'29 Ford Model A Roadster Lowboy

[mrmike]

I took a piece of wide masking tape and masked off the grille so I could paint the grille surface flat black.  When I removed the tape, I was left with bleed-through and tape residue on the chrome.  Now to figure out how to remove the bleed-through and the tape residue.  The seats have been painted.  I sanded the body, but the side panels need to be repainted since they fell victim to my dropping my small bottle of paint thinner for brush cleaning.

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[customline]

Mike, if this roadster turns out like that blue coupe you built, it's going to be awesome! These kits are not without some issues but if you have both of them, you have all kinds of mix & match possibilities. Throw in the '32 3 & 5 window kits and the sky's the limit. I just wish they'd give us a nice flathead with one of these kits.

[slusher]

Mineral spirits should remove tape residue and so will  Goo gone or remover..

[mrmike]

Thanks Jim and Carl!  I was thinking about using mineral spirits.  We shall see.  I have built the '32 Roadster, the '32 3 and 5 Window coupes.  I can see Revell reissuing these again and again since they are great kits!  The '29 and '30 Model A's do offer some great mix and match possibilities, but be careful as some matches require some mods for good fitment.

[Mr. Metallic]

16 hours ago, customline said:

Mike, if this roadster turns out like that blue coupe you built, it's going to be awesome! These kits are not without some issues but if you have both of them, you have all kinds of mix & match possibilities. Throw in the '32 3 & 5 window kits and the sky's the limit. I just wish they'd give us a nice flathead with one of these kits.

They did, in the sedan. That kit is in serious need of a reissue.

[Bainford]

Really digging this one, Mike. Looking cool. 

[mrmike]

Thanks Craig and Trevor!  Finding a V8 flathead should be fairly easy.  The Revell '48 Ford Woody has one.  The Revell '50 Ford Pickup and the '32 Ford Sedan has one.  Scale might be an issue with some.

[customline]

1 hour ago, mrmike said:

Thanks Craig and Trevor!  Finding a V8 flathead should be fairly easy.  The Revell '48 Ford Woody has one.  The Revell '50 Ford Pickup and the '32 Ford Sedan has one.  Scale might be an issue with some.

Yeah, OK but a '29 on deuce rails? That spells F L A T H E A D ! It should be in the kit instead of the ubiquitous SBC. I'm happy that they put the Nailhead in the coupe kit thank you very much. Maybe the next re-issue? I've got a bunch of kits missing their engines already.  ? my AMT '53 pickup kit has NO engines. I'll have to stick a Y-block in it?

[bluestringer]

Looking good. Love those hot rods.

[mrmike]

On 12/24/2021 at 10:09 AM, customline said:

Yeah, OK but a '29 on deuce rails? That spells F L A T H E A D ! It should be in the kit instead of the ubiquitous SBC. I'm happy that they put the Nailhead in the coupe kit thank you very much. Maybe the next re-issue? I've got a bunch of kits missing their engines already.  ? my AMT '53 pickup kit has NO engines. I'll have to stick a Y-block in it?

It is what it is!  These kits are equipped as such and we have the means and ways of changing them to fit our needs.  I do it often.  Not everyone wants a flathead engine in their hot rod.  

Thanks Jim and James!

[customline]

8 hours ago, mrmike said:

It is what it is!  These kits are equipped as such and we have the means and ways of changing them to fit our needs.  I do it often.  Not everyone wants a flathead engine in their hot rod.  

Thanks Jim and James!

Sorry, I'm just a bit crabby ?

[Zippi]

Your 29 Roadster is shaping up pretty nice. I like the old Hot Rods.  

[mrmike]

On 12/26/2021 at 4:53 PM, customline said:

Sorry, I'm just a bit crabby ?

Please don't be crabby!  Especially here!

Thanks Bob!  I appreciate your comments!

[mrmike]

I went and added the headers to the engine and realized that the ignition wiring was going to interfer with the headers.  I removed the wiring from the engine block, added the headers and then reinstalled the ignition wiring.  I did have to redrill some of the spark plug holes and the rewiring with a pair of tweezers and a magnifier was a lot of fun...NOT!

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[mrmike]

Another two coats of paint and soon the '29 Lowboy will be ready for final assembly!  It appears that my flash highlighted the door lines of the model.

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[Bullybeef]

Looking great! These are such fun kits 

[mrmike]

Thanks Bill!

Edited January 1, 2022 by mrmike

[mrmike]

Apparently, I didn't sand the old paint enough and my glossy wet paint dried into a semigloss finish.  The more I look at this, the more I like it!  It seems to fit the theme I have for this rod.  I added two radiator support rods made from some wire I had in the drawer.  The tough part was getting the bends out of the wire.

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[customline]

 pins, Mike, the long ones for making dresses and such. just cut the heads off. drill firewall and radiator shell, slide them in. theyre nice and shiney ?

[mrmike]

 

3 hours ago, customline said:

 pins, Mike, the long ones for making dresses and such. just cut the heads off. drill firewall and radiator shell, slide them in. theyre nice and shiney ?

The pins I have are not long enough, but I do have nice shiny wire which looks great once I have straightened them out for this purpose.  Thanks for the tip, Jim!

I took the Model A apart this morning and rebuilt it, but I am still not 100% happy with it. The engine was removed and reinstalled straighter, but it is still off to the left side slightly. I added an engine fan to take up the space in front of the engine and behind the radiator. Even though there is an electric fan, the engine fan looks like it should be there. I drilled out the holes in the radiator for the support rods and the radiator was tipped back to give it some rack.

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[slusher]

Looking great Mike..

[ewetwo]

Really nice.

[KWT]

Looking good Mike!

[Andrew McD]

I do enjoy your WIP's and learn something with the choices you make.  This one is looking good as you persevere through the challenges.  Where did you get the seats?  I'm planning a '29 roadster built as a AA/A and need a minimalist bucket seat something like you've got in this project.

Thanks,

Andrew

[mrmike]

The seats were found in the Revell '30 Ford Model A Coupe.

I used the extra dashboard from the AMT '32 Ford Phaeton for this build.  I detailed the center of the dash, installed it after cutting it down and then I added the steering wheel.  I added the taillights and the license plate holder.  This mess is the windshield which was slightly warped.  I hope this helps or I will have to figure another way to add the windshield.

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