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Thank y'all for the encouraging words. It's greatly appreciated. Sorry for not replying by name to each and everyone of you. I just turned 45 and this is the third time starting from zero. One really bad breakup, one divorce and one string of bad decisions fueled by the advice of apparently not so competent lawyer later, I have to say that the hobby has played an instrumental role in keeping my sanity and be able to bounce back. And I'm including my diecast obsession in that. This forum has been a great place to find solitude, inspiration, support and a place where I can come and relax, putting the worries of life aside. But enough of that. Back to the "Lock up your daughters" hot rod.... In the spirit of this build, everything has been shot straight from spray cans. With the exception of the body color, which was shot from the can straight into my airbrush and then a crimson candy was shot over. On the previous photos there was no clear coat. So after very few decals supporting the bad boy image, I sprayed some clear. It is dry to the touch, but I will leave it for another day, before I wetsand it and buff it out. These are all the colors used so far, minus the crimson candy and the 2K clear. The grill had matt black sprayed in the cap of the rattle can and then with a flat brush flown between the bars. Immediately the surface was rubbed back to chrome. Then I sprayed the whole thing with matt clear and rubbed only the surrounding edge back to chrome. Now we have a grill with depth, vintage metal insert and chrome surround in a nice Deuce shell with a vintage Ford emblem. While the body was drying, I turned my attention to the interior. The dash insert was black washed like the grille and the decals were installed. Then just tiny drops of 5 min epoxy were dropped in the gauges to create nice vintage domed lenses. The tuck'n roll portion of the doors and the seat were sprayed with metallic black, then masked off and the rest received the matt black treatment. I wanted an all black interior, but needed some contrast. I hope this does the trick. Shifter is in with a flying eyeball knob and the no nonsense steering wheel received a ford emblem for the horn. The headers were spray painted from a distance, first with primer, followed by matt black and then gunmetal, to create a little bit of a texture. Then they were just "dusted" with metallic black, while the gunmetal was still wet. When completely dry, they received a coat of matt clear. The pictures don't really show it very well, but the effect is quite cool and realistic. The kit comes with just the right decal for the license plate, which received the matt clear treatment like the rest of the chrome parts. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

Very nice. I'm watching this one closely.

A little more progress on this bad boy. I sprayed the brake drums with Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver over Tamiya Matt Black. This silver works miracles for replicating flat aluminum. The AS series of spray cans from Tamiya are specially designed for aircraft models and have some really cool and unique finishes. Besides the AS before the number, they are also immediately recognizable as they have an airplane on the front of the can and it says Tamiya Color for Aircraft. Drums were then attached to the axles. You can see on this picture how much I have cheated on the front spring to really bring the front end of the car as low as possible. The reissue of this kit has some serious mold issues, not the least of which are the twisted and warped frames. I figured out that if I completely change the sequence of assembly and use 5 minute epoxy, I can actually use the engine together with the floor to keep things straight. So, first the rear axle was glued to the frame, than the rear portion of the exhaust was painted Metallic black and attached to the floor, which was sprayed with Matt Black. Next the engine was glued in with epoxy at the same time as the floor, with everything clamped by small wooden clothespins that I by from Hobby Lobby. I held everything in place and kept checking for squareness, until the epoxy no longer allowed any twisting. You can see on the picture the different textures and finishes on the undercarriage. Gloss black suspension with the semi-gloss metallic black exhaust on the matt black background of the floor. Now we have a nice square chassis with all four tires sitting perfect on the ground. It is still missing its shocks and the steering arm and box, but other than that it is pretty much complete. Next I turned my attention to the engine. The carbs were not dechromed. Instead they were first sprayed with Tamiya Gold and the detail on the side of each pice was rubbed off to show the chrome. Then they were sprayed with Tamiya Champagne Gold and the detail rubbed out again. Amazingly enough, even tho Tamiya spray paints are hot lacquers, they don't attack chrome plating. Now the engine is pretty much complete, save for the headers and radiator hoses. And finally, a quick mockup. I still can not decide if I need white walls. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

Thank you A.J. You will have to keep me up to speed on the scene in KY. I don't mind traveling for shows.

Great job on the headers. I hope Revell don't get lazy and reissue their new roadster with the same headers from their A series.

It’s actually very metallic. and thank you for the kind words.

