mrm Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) So, today is Wednesday and Friday night I'll jump in my car and make the 900 mile trek to Overland Park for the Heartland Nationals. I am a big street rod fan and to my own surprise I end up with almost no street rods finished for the show. So I decided to give it all…..for three days that is. I am starting a project now and I will try to complete it by departure time. For this I just made a hybrid frame between the Revell '32 frame and the Phantom Vicky one and put fenders on it. They were bobbed at the rear and the fuel tank was removed. The body is the standard Phantom Vicky. The roof is the only thing that has been started some time ago and it is scratch built, but still needs some more work. I have not decided on a power plant or color yet, but I am sure it will come to me. Stay tuned and thanks for looking. Edited June 18, 2015 by mrm
3100 chevy Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 3 days!? Takes me longer just to paint the first two coats!
superbike-shaun Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Okay we'll be wishing you good luck! Superbike-shaun
Tom Geiger Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 I wonder what happened since the show was today!
mrm Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 Well, due to some rather unfortunate circumstances, the three day timeframe was abandoned. We barely made it to the show on time. This project will live on, just not be rushed, so I guess I'll have to change the title.
mrm Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 And now that I will have the time, I'll definitely make a mold for the roof.
mrm Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 The roof still needs more work to fit perfectly, but here is a mock up that shows the direction I am going in with this model. I am also making a fenderless version of the same model, which will be pretty much box stock.
Spex84 Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 I like what you've done with that goofy Vicky roof...it looks much more distinguished now! My eyebrows certainly raised when I read the "three day" goal, haha. That was really ambitious. Looking forward to seeing this build progress!
mrm Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 I like what you've done with that goofy Vicky roof...it looks much more distinguished now! My eyebrows certainly raised when I read the "three day" goal, haha. That was really ambitious. Looking forward to seeing this build progress! This was a weekend challenge, built in three days, so it is definitely possible. I just had a bunch of other issues that popped up at home that I needed to address if I wanted to make it to the show, which is the only reason this model was not tackled in three days. Now that I don't have a deadline, there will be naturally a different approach taken to building the model, as I can afford to really work every detail out.
squirrel886 Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 The roof still needs more work to fit perfectly, but here is a mock up that shows the direction I am going in with this model. I am also making a fenderless version of the same model, which will be pretty much box stock. My windscreen broke in the same location as yours.
mrm Posted June 26, 2015 Author Posted June 26, 2015 Hahaha. This one is just for mock up. I have a brand new one that will be used for the build.
squirrel886 Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 Ah, ok. I used a small drop of thin CA. I molded it to a Rat Roaster body.
mrm Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 So, the frame/fenders assembly was filled, puttied and sanded/cleaned up. I am running it without spreader bar with everything smoothed out. Also I will not be having a cross bar for the lights, so the fenders were filled in there as well. The rear fenders were bobbed, the stock gas tank was cut out and the space was filled with styrene. For the rear suspension, I'll use the '32 Revell axle with the airbags and coil overs, but I'll be replacing the center section with a Quick Change, so the only mods to the frame are the cut off fuel tank and the replacement of the front cross member with the one from the Phantom Vicky, to convert the front end to an independent suspension and keep everything in the spirit of the modern build I'm after. The tail lights and the license plate indentations were filled in with CA and sanded smooth. The body itself is the only thing from the Phantom Vicky. All the hoods, the grille and the fire wall are all from the Revell '32 kit. The two side hoods had their sink holes filled and sanded and then they were glued to the body and to the grille. The top hood was then also glued to the body and to the grille, but not to the top of the side hoods. Thanks for looking and stay tuned…..
dino246gt Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Now that's some good progress, cool project, can't wait to see more!
bonehead23 Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Man...that makes my feeble attempt at a Vicky seem a little weak! Nice detail on the red beast.
mrm Posted June 28, 2015 Author Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) Thank you guys. Stephen, I'm glad you like the red Vicky. You are being too harsh on yourself. I think your project will come out really cool also. Now back to some body mods. This thing needs to be long and low and everything to flow. So first thing on the agenda was to copy the 3 window coupe's door leading edge. And then transfer it to the Vicky's boby Then some new lines were scribed and everything that will not be needed in the future was puttied over Stay tuned and thanks for looking….. Edited June 28, 2015 by mrm
mrm Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 The new hood is cut out and some things were just slightly smoothed.
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