mrm

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.

Hi guys. Is it too late for me to get in on this CBP? It will be my very first CBP.

Thank you. I would definitely not qualify this as a rat rod though.

When the car was finished I was running out of time for the deadline, so I don't have that many pictures of the final assembly. Also some things did not get done the way I wanted them or did not get done at all. Maybe one day I'll take it apart and add some more detail and correct some other things. I was thinking to even hinge the doors. The hood will definitely need some hinges and then, maybe I'll paint the whole car some cool color. But until then, here is the wicked Wabbit

This is way cool!

Test fitting the engine And here it is installed with the painted firewall behind it

+1

Thank you guys The floor from the Ferrari California was cut to shape and slightly modified A fire wall was made from styrene, with some strips to imitate reinforcement stamping some PE discs with the calipers of the California and then some scratchbuilt brackets for the brakes And the wired and plumbed engine almost completely ready

At this point the model started to look very WWII bomber like, because of the green primer. so I decided to run with the idea. I decided to stuff the 599's V12 engine under the hood. The first thing was to redo the intake plenum. It was drilled so the two halves could be separated and the throttle bodies and air filters from the sides were removed The engine block will receive some detailing too. some circles were punched from styrene and glued to tubing to make some belts pulleys Some other uses for the circles, were filling the back of the alternator for example Because of the cramped space under the Deuce's hood, the intake plenums were all smoothed out and the throttle bodies were moved to the front. they are built from various styrene tubing Then a new air filter box was scratch built. I tried to make it look sort of like an ammo box found on a military airplane (although I have no idea how they really look like LOL)

The dash looks really nice. well done.

A lot more putty and self etching primer later.... At this time the rear underpannel with the rear diffuser from a Ferrari California (Revell of Germany) was grafted at the rear The wheels came from a Joueff 1:18 Ferrari 330P4. The rears are shod in the front tires from the die cast 330P4 and the front wheels were narrowed and shod in the front tires from a Tamiya Ferrari F360 The entire undertray from a Revell Ferrari 599 was grafted on the bottom.

The front is way too wide, so I pie-cut the hood and squeezed it at the front The entire front sides were narrowed too and mated to a Revell '32 Grill It took some massaging, but it all fit at the end Then a lot of automotive putty and sheet styrene and we finally have a modern stretched Deuce body with the exact track dimensions of a Ferrari California

First a strip was removed from the body from infront of the trunk Then another strip was removed from the forward edge of the trunk lid itself Then the entire rear was cut... and sections were removed And then everything was superglued back together, considerably shortening the whole model. The entire front was cut off and the sides thinned, which was A LOT of work. A new radius had to be cut for the rear tires which meant that I had to also remove the extremely oversize hinges

Hi gang ever since I was little I admired Ferraris and they have been my passion for a long time. In my teenage years I discovered street rods (they are almost nonexistent in Europe) So I always wanted to combine the too in models. This is a model that was a challenge on a diecast forum. What I started with was a die cast toy from JADA, which they claimed was 1:24 on the box, but it was with caricature proportions, some of which almost reached 1:18 size. This is what I started with So after seeing how bad this thing was, I started cutting away. The worst part was that not only I had to cut metal, but the thickness of the molds in some places was just ridiculous.

Hey guys. I am really new here on the forum and don't know any of you. Honestly, I have no idea who Mr Teresi is or what has he achieved in the past. But as someone watching from the side, I can't see how ones personal preferences of building, affects common model building principles. I have build some crazy nonexistent stuff, but never made them with square tires. I never attempted to put an 8 cylinder distributor on a 6 cylinder engine either. And I believe that is what some people here are trying to say. No matter what are you building, some things are just "set in stone" so to speak. Now that I have given my worthless 2 cents, I would like to say, that it does not suit any of you to act like six graders exchanging smart remarks and pointing fingers. IMO you are beating a dead horse right now and should just let it go. Just think how many distributors you could have wired for the time spent in here.

This build inspires me to open the Fujimi Daytona that has been sitting on a shelf for a year. I just still can't decide whether to build it very detailed or as a curbside and to stuff the engine in one of the Deuces.

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !