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They are, but do just fine over a cured Tamiya primer. I have used them many times. And they have some cool colors. They are no different than automotive spray cans of your common Autozone variety or any of the paint you can buy from aftermarket vendors like Splash, Zero etc.. I absolutely love it. In theoryI would have never thought painting that truck in this color, but in reality, looking at your picture it is a perfect choice. Looks killer.

I love what you have done so far. Definitely the right choice of a powerplant, keeping it in step with today's trends. This body just begs for a two tone paint job and I think you made a great choice for the colors. I just think it will give it a little more attitude and bring the truck more up to date if you go with slightly bigger more modern wheel/tire combo. The Foose truck may be a good source.

Thank you. I always wanted to build a white hot rod with red flames and this truck was the perfect bed or experimmenting with the color combo. Thank you. Sometimes an idea pops in my head and I need to act upon it or it will never materialize. The flames were masked with a modified Lazy Modeler vinyl mask for some leadsled, don't remember which one of his sets. I got it off e-bay. I like his stuff, but don't like that all his masks basically use the same exact flame pattern (with some small exceptions). Thank you David. Now comes the part I hate with a passion - rubbing out the clear to even everything out, while trying not to go through the clear coat.

Well, if I recall correctly, this model was chosen to be tooled by popular vote online, by model builders. So we can't complain now. I personally, did not vote for it, as there are 197456 variations of this Ford pick up truck made by every kit manufacturer under the sun, but I still appreciate the kit for what it is.

Hello everyone. This has been an idea I've had for a very long time, that I am finally starting to act upon. I started building models, like many others, when I was a kid in middle school. I have vivid memories about some of my first models and some stand out more than others for one reason or another. So. I decided to take the memories of some of those models and build them all over again, based on the general idea of the originals. The first model I would like to start with is a '32 Roadster with full fenders. The model I remember from few decades ago, was the monogram '32 Roadster, which I attempted to build in a very dark blue or purple hue, somewhere in the early '90s. I don't remember exactly the color I used back then, but chances are it was something from the Tamiya spray can gamma of colors, as back then I was in 8th grade and I lived in Lausanne, Switzerland. I remember the hobby shop I got the model from with money saved from lunches. I also remember making a mess out of it. But for some reason it stuck in my mind as my first attempt at building a "cool" hot rod. The concept is simple. Build a '32 roadster in the same color combo (or pretty close) as what I tried back then, with the somewhat same general spec. Which would mean chrome wheels, SBC power and white interior. for the "tribute", if you could call it that, I am using the Revell kits, mixing the chassis and fenders from their 5 window kit. The paint is old Testors Boyd's Black'n Blue. The fender boards re covered in Tamiya white primer, which mimics white rubber pretty good. The body is the original roadster body from the Revell kit, which has the side hoods and grille all glued to it together with the firewall, prior to be painted. some white pinstripe decals were added from who knows what kit and then all body parts were covered in 2K clear. I have not gotten to buffing them out yet. The interior is all from the kit and it is currently covered in Tamiya white primer. It will stay all white, but I have not decided yet if it will receive a slight pearl "vinyl" treatment or not. The colors work together quite well and I think are definitely in the spirit of my poorly failed attempt in 8th grade, just better executed. The rolling stock for the build was my biggest challenge. I scratched my head and thought of a million different options. Finally, I settled on the wheels and tires from the last reissue of the Ala Kart. My model from 30+ years ago definitely did not have steelies or white walls, but I thought that keeping the wheels all chrome is close enough. And here's where we at- the first mock up. Other models to eventually follow, not necessarily in that order: -A Chezoom Teal painted Highboy Roadster with the biggest treaded rear meats I can find and a SBC power, which marked my very first contest. -A very light blue/grey '32 3 window Highboy, which would have to have the doors open and run under SBF power, which was my very first reality check (and embarrassment) in the model world. -A ZZ Top Eliminitaor replica. I have failed at that task more than once in my early days. -A ZZ Top Based Highboy Painted in dark metallic blue with light "neon" blue scallops. This one predates all the Deuces and was the first time I actually cut up a body (the fenders in the case). I remember putting Tamiya Ferrari F40 wheels and tires on it. -A '37 Ford Pick up truck with chopped cab and widened rear fenders. I remember reading a tutorial on how to do it in that other mag, which may or may not been written by Tim Boyd.I believe in the article it was using the injected SBF from the Dan Fink Speedwagon. I actually got the kit, chopped the top, did the fenders and remember painting it some sort of dark metallic grey. Really dark. But I never finished it. -A '31 woody with wire wheels and green metallic paint. I remember building that model when I worked in a hobby shop in Chicago, where my ratter brief employment was terminated due to my intolerance towards the owner's bratty son. My model was on display in the store and the owner refused to give it back to me. -A lil Coffin, which I build while I worked in another hobby shop in the Chicago area (LaGrange). This one was also on display in the store and some guy walked in one day and offered me $200 for it. That was a lot of money for a 20 year old back in 1996... I have never opened a Lil Coffin kit since then. -A Doyusha kit, which I've been trying to find for ages. The "Outhouse". I bought one as a student in high-school from a shop in Belgium on a road trip. I built most of it with barely any tools on my bunk bed during that trip. Later on I lend it to the very first hobby shop in Bulgaria, where it was displayed on their window. Just to walk by one day and find the shop closed for business and the space empty. Never saw another "outhouse" built or in kit form ever since. There are few more, but I will list them as (and if) I get to start working on them. Thanks for looking and stay tuned...

