Removing the Rat from the Roaster

[bobthehobbyguy]

Coming along nicely.

[mrm]

Very nice. I'm watching this one closely.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

6 hours ago, Kit Karson said:

Did I hear someone say, "Paint"? -KK

HEY!!!! No jumping ahead!!!! -RRR

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

I cut out the original trunk lid and replaced it the louvered offering from the '32 5ive window coupe. With a little cleanup of the opening and just a smidge of sanding, the louvered lid dropped right in..... -RRR

 

[afx]

Great looking project.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

I haven't posted up too much in a bit, but work is progressing.

The last area of construction before the roadster goes to the paint booth is the front upper shock mounts/headlight stands. 

This consists of one of the headlight bars from one of the '32 kits and a few pieces of Evergreen.

The shock mount is cut at 90 degrees to go over the frame rail and is then drilled out to hold the headlight bar....

 

The two ends of the headlight bar are cut off as shown and discarded.

The bar is turned 90 degrees, so the headlight attach points are pointed up and the bar is curved like this to pass in front of the grill and shell...

 

Here's another view. The whole area is sanded down and smoothed over. 

I dabbed on a schmear of putty and carefully sanded the two mated areas to blend it all together.

The base of the headlights will be drilled out and dropped over the points. 

 

More later... -RRR

[OldNYJim]

There's still plenty of life (and new ways to mess with) these Revell 32 kits - enjoying seeing this one come together, RRR!

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

I got the '32 in the paint booth...

First order of business is to grab the strainer from the kitchen (wifey didn't see me...whew!) and wash all of the parts to get off any dust and finger grease, then toss them  in the dehydrator to thoroughly dry...

 

Next attach sticks to hold parts while painting. The body has already been primered as you see in the pic...

 

I decided to go with Testors "Extreme" Mythical Maroon as the main color. I decant this paint into and spray with my airbrush. This paint comes out of the can so heavy, it will often bubble up. Shooting it through an airbrush eliminates this problem. I glue a piece of Evergreen tube to the spray nozzle and shoot the paint through the tube into the jar. This makes decanting without a big mess.....

More later.... -RRR

 

 

 

 

[mrm]

I would be curious to see the paint outcome. I have attempted to use these testors colors twice and both times was left disappointed with the result. By the way, what kind of primer do you use?

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

On 12/3/2021 at 6:31 PM, mrm said:

I would be curious to see the paint outcome. I have attempted to use these testors colors twice and both times was left disappointed with the result. By the way, what kind of primer do you use?

Paint, Testors "Extreme", works very well when used through an airbrush as described above . I use the DAP line of Duplicolor primers available at your favorite auto parts supply store. the DAP1699 is a light gray that sands well, the DAP1700, a darker color, doesn't sand as well. The red primer from Duplicolor, I don't recall the part #. 

Looks great after Minwax polyeurathane clear gloss.

-RRR

[cobraman]

Looking good !

[slusher]

Color is very sharp..

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

It's finished....-RRR

[geemoney]

SUPERB

[bobthehobbyguy]

Great project. Always like the garage sale parts layout for the start. Goes to show how great a canvass the revell 32 ford kits are for projects.

[ea0863]

Wow, thank you for the wealth of information! I'm getting ready to build the Revell Model A Roadster 2 'n 1 soon and so much of your experience here will come in handy on my build.

 

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

16 hours ago, ea0863 said:

Wow, thank you for the wealth of information! I'm getting ready to build the Revell Model A Roadster 2 'n 1 soon and so much of your experience here will come in handy on my build.

 

Happy to be of assistance! There are many build-up pix of mine as well as my good friend Kit Karson have done here: https://public.fotki.com/jferren/ -RRR (& KK)