Monogram '32 roadster: a red-headed step-child.

[Bullybeef]

I think the dash would be a sweet update for the deuce! 

[customline]

6 hours ago, Kanada Kustoms said:

Nice job on the new headlight bar... Looks great!

Thanks, Jon. When was the last time your eyes were checked?  As we get older......

Hopefully that new chrome stuff will help. I'm not totally happy with it. I may try again today. 

[customline]

2 hours ago, Bullybeef said:

I think the dash would be a sweet update for the deuce! 

Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking, Bil ! I'm not leaving it yellow, though. 🥴  Now I need to go through the small chrome junk for the gauge insert. Pretty sure I have it. I hope.

[FoMoCo66]

I agree with everyone, that headlight bar looks way cleaner. This may sound funny but sence the headlights are lower it makes the whole car seam lower.

[customline]

10 hours ago, FoMoCo66 said:

I agree with everyone, that headlight bar looks way cleaner. This may sound funny but sence the headlights are lower it makes the whole car seam lower.

It was that or it would live on as a bull frog 🐸 

I made a new bar tonight, Elliot.  I'll have pix up in a while.

[customline]

Got some chores done

I polished the fenders....

I accomplished this with a 30w pencil and rosin core stuff.  I don't recommend it.  I know what I gotta do next time.

Anything else.  

 

I faced the rain this afternoon to get a bit of s/g black done. Gonna be a tiny bit dramatic.  With this in mind, I'm wondering about color again. I drive myself crazy.

Always liked this look.  I sprayed it and swabbed the perimeter trim with IPA.  I missed a spot 🤓.

I'm giving this a shot. I found the "instruments " and they'll do to plug the holes, I guess. I welded some .020 sheet to the back of the '36 dash. Later I will reinforce  with CA and then shape it to play well with the underside of the cowl.  Then I deal with the tub.  It'll work. 🥴  thanks for understanding. 

Edited yesterday at 04:10 AM by customline

[TopherMcGinnis]

You really shouldn't drink and paint. No one should have to suffer an IPA to begin with 😵‍💫

[Bullybeef]

I wasn’t gonna comment on the booger weld on the first attempt of the dropped light bar as I had a feeling you would correct it😜. New one looks way more betterer. 

[NOBLNG]

Nice work on the headlight bar Jim. I think a nice turquoise blue or olive-ish green would look nice with the black fenders.

[customline]

2 hours ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

You really shouldn't drink and paint. No one should have to suffer an IPA to begin with 😵‍💫

No, Topher, not that IPA. The other one !🥴 

[customline]

49 minutes ago, Bullybeef said:

I wasn’t gonna comment on the booger weld on the first attempt of the dropped light bar as I had a feeling you would correct it😜. New one looks way more betterer. 

Third time's the charm, Bil. 🙂

[customline]

1 hour ago, Bullybeef said:

I wasn’t gonna comment on the booger weld on the first attempt of the dropped light bar as I had a feeling you would correct it😜. New one looks way more betterer. 

Third time's the charm, Bil. 🙂

[customline]

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice work on the headlight bar Jim. I think a nice turquoise blue or olive-ish green would look nice with the black fenders.

Thanks, Greg, it was fun 🙁. How about Ford Glacier Blue?

[Mr. Metallic]

On 10/6/2025 at 6:39 AM, LennyB said:

It really makes me wonder what the designers were thinking, or not, when they planned this.  The poor and vague attachment points, especially the tailpipes in the gas tank, certainly didn’t do anything to teach a young modeler how a real car was put together.    It’s no wonder a kit like this ended up as a glue bomb as the builder put on a blob of glue and hoped the part would stick to something🤞

I didn't have any issue with assembly. It was a dream for most builders when the kit was new, just like all the other Monogram hot rod kits from the early 60's. They practically fall together. (questionable real world location of the exhaust hanger aside)