1932 Ford Sedan Hot Rod

[Dennis Lacy]

I built this model to participate in The Official ‘32 Tudor Sedan Build Off. 

My goal was to create a timeless modern hotrod by kit-bashing within Revell’s series of ‘32 Ford kits. The complete chassis, supercharged small block Chevy and grill/shell come from the most recent Roadster kit.  The chopped sedan body is a very high quality piece from my friend Ed at Drag City Casting, for which I created the original master. The wheels and large rear radial tires come from the original issue HiBoy Roadster while the front tires are from a Revell ‘40 Ford Coupe. The firewall, hood top, taillights and interior are from the Sedan except for the ‘40 Ford steering wheel from the 5-Window Coupe. Paint is Tamiya TS-88 Titanium Silver over their primer and under their gloss clear, polished and waxed. I’m a year late for the original end date of the build off but, better late than never!

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[NOBLNG]

Extremely clean and beautiful!👍 A work of art.😎

[FoMoCo66]

Excellent work Dennis as always! Im glad that you could get this group build done and join with the rest of us. Dont forget to post a couple picks in the group builds finished thread. Oh and I love all that color matching on the frame and suspension components.

[Kit Karson]

What you do with real hot rods pales in comparison to what you do in scale, Brother! -KK

[Zippi]

Just a fine looking build there Dennis.  

[Phildaupho]

Gorgeous and extremely well built.

[bill-e-boy]

What a beautiful car. All the right bits in all the right places, spot on chop height, stance etc. Like it 

[Ulbo]

Perefect build and stunning paint job👍

[espo]

Beautiful paint finish and like the color. Great looking engine and chassis details. Nice stance along with the wheels & tires. 

[dragstk]

I like it. Very clean build. Congratulations and nice build

[Dan Hay]

Gorgeous! They should employ you to build the kits for the box-art. Probably sell more that way!

[Dragonhawk1066]

That's a fantastic looking Tudor! Well done!

[STU111]

Wow! So much excellent work on one model. Mildly tinted glass is a nice touch l didn’t immediately notice. Flawless. 👍🏻

[PappyD340]

Beautiful build!

[SpikeSchumacher]

Beautiful result on this Dennis!

[Charger Funny Car]

Absolutely beautiful build!!!

[TransAmMike]

Great looking '32 Sedan, excellent work Dennis!! 👍

[Bullybeef]

Nicely done Dennis! Good to see it Finally across the finish line.

[tim boyd]

Personally, I really, really like models like the one Dennis has completed here.  Nothing outrageous, just a scale rod that could be built in 1/1. with fine craftsmanship, and tasteful yet eye-catching presence. 

Creative kitbashing and paint choices only add to the effect.  There's plenty of room for all kinds of model car building styles and skills, and I personally like them all, but it is especially refreshing to me to see a model completed like this one. 

Big congrats, Dennis.

And FWIW, just as Dennis did here, my view is that anyone building any of the Revell hot rod Deuce kits in a highboy format should source the frame from the recent Highboy Roadster reissue based on the Rat Roaster tool.  It is much better in several ways than the highboy frame in all the previous Revell Street Rod Deuce kits, which dates back to the 1996 original and has some quality issues that are well resolved in the new tool frame.  

TIM

[Mr. Metallic]

Excellent job as always Dennis. I didn't catch the tinted glass in our texts, but in this bigger format it really adds a subtle realism to the build.

[Rattlecan Dan]

I'm in agreement with all. Very nice-looking build.