THE DEFINITELY NOT TRADITIONAL '32 TUDOR SEDAN

[mrm]

10 hours ago, stitchdup said:

this one prints out nice, maybe more of a detroit show car style though but it simple to narrow if you shorten the drive shaft and lower brace in the slicer

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/billet-irs-jag-rear-end-with-quick-change-centre

It looks like something you may find under a Foose Impala, but definitely not what is seen under '32 frames. It is nice and I've been eyeballing it, but still haven't pulled the trigger on it. 

[mrm]

8 hours ago, bill-e-boy said:

The rear end looks very advanced as you suggest and looks kinda cool.

I picked up a 3d printer a few months ago and have had a little play with it. First attempt was a bomb out but second showed promise. Problem is for me to get over the "short arm/long pocket syndrome" and fork out for some files and to come to grips with all the software palaver. Also being a digital agnostic to some degree does not help.

In another world I live with a TT that plays those old (and now new!) style 12" black and round things and hate those little shiny disc thingies with a passion. With tubes I might add. I use computers more than most of my contemporaries but are at an age where I have lived in both worlds with and without. I suppose we would not be communicating with likeminded people on the other side of the world if we did not have access to computers and the interweb - but!!!

3D printing definitely has a learning curve to it, but once you get a feel for it it's a lot of fun. I would just get some cool wheel designs to start with and then play with resizing them. That should get you going. Warning! It can get addictive.

[mrm]

I made a neat little roll pan on the back of the body, cut the rear end of the frame and made a new cross member to tidy everything up. 

 

It still needs some tweaking to make it all nice and smooth, but I'm working on it. 

This type work is mostly unnoticed and unappreciated at shows, but I like to know that the model is up to Mozzi standard. 

The engine intake had the Weber 48IDA carbs molded into it, but I wasn't happy with them. So I sanded them down and printed individual ones. I am not sure that's the way I want to go either, but I'll figure it out. 

[bill-e-boy]

33 minutes ago, mrm said:

This type work is mostly unnoticed and unappreciated at shows, but I like to know that the model is up to Mozzi standard.

Sometimes we set the bar too high but it is where we should be I feel.

I like the rear roll pan - I fitted one too my Tudor with the Vickie chassis as there a big void to fill. With your wiggly rear end and roll pan it should make the look of rear of the car come together

[mrm]

Working hard on trying to make this paint-ready. The hoods through the tedious process of putty, sand, prime, repeat. 

 

They're almost ready or color...

 

The thing is that I keep on adding some ideas.

 

One of my favorite things about the '32 Ford is the frame and how it was used as an exposed design element. Most of them had this reveal on the bottom f the outside of the rails that followed the curves of the fenders. It is an iconic immediately recognizable Deuce frame feature. On the Phantom Vicky frame that reveal is missing and the obviously ftermarket frame is not as tall on its sides as an original. I believe I read somewhere that roadsters did not have the line on the side of the rails like the rest of the models. Either way, I wanted to ad it, but with a modern twist. For the purpose I used wide stock styrene, which is about 1/16 thick and glued it on the bottom of the rails. Then I cut and sanded it on the inside to be even with the frame, but left it wider on the outside edge. 

 

This way I killed two birds with one stone. First I just made the frame 2 inches lower to the ground (roughly what 1/16th is) and I also now have a very custom reveal in the frame, which instead of going up where normally the fenders would do it, now continues towards the front of the car, gradually disappearing behind the front axle.

 

While I was at it, I thought why not waste more time on a detail nobody will ever notice and carve out the engine mounts. LOL

 

While I had my carving tools out, I decided to carve out the window detail before it got all lost under the numerous primer coats. I ain't gonna lie, it was not fun. 

 

I mocked everything, lined it up, taped it and set it on the frame. You can see how now the frame reveal follows the bead on the bottom of the body and hoods. This creates the illusion of a longer body and gives this little touch where people can't quite notice it, but it just looks that little bit different in a good way. This also shows me how much the grille shell needs to be lowered at the front in order to close the gap between the hoods and the frame. Which will create illusion of even more raked stance. 

 

Well everything got sprayed with primer, hopefully for the last time and is drying. Meanwhile I figured out the engine set up.

The kit's valve covers were sanded smooth for a clean look, glued to the engine and everything primered one last time as it will be all one color. 

