Koellefornia Kid Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 After 25 years (on and off) of building scale model custom cars and hot rods I finally fished my first Deuce! The weapon of choice was Revell´s 5 window kit and the first thing to do was filling the holes the door handles left and to give it a mild 2 scale inches top chop. I also scratch built a rear view mirror and an additional fuel tank up front between the fenders. The license plate was relocated and I used taillights from the parts box. the 19/23“ rolling stock was provided by Steven Zimmerman: The kits optional 5.0 Ford engine was wired. The interior features a photo etched steering by MCG: It’s hard to capture to the actual tcolor of the coupe. On a white background the paint looks almost black but it’s actually Vallejo Gun Metal with just a few drips of black added to darken it a bit. I made a few pics in a different background and alternative lighting which gives it a complete different look: Thanks for looking, hope you like it. Comments are welcome of course. Greetings from Germany
Phildaupho Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 There is a lot about your Deuce that I really like - the chop, the stance, the wheels, the colour and the unique front fuel tank' I hope you do not mind me commenting that I think you need to lower the grill shell a few mms to flatten the angle of the hood. The result would be an extremely good looking Deuce.
PappyD340 Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Phildaupho said: There is a lot about your Deuce that I really like - the chop, the stance, the wheels, the colour and the unique front fuel tank' I hope you do not mind me commenting that I think you need to lower the grill shell a few mms to flatten the angle of the hood. The result would be an extremely good looking Deuce. I have to agree, other than that it's a great looking model.
Koellefornia Kid Posted December 7, 2020 Author Posted December 7, 2020 Thanks Phil, thanks Larry! On 12/6/2020 at 1:57 AM, Phildaupho said: I hope you do not mind me commenting that I think you need to lower the grill shell a few mms to flatten the angle of the hood. Not really sure what happened here. Everything seemed to fit nicely when I mocked it up before painting. Though I noticed an issue with the hood sides (being too long and too high to fit the grille shell and the hood top). But I didn't want to use them so I didn't pay much attention to it. I guess there went something wrong with the joints of the radiator and the frame (though there was no problem to fit the radiator hose to the engine). I do have some more Revell Deuce kits, so I will have an eye these particular parts in the future. At least I'm happy with the chop and the stance, it's right there where I wanted it to be.
Phildaupho Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said: Thanks Phil, thanks Larry! Not really sure what happened here. Everything seemed to fit nicely when I mocked it up before painting. Though I noticed an issue with the hood sides (being too long and too high to fit the grille shell and the hood top). But I didn't want to use them so I didn't pay much attention to it. I guess there went something wrong with the joints of the radiator and the frame (though there was no problem to fit the radiator hose to the engine). I do have some more Revell Deuce kits, so I will have an eye these particular parts in the future. At least I'm happy with the chop and the stance, it's right there where I wanted it to be. The Revell Deuce kits are for the most part very good and I am very happy the have them but they do have a few challenges. I always find it challenging to get a perfect fit of the rear fenders to the body. With the Sedan kit [which I hope will be reissued] getting the interior to fit just right can also be tricky. I look forward to your next Deuce build.
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