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Wow! That’s a lot of Deuces.

A couple of map pockets were fashioned from styrene. Now the interior is pretty much done and about ready for receiving some paint. Also new trim was fashioned from square rod for around the rear. The body also received its first coat of primer, but I've got no pics. That's it for today.

Thank you Rusty. Appreciate your comments Thanks. Well, there was no race meant to be held. I don't think these two dudes hang out with the same crowds. LOL Thank you Glen Thank you Oliver. You definitely should. They are great kits and are also a cornucopia of rodders parts. I seriously believe this is the best kit Revell have produced in decades. Thank you Gary. Both colors were somewhat accidental, but I am really happy with the results. Still not a fan of working with the Hot Lacquers from Hobby Lobby, but maybe I just need more practice with them. Thank you Steve. I am with you on the red devil choice. Thank you Larry. Thank you Chris.

Thanks. I'll try to do the best I can with it. I think I can give it the character I am after.

Working on the interior. The floor and the seats are going to be from the Dan Fink Speed Wagon. The rear fender covers/handrests from the Speedwagon are cut off and glued to the rear seat. They will still need to be further modified. Next I wanted to create the inner window frames to give the interior a better three dimensional feel. So generic panels were cut from styrene . The front panel was sanded down to shape and then glued to the inner window frame. The rear followed up, but it will be first painted, then glued to a piece of clear sheet and then glued after the body has been painted. This gives a little bit better idea of the interior plan. Stay tuned and thanks for looking....

Very nice. I love how understated everything is. Looks like a super clean build too.

Pretty cool. Very simple little rat, but lots of character there! And sometimes that's more important. "Cause attitude is everything.

Let's say it's going to be distinctly British!

This will give you guys an idea how much the hoods had to be shortened. The stock one is on top. The engine is getting there and front and rear ends are pretty much done. The rear and the engine still need clear coat. This is going to be the accent color for the drivetrain. The fender assembly received a coat of primer, which showed few areas that needed to be addressed. One such area that I keep forgetting is the inside the grille. I like using MCG photoetched grilles and then that hole on the bottom is visible and drives me nuts. It got corrected and after some sanding a fresh coat of primer was sprayed. The color combo will be somewhat of a shocker, which I have been wanting to do for a wile now. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

I don't know. If it was designed for a 1:24 model, I would have to extend the hood, not shorten it, no? I believe that this casting was pulled from a very old Franklin Mint model, which was advertised as 1:24, but who knows. It is what it is and I am determined to get it to work. LOL. So hell or high water, I am building it. Thank you Phil. The removed top look came kinda by accident as described in the other thread.

I decided to make a separate thread for the "Stepchild". It started as the guinea pig for my other build and it took on a life of its own, so I believe it deserves a thread of its own. It will be based on mostly stock '32 Ford Five Window bottom half. Meaning chassis, fenders, grille, hoods and most of the motor. Just like with all my full fendered builds, I glue the gas tank, fenders rear aprons each side of the tank and crossmember together before paint. Making everything square off is not as easy as it should be. What is different this time, is that I decided to glue the grille shell and the apron beneath it before paint too. It's an unusual way of doing this, but I decided to give it a try. The body I am using is a Jimmy Flintstone resin B400 with the top removed. It will have a full scratchbuilt interior. Well, mostly... Making that body sit flush on the fenders was no small task, involving a lot of sanding and constantly checking fitment. I could have saved myself quite a bit of work if I used the low profile smooth gas tank from the Dan Fink Speedwaon (also included in the 5 window kit), but I wanted the stock looking tank, which I believe will go better with the whole fenders, skirts and bumpers look. The hood did not fit. For some reason it had to be shortened. Nothing that would be noticeable after the build, but a considerable amount nonetheless. Now it fits. The front will be definitely in the weeds. The apron under the grille is pretty low and the front bumper will sit even lower. Thanks for looking and stay tuned....

By the way, I am separating the two projects and making a separate thread for the "Stepchild".

