ramblerman Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Modified the Revell '31 A with the cowl from a Revell '29 A Roadster pickup and the '29 fenders. Also used the street rod parts from the AMT '23 Ford T roadster.
ramblerman Posted October 25, 2019 Author Posted October 25, 2019 These are the kits that I used to do this car. All 3 were issued in the '70's.
David G. Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 Nice fusion, sweet paintwork. Well done! David G.
Koellefornia Kid Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 Well combined vintage parts + a very nice paint job = one cool Model A!
espo Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 Great looking build. I like the "Mother's Cheery Pie" livery. Where did you get the unusual looking 4 spoke wheels for this ?
ramblerman Posted October 28, 2019 Author Posted October 28, 2019 Thanks for everybody's positive feedback. the wheels are from the '23 T kit and are also in some other AMT street rod kits from the '70's. I used automotive urethane clearcoat to finish the car.
alan barton Posted November 2, 2019 Posted November 2, 2019 That really is an outstanding combination of kits, especially when you consider how challenging they are to build in box stock form! Makes me want to try it myself. Like everyone else has said, Jim your paint is just a joy to study. This is absolutely in no way a criticism of this outstanding model, but if anyone is going for pure factory stock proportions, it is worth noting that when Revell produced the 1931 Sedan delivery, they modified it from a Tudor kit. To be perfectly accurate the side "window" panels need to be extended rearwards and the rear pillar becomes correspondingly slimmer. This is the case for both early and late Model As. I'm guessing old Henry wanted to give his customers more room to apply signwriting. A quick Google search will show what I mean. On the other hand, lengthening those panels would be a very finicky operation so I perfectly understand anyone who decides to leave those panels as they currently exist! Cheers Alan
ramblerman Posted November 4, 2019 Author Posted November 4, 2019 On 11/2/2019 at 1:57 AM, alan barton said: That really is an outstanding combination of kits, especially when you consider how challenging they are to build in box stock form! Makes me want to try it myself. Like everyone else has said, Jim your paint is just a joy to study. This is absolutely in no way a criticism of this outstanding model, but if anyone is going for pure factory stock proportions, it is worth noting that when Revell produced the 1931 Sedan delivery, they modified it from a Tudor kit. To be perfectly accurate the side "window" panels need to be extended rearwards and the rear pillar becomes correspondingly slimmer. This is the case for both early and late Model As. I'm guessing old Henry wanted to give his customers more room to apply signwriting. A quick Google search will show what I mean. On the other hand, lengthening those panels would be a very finicky operation so I perfectly understand anyone who decides to leave those panels as they currently exist! Cheers Alan Yes, would have been a lot of work. If I was chasing a trophy I would have done a lot of details different. As it was this body was an old model that I had done back in the '70's. It became a parts car and I was going to do something different with the body and had sanded all of the raised moldings flat. When I got the idea to make a '29 A I made new moldings from evergreen stock and glued them on to replicate '29 A moldings.
Cpt Tuttle Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 I really like the concept, and it is a great build too, almost unreal how shiny the paint is.
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