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Nice motor. All business.

Thank y'all. This is getting worked on right after the T gets finally finished. There is going to be a show in Chattanooga at the end of January I believe. I am trying to wrap up all my long going projects by then.

Thank you everyone. I have one of these bodies too, which I am planning on building fenderless.

With a little sanding here and there and some minor adjustments, the 32 fenders fit the frame from the '29 kit perfect. As it is my habit when building full fendered Deuces, I glued the fenders to the frame before any further work. Next I dug up a cocktail of front hoods and grille. The side hoods are from the Tudor Sedan, the top hood is from the Phantom Vicky and grille shell is from the Rat Roaster. I like that grille shell as it is different from any of the other '32 shells from the Revell series. It has the original old school Ford emblem and trim molded in, but it comes with a very modern electric fan on its back side. I still have not decided about the side hoods yet, but that is the mock up for now. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.......

So, a little update. I am really trying to finally finish this model, which would be one of the longest projects of mine ever. I wanted to spice up the interior a little, so I decided to install some colored inserts in the seats. These are scalemotorsports decals. I am not 100% satisfied with the results, but I'll try blue piping to outline the inserts and if I am not happy, I'll just repaint everything again.

I have used the phantom Vicky frame many times before, both with the IFS and with a dropped axle and both with fenders and without. The idea here is to fit the rear tires in the fenders and to keep them stock looking. The only way to do it is to widen the rear fenders inward, which requires narrowed frame, hence the frame from the model A kit. I may still use the cross members tubing from the phantom Vicky frame. I need to figure out what I want for a rear end first. by the way, these are some really good looking street rods. Truly fine builds.

Thank you Claude. I have used the rear tires on builds before too, but on fenderless rods. Full fenders with that wheel/tire combo is a game changer.

Al in good humor, of course. ?

Thank you. Except the surgery is not done yet completely. I need to sand the rear fenders and after everything is mooth, I will cut them one more time and bob the their rears a little. The are too low in the rear for my liking.

Not that I need yet another project, but that's how it goes...... Everyone knows the great wheel/tire combo in AMT's Phantom Vicky. And everyone wants to put it under a full fendered Deuce. And everyone who tried is well aware that the rears simply don't fit because they are too wide. You have to either cut the tires to narrow them or widen the fenders, which in turn requires to narrow the frame. And they are such great modern Street Rod tires. What makes them even perfect, is that Pegasus aluminum sleeves fit perfect in the rears after you shave the ring inside. An added bonus is that so many Revell kits with modern billet wheels come with low profile tires and the wheels fit perfect in the pegasus sleeves. So you take the fronts with their low profile tires, fit the rears in the alu sleeves and mount the Phantom Vicky/Prowler rears on them and you have a set of modern big'n littles. Thats pretty much Zimmerman's wheels for you. One set of Pegasus rings would make you two sets of modern big'n littles. So, I thought that inevitably, if I wanted to use this kind of set up on a full fendered Deuce, the only proper way would be to widen the rear fenders. After all they would be widened on the inside and therefore "invisible". So I got two sets of fenders and cut out the inner rear portion of one set and mated it to the outer portion of the full set of fenders. I'll take some comparison photos with a stock set of fenders later on. But what about the necessary mods to the frame? Well, while I was working on my builder's-block buster model A, I wondered how the provided '32 frame compared to the frame in the Deuce series. And then the proverbial light bulb lit up in my head and I said to myself: I'll be darrned, it's an already narrowed '32 frame! Sure enough, the the stamped side profile on the model A frame rails matches the curves of the Deuce series fenders to the T. I always wanted to build a smooth, understated and modern full fendered Vicky Street Rod. Something about it just turns me on. Part of all this coming together is that while gathering stuff to get back to building, I discovered that I had this resin body, which I have no idea who is made by. But sometimes $hit comes together just perfect almost effortlessly. I know the wheels I'm going to use. I know I want it in Chezoom-ish dark shade. I know that I want a modern suspension set up.....perhapsally, as my youngest used to say. I'll most likely scratch-build the interior, as I have some ideas. But I am absolutely clueless on the engine. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

All in good humor of course....

Cool looking project, but I personally would not supercharge that ZR1 engine. Especially with a charger like that. If you want forced induction with that engine, go turbos.

Thank you for the kind words. Now about the baby moons and white walls , that would be a resounding NO GO. I love the attitude of it just the way it is. Plus I have three family votes for the all black wheel tire combo. And if you want to argue about with my wife, you’re more than welcome. I wish you good luck. LOL.

Cool. Maybe we can team up and go together to the show in Chattanooga in January.

Nice little hot rod.

So, not as much progress as would have like this weekend, but still good I think. I'm on the final stretch. The body was wetsanded and buffed. So next I turned my attention to the windows. First thing I did was to paint all the recessed areas of the windows with a black sharpie. This way, after the windows are installed there is still a very little black line showing, which looks like the black weather strip on a real window. The three windows are installed in the back of the coupe and the windshield s glued in the chrome frame For windows I like to use GS Hypo Cement. It dries crystal clear, does not attack plastic and cures somewhat flexible. Great stuff that you can find in any Hobby Lobby. Once the glue is dry, hte back of the "glass' is painted with Mollotow chrome, to simulate the chrome frame on the inside too. To temporarily attach things or to mask, I like to use this tacky stuff, that feels like bubble gum. You can find it pretty much anywhere and a pack lasts me over a year, since after it is removed, the tacky stuff is reusable. I Used it to mask the inside of the headlight buckets when I painted them and here to attach the lights so I can glue the lenses. Since I dropped the front significantly, the shocks end up being too long. I removed a good portion of the shock body and reglued its top. The shocks were attached and the mounting hardware on the frame was picked out with the chrome pen. Rear shocks are also in and so is the steering arm. You can see on this picture the lower radiator hose been attached also. I also attached the grilled and radiator, but forgot to take pictures. This is a good time to mention, that anyone who is building the model with the '32 grille should know that not only there are no instructions for it, but also the parts are not designed to be used on this kit. The radiator part that fits the back of the grille is simply designed to be plumbed to a SBC motor, like in the original issue and not to the Buick motor in the new kit. This is no big deal for any experienced modeler, but will cause some people to scratch their heads. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

I would be curious to see the paint outcome. I have attempted to use these testors colors twice and both times was left disappointed with the result. By the way, what kind of primer do you use?

I would disagree with that, simply because all three of the models I got have warped frames. One is even absolutely 100% useless beyond repair. Funny thing is that the '29 roadsters are a lot better in that regard.

Thank you. I'm glad it was of help. I have not had any chance to spend any time with this model the whole week, but today I managed to wet sand some spots I was not happy with and to buff out the coupe. I will try to finish it this weekend. Also I just shot primer on the second body.

Looking good. what kit does that supercharger comes from?

There is no flair and I don’t see one on the photos either.

I have picked this kit up, but I don't think I have even looked in the box yet. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

It looks fantastic. I just can’t get over the outlets on the bottom of the headers that don’t connect to anything. Either cut them off and patch the chrome with Molotow chrome or just add some kind of trap/flange/cap. I think that everything on the model looks great and it does not do justice to the overall built to leave those headers like that.

Thank you. Glad to be of any help.

I work in in Murfreesboro and I live on the other side of NashVegas. LOL.