Bernard Kron Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 (edited) The new Revell ’32 Ford 5-window, with it’s stock roof height has a classic funkiness to it that reminded me of the conservative street rods of the late 50’s and early sixties. I decided I wanted to capture the spirit of one of these. Power will be from a ’57 Corvette engine with Rochester fuel injection, absolutely box stock straight out of the Revell Basic Builder kit complete with the chromed distributor cover. The chassis is lowered about 2 scale inches all around. Not shown in the initial mockup pictures is the firewall from the AMT ’32 Phantom Vicky for a more stock appearance. It will be white. The pale blue paint is from Plasti-Kote (FM 8090) and the interior will be white. I can’t decide whether to leave the running boards white or do them in stock rubber finish. The roof insert will be white. I also haven’t decided as whether to run bumpers, nerf bars or nothing, I’m hoarding as many of the cool optional parts as possible for future builds so the front radius rods will probably be the standard parallel bars and the rear suspension, except for the lowering, will be kit stock. The wheels shown are strictly for mockup. They are the ubiquitous Revell ’29 Ford whitewalls with ’57 Corvette hubcaps to capture the look I’m after. Actual wheels and ‘caps will be Fiestas from Modelhaus on wide whites. But they are 3 or more weeks away so they will be the long pole in this build’s tent… I hope this isn’t too rigorously old school funky! Thanx for lookin’ B. Edited October 7, 2009 by gbk1
Raul_Perez Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 Bernard, You are a building fiend!! The pale blue and white should look pretty good together!! I'd probably leave the running boards white for this build. I think that black ones would take away from the "look" you're going for... Boy, you sure are liberal with that mockup glue!! Good thing it washes off with water! Later,
Bernard Kron Posted August 22, 2009 Author Posted August 22, 2009 ...You are a building fiend!!... I guess I just couldn't let myself buy this kit just for the parts. Anyway, other than the engine swap (which appears to be amazingly simple), the lowering (ditto), the firewall detail (ditto), some minor interior stuff and the wheels and tires, this is as close to a box stock build as I will ever get. Just a simple relaxing project as I wrestle with far more difficult stuff on my workbench. B.
Raul_Perez Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 I guess I just couldn't let myself buy this kit just for the parts. Anyway, other than the engine swap (which appears to be amazingly simple), the lowering (ditto), the firewall detail (ditto), some minor interior stuff and the wheels and tires, this is as close to a box stock build as I will ever get. Just a simple relaxing project as I wrestle with far more difficult stuff on my workbench. B. And...you keep telling me that you have such a small work space... It's all that I can do to keep two projects going at the same time!! Later,
Bernard Kron Posted August 28, 2009 Author Posted August 28, 2009 A quick update. The motor, a box stock Rochester fuel injected ’57 Corvette, and the interior, essentially the stock interior with the standard dashboard but with a ’53 Studebaker steering wheel. Colors are Testors Acryl Bone and Lifecolor Acrylic Matt Leather. A very straightforward late 50’s proposition… Thanx for lookin’, B.
voljeepx Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 The great thing about a '32 Ford is that no matter how you build it, it's gonna be awesome! Color looks good, and the vintage coolness of this ride just can't be denied! Good luck with your build!
Raul_Perez Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 The Rochester fuel injection is just too cool!! It's GREAT to see it in a hotrod like this!! Later,
Bernard Kron Posted October 6, 2009 Author Posted October 6, 2009 It’s been over a month since I posted anything on this build. It was supposed to be the easy project alongside my Ford ’29 A Roadster early 50’s racer which was supposed to be the hard one. The A Roadster is turning out to be very challenging but this one, which was supposed to be fairly straightforward with just a simple engine swap, was cursed with a bad can of DupliColor clear – the paint is probably OK but it had a bad nozzle, which took me a while to figure out resulting in Orange Peel Hell. Digging my way out of that disaster has been a real testimony to the miracle of polishing cloths. Even so, it’ll probably turn out to be a good “two foot†model, since the flaws in the crevices are almost impossible to polish out. Anyway, I’m on the home stretch. I hope to post a completed build Under Glass in the next day or two. In the meantime there have been some changes made. The side panels of the hood are gone. The air cleaner and generator of the box stock ’57 Corvette Fuelie don’t fit under them and I wanted the motor to be an unmodified drop-in, in keeping with the “little magazines†funk theme of the build. The semi-stock firewall from the AMT Phantom Vickie is also gone, replaced by the kit firewall from the Revell ’32 series – the motor just wouldn’t fit right. In addition I had to delete to stock ‘Vette ignition shield and substitute a visible distributor setup. Here are some pics of the chassis and interior before they disappear inside the completed model. Also, there’s a picture of the car up on its Fiestas and whitewalls, showing the body and fenders after an epic polishing job. Next stop is Under Glass! Thanx for lookin’ B.
curt raitz Posted October 6, 2009 Posted October 6, 2009 jeez...at least the Studebaker steering wheel fit! don't ya just love it when a perfectly good can of paint will start "spittin' chunks of paint" lookin' good Bernard, too bad all the electronic shiels for the fuelie didn't work...it would've been perfect for this project. keep'on glueing...c'ya
Raul_Perez Posted October 6, 2009 Posted October 6, 2009 Looking good, Bernard!! It's probably better that the side panels didn't fit...now we get a clear view of that cool little fuelie all the time!! Later,
Bernard Kron Posted October 6, 2009 Author Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) Looking good, Bernard!! It's probably better that the side panels didn't fit...now we get a clear view of that cool little fuelie all the time!! Later, Thanx! Yeah, I tend to cover up my motors a lot. It's kinda cool seeing that Rochester F.I. gizmo peeking out from under the hood. Edited October 6, 2009 by gbk1
Bernard Kron Posted October 7, 2009 Author Posted October 7, 2009 All done! The Under Glass pictures can be found here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23739
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