geetee66 Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) While I was looking at research images of some of my pending kits, I saw some custom 36 Fords and I had to build one. This is the AMT Dick Tracy 5 window coupe. I thought it would better sitting lower and with a chopped roof. I've never attempted this before, but I discovered Bandit Resins do a chopped 3 window body. If this doesn't work, I'll get one of theirs. I've added plates to the axles to adjust the ride height and I made the fender skirts. I'm thinking about putting a chromed-up 6 carb Caddy engine in it. I've bought a photoetch MCG grille for it and I'll make Caddy-style bullets for the tail lights. Body will be satin black and the fenders will be metallic red. First cut: Second cut done: Getting there.... Let me know what you think More pics soon! Edited March 14, 2012 by geetee66
george 53 Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Looks REAL good, especially for your first time! You sure got it down pretty good!
Harry P. Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 That's a very tough chop to do... on any car with angled pillars and an angled rear window you'll have a lot of realignment to do after the chop. But it looks like you have a hande on it. Nice work so far!
geetee66 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Posted February 19, 2012 Righto, the chop went ok, considering I've never tried it before.. I managed to get the roof and the body mated together. A bit of putty and superglue did the trick. I'll need to drill a hole above the windshield for the wiper arm. I decided to leave door handles off, as it looks sleeker with them removed. More jiggery-pokery is required to shoehorn the 354ci Caddy engine into the space designed for a smaller flathead. It'll fit in the end. I had to make some engine mount brackets. I'll post some pics of that once the paint has dried a bit more. feel free to comment.
weasel Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 i like it!!! nicely done... please continue!!
carchub Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Nice job on the chop! I chickened-out on chopping my 32 LOL
Foxer Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 That's a good chop ... the roof lines look good. Interesting mid cuts in the roof.
geetee66 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Posted February 19, 2012 That's a good chop ... the roof lines look good. Interesting mid cuts in the roof. Cheers everyone. The strange array of cuts, were so that I could avoid cutting into the fabric panel in the middle of the roof. I realized I wanted to keep the angle of the windshield and the rear window. Stretching the roof by cutting around the centre panel seemed the obvious choice. I had a good look at reference photos of 1:1 chops. Some guys seem to have used this method to great effect. Anyway..right or wrong..it worked!
Ramfins59 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Great job Guy. That Cad engine should look great stuffed in there. Nice colors too.
MikeMc Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Very Impressive...and your first chop ???? I don't think I would have, but you nailed it...lines all look good, and the flurry of cuts....It works well if you have a plan and follow thrueven with " jiggery-pokery" !!! The Caddy should fit fine, take your time on the exhaust....NOW HURRY UP MAN !!!! :D
JasonFL Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 The chop came out nice but that paint really sets it off. I am about to attempt my first chop soon, I hope it comes out looking that good.
geetee66 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 I've been busy....My camera has been on the other side of the planet for a while, so here are the update shots: I made fuel lines from thin rubber, tinted red with a sharpie. The engine is a Revell Parts Pak Caddy (331ci? Correct me if I'm wrong..) MCG photoetch bracket on dynamo, DM distributor. I also decided that a big 6 carb set-up would need to breathe, so I added some louvres: More pics soon
geetee66 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 Got more done. Added some red glass to the rear 3 windows and a nice bit of pinstriping from Slixx: There are some really nice little details on what, at first, seems to be a basic and simple kit. Take the engraving on the centre of the steering wheel, for example. I applied BMF, painted it, them gently rubbed off the high spots with some thinner to expose the foil: I made some rear lights for it, too. A bit of alu tube and some red sprue turned in my Dremel did the job: More pics soon thanks for looking
geetee66 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 Nearly done. There will be a bit more tweaking of suspension and I've got to make solder exhaust pipes. The fenders are missing from this pic as they were in the process of having the black rubber treads applied to the running boards. Here's the MCG grille. It's going to be tricky to fit this as the points of contact are very small: Here are the parts ready for final fit. Thanks for looking
1930fordpickup Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Nice work so far . Looks like a winner to me.
Ramfins59 Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 It's looking fantastic Guy. I can't wait to see the finished product. I built a '36 Ford Cabriolet about 6 years ago... Seeing yours makes me want to do up a coupe... Just have to choose between the AMT kit or the Revellogram kit... Decisions... decisions...
geetee66 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Posted March 15, 2012 I couldn't resist a mock-up before I go to bed... thanks for looking. It should be 'under glass' very soon
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