That's a can of worms I do not want to open yet, or here go all my current projects. LOL Like I told Rusty, I really don't even want to think about what it would go into, because it would make me start another never ending project, which is the exact opposite of what I am trying to achieve here. Altho a fenderless model A Pick Up with no side hoods on a 32 frame sounds like a great recipient. I better stop now, because I think I have such a cab buried somewhere. This is actually only two "items" that I ordered separately. The headers come in a set with shotgun ones and everything else comes together. I am having some hard time figuring out how the intake attaches to the heads tho. Do I need to file away the two tabs on each head from the kit? Thank you David. The spreader bar has been on my model to do list for ages. Funny thing is that I have never seen anyone do it to their model and it is a really simple to make It took me three tries, because I did not like the angle on the first one I made and then I cut the second one too short due to a brain fart. About the engine, the Nailhead is NOT going into the B400.

I know it is one of the distinctive '32 Chevy features, but those vents on the side hoods are just......well.....awful. There got to be a way to stylize them somehow or simply eliminate them.

I was totally going for this awesome setup, but unfortunately this is not going to work out. The block hugging headers are really cool and somewhat a necessity for fully closed hoods. However, they interfere with the kit's engine mounts. This is normally not a big issue, which can easily be addressed, but I am pressed for time and simply do not what to deal with it. The other problem is, that once the headers are in place, they hit the side hoods. This is also manageable, but not at this stage, because I am not going to redo the entire frame, firewall and engine mounts. There are plenty of different ideas for cool Hot Rods I have that this great motor can find place in. So, back to the supped up SBC we go! Still, great looking parts from Maple Leaf Modelworks.

Well, in this case is twice the trouble and twice the work. LOL Now, about the Resto Rod idea, this project is going more in the direction of the B400 going the RestoRod route and "The Stepchild" staying smooth and modern. I am really itching to use some of the new 3D printed parts from Maple leaf modelworks that I got. I may actually go the Buick Nailhead route for the B400 and more or less Plain Jane SBF for the "Stepchild".

Thank you Mario. Gotta keep it interesting. Thank you Tim. Appreciate your comments. Thank you Bill Thank you Jim. Thank you, David. I love it when a good plan comes together.

Thank you Phil. That's a great analogy, which I didn't think of, but describes my intentions pretty well. The two hotrods are essentially identical, not just similar. The only difference between them are the steering wheels and the engine intake. Absolutely every other part on both is identical. With the addition/omission of details of course, like whitewalls, hubcaps, chrome hinges etc.

Thank you Bob. It is a truly fantastic kit that can be a pleasure to build. Altho there are some issues with the reissue, because originally the '32 grille and corresponding radiator and hoses were designed to work with the SBC motor. I believe Revell realized the issue, but instead of addressing it, simply ignored the existence of the '32 grille in the instructions.

Thank you Scott. The idea for the color came from a combination of the box art, a conversation with an old gentleman at a car show, who was telling me that he takes his grandkids out for ice cream in his Coupe (I believe it was a Deuce tho) and just seeing the color (Model Master) in Hobby Lobby, which at the time looked to me like a color of ice cream.

Just a tiny update here. Now there are officially two B400s being build. The second one received the affectionate name "The Stepchild". The frame from the Wagonrod continued to get butchered and donated its rear airbag mounts. Which were successfully transplanted on the B400's frame. I always liked Deuces with the front spreader bar V'd. I am actually surprised that no model ever offered it. So I made my own from round styrene rod. It gives the front even lower look. "The Stepchild" is going to be all standard Revell '32 frame and suspension underneath. It may get aftermarket wheels and brakes, but that would be the extent of it. Also it will run full gas tank, aprons in the rear and bumpers. I hope they'll make a lovely pair. having them finished in the next ten days would definitely be a challenge. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Thank you Misha. I truly enjoyed building both of them. It is such a great kit.

A truly spectacular model of equally spectacular POS of a truck in real life. I grew up around these ZIL trucks and they are just on a different level bad. Pretty much like anything the russians tried to make.

Thank you sir. Building simple box stock models like that gives me a special kind of satisfaction. Completely different from the masochistic pleasure of a fully detailed and modified model.

And the Best Of Show winner is......... This thing is just mind blowing> i was following the WIP and I am at a loss for words. Thank God you are in Canada and I never have to compete against you at a show . LOL. No, seriously, this is just outstanding work.