Saving a BedBuggy showrod

[BIGTRUCK]

Time to save another kit from the parts heap. What really makes this one somewhat harder is everything is thin and brittle from all the glue, but the curious thing is almost all the brass plated parts are in pretty good shape. Once I got in apart I grabbed the instructions from a good kit , made a copy and started a check list of what I needed. Some parts like the headlights are unique to this kit as I only saw them in one other MPC kit The Mail Truck showrod and the unique buggy headers are there and the lantern tail lamps too , so pretty much everything else I need does not need to be exact. I have an AMT Corvair  partspack motor if this ones to far gone, tires and wheels  are parts box, but a new frame needs to be built, this old one will give up 2 mounts and retire. I found a leopard print on the web and printed a sheet, (may try to find a tiger print) the pillow chairs can be cleaned and covered in fuzzy fur . New red glass from clear red plastic sheet.

[Dave Van]

THAT's a rare one!!!! Never even seen one in person. I'll be watching

[BIGTRUCK]

Chassis pretty much done, sectioned in the area to lift up the suspension tower. (orange item) Now with a solid foundation I can move on. You can see how sketchy the old frame is.

[Russell C]

11 hours ago, BIGTRUCK said:

.... Some parts like the headlights are unique to this kit as I only saw them in one other MPC kit The Mail Truck showrod .....

They're a basically really cool looking thing from the late 1920s, they're called Woodlites, invented by a guy named William Wood. I've saved the article cutout below from MotorTrend ever since 1974 since I liked the look of Ruxton roadsters and how those headlights made the car really stand out. Part of my pic zooms in on the diagram that shows how the light beams were supposed to end up focused in a straight line out the front. Here's an AutoWeek article about them, too:  https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a31473052/woodlites-when-looking-cool-is-more-important-than-seeing-the-road/

[slusher]

I have never seen this.kit that I can remember.....BE very interesting to watch Ken..

[BIGTRUCK]

This is starting to look like it suppose to. I found some print for the bed but not sure which one I like better. The pillows came out OK with a coat of fuzzy fur. The tire wheel combo is final.

[BIGTRUCK]

I lost all interest in other builds until I complete this one or because of it being so fragile I give up but things seem to be moving along pretty good. I gave up on the idea of using the AMT parts pack chrome Corvair motor and decided to rebuild the kit original one. The fragile part comes in when every part you put on seems to hold on the next part. For the motor I located 6 new intake stacks, new belt and water pump. Changed front and rear glass made from red and clear sheet plastic. The sea chest is the fuel tank. Decided to paint the tiger stripes ( or as close as I could ) rather than use the paper copy on the bed. Still a long way to go, I have a baggie of brass coated stuff to go on.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

I used to have one of these, unbuilt, that I was going to part out after taking the Woodlites for the Monogram Packard phaeton - cooler heads prevailed and I ended up selling it off complete. Hope the buyer enjoyed it. Now you can get 3D printed Woodlites, so no need to swipe or cast these. 

I'd forgotten it had an early Corvair setup - but I see it's a manual, so again the Road Agent is still the only source of a Corvair Powerglide.