco rear tires and prowler seats with the headrests cut off. This was also the first time I used "hot paint" on a plastic model. I don't remember the name of the color, but it is Pactra paint for RC bodies. I got a kick out of building this and it still brings a smile to my face. I need to put a new mirror on it, as the original one that was on has disappeared. The model appeared on the cover of the 2003 Contest Annual, photographed at the NNL East. ( I lived in New Jersey at the time)

This truck was inspired by an article in a magazine. I built it about 10 years ago. I would not call it a glue bomb, but maybe a paint bomb!!! I chopped the top of a Lindberg '34 and mated it to everything else from a Revell 3 window. I was really proud of it back then, even though it has clear coat pooled up everywhere. I still have not decided if to keep it as is, for testament of the past, or to take it apart and restore it to proper standards.

Pretty cool.

You can get them in pretty high quality and for a reasonable price in 1;18 diecast

How hard could it be to just give us this set up? Basically it is the old kit with a chopped top, different rear end and bars and a new set of wheels and tires.

Thank you. This sedan is mostly a paint exercise. I think it is time for Revell to step out of the traditional route for once and offer something more modern. I am tired of the same tires used everywhere for example. same with the wheels. The wheel/tire combo in their roadster kit is the perfect ratio (size wise) front to rear. They can keep that tire mold and just try new wheel design. We are 2011 and although between the aftermarket and the different kit reissues, there is pretty much everything available for building traditional or nostalgia rods, but nothing for the modern taste. How about a cool IRS or a nice IFS for the fenderless builds. The only somewhat modern chassis out there is in the AMT's Phantom Vicky and it is actually what people would put on a full fendered rod. Revell's '26 T in all of its reissues has a nice setup of chrome Jaguar rear with quick change with a nice IFS, but it is not very well detailed and it is not on a Deuce frame. I can bet that if Revell builds a Deuce with that set up, but to the level of detail of their current '32 offerings, people would buy two/three of them, regardless of the body, just for the suspension. Or if they like to keep it traditional, at least offer I-beam axle and a quick change differential. Some new style interiors would be nice too. All of their '32 interiors are basically the same tuck'n roll. also I believe that offering at least one body style with a top chop wouldn't hurt their sales either.

Looks great. If you could just put real headlights in it...............

That's awesome. It looks CUTE.

Than you all again. the paint is nail polish and shifts pretty cool between blue and purple. It is called "purple pizzas" - go figure. The front wheels are the '50 p-up with the kit supplied tires. The rears are the same centers, cut to fit inside the Pegasus alu sleeves (23") and have the rear tires from the AMT '32 Phantom Vicky stretched over them, with the inner lip cut out. I believe the same tires were found on their Plymouth Prowler. I accidentally erased few whole pages from imageshack and the whole documented build process was lost for ever.(actually I have to double check the memory card in my old camera. There is a chance it is not all lost)

I forgot to say a big thank you to all the encouraging comments. Also here is the aforementioned Phaeton, which I will make a separate thread about

There are two Deuces in the past who have won the title "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" that were powered by V12 Ferrari engines, so the idea is not really new. Recently there was a car that debuted at Pebble Beach that was not a Deuce, but a V12 Ferrari powered Street Rod none the less. I have one project that was started 12 years ago and was finished about 3 weeks ago, which is a much better interpretation of the same idea. I rushed it for the Heartland Nationals and end up with some serious shortcomings in it, so it needs to be "retouched"- so to speak. Also on my project lists are three more Deuces that will use Ferrari power. One Phaeton inspired by the Coddington-built Bob Kolmos tub, one woody wagon, which although based on the speed wagon is my design and an all out modern interpretation of a Deuce with V8 California power. You will see them all in their own time. mrm

Now, this is just cool.

Nice build. I kind of like the silver although it wouldn't be my first choice. what I am not a fan of is the seats treatment and these seatbelts.

awesome!!!! I really like how the paint looks just right. Not too shiny and just makes the model look authentic.