Hello everyone! After I moved from Colorado after losing everything pretty much, I end up in Tennessee, where everything shut down because of Covid, two weeks after we got here. My family and I went through some very difficult times and slowly began to recover. I tried my luck at a completely new line of work and I hate to say it, it did not work out very well. So back to square one I went and now I feel a lot better. Long story short, I have not build anything for over a year now. I tried to look up any hobby shops around me, but apparently there is none. So, I was driving home from work one day, when I heard on the radio that the highway is closed ahead. I took "the scenic route" and as I got stuck in traffic there too, I look to my right to see a big sign "FAMILY HOBBIES". It turned out to be a nice hobby shop, catering mostly to the radio control crowd, but they still sell some kits and have a small, but solid selection of building supplies. What really caught my eye was the reissued '30 Coupe by Revell, sitting on their shelf, which I had no idea even came out, since I kind of completely got lost on the hobby. I jumped on it, grabbed some Tamiya paint, BMF and liquid mask ( all items I can't go without) and went to the register. The wife of the husband-wife run shop made the suggestion I should visit the upcoming show and handed me a flier. It turned out that the Middle Tennessee IPMS show and contest was on the day of my birthday, which was in two days. Something in me flipped. Like seeing an ex girlfriend you were madly in love with. Or like smelling something really yummy you have not had in a long time and it makes you instantly crave it. So I went home and told my wife and we made the plans to go to Smyrna for the show and to enter it together with my two kids. I brought some models I had built in the past, my older son brought three models, last one of which he built five years ago and my younger one entered the only car model he has ever built with some guidance from me for his mom as a mother's day present. We end up going home with some trophies and about $250 worth of "JUNK" (according to my wife) and had great time. Most importantly, I met some really cool people and had my model building pilot light restarted. One of the things I got at the show were two more of the Model A coupes. I had three of the original kits and had built one box stock channeled over the original frame and with the bare interior and stock grille. I figured out that since I love the kit and it was the reason I got to restart my building, it would be the perfect builder's block buster. I wanted just a simple quick box stock build. And this is where the trouble started. LOL. I'm keeping it box stock, but unlike my previous build, this one would have the plush interior, sit on the '32 rails with a '32 grille and steelies. I loved the car on the box art, but could't decide what I wanted to do. This is when I decided that I can not make up my mind and I should really build two of them. And I can create myself a little challenge. Build two models that are pretty much identical with the almost the exact same parts to a T, but make them project two completely different attitudes. Can I make two completely different Model A Coupes when they are basically identical, with just paint and textures? I don't know, but I am going for it. So, the first one is going to be the rebellion kid living at the end of town that every girl's mom warned them about. ;D First I glued the body and the firewall together and glued the crossmember to the frame and did a lot of sanding to it, because it had all sorts of sink holes that I have never experienced with the '29 parts. Then the body, '32 grill shell, frame and lights were primered and sprayed with the new to me Tamiya color I bought. I says Pure Metallic Red, but it has nothing to do with pure red and it is this reddish metallic with a lot of copper undertone, which looked really dull and lifeless to me. Not happy at all. So I decided to make lemonade with the lemons I was dealt and sprayed crimson candy on top of it. It looks a lot better now. Next I did something that I have never done before. I painted all the suspension black. OMG! No chrome?! I don't know what possessed me to do it, because I love chrome and have never built a hot rod that did not have chrome suspension. Staying on the "all go, not for show" theme, the steelies were painted Tamiya metallic black. I still have not decided if to add the white wall decals or not. The engine was painted same metallic black as the wheels and all the chrome was sprayed Tamiya matt clear, which took all the shine out and gave the parts a nice natural aluminum finish. Last thing I did for now, was to dechrome the exhaust and drill the ends. Now I have to start putting parts together..... Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

This would share space on the bench with three more models to form the “return of the fantastic Four”. Stay tuned.

This baby is back on the bench too….. woooo whooooo hoooooo…..

I know. But, they’ve been milking the same frame (with molded in gas tank) and the same plain Jane rear end for over quarter of a century now in six different kits. I’m pretty sure they can figure it out. Now if they throw in a supercharged Flathead or an Oldsmobile Rocket for a change, it would be amazing. And while we are on Sweet Dreams Ave, why not a new Vicky or Phaeton bodies.

Thank you. I definitely want this one done. I took almost a year completely off modeling and I’m itching. LOL

Does anyone know if they will finally update that played out, boring, uninspiring rear end treatment? Is it that much to ask to swap that 9” for a quickchange?

I’ll definitely be following this, as I have at least 4 stalled ‘32 Roadster projects.

Guess who is making its way back to the bench…….

Very nice so far. when I used to machine some parts (long story short I no longer have a lathe), I always hit them with some wet sandpaper, while they were still in the chuck. It’s the easiest and fastest way to get them perfectly smooth. You can also polish them same way to a mirror finish. I just started one of these kits too and I’m painting it candy red too. I couldn’t decide what color I wanted the model, so I actually started two of them. ?

Looking fantastic so far. I am going to follow closely, because I'm working on the same kit. I have not build anything in over a year, because I had a lot on my plate to deal with. And I mean A LOT. So to get myself out of my current case of "builder's block", I bought two of these kits and I intend to build both box stock. Kind of fun quick build, back to basics. I am going to attempt to give one of the builds some attitude, simply with paint and choice of the optional parts and the other will be basically what you are building - the box art model, with the only exception that I went with a slightly different shade for the color. What I noticed on my kits was, that the first had a little bit warped frame, which would get mostly corrected once the floor and suspension are glued. The second kit tho has a frame that is absolutely useless and impossible to get back into shape. Overall, this reissue of the kit is considerably poorer quality than the first one. And altho the '32 grille is included in the kit, there is absolutely no mention of it anywhere in the instructions or on the box art. This is not much of an issue with any experienced modeler, but will create issues if you try to enter this model built with the Deuce grille in the Box Stock class of any contest. The cool mag wheels are also missing from the kit, which is a bummer.

What kit is that? I owned the real thing, altho it was '89 model. I built it up and it almost killed me. The real car that is. Altho iconic in 1985, it's a horrible car in many ways. I would still like to take a stab at this kit, especially if it's 1/8th scale.

Sweet looking interior.

I'll second both the opinion about the looks of the truck and the question about the wheels. Also where did the headers come from?

Nice woody. Did you use the body from the '31 woody? What did you do to the cowl?

I like the pink. For some odd reason. I would never have a real car in that color, but on the model it looks very cool.

Rodney, this is one of the best Vicky Deuces I have ever seen in scale. Absolutely fantastic. Tell us a little more about it. I looked over the pictures, but it still gives me no idea what front axle did you use, what did you modify on it? What are the wheel and tires combos? and where did the quick change setup in the rear come from? Thanks for the great additions and keep'em coming.

The orange Phaeton looks cool. I love Phaetons

Great build and really cool color. Suits the car perfectly. I would just touch up the front shock towers and the radius rods' brackets with the orange color, to make them look as part of the frame and separate then visually from the chrome parts "bolted" to them. It would make quite some difference.

The BMF trim was a game changer on this model. I really like it. Silver in general is tricky to make look "wet". It just absorbs light and hides reflections. I think the model came out great.