'29 Ford model A Roadster...

[crazyjim]

Gorgeous build and so SHINY ???

[Mothersworry]

On 8/13/2023 at 10:33 PM, iBorg said:

Nice build. Is all the chrome the Revell spray? If so, I need to get some. Looks like it came that way off the kit sprue. The headlights are great.

 

Thank you fer yer comment...yes, all the "chrome" is the Revell spray chrome. The kit chrome wuz in pretty good shape but the tool marks and flash were awful so I stripped the chrome and cleaned up the parts and shot the Revell stuff over the bare plastic. Thought this wuz a good opportunity to test this "wonder" spray paint to see if it's really worth the silly price ($35.00) that I paid fer it....Well, it is and it isn't.

Yeah, it's shiny and reflective, but it looks more like nickel plating than chrome so on this model A that I built it looks correct as Hank used nickel for much of the shiny bits.

 

[slusher]

Sweet looking 29!

[Mothersworry]

On 8/14/2023 at 7:50 AM, Zippi said:

Man I gotta tell ya....that's a Looker for sure.  Those colors are spot on.  What paint is the body colors and I'm also curious about the Revell spray chrome.  Was that sprayed right over the box chrome?  If so, it may be worth the $35 a can.

Thank you fer yer comment...I've been playin around with Mr. Color bottle lacquer of late. Mixed up a brown that wuz close nuff to Ford Thorn brown fer '29. 

The Revell chrome spray wuz OK, not great...but OK. I stripped the kit chrome and cleaned up the parts then shot the chrome paint over the bare plastic. Had trouble with the spray nozzle, leaked quite a bit of paint, not sure what the problem wuz but I replaced the nozzle with a Tamiya TS spray nozzle and that fixed the problem and also provided a better spray pattern. The finish is shiny and reflective but doesn't look like "chrome", more like nickel plating which fer a Model A is OK cuz that's what Hank used fer the shiny parts.

The Revell chrome spray is also pretty fragile, I shot the chrome paint and let it cure fer a little more than 2 weeks...I didn't touch the parts...just let em cure. When I did begin handing the chromed parts I wore archival gloves and only handled them as absolutely necessary,  but in spots where the parts were touched the reflectivity wuz diminished. Gonna experiment a bit more with the Revell chrome paint but at this point I think the Green Stuff World chrome paint looks more like chrome and is more durable.

Stay tuned...

 

[Mothersworry]

On 8/14/2023 at 1:52 PM, Jonathan said:

Echoing what others have already said - That is a stunning build.

This is the old AMT kit?  Is this the same that is part of the recent Mod Rod reissue?  Amazing work.  

Thank you fer yer comment...this kit dates back to 1963, I believe it wuz originally the second half of the Ala Kart double kit so the tooling has some miles on it. This issue of the kit is from 1981 or so.

[PappyD340]

Exceptionally nice build!

[carrucha]

Excellent work.  Nice to see this kit built factory stock.

[RSchnell]

Always nice to see a stock Model A built! Excellent work.

[echo]

Came back a couple of times to look at this exceptional build, you did a fine job on this model.

[Gary Chastain]

Outstanding build, nicely done