THE STEPCHILD - a 32 Ford under British influence

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19 hours ago, Slotto said:

I was not expecting that. This was done very well. I like the rake and dig the yellow lights. And of course the British green paint.

Thank you Steve. 

Let me just say, that this green should not be confused with British (racing) Green, which would be a much darker "oilier" color. 

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22 hours ago, Dennis Lacy said:

Man, that is GREEN! Took me a couple of times coming back to get used to it but given the sort of coach built appearance of the B400 I think it works. The aftermarket Edelbrock details on the engine are really neat. 
 

Are you planning to go back and paint the running boards black? Are you going to add the soft top?

Thank you Dennis.

The short answers to your questions are NO and NO! LOL

The running boards are a an ongoing internal battle for me over the years, mainly with real cars, but also models. I think they should match the body color. Well, most of the times. However, making them smooth and shiny, which many rodders do, brings the look of any car like that right into the very modern category, which is not exactly right most of the time. Painting them black - in other words leaving them original also does not always look right and often distracts from the over all look of the vehicle. I love seeing when builders, both in scale and in 1:1 go the extra mile and have color matched running boards. In the case of THE STEPCHILD, the boards were painted green together with the fenders, masked off for the pearl coat and the clear coats and then all the rest of the fenders were masked off to apply matt clear to the boards. This way they are color matched, without the pearl effect and they are flat, as rubber should be. It would have been actually easier to just paint them matt black from the get go. This not to say that some hot rods don't look great with the black boards. I am building a roadster for example, which will have them white.