"Deuce of Spades" '32 Ford Roadster

[spencer1984]

My model of the eponymous hot rod from Faith Granger's Deuce of Spades. I started with Revell's '32 Ford Highboy, and reworked it to match the 1950s-era version of the car.

Changes to the kit include smoothed hood sides; louvered hood top; filled door handles; custom taillights & parking lights; custom front badge & rear license plate; mirrors and master cylinder from Revell's '40 Ford; parts box front axle; scratch built front suspension; scratch built exhausts; wheels from Replicas & Miniatures; brakes from Scenes Unlimited; parts box tires; hubcaps & dashboard from Monogram's '32 Ford; steering wheel from AMT's '55 Corvette; scratch built horn button/ring, steering column, shifter, and handbrake lever; flocked carpet; and a small block Chevy from AMT's '55 Chevy with a custom tri-carb intake and parts box Powerglide.

As always, any comments/criticisms are welcome!

Edited November 4, 2015 by spencer1984

[Dragfreak]

Good looking roadster!

[vintagercr]

Very nice! 

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Wow. Some of those shots, I really had to look hard to be sure I was seeing a model. Nice.

[Renegade]

Great build. Has the look.

[slusher]

Very nice

[Greg Pugh]

Awesome job!

[ChrisR]

Very nice build!

[Helix]

Very nice build, cant go wrong with the Black and Red combo 

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

[James2]

Beauuuuutiful...

[DeeCee]

Nicely done, and well detailed too.

[rmvw guy]

My pick of the day, very nice!

[MGL]

Classy, I like it.

[JTalmage]

Beautifully done!

[Phildaupho]

Beautiful Deuce which makes me want to watch the movie again. 

[spencer1984]

Thanks!

[Dennis Lacy]

Johnny Callaway! Very nice overall representation of the movie car. The only thing out of place are the short / fat rear tires. I was at El Mirage with my roadster club watching the racing the day she was filming the scenes with Gene Winfield. Her and her "crew" (all 2 of them) filmed a driving scene with our cars in the back ground since they're all period correct but that scene didn't make the final cut.

Those Edelbrock script valve covers are awesome! What's the source?

[spencer1984]

Thanks!  Yeah; I wish I had used some bigger diameter rears, but I didn't want to use slicks or a modern design and Revell's '29 Ford didn't come out until after I had everything glued together and too fragile to pop apart without likely breaking things.  I may try to change them in the future, but for now I'm not willing to risk it.  The valve covers were from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland, currently the only source for the vintage curved-script design.

[Marc Weller]

Really nice finish on the seat and door panels. Technique?

[Sixties Sam]

Great looking classic Deuce! Well done, and it looks just right!

Sam

Edited November 5, 2015 by Sixties Sam
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[unclescott58]

Beautiful.

[spencer1984]

Really nice finish on the seat and door panels. Technique?

Thanks!  Nothing too fancy: red primer and semi-gloss clearcoat.  I think it was Rustoleum primer, but may have been Duplicolor...I tried both and used the one that looked closer to the 1:1's color.

[W-409]

Very nice build of a great car. That movie is one of my favorites and I've wanted to build that Roadster ever since I saw that movie for the first time. Great work with it all over, I really can't say anything negative about it other than the rear tire issue that was already discussed. Excellent work, very beautiful Roadster that has the right look. How did you do that spade on steering wheel? Is it decal and made by who...?