32 Ford Sedan Altered

[noname]

This is going to be an early sixties Altered. No fancy paint job and chrome. Something an every day Joe may have raced. My plan is to paint the body semi flat black and use various weathering techniques to make the body look worn as if maybe the original paint. Will be using a small block chevy, steelies and pie crusts to give it that semi low budget flavour.

So far i have cut out the original gas tank,made springs and traction bars.

Also I scratch built the front end and lowered the body over the frame.

Hope you like.

[CB]

Oh yeah!

This gonna be a good one! Nice springs Matt.

Looking forward to seein' more pix

[george 53]

Oh yeah,Matt, I'm with the Cap'n. See how a little thing like a hand made spring can make a difference? This'll be nice when it's done! Keep it up!

[Bernard Kron]

Nice details to this one. Really nicely executed, too. I'll be following this build for sure!

[noname]

Thanks guys. I have some different sizes of hex rod so I can add nuts and bolts along the way. I do this after I paint the chassis so they will stand out a little. I'll post more pics when I get some more done. I wanted to make the interior look gutted, so this will be a little bit of a challenge to me.

[noname]

I got the firewall put in and the engine started. You can see the detail I started to do to the engine with the frost plugs and bumps on the head. It is the 302 out of the AMT Z28. I'm trying to make it look more like a 283 or other early 60's small block concoction.

In this picture you can see my attempts to make the interior look stripped . Not an easy task seeing how the reference photos I have are limited. Hope it translates well.

Thanks for looking.

Edited March 3, 2009 by noname

[george 53]

Matt, it's lookin good, the interior work looks good too.Don't worry bout the engine, ALL small blocks look the same from the outside, unless it's a late model LT-1 block, then it won't have a distributor in the back, but BEHIND the water pump!

[CB]

Boy, I can't wait to see this up on some wheels & tires.

Love the detailing yer doin' on the small block

Looks like a good start on the gutted interior---paint will probly help a lot, plus rollbar, etc in there so all the attention won't be on the sides. Looking forward to more pics. Keep up the good work.

[Guest Davkin]

Cool project. I really like how you're taking the time to model the interior bracing, if you can pull that off it will really set this model apart.

David

[noname]

Thanks guys. I'm hoping this will be a fairly quick build for a change. I'm not going for a show quality paint job, the interior and chassis will be uncomplicated so the only thing really that will take any amount of detail is the engine. I love these early Altereds.

[Dennis Lacy]

what a great concept! That scratched together front suspension is sweet as is the set-back engine and the details you've added to it. You're off to a good start replicating the inner body structure. You must have found a good reference picture because the inner door looks accurate.

Really looking forward to seeing this one up on it's wheels!

[noname]

Thanks Dennis. I actually don't have much for reference photos, but I got enough off E-bay Motors to make do. The interior is going to be black of course like the outside the car. This means it doesn't have to be super detailed as it won't be that noticeable.

I painted the body with red oxide primer. Now the fun begins! I'm going to paint it satin black and then wether it a little.

I'm trying to decide wether to make an old looking aviation/homemade sort of seat or use a short back bucket seat.

Edited March 7, 2009 by noname

[noname]

I've got that issue on the way. Did't you have something to do with that?

[noname]

I'm still working at this bit by bit. There has been a change of plans. I'm going to leave the body a nice black without weathering it. However, it will still have a low buck flavour to it. I was going to paint the engine traditional GM orange but decided to paint it black instead. Going to be ALOT of black on this one.

Among other things I made a roll bar for it. Simple but goes with the period I think. I decided to use the kit seat . I made a bottom for it and added a couple of pieces of styrene to lift it off the floor. I drilled holes in these to "save weight". Of course nobody will ever see them as the doors do not open. Oh well, I know they are there and it only took a minute to drill the holes. I may try to weather the seat to give it the used look.

Edited March 26, 2009 by noname

[CB]

.....Among other things I made a roll bar for it. Simple but goes with the period I think. I decided to use the kit seat . I made a bottom for it and added a couple of pieces of styrene to lift it off the floor. I drilled holes in these to "save weight". Of course nobody will ever see them as the doors do not open. Oh well, I know they are there and it only took a minute to drill the holes. I may try to weather the seat to give it the used look.

eh, Matt? WE knows they's there too! That's the really cool part about this here fourum-- we all gets to see the details before theys hidden away. Them drilled out seat supports look mighty fine, but that seat looks awfully comfy ........hope dat don't mean the driver gonna be spending a lot of time in it--- blown engine, slow e.t.s, etc

Looks like yer having a good time with this. Looking forward to more in progress pics

[noname]

I went through the trouble of making nuts and bolts for the suspension. What I did is take small o.8 mm hex rod and cut little pieces to act as nuts. Then I glue a smaller diameter styrene rod to place on top as the bolt. The sad part is that ( found this out the last time I did it too ) the naked eye can't really see it . In fact my camera on macro setting still can't even pick it up that well.

Here is a pic. I also made the shocks.

And another.

[CB]

Hey Matt, dat running gear am lookin' mighty fine . Mebbe if'n ya uses some of dat hex rod dat's a little bigger? Where do you get it anyhow? I was thinking of using the same thing, but haven't been able to find any yet. Wound up getting some really tiny brass hex head bolts and nuts, but the build I'm using them on (SKWIRLY) is probly 1/20 or 1/16 scale. Still lookin' forwards to seeing some wheels on this here

[CB]

......Still lookin' forwards to seeing some wheels on this here

Don't mind me.......

yeah, them am wheels on there, huh

[noname]

I know the nuts are a bit small but I try to keep in scale somewhat. If I had used 1.0 mm rod ( which would translate to 1" in 1:1 scale ) it would have been easier to see but a bit out of scale in my opinion. That stuff would be great for a dump truck!

I got this stuff from Plastruct. The real miniature nuts and bolts you can get would be better for sure, but also much more costly.

[Slim Louis]

Great looking build, so far, I'm liking the suspension detail!

[noname]

I've made a few changes to this build since I started. Like I say I'm not going with the worn look now. I did one already not long ago.

I felt this should be a little nicer paint.

now I realized the steering was not going to work with the seat in the drvers position. So I took out the steering box and scratched another type of steering ( not sure what its called). And the drivers seat will now be to the back and in the middle. Proper for an Altered isn't it?

Thanks for looking.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

Looking good.

[noname]

Well I tried to make aircraft style belts but they are too complicated for me to make so small. I was going to use wire but I find it so difficult to work with in scale. So I simplified them a bit. It will probably look okay when the model is together.

Next time you see this it should be in the under glass section. Thanks for looking.

[noname]

I just realized I forgot to put the adjustment buckles on them. OOOPs. Have to have them on the finished model. I think that will help keep them from looking so simple.