41 Willys - Eastern Automotive

[Nitro330]

I finished a couple of models in August and will be posting them both today.  First up is this Willys gasser.  This is made from the Revell Stone, Woods & Cook kit.  I've had these decals from Scale Modeling by Chris for many years and just got around to building this.  Some details below:

Engine – Aluminum pulleys (from Offthesprue.com), various aluminum bolt heads including all valve cover bolts (RB Motion).  Blower belt tensioner scratch built, upper radiator hose made from solder, Remote oil filter lines to block.  Wired Magneto (Morgan Automotive Detail)

Body – Hood tabs removed & fender slots filled in.  Front grille filled in and decal created.  Rear fendors shaved in front.  Parachute cord and release cable.  Yellow acetate side and back windows.

Chassis – Brake lines added.  Aluminum nut/bolt detail on rear leaf springs.  Aluminum valve stems on rear wheels.  Parts box front tires/wheels.

Interior – Aluminum bare metal foil and semi-gloss black.  Modified seats from parts box.  Scratch built roll bar.  Steering column mounted tach and column braces added.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice. I never would have thought of yellow windows in a gold car, but they look great.  

[carrucha]

Cool gasser.  Nice work on the details.

[Yeah Nah]

What a beauty! Excellent work on all the improvements and mods too.

[Nitro330]

Thanks again Hector and Garry!

[Scott8950]

Very nice job. The gold looks great on that car.

[bondo bill]

very kool

[dragcarz]

I had the opportunity to see this in real life yesterday and the photos don’t do it justice, it’s beautiful!

[Zippi]

Love these 41 Willy's Gassers.  That engine just looks mean and I love the colors.  Great looking build.

[espo]

Beautiful looking paint color and finish. Like the engine detailing. 

[larman]

Super job! Everything is dead on!

[TransAmMike]

Looks great Terry, and wow, that engine?

[Nitro330]

Thanks everyone, this was a car that I wanted to build for a long time and really enjoyed working on it.  I kind of stumbled onto the color.  I started with Tamiya Gold, but it was too bright, so I found an old bottle of Testors Model Master gold that looked darker and more like the real car.  I thinned it out and had just enough to do a couple of coats.  It turned out to be a very close match to the pictures that I had (sometimes you get lucky!).

[papajohn97]

Really nice to see a ‘41 Willys gasser  that isn’t the commonly modeled S-W-C, Big John or K.S. Pittman cars (love those too) and this one’s a real beauty! The muted gold paint looks “period perfect” and you did a great job filling in the front grill opening and removing and filling-in Revell’s funky slot & tab hood locks (why did they ever do that???). The engine details look interesting for which I’d love to see a few more pics of along with a pic of the chassis underside. Bravo!

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[echo]

Very nice ! A lot of attention to details to make it look quite real. Excellent workmanship. You should be proud of this one. I agree it's nice to see a Willys build that isn't one of the popular cars, there were so many out there during the era and there are quite a few decal options available today.

[Straightliner59]

That is really pretty! Nice work. The wheels look great!

[Nitro330]

 

On 9/11/2023 at 10:43 PM, papajohn97 said:

Really nice to see a ‘41 Willys gasser  that isn’t the commonly modeled S-W-C, Big John or K.S. Pittman cars (love those too) and this one’s a real beauty! The muted gold paint looks “period perfect” and you did a great job filling in the front grill opening and removing and filling-in Revell’s funky slot & tab hood locks (why did they ever do that???). The engine details look interesting for which I’d love to see a few more pics of along with a pic of the chassis underside. Bravo!

Thanks John, yeah I have no idea why they ever thought the slot/tab hood was a good idea.  Other than that, they are nice kits.  Below are a few other pics as you requested.

[Nitro330]

On 9/14/2023 at 2:50 PM, echo said:

Very nice ! A lot of attention to details to make it look quite real. Excellent workmanship. You should be proud of this one. I agree it's nice to see a Willys build that isn't one of the popular cars, there were so many out there during the era and there are quite a few decal options available today.

Thanks Ed, yeah I am very happy with the way this one came out.

[Nitro330]

14 hours ago, Straightliner59 said:

That is really pretty! Nice work. The wheels look great!

Thanks Daniel, I love the look of the old magnesium wheels.

[Straightliner59]

6 hours ago, Nitro330 said:

Thanks Daniel, I love the look of the old magnesium wheels.

I hear ya'!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[PappyD340]

Very nice!!

[eastern auto]

Yes my dad's car had the windows tinted the same color as the model ,great job , thanks 

[Nitro330]

On 10/30/2024 at 9:55 PM, eastern auto said:

Yes my dad's car had the windows tinted the same color as the model ,great job , thanks 

Hi Robert and welcome to the forum.  Thanks, I hope I did a decent representation of your dad's car!  I didn't have a lot of reference pics, so I just went with what looked period correct.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Sinister! Looks fast.