'30 Ford Model A Coupe

[Olskoolrodder]

Paint looks great, Mike  

[slusher]

Looks fantastic in the light blue, Mike..

[TooOld]

I love the Tamiya Light Blue , this is gonna be pretty !

[mrmike]

Thanks John, Bob, Stephen, Carl and Bob!  This color is close to the box art and I had just fallen in love with it!  And, this is one of my better paint jobs!

[bobthehobbyguy]

Great start. Love the color.

[mrmike]

Thanks Bob!

I got the tires assembled, but the whitewalls don't go all the way to the inner edge of the tire by the wheel.  I may have to paint this with some flat white or use my white Gelly Roll pen as I had used on the front tires. I fired up the paintbooth and I painted the engine and the dash panel with Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue.

More Model A to come...

[Zippi]

Everything is Looking good Michael.  I use those Gelly Roll pens for touch up and like them.  

[mrmike]

Thanks Bob!  I use the Gelly Roll pens to create my own whitewalls or to touchup a missing line somewhere.  I'm debating with myself on what I should use.

[slusher]

Coming along so nice, Mike..

[mrmike]

Thanks Carl!  

[mrm]

Looking fantastic so far. I am going to follow closely, because I'm working on the same kit. 

I have not build anything in over a year, because I had a lot on my plate to deal with. And I mean A LOT. So to get myself out of my current case of "builder's block", I bought two of these kits and I intend to build both box stock. Kind of fun quick build, back to basics. I am going to attempt to give one of the builds some attitude, simply with paint and choice of the optional parts and the other will be basically what you are building - the box art model, with the only exception that I went with a slightly different shade for the color. 

  What I noticed on my kits was, that the first had a little bit warped frame, which would get mostly corrected once the floor and suspension are glued. The second kit tho has a frame that is absolutely useless and impossible to get back into shape. Overall, this reissue of the kit is considerably poorer quality than the first one. And altho the '32 grille is included in the kit, there is absolutely no mention of it anywhere in the instructions or on the box art. This is not much of an issue with any experienced modeler, but will create issues if you try to enter this model built with the Deuce grille in the Box Stock class of any contest. The cool mag wheels are also missing from the kit, which is a bummer. 

[Olskoolrodder]

Wheels looking great, Mike!  

[mrmike]

Thanks Michael and Stephen!

Michael, like any kit that I have built over the years, this one has issues like any other.  Even the excellent Tamiya kits have a few small issues, but not like Revell or AMT/MPC kits.  I have noticed that new Revell of Germany kits are getting better with their mold technology, but reissues do leave out the mention of some parts and decals.  We as modelers can swap parts and pieces and allow them to fit or we can make them fit.  

[mrmike]

I have finished assembloing the wheels and tires, but I am undecided about what to do with the gap between the whitewall and the wheel.  The interior sides are in, but they could use a little detailing.  I also painted the interior roof white.  Then I wired the engine and once the body and interior has been added, I'll add the ignition coil.

More Model A to come...

[Tuffy's Garage]

Looks great 

[Zippi]

That's looking pretty slick.  

[tbill]

Looking good!

[mrmike]

Thanks Chrlie, Bob and Tom!

[Bainford]

Looking good, Mike. It's going to be a cool rod.

[Mr Randy]

looking good Mr Mike

[slusher]

Real clean work Mike..

[ModelcarJR]

Paint and engine look great, MrMike!  Maybe the front whitewalls will look OK once perpendicular. I don't think I would do anything to the rears as they look good and a little black between the whitewall and the wheel will be OK, IMO.? ?

[Andrew McD]

Following this one.  Looks good and looking forward to seeing how it progresses.

 

[mrmike]

Thanks Trevor, Randy, Carl, John and Andrew!  I love this color and now I am starting to realize why some kits take so long to build.  It's the details that I like to add.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Nicely done. Great color. Coming along nicely.