W-409 Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) Hello! I finished this one today, to the model car show on saturday here in Finland... This was built once when I got it from trade. First I started from the body. I filled up the doorlines. I sectioned the body, because it was not so good looking... There were no trunk lid at all, so I took one from some other model. It was too short but I took the piece, I sectioned from the body and glued it to there. There was a hole on the body too, in front of the windshield frame. I filled it too and placed putty very much, lots of primer and more putty and so on. Grille is sectioned too... Engine is Ford Flathed V8 with some speedparts. It's so traditional engine that it was "must have" thing. It's painted by red and there are weathering on it. Plug wires are aftermarket stuff, as always and there are throttle linkages and brake lines and so on... The belt is modified from normal style, fitting to Flathead. Alternator is made from scratch. Headers are made from solder. Frame is built 100% from scratch. It was not so easy, because it's built from plastic tube... But after all, it looks pretty good. It's painted by gloss black. Front axle is made from brass tube. I used also silver and most of the connections on the front axle are made by soldering... Rear axle is original, gas tank from '39 Chevy Panel, a little of details and putty. No it's quite good... Interior... Floor is what comes with Revell kit but I had to change it a bit, because of the propeller shaft... I saw cardan tunnel away from it and I made it higher than what it was. Lots of putty again and silver paint on it. Steering wheel is modified from '58 Impala to '60 Impala's wheel. Seats are from AMT's '49 Mercury. Battery has all of the cabels and shoes (?). Body is painted by matt black, decals, rust as you can see from the name. Brake lines added, wheels and tires from somewhere... Thank you and please lots of comments and suggestions, critic and questions and everything like that.... PS. This is the post number 409! "She's Real Fine My Four O Nine!" Edited October 5, 2010 by W-409
sobpinstriping Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) Looks good, I like the patina on it, one question, how can you turn with hard line brake lines hooked up to the front wheels? other than that it looks great cheers mat Edited October 5, 2010 by sobpinstriping
Greg Cullinan Posted October 6, 2010 Posted October 6, 2010 Nice job,must have parked that in Philly,we have a lot of dashes that look like this
The Modeling Hermit Posted October 6, 2010 Posted October 6, 2010 The only thing it's missing is a 50 caliber. LOL I'm usually not into rat rods, but this one has "character".
Jantrix Posted October 6, 2010 Posted October 6, 2010 Overall a good built. It looks "right". Know what I mean? The battery should have gone on the floorboards or something. A 12V shock while driving would be bad. And the tail light in the middle of a graphic decal?
davyou5 Posted October 6, 2010 Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Overall a good built. It looks "right". Know what I mean? The battery should have gone on the floorboards or something. A 12V shock while driving would be bad. Other than getting shocked, I think you did an excellent job on it . Edited October 6, 2010 by davyou5
Terror Posted October 6, 2010 Posted October 6, 2010 Nice ratty look to it.I would like to see ya run the brake lines on the frame,so you don't snag something on the road.
vizio93 Posted October 6, 2010 Posted October 6, 2010 Nice job man, I like the Dash !!!! It looks sweet :D
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