Shardik

I realy love these old chrome barges, and you have a tallent for bringing out their best. Thank you.

Simply amazing! What you're doing here is as much sculpture as modeling, and definately art! The 'then and now' comparison realy gives an idea of how much work and skill has gone into this project. It looks alot more like a car now and less like a patchwork quilt

Thank you, Carl. And fun too! Thanks, Pappy

Thanks, Chris. Yeah, contrary to popular belief and overwhelming evidence, Ford wasn't the only American car company back in '32 Thanks, Danno.

Thanks, Harry. Yeah, there's the door handles, cowl lights, side mirror, fitting the top better.... and about half a dozen other things I'll probably end up doing. I should know better than to try doing a "quick build" by now And I really didn't do anything special to it other than some BMF and Alclad. I'm starting to think that Pyro has gotten a bad rap. The parts fit well and were well molded with minimal flash. Yes, it's highly simplified but that's how you get "cheap and quick". I might actually look for some more of these.

Thanks, Richard. The paint was the remnants of a can of Tamiya aircraft paint which I have already disposed of, so I cant tell you the color number. The paint I used was actually semi-gloss but it only took a few minutes with Novus #2 to shine it up (not much surface to polish )

Noone was more surprised than I. I can't recall having ever read anything complimentary about pyro kits. I would never have bought one deliberately, but this one was included in a lot of damged kits that I bought on e-Bay. But this one has good proportions, passable detail for whats there (other than the molded in cowl lights and door handles) and it went together without any problems. Go figure

Richard, as you can see from this 1948 Ford sales brochure, the flathead V8 has two water pumps located simetricaly midway down the front of the block. Hope this helps.

I am thoroughly impressed, not only by your fabrication skills, but also the engineering that has gone into this design. I'm watching closely and taking notes.

This is shaping up to be another fine classic. I can hardly wait to see the next update (Hint).

Youve done a very nice job of merging these disparate designs into a well integrated whole. Your design skills are commendable. If I may make a suggestion, though; the sail panel area looks a little blank. Perhaps a Corvette badge or a fuel filler would break it up a little.

I know what you mean about the colors on the box art. It just looks so right. You've represented it quite nicely, and that interior is gorgeous. Ain't it the truth!

Good call on the tires. Makes alot more sense than the kit pieces. Nice execution overall, but that color combination is a bit ...jarring

I like it! That color realy pops, and the engine detail looks great. Any idea what those fenders came off of? I like the look, and I might want to try it on one of mine.

Thanks, Ray. It was just the thing to get me back in the groove.

I was getting a little frustrated with my '39 Chevy, so I decided to throw together a "quick build" to regain my perspective. I've had this 1:32 scale Pyro '32 Chevy cabriolette in the stash for a while and I figured it would be just the thing to relieve some stress: Low parts count, small scale, and a kit for which I didn't have high expectations in the first place; I was under the impression that the early Pyro kits were less than stellar. Well, we all know what Robert Burns had to say about the best laid plans of mice and men.... Actually, it did serve its purpose. I now have a finished model to look at instead of a mountain of parts, materials and sketches. But seeing the result of "throwing it together", I now wish I had spent more time to bring out the kits potential. Other than having a few parts missing (horns, landau irons, windshield and head light lenses), it's not a bad little kit. By the way, I'll be coming back to this one when I'm done with the '39 to fix the mess I made trying to touch up the steering wheel after I had installed it. Also, the headlights look funny because they're filled with Micro chrystal clear which hasn't fully cured yet. Thanks for looking in, and as allways, please feel free to share your thoughts.

That color is nice. What really caught my eye, though, is the interior. The subtle variations in color, sheen and texture make it look quite realistic. A word of advice; Stay away from BMF. It's evil. You start out telling yourself your just going spruce up the windshield surround and next thing you know you're taping exacto blades together, in the dead of night, to cut strips for interior trim. Before you know it you'll be wiring distributors and airbrushing Alclad. It just goes down hill from there. Don't give in to peer pressure....Just Say No!

That chassis is so nice, you need to put a mirror under it when you display this one.

I like this idea also. I've seen pictures of the orange one before, somewhere. The upper rear corner of the door bothers me. It should have been rounded to follow the curvature of the window opening, in my opinion.

Looks good to me. The sharp demarkation between the different paint colors noteworthy in itself. Nice clean work all around. It might not hurt to dry brush some silver on the side scripts, though.

I get ahead of myself so often I can't even see me from here.

I really like your clean building style, and your trim work looks fantastic. I like the color choices also. Nice work.

I'm so glad that school is back in session here. Anytime I need education and inspiration, this is where I come. I really appreciate the thoughtful engineering and superb craftsmanship that has gone into these models.

I figured that was the case, but I know what happens when you assume.... Seriously, even though I used to be a mechanic (waaay back when cars had carburetors and computers were the size of sherman tanks) I was never quite cool enough to hang out with the hot rodders, so their vernacular is not part of my lexicon (...starting to see why they didn't let me hang out ?).

I'm not entirely certain what this terminology means, but I'll be cutting off the stock chassis just ahead of the trunk area and fabricating a raised and narrowed frame section to accomodate some seriously wide tires. I'll also be building a working (hopefully) four link suspension. The wheel wells will also be tubbed. Does this answer your question? Another strange thing about this kit is that one of the big selling points of the '39 Chevy was their "Knee Action" front suspension, yet the kit has a solid front axle. So, that's another bit of scratch building and/or kit bashing I'll have to do.