The EXCLUSIVELY '32 Roadster/Cabriolet ONLY thread. Show us what you got!!!

[Dave Darby]

5 hours ago, TimKustom said:

Built this one several years ago, the second in my roadster series.

Words fail me. Man that is gorgeous.

[TimKustom]

16 hours ago, Dave Darby said:

Words fail me. Man that is gorgeous.

Thanks Dave!

[mrm]

On 11/18/2020 at 10:37 AM, TimKustom said:

Built this one several years ago, the second in my roadster series.

 

 

 

Beautiful build Tim. The engine arrangement is definitely something else. What is the paint on it?

[TimKustom]

On 11/19/2020 at 3:21 PM, mrm said:

Beautiful build Tim. The engine arrangement is definitely something else. What is the paint on it?

Thanks. The engine has a Latham Supercharger with manifolds to run the 6 carbs vertically. I have a pic of the 1:1 setup somewhere. Paint is Alclad Candy Yellow over Gold Base topped with LMG "Super Gold Pearl" & fogged "Orange Accent."

Old thread is here: 

Some of the in progress pix aren't showing up. Trying to locate them.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Tim I just love that 32. 

[stitchdup]

Another old build from 2015 this time. Its box stock other thn the drilled axle but I tried to gve it a 60s look with the paint. Again it was damaged when i dropped it and the roadster but I have all the parts to rebuild it someday

Edited November 22, 2020 by stitchdup

[Bernard Kron]

I do believe these are the last remaining examples of Deuce roadsters from by collection of builds… I sure have built a lot of these things!

Dry lakes racer with full bellypan:

Another lakes racer, this time ‘40’s style:

“Ohio Look” Barry Lobeck tribute from 2010:

 

[Jantrix]

The grey roadster was a personal challenge to come up with a deuce the way I would want one if I had the means. So this is the Revell roadster, channeled the width of the frame. The flathead that came in the sedn kit, and '39 Chevy headlights. The grill was made from two pick up truck rear fenders sandwiched together and then had slots cut. Wheels and tires from the Revell '29 Model A pickup. Paint is Duplicolor Graphite and Testors Wet Look Clear.

The blue one is a late 80's build when I was 18 or so. AMT kit, slightly lowered with an SBC. 

[Mr. Metallic]

On 11/18/2020 at 4:17 PM, Dave Darby said:

Words fail me. Man that is gorgeous.

Man, I'm bummed I can't even see it.

Anyone else?

[Paul Payne]

Here’s another one that needs some updates! Also, a few pix reloaded to display unseen wonders!

[Plowboy]

Not a roadster. But, I guess it qualifies as a cabriolet. Never have been happy with the wheels. But, not enough to change them yet.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

[Bernard Kron]

Nice backdating of the Rat Roaster, RRR. Nothing like classic maroon to set the tone. Bravo!

[Bernard Kron]

It occurred to me that I hadn't added my most recent Deuce Roadster to this thread. from last September, it's a 50's style high-bucks channeled show rod. Like all my Deuce roadsters it's based on the Revell kits, this time with liberal use of my spare parts box.

Also, I left out couple of other builds from My Back Pages.

This is a representation of "The Deuce" from the original 1959 Trophy Series release box art, but done almost entirely with Revell parts. It's from November 2018.

And a quick-build from 2014, again from the Revell kits, this time almost straight OOB. Aptly named "Therapy" since it was a slump buster, it went together in less than a week, hence the black primer paint job.

 

 

 

 

 

[Claude Thibodeau]

HI!

Here's my So-Can Speed Shop Bonneville 32 roadster. Long live the salt!

CT 

[doggie427]

Outstanding Claude ! You have a beautiful touch with Bonneville/dry lakes cars.

[Claude Thibodeau]

9 hours ago, doggie427 said:

Outstanding Claude ! You have a beautiful touch with Bonneville/dry lakes cars.

Thank you Wayne!

I love the "non over-organized" aspect of the lakes racing. One of the last basion of "amateur" motor sport. The amount of imagination and ingenuity these guys come up with always amazes me. I try my best to convey that in my yearly Bonneville cars... My latest one (a scratchbuilt streamliner) will be on this forum in a few days.

Hope you like it!

CT 

[Dan Hay]

Here's a few I've built over the last 15 years. The first 3 are 1/8th, the last one I built recently as a model of the famous McGee Roadster. It's not an exact replica but close. 

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Dan Hay

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Here's a phantom '32 Vicky Cabriolet....

 

 

[mrm]

On 4/4/2022 at 1:20 PM, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

Here's a phantom '32 Vicky Cabriolet....

 

 

You definitely need to let someone make a resin copy of that roof. Seriously!

[Plowboy]

On 4/4/2022 at 2:20 PM, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

Here's a phantom '32 Vicky Cabriolet....

 

 

This is the coolest version of this kit that I've seen! Makes me want to blow mine apart and give it a makeover!

 

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

10 hours ago, Plowboy said:

This is the coolest version of this kit that I've seen! Makes me want to blow mine apart and give it a makeover!

 

Thanks! Here's the build-up pix: https://public.fotki.com/jferren/32-vicky-cabriolet/  -RRR 

[Gramps46]

The only thing special about these 2 is they are 60 years old.  I am lucky to still have them in my collection.

[Phildaupho]

This is my most recent Deuce roadster built in preparations for the Deuce Days in Scale Model Car Show in Victoria BC Canada July 17. It is a tribute but not a total replica of the McMullen Deuce.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Phildaupho

[Dave Darby]

On 5/25/2022 at 8:58 AM, Gramps46 said:

The only thing special about these 2 is they are 60 years old.  I am lucky to still have them in my collection.

I think that alone would make them pretty special. Very nicely done survivors.  I especially like the black one, but both are very, very cool.