 

In my engine parts box I found these  throttle bodies made for a Jaguar hot rodded straight six I believe. I had few of them, for who knows what reason, so I cut a couple to shorten them to four throttle bodies. This will be my injection setup.

[TopherMcGinnis]

The frame detail is AWESOME! 

[LennyB]

It’s the little details that add so much to a build.  Even if most people don’t see them, if you get one person scratching their head and trying to figure out what you did it’s worth it. ?

[mrm]

4 hours ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

The frame detail is AWESOME! 

Thank you.

It was more like an afterthought, but I ran with it and it makes me happy. 

[mrm]

2 hours ago, LennyB said:

It’s the little details that add so much to a build.  Even if most people don’t see them, if you get one person scratching their head and trying to figure out what you did it’s worth it. ?

I agree wholeheartedly. And after all, we build models to push our own boundaries. I don’t build models specifically to try win contests or something. Or to please other people. I just build what makes me happy and like to share it with people at shows. I had some great conversations with other builders at the ACME show and they were saying “Oh, wow, if you didn’t tell me and explained what was done I would’ve never seen it.” And then they were suggesting I should make a build log to display with the model or stand by it and explain to people. But for me that kills the thrill of going to a show. I don’t want to be a hostage to my model, where I’m planted next to it. Shows, just like this forum, are a huge source of inspiration for me. I can see other people’s work, techniques and materials used. And I hope my models serve same purpose for other people. Especially up and coming modelers, because I would like to see the hobby thrive. 

[mrm]

Yesterday I did a lot of work on my interior. Actually I made most of it. And I managed to paint my body, but on the third coat these weird fibers magically appeared in my paint at a very visible pot on the roof. Like ultra fine spiderwebs. So the body was left to dry so it could be sanded. Meanwhile back to the interior. 

The dash got filled in and the column drop gor carved out like the engine mounts on the frame. 

 

This whole build is about making a very modern and very custom high tech street rod, while trying to maintain somewhat traditional character with lots of attitude. Mixing old with new doesn't always work, but I'm having fun with it. So I wanted to leave a nod to the old school interiors in my modern saloon. So I designed a couple of "spears" out of thin sheet styrene and overlaid them over the tuck'n roll of the stock interior.

 

Then to all the edges and creases I added thin .25 round stock styrene to create more detail, while in the middle I used a styrene "C-channel" for a character line, which I bent to create a door pull.

 

The floor received similar treatment with the same character line in the middle.

 

After I painted it, I added flocking, leaving the piping I made earlier visible in the contrasting camel color. The center console received the shifter from the Rat Roaster and around the booth there is a photo etched trim ring, which was painted gold. 

 

I painted the door panels in the same scheme and you even get a sneak peak of the color. 

 

I have the dash painted, but need to add the instruments to it. The door panels need their interior handles and the floor needs some pedals. I still have not figured out what to do for a steering wheel. I want something cool with a retro vibe, but definitely not old. Steam-punky kinda. But other than that, my interior is pretty much done. 

 

Now it's engine time!!!

[customline]

Those door cards look terrific, Moz. I reeeeeealy like the arm rest/door pull thing...another idea for me to steal ?

[mrm]

3 hours ago, customline said:

Those door cards look terrific, Moz. I reeeeeealy like the arm rest/door pull thing...another idea for me to steal ?

Thank you, Jim.

Glad you like them. Feel free to use any ideas you see. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. That's the idea of a forum, no?

[mrm]

And a little sneak peak of the engine and the rear end. 

 

YES, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BRAKE PADS WHICH WERE PAINTED SEPARATE COLOR

Edited November 5, 2024 by mrm

[BK9300]

Superb custom interior you’ve built and the paint detail on the rear end sure makes it pop.

[customline]

8 hours ago, mrm said:

Thank you, Jim.

Glad you like them. Feel free to use any ideas you see. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. That's the idea of a forum, no?

Thank you kindly, sir, I shall, and, so far, yes.

[mrm]

On 11/5/2024 at 10:18 AM, BK9300 said:

Superb custom interior you’ve built and the paint detail on the rear end sure makes it pop.

Thank you Brian.

The interior was fun. Detail painting that rear not so much, but I like the end result. 

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Looking really good to me