THE OFFICIAL '32 TUDOR SEDAN BUILD-OFF!

[OldNYJim]

On 5/7/2025 at 1:11 PM, Bullybeef said:

It’s great to see that almost a year later they there are still builders plugging away at the finish line and have not abandoned their builds! 

I didn’t even START mine yet!  Bought like 5 different kits though 🤦‍♂️😂

[Kit Karson]

My W.I.P. is sitting on my bench waiting for some T.L.C.! 

'32 Ford Chauffeur Driven Town Sedan Mockup -KK

[bill-e-boy]

17 hours ago, carnut said:

The trans connected to the HEMI is a 39 Ford transmission

And AMT put them behind everything - 427 Ford, SBC, 392 Hemi, Nailhead and more. Every AMT 30's kit that had a modern motor had a SV trans behind it. Amazing really as they weren't that strong but here were a lot of adaptors available back in the day 

[bill-e-boy]

16 hours ago, Kit Karson said:

My W.I.P. is sitting on my bench waiting for some T.L.C.! 

 

Mine too

But wait............

[bill-e-boy]

I have brought the build to the front of the bench. The local club has a Road and Track theme this month so let's see if I can get it over the line

The body has been sitting for a while and the paint should be good and hard so I started to get some shine on it.

Typical of pearl paints - they don't photograph well and look better in daylight in the flesh

The interior needed some little thing that needed attending to so I did that too

Got the floor board glued into place. The dog is supervising the job

 

[Kit Karson]

Let's keep this thread alive for everyone to either complete their started sedans or even jump in at this point to join the fun! -KK

[Brudda]

On 6/3/2024 at 8:25 AM, Kit Karson said:

Golly Miss Molly! Holy Moly might have to play along, too! The Revell Deuce Sedan is not an easy subject by any means!

Before Revell offered the Deuce Sedan the only other model out there was the Orange Crate! A conversation with Norm Verber over at Replicas and Miniature of Maryland lead me to create a master from the Revell kit for a chopped Tudor Sedan body that would fit the '32 Ford Three Window Coupe kit:

This is how it set mocked up back in 2015:

...and it hasn't been touched since! Might be a fair place to start?!.

Several years ago, RRR had a very close friend that did some painting for us, and he started a deuce sedan build and never got to finish it. (Sad story... I'll let @Rocking Rodney Rat share it) Anyway, RRR sent me the already chopped sedan body:

This was 2013 and a year later the Gangster was completed:

 

 

That’s beautiful!!!!

[bill-e-boy]

Well I missed the deadline for the meeting theme due to work. What a dirty four letter word that is.

Any way moving onwards toward getting it done

Got the fenders glued up. I had pinned them when I was fitting them up during construction and this has payed off when gluing them to the Vickie chassis. The white bare plastic showing on the floor boards are where I had to some relief work to get the body to fit the frame. A typical issue when kit bashing 

Not happy with the paint finish on the driver side running board - not sure of a fix but most probably hit it with some flat clear - Oh dear!!!

I glued the interior into the body - my you have to hold your mouth the right way to get these in. There is no registration lips or protrusions to locate the body when inserted so some electrical tape to the rescue to hold it in position will the epoxy glue cured. It is sitting on my 5W coupe chassis and it sits a bit high due to the additional reveal line and the rear of the body

After the trimming of the floorboard got the body to finally fit the chassis and epoxied into place

Still a few more bits n bobs to get out of the way but getting there

Thanks for looking 

[FoMoCo66]

Nice work!

Just thought that I would post some of my progress. Made some custom headers from paint brush ferrules and PLA filliment. I also got the intake finished up, distributor wired, and brackets made for the compressor and alternator. Really like the way it is coming along. 

(Air cleaners moched-up, I know there not straight)

I also decided on tamiya ts-60 and its coming in the mail from Hobby Nut Models (along with tamiya gloss clear). This is my first time using tamiya spray and I've heard nothing but good (nock on wood).

Thanks for looking!

Elliot

[bill-e-boy]

Looking good.

Had not thought to use PLA filament for models - don't have any so thought never entered my mind.

