´32 Ford 5w Street Rod

[Koellefornia Kid]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[slusher]

Very nice!

[ewetwo]

Looks great.