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This will be cool. Are making the the shiny motor in it?

Thank you Rusty. The color is Tamiya TS-11 and is called simply "Maroon". I have to say, That it was not an easy color to work with, which came as a great surprise to me. It does not cover very well right away and the first coats look very purplish. I don't thin down Tamiya paint. I spray it in a little drinking cup and from there it goes straight in my airbrush. I had to spray many thin coats until I got the uniform maroon finish. Also it was weird as it was pulling away from creases, not from edges like most paint would do sometimes. It was weird and to be honest, I did not have good time using it.

So today I spent more time on engine mounts that I have on any other model before. I made really nice "sculpted" engine mounts on the motor and nice corresponding stanchions on the frame. Then I drilled them, so I can have locator pins installed and top them off with bolt detail. which on this particular model would be impossible to see, once assembled. But I know they're there. LOL The motor now sits exactly where I need it to and looks good doing it. LOL. It is a very tight fit between the hoods, but amazingly it fits without even rubbing into anything. Of course it would have not been possible if I did not move the power steering and alternator pulleys more inboard. Here you can see where the frame has been extended on the bottom. It follows the body lines perfectly and when everything is painted it would show the same under the body, as if it wasn't channeled at all. It will also hide the anging oil pan and headers much nicer. While raiding the few boxes with parts that have not been packed away, I found two old projects that are very near-finished. (I will revive and finish them too) One of them is my good old model T Phaeton. It's chassis finished, I looked at it and remembered that I have another brand new kit of it and I knew where it is. So I measured few things and since I am absolutely in love with that Jag rear end, I decided that this is going to be my solution for my Sweet Victoria. For starters U transplanted the main crossmember I need to the new frame. Figuring out the position and determining the right hight for the perfect stance was no small task. I still don't know how perfect I got it, but I hope I'm on the money. We'll find out soon. For now everything needs to cure, so I can file, putty and smooth everything for paint. Meanwhile I started working on scratchbuilding new interior panels. Long way to go on these. And then I'll be making a new headliner. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Really cool. It looks like it held up pretty well over the years.

Funny thing about the patina on my Deuce is that it came naturally. I sprayed the body and the fenders in green self etching automotive primer when I used to live in New Jersey. It probably had hoods too. I end up moving to Colorado and years later I found the body and it stayed on a shelf, in boxes and got kicked around. Eventually I decided to put it together as is, because I liked what over ten years of laying around did to the finish. It was actually intended to be painted, but it was build mainly as an experiment, how low that front bumper can go realistically. This is the only Deuce I have ever build with the bumpers. And thank you for the kind words, but I would not consider myself a master of the Deuce or of anything else. Except maybe wasting time. LOL. I am an undisputed master of that. I actually built more Ferraris and exotics than anything else. But sooner or later, I'll make a rat rod too.

Cool idea. I love the color.

Congrats on the win! I have also never ever built a rat rod. All my models have been shiny (well with one exception,, but it was far from rat rod, just flat paint). I have been also contemplating making one, altho I never really grasped the idea of making your car looking more beat up than it is on purpose.

Thank you. Still debating on color, but most likely it is going to be orange pearl. The main holdback is that I want it to have an independent rear suspension and still have not figured it out yet.

Thank you, Jim. Originally I wanted to do the car in the colors of the Phaeton on the cover of last Street Rodder magazine. It is a dark blue car, with black fenders and yellow spoked wheels. But then I saw a Tamiya TS11 Maroon in a pile in my garage and decided to spray it on a spoon, just for $hit and giggles. My wife saw it and said that's the color I should do the delivery. Thank you Craig. I definitely have a Deuce addiction. No doubt about it. As a matter of fact I was thinking that after the three models I am working on right now, I'll force myself to build something different and out of my "comfort zone". And yes, I saw the bodies. I need to place an order from them. They also have some up-tops for Model A and Deuce roadsters. Thanks for the interest John. No, I did not make the decals. I have a box full of decals, both from kits and aftermarket, that have accumulated over the years. I don't know what kit did these decals come from, but there is a chance they came from one of the reissues of the Boyd Smoothster, where it came with a "van" body. The pinstripe decals came from the same sheet and were total pain. Very irresponsive to setting solution.

Thanks Greg. SEM paints are weird. They will attack some finishes, like Model Master paints, but will not eat into plastic. I have found that it is less problem to spray them straight on bare plastic, than over a primer. The other thing is that they can be used as primers as they stick very well to any material and can take pretty much anything sprayed over them. The only down side is their price, as a spray can is almost $15. At least where I live.