TS 60 is a good colour choice - very similar to the colour I have used on my 32 5W build - 

 

[FoMoCo66]

16 minutes ago, bill-e-boy said:

Looking good.

Had not thought to use PLA filament for models - don't have any so thought never entered my mind.

Thanks! In retrospect straight up styrene would work way better but I have a FDM 3d printer and decided to give it a shot. It's pretty hard to bend without heat and has little lines in it, but it was an experiment.

[carnut]

Well things are moving along nicely now and I realized that it is time for me to finish up the bodywork on the 32 Tudor. I took a queue from Kit Karson and added a last minute change to make it my own. Now it’s time to break out the 3M glazing putty and cleanup the bodywork and such.

Thanks for looking, cheers
 

Edited June 27 by carnut

[bill-e-boy]

Looking good Michael. The recessed plate breaks up a rather large expansive area - I should have done it on my build but I figured I had enough going on at the back with the wiggly rear end and tubbed fenders

[Kit Karson]

Glad to see those of you that continue with their progress on their Deuce Sedan builds!

The '32 Ford Chauffeur Driven Town Sedan continues to rest peacefully on my bench! -KK

[bill-e-boy]

I am calling this done - off to Under Glass

Been a cool time contributing to this thread - I've had a ball building, watching and interacting with all like minded people

[FoMoCo66]

Last update before its done! Got the frame assembled and painted in ts-60 and a coat of tamiya clear. 

The body is also painted with ts-60 and 3 coats of tamiya clear.

I also got the engine all wrapped up with plug wires, paint, and assembly.

Look forward for the finished model!

Edited June 29 by FoMoCo66

[FoMoCo66]

Just got the 32 wrapped up, really happy with it. More pictures in under glass and the group build completion page.

[Kit Karson]

Got a little time at the bench on the '32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan Flathead Tri-Power:

Added linkage...

...and fuel lines! -KK

 

Edited July 4 by Kit Karson
delete a picture & add a picture

[carnut]

Greetings all, here’s my update on my 32 Tudor:

I did a mock up of everything this morning as you can see from the first photo and after all the work I did on the frame, I still had the rear end sitting too high. So I got it adjusted down better in the second photo. The third photo shows what I did to the rear end to get it to sit down more, I am using the kit 9 inch Ford rear end. The last photo shows the modifications I had to make to the grill shell. The radiator shell on the left is the stock one. The modified radiator shell is on the right.

it looks like I am now just about ready to start priming and painting. Keep smiling and thanks for looking.

[Speedpro]

On 7/4/2025 at 8:04 AM, Kit Karson said:

Got a little time at the bench on the '32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan Flathead Tri-Power:

Added linkage...

...and fuel lines! -KK

 

 

Glad to see you got something done on this Kit! The linkage and fuel lines turned out awsome. 

[bill-e-boy]

20 hours ago, carnut said:

The radiator shell on the left is the stock one. The modified radiator shell is on the right.

I like how you have done this mod. The stock height can be a smidgeon too high. Must remember this

[carnut]

On 7/5/2025 at 12:58 PM, bill-e-boy said:

 

On 7/4/2025 at 4:41 PM, carnut said:

The radiator shell on the left is the stock one. The modified radiator shell is on the right.

I like how you have done this mod. The stock height can be a smidgeon too high. Must remember this

 

Thanks Bill for the compliment, I have to keep reminding myself of this also all the time, continuous mocking things up to recheck certainly helps in this area. Ha ha ha ha.

Here’s a bit of an update. I am slowly moving my way hopefully soon into the paint booth for one last shot of primer and then into color. Things are coming along nicely. Thanks for looking and keep smiling.

Edited July 13 by carnut

[carnut]

I am really liking the builds on this thread. Keep up the fine work y’all

[Kit Karson]

If you haven't checked out the main '32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan thread here's the latest update:

Had to establish the position of the heads by hooking up the hoses to the radiator...

Then finished up wiring the plugs! -KK

[bill-e-boy]

10 hours ago, carnut said:

continuous mocking things up to recheck certainly helps in this area. Ha ha ha ha.

Thats what we have to do when we mess about with kits. It's got to look right