32 Ford Phantom Vicki - Custom Coupe

[RestoModGuy]

Something I just finished last week -
My highly customized build of the 32 Phantom Vicki kit. 
As you can compare the box art, I added side engine panels, filled in the rear wheel wells to be smooth, channeled the body over the chassis, chopped the front grill-shell, made the grill insert with wire, chopped the kits convertible top and molded it in to the body as a coupe.
Filled in the rear panel and added a fuel-cell filler.
Custom interior panels
The motor is a cross-ram injected set-up. 
Paint is Duplicolor Platinum on top, with a fine orange body-line stripe above the Electric Current Red.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 5, 2017 by RestoModGuy

[1930fordpickup]

This came out very nice.  Color, wheels and mods I like it. 

[Phildaupho]

Very nicely done transformation. All the modifications are well integrated. The Phantom Vickie kit contains a bunch of great parts and is a great starting point for a custom hot rod build.

 

[matthijsgrit]

Those are some great pics of a very well done kit. Looks very real! You nailed it with your choices: paint, body, engine... And those WHEELS! Wow. They look like modified Viper GTS wheels. What are they?

Love it! 

[crazyjim]

Fantastic build.  Your modifications just flow together.  And I love that head on pic.

[wayne swayze]

Great car! You really improved that roofline. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Looks great. Well done.

[Foxer]

I love how that came our ... great design, and execution!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice. MUCH better proportions and lines than the bulbous, top-heavy baby-buggy roof as it comes in the kit.

[Tom Geiger]

That is waaay too pretty!      Everything you did works splendidly! 

[Hmann68]

What a spectacular transformation from the kit pictures! A real beauty!

[Jon Cole]

Now THAT'S how to do a phantom Vicky! 
Well done, sir!

[Sixties Sam]

Beautiful build! I like your mods - especially the top. Great colors, too. Very nice work!

Sam

[RestoModGuy]

Those are some great pics of a very well done kit. Looks very real! You nailed it with your choices: paint, body, engine... And those WHEELS! Wow. They look like modified Viper GTS wheels. What are they?

Love it! 

Thanks! The wheels are actually out of an old AMT Matador kit. The rears are Pegasus 19" sleeves to give the bigger deeper look.

I chose them because the shape of the openings are matched to the shape of the side window area.

[donb]

Now THAT'S how to do a phantom Vicky! 
Well done, sir!

Exactly! Nice!

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

Very very nice.

[robertw]

Recognize the rear tires from the kit but everything else looks different. Well done and a nice colour scheme.

[bbowser]

Not my bag, but I know a cleanly built model when I see one.  Those coilovers on the front look great, nice rake, tasteful roofline.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[PARTSMARTY]

Absolutely perfect in every way-wow !!!

[David G.]

Smooooooth and deadly! 

Excellent customization of a custom car.

David G.

[eastown]

Double wow!!!

[Impalow]

Very nice job Jim!   All the proportions work soooooo much better than the original kit. Outstanding!

[Spex84]

Fantastic!! This is a perfect representation of that early 2000s style of hi-tech rod, complete with the 2-tone paintjob split at the beltline. It looks bang-on like a 1:1 'glass body from Rat's Glass. I like the re-positioned taillights as well. The cross-ram intake is ideal for this style and generation of street rod and really completes the package. Beautiful work.

I've been wanting to build something like this for a long time (convert the Vicky into a Rat's Glass-style body) but have had trouble assessing whether or not the stock roof would be a worthwhile starting point. Now I can see that it certainly is!

Did you patch in a windshield surround and A-pillars from something else, or was it all scratchbuilt?

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

very nicely done, well executed ideas on the mods.... -RRR