Clear is dry to the touch, but definitely needs some time to cure. Here is a quick mock up of where this is going Stay tuned and thanks for looking

So, after spending close to 5 hrs wetsanding and polishing the Family Deuce, the fender-chassis assembly and the body were masked off. Then the sections that needed to be black were cut out I used SEM satin black paint. Tis paint is designed for automotive interiors. It sticks to anything and has a very realistic and very durable finish. The result was perfect. But disaster struck! I had never before experienced such thing! the clear coat and the finish were perfect and intact, but apparently the paint underneath separated. I started freaking out and was pacing around the house, thinking how I have to redo the whole body. Then I thought about trying to rub everything down. So I took a microfiber cloth and gently rubbed down the affected area aplying increasing pressure. A MIRACLE !!!! It worked! everything is back to perfect. I have never experienced anything like this ever before. And a mock up with the new wheels. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Don’t even get me started on the Deuces! LOL... I have like twenty bodies lined up, waiting to be build. The delivery is getting clear coated tonight.

Looking good. I have never build any Impala of any kind.

Thanks for the interest. I am making a fenderless Vicky too. The one that started the whole let's-build-something-again thing. Check it out under "Sweet Victoria" in this same section.

I saw this cool Vicky in a magazine that had a rad hood with louvers underneath it. I thought this would be the perfect way to hide the surgery under my hood. So I got two Revell '32 5 window side hoods and cut them up to create a symmetrical piece. At this time I learned that the side hoods with louvers of Revell's 5 window and roadster kits are different. Some trimming and we have a rather cool underside

There is this old anecdote back home, about a man who found a button on the street that he liked a lot and did not want to throw away, so he got a coat made for it. So I got this set of Detail Master aluminum wheels off fleabay with wire inserts that I had to build. The minute I mocked them up, for some reason I thought they had to be yellow. But more subtle, toned down yellow. 12 pieces per wheel and a spray can of Walmart paint later, I had some modern old school wire wheels. Four sets of spokes per wheel, each individually painted and then put together and sprayed once more with the rims, which were also individually sprayed before that. Now we have some hot rod wheels! This made me think what should they go on. I figured that because of their retro nature, whatever they on, it should have a flathead engine. This would be my very first flat head motor ever! Since this whole three-model-mess started with trying to get back into building after over a year off the bench, I looked through a box of bodies and saw a '32 sedan. I had the itch for a Vicky , which started it all. When looking for a Vicky body online, I ran into some resin sedan delivery bodies for sale. I remembered the body in my box and thought "well, why pay the money if I can do this myself". So I did. The original plan was to make a delivery hot rod with the yellow wheels, black fenders and dark blue body, with the engine and grille matching the color of the wheels. But what fun would it be if everything goes to plan?! So, now I am building a maroon '32 delivery with a flathead, which I have never build before, with yellow wheels and color matched engine, but chrome grille. Stay tuned and thanks for watching.

Daaaaamn, this project looks like a handful! would love to see the end result.

Really nice. I like the Tamiya metallics, because their flakes are so fine. Some of the Testors one coat metallics have that “bass boat” effect. Weird thing is that it is hit or miss with the original automotive paint. I have used a very good portion of Ferrari’s colors and some are grainier than others. With Tamiya tho, it’s a sure thing. And I wasn’t looking for an argument about the rotors. Just didn’t know that the carbon brakes were optional. Can’t wait to see your model finished. Are you putting stripes on this one?

Thank you both gents. There was an auction on fleabay from some lady in NYC (I believe) that was under a weird section. There were four sets of Detail Master wheels and one set of JPS machined wheels. I got them all. I don’t think the lady knew what she was selling, as I got all five sets of wheels for something like $50. Two of the Detail Master sets have centers I am not very fond of, but I don’t care, because various photo etched centers are still available from Detail Master. Also one of the sets of wheels are sized like for s dragster or could be used for a Model T hot rod. The rears are super wide and the fronts super thin.

I love it! I always looked at that JF body and I always loved the looks of it, but I could never figure out, for the life of me, what would I do with it. I have seen few made into finished models, but yours is the first time, when it actually makes some sense and I really like what I see.

Thanks James. At least we know that one of them is coming back. Altho if I had to chose, I would have picked the '30 Coupe.

After a lot of sanding, grey primer was sprayed, followed by some minor putty and a lot more sanding....... Then a coat of Tamiya fine white primer. My Sweet Victoria is almost ready for color. Just a little more sanding......mainly around the windows.

So, few minor setbacks....... I don't like painting the Revell's '32s rear end separate from the rear radius rods. I usually glue them on the rear axel wile using a spare frame as a jig. Then I mask the chrome I want to remain with liquid mask and then paint everything together. It creates a much nicer finished assembly. Well, I forgot to do this (been a wile), so I did a second rear end, going through primer > copper > cinnamon candy > clear again. I am not going to bore you with pictures. The other set back is, that I won an fleabay auction for some Detail Master aluminum wheels. I remember those from over 20 years ago and always liked them but our days they are almost impossible to find. Sure enough, as soon as I received them I had to build them. And then the kids and the wife said that they have to be the wheels for the Family Deuce. On top of that, they came with a second set, which I also HAD TO build, which in turn created a third Deuce project. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Looks great so far. I am not 100% sure, but I think that the Ford GT uses carbon brakes. If that's the case They need to be much daeker. I have best luck replicating them, by spraying metallic black and then at very low pressure from a distance make the airbrush "spit" some light gunmetal (Tamiya) to make little random spots.