Very well done. White is, in my opinion, the best color for the Countach.

Tadaaahhhh.....

Thanks guys. The engine is giving me one helluva time. Not the engine itself, but fitting it in the truck.

I know, I know... I need another project as much as a gorilla needs a typewriter. But I am fresh off the Goodguys Nashville Nationals and I saw some crazy cars and trucks and I have some free time (read two weeks off). Now, I know this would sound somewhat crazy coming from a guy that builds mostly model As and Deuces models, but I love building uncommon kits that I almost never see at shows. Combine that with an absolutely stunning LS motor I got from Texas 3D customs and a new project was born. The Texas3d engine is amazing in detail, altho it's fiddly stuff. The ignition coils and the corresponding wires are molded as one piece with the heads and valve covers. I personally would have preferred plain valve covers with the brackets with the coils separate, but since it is done this way, I decided that it would actually make it easier painting the whole thing assembled. Here it is in all it's black glory (it was Tamiya primed before that) As it often happens with real hot rods sometimes a vehicle is build around an engine. This is the case here. I was wondering what to use that motor in. So I went through my boxes full of models in my garage and came up with Testor's model of the Boyd's Hauler, aka the Van Halen truck. Mine is missing the engine, which made this choice so much easier and the side mirrors. I decided since I am updating the engine, that I can slightly refresh the interior too. The dash was basically completely redesigned and rebuilt. Gone is the multiple square boxes design of the original Chevy C1500. It was covered in nice jet black "Leather", to keep up with today's trends. The seats were done in two tone black and burgundy and the handrest is all black. These are the standard kit parts. The interior tub was assembled and done in the same fashion - black with burgundy accents. Then it received black flocking. Quick mockup of the interior, minus the dash. It will still need details on the doors, pedals (going with three of them vs the kit's two), the necessary shifter and the dash to be figured out. And that's where we at... LOL... Actually not quite. The body has been painted white pearl. I'm going to play with more paint now. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

Beautifully done so fаr.

Beautifully done model of an iconic automobile. Great job!

I don’t have any experience with the kits you mentioned and have never seen them in person. I have however built their Ferraris - the F40 and both the Testarossas. More than once. And they were not what I would describe as quality kits or very detailed considering their scale. And they were from the ‘90s. (Or perhaps late ‘80s). The only way to build a high end models out of them is to spend a small fortune on some extremely rare and downright unreasonably priced aftermarket detail kits. The cost of building a great model out of those kits, without even going into the tools you will need, will be well into the four digits.

Some small update... The body received its first coat of Tamiya Black. The engine received a coat of PPG Rosso Corsa (Ferrari Red) which was topped by Tamiya clear. Its glossy, but not to the level of what what 2K clear would do. Perfect for an engine. The wheels received same treatment as the engine and were fitted in the tires. No white walls on this one, but it will have beauty rings and center caps. I don't like how the beauty rings are moulded as they are almost impossible to properly clean without destroying the chrome. The frame and the rear end also received their black coat and I started figuring out the rear radius rods. I am not sure what to do here and I am open to advice. Sould the rear axles be black with chrome quickchange, black with aluminum quickchange or should the entire rear end be chrome? There is going to be bright chrome on the front suspension, engine, wheels and exhaust, so I don't know what to do with the rear end. Help! Thanks for looking.

Very nice hot rod. Looks period correct too. I love the green metallic. Considering what is in the box to start with, I don't think one can hope for better result than this.

