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Great work on that chassis. Love the big tires too.

So....what we have on the picture? Frame and body from Revell's '32 Roadster. Fire wall from the AMT '32 Phantom Vicky. Dashboard from Revell's '32 Rat Roaster. Wheels and tires from the '32 Rat Roaster. Flat Head motor and radiator from Revell '32 Tudor Sedan. Heads, intake and air filter from Revell's '48 Ford Convertible. What is not in the picture is the Duval windshield that will most likely come from the Phantom Vicky, the I-beam axle and finned brakes from Revell's '29 Roadster, hairpin radius rods from Revell's '32 5-window and the quickchange rear from the Paddy Wagon. And in case you are wondering where the "Black Widow" part comes from - it's the model Car garage Spiderweb grille and "hoods", which will receive a corresponding spiderweb steering wheel. It will be all black with a little red of course. Stay tuned.

I already have like a million projects going, but one more can't hurt much, right? So this one has a somewhat clear plan for it. Keep it simple. Make up with as much kitbashing as possible for aftermarket pieces or hard mods. Keep it old school. Paint it in simple colors. Detail it well, without going bananas. This picture will give you a slight idea where this will be going.

Beautiful build. I love the paint.

You are right. My mind was totally on Ford only track.

I am pretty sure this is not a 37 grille on the picture above. It is more like 35/36 grille.

Thank you Wayne. And rest assured, it will be smooth. The "dimples" you see are actually splatter, because I left it on the kitchen counter, closer to the sink.

And this is what the color looks right now, before it's polished. This will also give you an idea of the stance. This picture shows where the inner fenders had to be cut up in order to fit the front clip from the Foose Caddy frame up into the body. Engine color matching the interior. The engine compartment was all smoothed out.

I found some pictures, to give you an idea of the color. An extremely nice and patient gentleman from Canada asked me to make copies of his Mustang in 1:64, 1:43 and 1:18th scale. This is what the color looks like.

Very cool. I'll follow also.

The red on the body has been applied and has been watersanded (paint corrected). Currently it awaits polishing, so showing a picture will not do much to show the actual color. However, I can tell you that in spirit of keeping this all Ford, the color (same you see on the chassis) is original Ford Mustang tri-coat. I had two cans mixed for me (one base, one top coats) when I repainted a 1:18 diecast for the owner of the real Mustang.

nice. Maybe by the time this new tool gets released I would finally finish the first release, which I had started well over a year ago.

This is all fine and dandy and makes for great conversations on a club meeting etc.. But what I really want to know is what is going to happen in the future. Are we going to see the kit reissued and when? I believe this is what this section of the forum is for. Honestly, what reason Johan's employees had to do some shady BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH has nothing to do with Revell's '30 kit. So do we have any info on future release of this kit?

Marty and David, thank you. The only modification needed to the floor to fit the new rear end are two notches in the floor, which are visible here right at the back end of the main floor. I am a big sucker for cars that look almost stock on the outside, but are completely different under the skin. Therefore I wanted this Ford made as what I would love to drive myself. I am generally a GM man, but I can't deny I love the way the 32 valve Cobras sound. So I thought it would be cool to keep this all Ford and put the Cobra OHC motor from AMT's Phantom Vicky in it. I also wanted to go the simple monotone way and match the engine color to the interior. The interior is from the custom version of Revell's chopped '48 with the stock dash. everything was kept simple one tone on purpose. I contemplated panting the piping body color, but decide against it. I wanted a rich leather one tone, kind of like what you see in a Ferrari.

Great model. I love the overall attitude. At first it made me overlook all the neat details that were added. Like the cool (I assume RB motion) fittings on the beehive filter. The 48 Ford is one of those kits that should be reissued regularly, because they are like a treasure cove for parts, aside from the fact they build into fine models right out of the box. All the louvers are cool. What I have noticed is that the top panel is not a great fitting piece on the original kit too. I had hard time having it sitting right even on an out of the box build. Let alone when you have modified it. Last but not least I want to give you big koudos for building this, because since the prices for this kit have taken off big time, there are not many people building them. And I believe kits are meant to be built, not piled in basements.

He sells finished mass produced models. resin and diecast. He is not a builder. This is not a kit.

I am looking forward making it my first time.

Thank you Tim. And coming from you that is quite the compliment, I may add.

Very nice color combo. Love it.

Very nice build. Great job. I love the flathead. I have never build a single flat head motor. Ever. You make me want to start one right now.

Yup. Go big or go home

Of course I marked the spoons. The whole exercise would have been pointless otherwise. I think I have also picked a color for the Eliminator II. It is PPG Sunshine Yellow Candy over Tamiya TS14 Copper. Here it is outside And under the flash

For this year's Heartland Nationals the theme was anything ending with or containing the number "8". My plan was to build a '48 Ford for the show, but right before I left disaster struck and the model never made it. So Now I will take my time and build it like I would if I had the resources to build one in real life "my style". Subtle on the outside, but high tech on the inside. I really wanted to use the Foose wheels from the F100 kit, but I wanted the model to sit really low at the front . For the purpose the front suspension and maybe frame had to be modified. Remember that Foose Cadillac frame I cut up in my eliminator thread? Well the entire front section of it, together with its Corvette IFS fit perfectly on the '48 frame After being painted it looks like it came this way originally The aforementioned wheels, which I thought would fit the body perfect. And then it occured to me, that I can make everything fit perfect if I use the whole rear end set up from the Foose truck. The frame took very little modification to adapt the set up Ns the floor needed some notching to clear the upper bars, but overall an easy way to have a great almost stock looking modern chassis.

Box stock with the wheels from the Rat Roaster Few more....

Here is a box stock model A from me (altho not a 29)