peekay Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Excellent build and photography. (The cloudy light blue background is very effective.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Nice period custom.Great finish and shine also.The only change I personally would have made would be to add new drip molding over the windows.Just a personal thing not in any way criticizing your choices.Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Wrench Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Do you always paint the chassis components red and the mufflers blue?This being a custom ( and a gorgeous one at that,) color choices for the various components are determined by the builder's individual tastes. It's quite common to see 1:1 vehicles like this one at car shows with the front and rear axles painted accent colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Do you always paint the chassis components red and the mufflers blue?<-- Has a '40 Ford, red chassis. No blue mufflers, tho. Edited May 22, 2016 by Jon Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The mufflers in these Revell flathead-motored kits are representative of Smithy glass packs which have always come painted hammertone blue since the 40's. Definitely a correct traditional hot rod detail. Well said, that is a beautiful car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Sweet and SHINY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The only change I personally would have made would be to add new drip molding over the windows Being a custom, maybe they were removed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice model. I really like the way you did the engine wires. Also the paint is spectacular and the seats are awesome. Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The mufflers seem to be the most talked about item on the car, a real eye catcher, nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_F Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Thanks for the comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_F Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Nice period custom.Great finish and shine also.The only change I personally would have made would be to add new drip molding over the windows.Just a personal thing not in any way criticizing your choices.Thanks for sharing.To be honest, I only sanded the drip rails off so I wouldn't burn through the paint in those areas during polishing. LOL! I agree that it would look good with them back on. Edited May 24, 2016 by Aaron_F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_F Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 This being a custom ( and a gorgeous one at that,) color choices for the various components are determined by the builder's individual tastes. It's quite common to see 1:1 vehicles like this one at car shows with the front and rear axles painted accent colors.Thanks for the compliments!I actually took the red suspension idea from the Snooky Janich '41 Ford, which was being restored at the time I built this. It was built by Barris in the late '40's and the suspension was all painted red. I used this same idea on my black '40 coupe. The mufflers are meant to resemble the old blue Smithy glasspacks, just as Dennis Lacy pointed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the compliments! I actually took the red suspension idea from the Snooky Janich '41 Ford, which was being restored at the time I built this. It was built by Barris in the late '40's and the suspension was all painted red. I used this same idea on my black '40 coupe. The mufflers are meant to resemble the old blue Smithy glasspacks, just as Dennis Lacy pointed out I got into hot rodding in the early '60's. I had many friends with cars like this, well not nearly as nice, but the point being chrome work was expensive and your ride would be down for how long? So flashy paint was the answer, whether it was red or white, often times the under side of the fenders as well. One more "custom" touch was running without the hood, pure "Hot Rod", at least that's the way we saw it. Either way this build is "Bitchin'". Edited May 25, 2016 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mredjr Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Real beauty great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradional_rodder51 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Always love a clean old school custom, great wirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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