AMT '36 Ford sedan

[Can-Con]

I'v decided this will be my next project. 

AMT kit with a Flintstone resin body and 3-D printed artilery wheels. 

Haven't decided on very dark blue or a dark orange yet. Not even sure on the engine either but it'll be a Ford engine. either a flathead or 302.

Edited August 25 by Can-Con

[meechum68]

This is gonna be good, and I say flathead with a blower, and Dark Orange body and blue fenders.

 

[68shortfleet]

I imagined dark blue fenders and orange body when I read those two colors also.

[Can-Con]

.I did some cleanup on the body around the window openings. The body is quite thick and uneven so it'll take more work.

I also pinned the body/fender assembly. held the body in place. drilled some holes and put lengths cut from strait pins in. glued the pins to the fenders in back and body in front.

Now the body will stay put and I can easily pit them and take them apart during assembly

[customline]

Very cool, Steve. I'm following. A flattie with three 97s wearing snorkels.  The dark blue idea sounds good. Arctic blue, maybe? 

[Can-Con]

4 hours ago, customline said:

Very cool, Steve. I'm following. A flattie with three 97s wearing snorkels.  The dark blue idea sounds good. Arctic blue, maybe? 

Thanks Jim, I looked for a set of finned heads and a 2 or 3 carb intake I thought I had stashed away over the weekens but no luck, I'll find a set eventually though. 

Actually decided on the dark orange, more of a pearl or candy rust shade. gonna save the dark blue for a more involved '37 Chevy coupe project I have in mind and have been thinking about for a few years now but haven't pulled the trigger on.

[Can-Con]

Decided to use the tri-carb flathead from the Revell '32 sedan. 

fit in with minor mods, kinda surprised it was so easy actually.

Only mod I had to do to the engine was  file down the attached motor mounts.

On the frame I cut out the small tranny mount and engine mounts and added pins that will go into holes drilled in the mounts on the engine.

Pretty simple swap.

[stavanzer]

That engine mount looks very clean.

I am surprised how you have gotten the body to fit. It looks reat now.

Where did you get the Wheels?

I'd like to get a set of 'em....

Thanks.

[slusher]

Very nice start Steve I am a fan of orange 🍊 

Edited September 26 by slusher
Correction

[Can-Con]

7 minutes ago, stavanzer said:

That engine mount looks very clean.

I am surprised how you have gotten the body to fit. It looks reat now.

Where did you get the Wheels?

I'd like to get a set of 'em....

Thanks.

Thanks Alex. It took a lot of grinding. Not done yet, have to radius around the window openings and true them up before I can start paint.

My buddy Steve-O printed them for me. I think he bought the file from Z-Force but it may have been another vendor.

[Can-Con]

4 minutes ago, slusher said:

Vince start Steve I am a fan of orange 🍊 

Thanks Carl. 🙂

[Glassparman]

I love the body pinning idea. I could have used that recently with a tough build.

[Zippi]

The ole 36 Ford Sedan is looking pretty nice there Steve.  

[Can-Con]

Did some work on the resin body. Primed it and wet sanded it out. You can see it was not exactly smooth with a rough surface and it looks like the master could have used some more sanding itself before casting.

Looks like it was meant to be used with the older 3 window coupe/roadster versions of the kit but I'm using one of the 5 window kits so I'll have to re-work the hood to better match up with the body.

Also did a lot of contour work around the window openings so it looks closer to the real car's openings. I think I'm gonna re-scribe the trim around the windshield too as it's not very well done.

Started on the engine from the Revell '32 sedan kit. Did a thin wash on the heads and shot them with some Tamiya semi-gloss clear.