EngineerBob Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Oops, this should have been posted in finished models not WIP. Hi All. As a kid, I made car models from about age 12 to age 20 and then mostly gave it up. During the Pandemic I decided to pick up modeling again and this 1934 Ford Coupe is my first finished car model in 30+ years (saying the actual number of years would really date me!). The model started out as a Revell Snap-Tite kit given as a gag gift since I had a real '34 Ford. After climbing up into the garage rafters and getting down all of my old car models and parts I figured I had enough parts to make a complete car except for a flat head engine which came form a new 48 Ford kit. The look I was going for was of a vintage racer that was pulled out of a barn for one last run on the salt. Wasn't built to be perfect or exact, just for fun; enjoy. Edited July 16, 2021 by EngineerBob posted in wrong forum.
Earl Marischal Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 Whatever category it’s posted in, that is a superb model., with great attention to detail. steve
Paul Payne Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 Welcome back! That's a great model, really represents the dry lakes and salt flats.
Dave Ambrose Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 Nice build. I like the name for the car. I moved it to under glass.
Claude Thibodeau Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Hi Grant! Well, what a conversion for a snap kit... Bravo! The salt even got inside the car: that tells me it ran like hell and the suicide doors were not perfectly sealed. Long live the salt! CT
Zippi Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 Yeah....that's a pretty kewl looking 34. Love that Flatty.
TarheelRick Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 Always like the look of salty dogs. This is a beautiful example of the ingenuity of that breed of race car builders. Really like the overall build.
charlie libby Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 thats awesome. i love salt flats cars and yours is beautiful. nice work.
thatz4u Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 Grant, it reminds me of the old pocket size car magazines when I was a kid, lots of pictures of this type of hot rod in them, "thanks for the memories"
EngineerBob Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 thatz4u, just knowing who Bob Hope is probably dates us.
89AKurt Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 Very nice compact display, I like how one side is different than the other.
EngineerBob Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 89AKurt, thanks for noticing how the two sides give two different views. Since this was my first model build in over 30 years I wanted to top the models I built as a kid and add a lot of detail. Therefor, the hood and door had to be open with the tools laid out but I still wanted to be able to get an overall view of the car so closed door and uncluttered salt on the other side.
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