Thank you guys. I've been wanting to build this kit exactly this way for a long time. And every time I end up with something else. This is also going to be only my second flathead build ever.

The body got all it's panel lines scribed (I like to do that on all my models) and then received its first coat of primer. Only to realize that I have not filled the locator holes for the rear lights. I have not decided what kind of taillights I will be using, but I thought it would be nice not to have to worry if they will cover those craters. Some CA glue and Tamiya putty and a couple hours later, the rear is ready for more primer. The dash and the firewall are all going to be body color, so they were glued to the body as well, prior to any painting. The interior panels and seat are not going to be modified in any way, so I saw no reason not to paint them at this stage. The floor was slightly modified in the simplest of ways in order to clear the curve of the crossmember housing the rear spring. Meaning it was cut short of the crossmember and then the remaining part was just raised to go above it. It is all going to be black any way. So the modified floor piece was sprayed flat black on both sides. The interior floor portion will receive flocking later on. Time for the first quick mock up.

I am apparently going to have few days off work, so I went to work on my Simple A V8. I'm happy with the progress so far. The frame got all sanded, the siinkholes were filled with putty and where the '32 front crossmember now sits, the frame was C-notched. It's a good looking foundation. The front axle got its spring removed and a new monoleaf spring was made from a strip of styrene, which should help lower the front. The fantastic Maple Leaf Modelworks quickchange rear end was cleaned up and primered together with the rear spring. All these parts together make for a very nice traditional chassis. And the Revell's flathead looks perfect between the Deuce rails.

BAsed on my experience with their Ferraris, Pocher is not a name I associate with quality.

After over six moths hiatus I'm back at this. I would like to have it finished by end of month, so it will have priority on "my bench" (read the dining table). I'm starting by finishing up the front bumper. The front splitter was glued on in all its blue carbon fiber glory. In person ou can't really see the disruption in the carbon pattern, but on the photo I see a line where the clear carbon does not quite overlap. I will have to address that. This front bumper and the splitter bellow it were covered by more than 30 separate pieces of decal to create the continuous criss cross pattern. Next came the fun of installing all the photoetched metal grilles. While I was at it, I decided that it would be cool to put a "Huayra" script, where the license plate would normally go under the nose. The image reminds me that I still have not installed the fog lights. I will take care of that tonight and probably install the bumpers on the chassis, which will basically make a complete car without the hoods. There is still a huge amount of work to be done on the two hoods and the doors. And lots more carbon to deal with. Thanks for looking. More to come...

Very nice. I remember following your WIP.

I will probably get a couple of those. Now, just a question or perhaps a suggestion, not sure which one is it... But can these be designed to be user friendly for street rod applications. What I mean is that there is no way that alternator will fit in a '29-'32 ford with side hoods and some of your engines' exhaust systems make the engine mounts in those kits useless. Me personally, I have no problem with it, but making the parts application easier to more people would ultimately result in more sales. And in my eyes more sales equals growth, which in turn equals more cool parts to come.

Just to add to the above comment about the side hoods; The louvered side hoods from the different issues and reissues of the Revell '32 kits are not all the same. The side hoods in the older Roadster kit have obviously different louvers than the latest 5 Window kit. Therefore I would second the opinion that it may be a good idea to mold those too, in order to guarantee a perfect match of the louvered on the top and side hoods. Now, on a separate note, in all the Revell '32 Ford kits, the upper half off the gas tank is a separate piece. That little piece would look great with some louvers. Also it would be really cool if just a generic flat panel of just louvers is available, where one can cut them and apply them to whatever - belly pans, side of the frame rails, fill in panels between the frame and bed on highboy PUs etc.. The other day I saw a '32 highboy chilling on my grocery store parking lot, that had louvered headlight buckets. I kid you not. Also I would gladly prepay for few louvered panels that could be grafted the full length of the Revell '32 Tudor Sedan. Also, where can we see the aforementioned piecrust whitewalls?

Superb!

That's a trick question. I would go for one set of hoods that fit the '29 roadster with its stock grille shell and one set oh hoods that fits the '30 coupe with the '32 grille shell. Side hoods should be somewhat easy, as they could be fashioned from the '32 side hoods. They will need to be lengthened. I huess you could go in a similar fashion creating the top hoods. I made a top hood for my Revell recent issue '29 Roadster from the hood in the old AMT '29. It worked perfect, just needed to be made slightly longer. If you can add louvers to it, would be great.