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Firstly I would just like to take a moment to introduce myself as this is my second post ever on this forum.
I am a 60 year old male who from 6 years old through to my early 20s spent a lot of time building model cars, mainly hot rods.
Life got in the way and I moved on to other things, always had a stash of models and have continued to buy kits as they came out but have never really found the time to build anything but have recently dusted of a kit that i started back in the 80's when it was new but never really like the kit.

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I stripped the paint from the model as the color scheme I chose back then didn't appeal anymore and I have started all over again.
The model is the AMT 1932 Ford Phaeton and as I stated was released in the mid 1980's. there was the option to build it fully fendered and that is how this build started off but my ideas have changed and the fenders are now in the parts box and the body will now be channeled over the chassis requiring a new floor pan that I have fashioned from styrene . I also filled the door lines for the rear doors and re-scribed new lines for the front doors making them longer. I have also chosen to delete the cowl vent.

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It is my intention to build this model as a 2 seater with a tonneau cover/hard lid covering the rear half of the body. this necessitates shortening up the interior tub. The floor and back of the tub was constructed with styrene. Door lines were scribed and patterned sytrene added to the top of the doors to mimic leather door trims the inside of the body tub was lubed up with vasilene and body filler was added to the top outside of the interior tub, the two were mated together and when the body filler had cured the two sections were separated and cleaned up. This gives a perfect no gap fit of the tub to the body.

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The tonneau cover was fashioned from styrene and a hinge line scribed along the front edge. The gap along the top of the dash was also filled with body filler as was the indentation in the center of the dash

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The chassis components consist of the original kit chassis, the front axle is from the parts box. The rear axle is the kit axle widened and will eventually be converted with a quick change center

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To get the stance right the front cross member was modified with the spring perch and axle assembly moved forwards sections of styrene tube were added to the rear of the radius rods to resemble bushes.
The choice of wheel for this model are Artillery style supplied by The Parts Box

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Thanks for you comment TopherMcGinnis I'm a bit of a fan of the Deuce also, I have several in the stash and I am also working on a 32 Vicky that I intend to finish up after concentrating on getting this one finished

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I love the look of the cowl mount steering so decided to attempt scratch building  a steering box from styrene stock, basically I cut several pieces of tube and slipped them over each other and cut some webs from flat stock and assembled it all to look something like a speedway style box. The nuts and studs securing the mounting block are from T2M Tuner Model Manufactory

 

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The dash and interior tub was modified to take the steering box. The seats I have chosen to use were from the kit but the backs have been thinned up a little

 

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I felt that the door trim panels were a little plain so I added styrene that I scribed to resemble a pleated design

 

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I also scratch built a gear lever. The knob was made from Milliput epoxy putty rolled between my fingers to form a ball of the desired size. Once this had hardened a hole was drilled into the knob to take a pin that I bent to the desired shape.
The boot was made from styrene stock that was cut to shape and stacked in layers to give the basic shape a slurry of thinned epoxy putty was then brushed over the boot and once hardened was brushed with a fiber glass brush to knock off the edges

 

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I spent a long time searching for a steering wheel that was the correct size but could  not find anything small enough so I decided to attempt to make my own. I had several wheels from monogram 30's era cars all the same design so I cut down the spokes to accept Ethylene-Propylene O rings. i had a choice of two section thicknesses so I make two wheels to compare the appearance

 

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Wheel B was my preferred option

 

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From here I have moved on to the motor. It is a bit of a kit bash starting with the original block and transmission from the AMT 32 Ford Phaeton kit I widened the block with some styrene to take the cylinder heads and rocker covers from an old Monogram Snake rail dragster kit. I also modified the trans and trans mount to get the engine to sit back further to allow for the lower blower belt pulley. The whole front of the block is also scratch built from styrene to make a water pump and the top and bottom radiator hose fittings also all scratch built from styrene I also added some frost plug casting details to the sides of the block made from tiny brass washers from an old carb rebuild kit just to add a bit of realism the blower is the original blower that came with the Phaeton kit and the manifold was modified to fit the cylinder heads and also to suit the new placement of the scratch built dizzy in the original Hemi position The blower belt and pulleys are also from the Phaeton kit but the idler pulley and the idler mount are scratch built, I also added some tiny bolt details to the top pulley The water pump and alternator pulleys were parts pox bits modified to get the correct spacing's. the carbs are Scale Production items yet to be detailed up and fuel lines fitted

 

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The plug wires are made from 30awg kynar wrapping wire.  The plug boots were made but cutting some small circles from styrene with a small hole punch and drilling a hole in the center of them, with wire insulation slipped over the ends of the wires and then pocked through the holes in the styrene circles with a little paint I think they look pretty good.
I also added some detail to the blower pulley by adding more of the same studs and nuts that i used on the steering box mount.
 
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The carbs at this stage are just sitting there to add some dimension. they will be painted in Holley gold and details added, fuel lines and linkages etc. There is also a plenum that goes between the blower and carbs
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Going to watch this build. I have the 2-n-1 checkerboard version of the Phaeton and am needing some inspiration and will garner some ideas from your build.

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Time to liven things up in the interior.I watched a few tutorials on YouTube on realistic painting to get a leather effect. I used Citadel Paints and followed the method demonstrated on the Artis Opus YouTube channel.
To simulate carpet I used the Embossing Powder method sealed down by a finely airbrushed coat of satin black over the Powder and some careful dry brushing. I made an accelerator and brake pedal out of styrene stock and added some detail master pedal faces. The dash is primed ready for paint and closely represents the finished color that I have chosen for the car SMS Medium Grey.. Wheels will be gloss Black.

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A quick update. i have been working on the engine again and have completed the fuel lines to the carbs. The lines were bent up out of .025 inch craft wire and the fittings are from Top Studio. the fuel block is made from styrene. I an yet to mack a pressure regulator that I will fashion out of styrene.

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