Revell Channelled '29 Ford Roadster - Update 04-16-17

[DrKerry]

Looks good Bernard!!!!!!!!

[James2]

I enjoy watching your builds come together. 

[Bernard Kron]

Thanks James and Kerry!

Getting a proper channeled stance on the Revell '29 A Fords seems to require constant tweaking to get them to look right. The stretched wheelbase of the Revell '29 A chassis used for the channeled version is an immediate handicap. In retrospect I wish I had considered moving back the front crossmember. But in thinking about it further I realized this would have required moving the center crossmember as well. At which point the only real advantage of the kit frame, given the modern rear suspension setup and insufficiently deep z-job, would have been the curved front horns. Better perhaps to take the AMT frame rails and scratch build the rest of it!

In any case, looking at it mocked up and pretty near completion I realized it would benefit from moving the grille shell back. So I got out the Dremel and shaved the front crossmember face. Not a huge difference but it seems to help. Here's a comparison picture. Letter A is the old position, B the one with the shaved crossmember face. Unfortunately the camera angles are not identical but you can see that the grille shell has been moved back about 1/3 of the diameter of the brake backing plate. Because of the chassis rake the grille shell sits slightly higher, in line with the cowl edge.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Nice job.