Finned oval air cleaner?

[EngineerBob]

I'm sure that with so much encyclopedic knowledge that there is on this site someone can point me to a kit that has an oval finned air cleaner similar to this one (doesn't have to be chrome since it will be painted black)? 

For the first time ever I'm going to try to accurately model a real car,  my wife's hot rod ( as opposed to more fantasy cars I usually work on).

[espo]

If you can't find a kit with the air cleaner you are wanting consider scratch building one. The air cleaner in the picture looks like you could use a couple of oval shaped pieces of flat plastic. This you could shape into the desired shape. The ribs on the top could be represented with some very fine stripes of plastic stock. The air filter element could be made out of several different materials. I suggest looking for anything that is thin and can easily be bent to shape. Look beyond the normal modeling products and look around at different product packaging and even shipping protection products. My wife doesn't through anything out before asking if I can use it for modeling. Bonus is that you will get to point to the air cleaner and say "I made that".  

[EngineerBob]

8 hours ago, espo said:

If you can't find a kit with the air cleaner you are wanting consider scratch building one. The air cleaner in the picture looks like you could use a couple of oval shaped pieces of flat plastic. This you could shape into the desired shape. The ribs on the top could be represented with some very fine stripes of plastic stock. The air filter element could be made out of several different materials. I suggest looking for anything that is thin and can easily be bent to shape. Look beyond the normal modeling products and look around at different product packaging and even shipping protection products. My wife doesn't through anything out before asking if I can use it for modeling. Bonus is that you will get to point to the air cleaner and say "I made that".  

Gotta admit that it didn't even occur to me to try and make one from scratch; thanks for the idea. I'd still like to know if there is a kit with one, which would be easier for me.

[deuces wild]

You might want to look into the Revell '62 Impala 2'n1 kit.... I think it has an oval air cleaner.....

[EngineerBob]

3 hours ago, deuces wild said:

You might want to look into the Revell '62 Impala 2'n1 kit.... I think it has an oval air cleaner.....

Good call, thanks for the info! I just did an internet search and both the '62 Impala 2in1 and the '62 Impala 3in1 have the same oval finned air cleaner (it's technically for a two 4-barrel set-up rather than a single 4-bbl but pickers can't be choosers; maybe I'll put two 4-bbls on my wife's car  ). There'd be some good kit-bashing parts left over with either of those kits too.