Dual Cowl Roadster

[Peter Lombardo]

Now that I have sent out the Dual Cowl Art Deco cars, I can begin in earnest to work on mine.

My original plan was to form the two windshields out of clear styrene so that once mounted I would only need to Bare Metal Foil the frames, but since that was not to be I had to resort to plan “Bâ€â€¦â€¦and unfortunately so did the guys that received a copy of this car…oh well. Obviously, use of these parts is optional, but I am using them and if anyone else is using them, you will get an idea of how I envisioned them to be used.

The first thing I did was remove the excess plastic from the front windshield…. basically, I ended up with a “picnic basket handle†shaped piece which I glued on to the front cowling with a rather radical rake to the rear.

I designed the two tops to have a real low look…kind of an exaggerated Carson Top feel to them.

In order to maintain that look, the windshield must be very low in the front. Here is the top on and a view from the front.

Here is the convertible top on the car and you can see how the top rides real low on the body.

It has a built-in chop right out of the factory. Here is the hard top on it and you can see that it also sits down nice and low.

On the underside of the tops I added a rounded shape to each that lines up to the curve on the front windshield.

This will hold the top in the proper place when it is shown on the car.

Next I cut out the second windshield frame….you need to cut quite a bit of it away as the tops sit so low on it.

Here it is installed on the cars second cowl. The windshield will be installed with a nice sweeping curve from the sides of the frame arching up in the center and dropping down to the other side

Here the top is on with both windshields installed and you can see the second windshield fits nicely under the top. This view shows the top on looking up into the interior.

I do not want to influence any other builds of this car, but I thought it would be advantageous for some of the guys to see how I used the parts in case they are unsure of how I intended them to be used. You can see the shape of the grill opening I opted for but that does not mean that that is the only shape that will fit or be suitable for the car.

Next up, I will hinge the doors, which will be a challenge because of the body contours and then it is up to the challenge of picking out a chassis and engine combo for this baby.

[Space Cowboy]

Man it's looking great. Nice job on the top...

[Raul_Perez]

WOW!!!

I wish that I had the time to take this approach to model building!!

You truly are a craftsman, sir.

[Tony T]

Looks like a great start, Peter.

[Jon Cole]

Peter, your work is nothing short of amazing!

[Eshaver]

Peter, yer in the wrong business sir .......... Ed Shaver