1934 Ford Phantom D-400

[E St. Kruiser50]

I think I finished this in March or April of this year. Some time before I started posting here. No one's seen this yet in the club's I belong to, as I build mostly just for my own enjoyment now. Don't do contest's anymore either as I had my "15 minutes of Glory" already .

A friend of mine gave me an article out of a Mag several years ago with several drawings of Thom Taylor's, on '34 fords. One particular drawing got my brain going and it took me about a year, off and on to finish it.

The convertible sedan roof is scratch-built. The window area is chopped considerably and shortened and totally reshapped. It took a dozen pieces to complete the windows change.

The fenders and cowl area were stretched a scale 4 - 1/2 inches. The front fenders were raised just a tad, and the grill laid back just a tad also. I love color, so I wanted to use as many as I could, and yet keep everything as subtle as possible.

The main color is Duplicolors tangerine "Flake", with 3 coats of Plasticote clear rubbed out. I love the elegance of coninental kit's and spare's, so of coarse this needed that "Classy" look. Stock chrome trim, a little bit of a dump in front, some nice wheels and tires, and some detail work, and she's already for some serious "CRUIZIN" - LOL

Edited August 27, 2008 by Treehugger Dave

[george 53]

WHOA! Dave, another killer! The colors go GREAT together! Is the roof REAL leather or paint? It looks real. Jusy too cool, I loves it! Edited August 27, 2008 by george 53

[Lyle Willits]

This is really classy. Beautiful job!

[Dragon7665]

Man I have wanted Thom's D-400 for years!!! Got to say you replicated it beyond belief, Amazing Job

[MonoPed]

Beautiful!! Perfect color and stance!

[outlaw035]

dave...thats a beauty...nice job....neal

[Raul_Perez]

Two pics??? You build something this nice and you only post two pics?!

Come on Dave, let's see the rest of the build!! What you've shown us looks GREAT!!

Later,

[tim boyd]

Wow that is gorgeous! Great job with the proportions. Looks like it might have come right from the desk of Jack Davis or Pryor Passorino! TIM BOYD

[Eeyore]

WOW that is a stunner! The body mods and paint really set it apart.

[mikelo]

That turned out very nice! Gotta love those Thom Taylor drawings. Great job on all the mods. Looks fantastic!

Mike

[E St. Kruiser50]

Dave. Is the roof REAL leather or paint? It looks real.

Hey George Thanks

Good to hear from ya.

Testor's makes this amazing paint flattener that's called DULL COTE #1260 Flat Lacquer Overcoat, available at most hobby shops. The secret to any good finish is prep. I sealed all the body work on the roof with a two stage urethane primer that stop's any type of "Ghosting". Zinzzer BIN will do the same thing, but there is usually more build-up.

Sand and lay down a smooth couple of coats of color>LACQUER< wait 15 min, to half hour and then hit with a lite coat of the Dull Cote, let flash for 15 min., followed by a heavier wet coat and let dry over-night.

The finish looks even better in person. I highly recommend it for interior work also.

It's a great product

[John Goschke]

Wow, Dave that is cool! Really nice work on the body style conversion; the proportions are perfect!

[RadRidesByDan]

I love it....... the stance to the color and detail of the continental kit...WICKED BUILD

[carrucha]

Nice job on the '34 Ford. Very good job on the paint. I like the color.

carrucha

[stevegt738]

Very cool build. This car is pure class. I would a 1:1 version.