'29 Ford Model A Coupe inspired by Steve Stanford

[Koellefornia Kid]

A few weeks ago I was flicking through the pages of some old issues of Rod & Custom Magazine and stumbled over this rendering by Steve Stanford in the sketchpad section in the October 1995 issue:

I instantly knew this will be my next model car project…

I started with the body of a Revell ’30 Model A Coupe, slightly chopped the top and filled the roof. Then I cut off the cowl section and exchanged it with the one from a ’29 Model A Pick Up kit. Redid the body holdings with strip styrene and modified the rear wheel arches to fit the Pick Up’s fenders and mocked it up for a first look:

Everything else except for the parts box wheels came from the Pick Up kit…

I thought about a flathead or a SBC but decided to just use the Pick Up’s Ansen inline six:

The rear plate wears the signature of Steve Stanford. A little tribute to one of my favourite automotive artists.

Hope you like it

Thanks for looking, as always comments are welcome

Greetings from Cologne, Germany

[falcon wagon]

Very nice well done

[Flatout]

Cool Hot Rod Oliver…Thanks for sharing the in progress photo of the bodywork required to build a 28/29 Coupe, something I may try in the future.

Edited May 28, 2023 by Flatout

[Zippi]

I'm liking the old 29 Ford.  Pretty kewl looking.  

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[XYHARRY]

Cool fendered hot rod Oliver. That colour combo against the white walls is classic. I like the forward rake on the top chop too. Well done.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[Slotto]

Decent build. Nice rendition 

[Phildaupho]

Great looking Coupe. I have always admired Steve Stanford's renderings which have inspired a couple of my models. I really like the accentuated sweep of the 28/29 character line on the cowl.

[Koellefornia Kid]

On 5/28/2023 at 12:46 AM, falcon wagon said:

Very nice well done

 

On 5/28/2023 at 8:07 AM, Flatout said:

Cool Hot Rod Oliver…Thanks for sharing the in progress photo of the bodywork required to build a 28/29 Coupe, something I may try in the future.

 

On 5/28/2023 at 1:28 PM, Zippi said:

I'm liking the old 29 Ford.  Pretty kewl looking.  

 

On 5/28/2023 at 3:55 PM, ChrisR said:

Nice!

 

1 hour ago, XYHARRY said:

Cool fendered hot rod Oliver. That colour combo against the white walls is classic. I like the forward rake on the top chop too. Well done.

Cheers, 

David. ??

 

32 minutes ago, Slotto said:

Decent build. Nice rendition 

Thanks, guys! Though the old '29 PU kit has a lot of horrible fit issues I had a lot of fun building it!

Glad you like it!

[Koellefornia Kid]

8 minutes ago, Phildaupho said:

Great looking Coupe. I have always admired Steve Stanford's renderings which have inspired a couple of my models. I really like the accentuated sweep of the 28/29 character line on the cowl.

Thanks, Phil! Mr. Stanford had a lot of influence to my work as a modeller, too. I plan to build more models referring to his designs. Always collecting kits and parts... ?

[crazyjim]

Very nice.

[happy grumpy]

Cool looking ride. Great replica. I like the paint job.

[Koellefornia Kid]

20 hours ago, crazyjim said:

Very nice.

 

19 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Cool looking ride. Great replica. I like the paint job.

Thanks guys!

[slusher]

Very sharp!

[Koellefornia Kid]

11 minutes ago, slusher said:

Very sharp!

Thank you, Carl!