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Since I recently showed my just completed '5 window' full fendered deuce, I thought it would be appropriate to also show its

'display-mate'...... my '3 Window' version.

It was done a few years ago, and was actually featured in Model Cars Magazine (Aug/Sept 2010 issue#152), but until now, I haven't shown it on this forum.

This model was also highly modified from an FM with the new basic engine and wheels from a Revell/Monogram deuce roadster kit (still available)

The main effort was making the chopped top and doors proportionate and dropping the front axle while retaining the steering and drag-link operation.

The engine is detailed with linkage (including return spring), fuel-lines, cables, hoses, working dip-stick, mesh filters, heat-sender line, etc. and the chassis is completed with polished aluminum tubing custom exhausts etc.

Of course there are tons of more minor modifications throughout the model, and the main paint is custom mixed automotive basecoat/clearcoat with Humbrol, testors, and Tamiya paints used for details.

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Nice! That three-window model has a weird chop and a terrible stance from the factory, and I like the earlier style you reworked it to over the mid '90's street rod it originally depicts. Only thing I'd have done different would be to trashcan the small block Chevy. B)

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Nice! That three-window model has a weird chop and a terrible stance from the factory, and I like the earlier style you reworked it to over the mid '90's street rod it originally depicts. Only thing I'd have done different would be to trashcan the small block Chevy. B)

Yeah, Chuck, the original model is really ugly and quite badly done (hence, it came along cheaply on ebay). I'm kind of a Chevy guy, so I was happy to swap out the absurd stock, chrome flathead in favor of more realistic the SB Chevy.P2260036.jpg Edited by traditional
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Yeah, Chuck, the original model is really ugly and quite badly done (hense, it came along cheaply on ebay). I'm kind of a Chevy guy, so I was happy to swap out the absurd stock, chrome flathead in favor of more realistic the SB Chevy.

Yeah... forgot about that all-chrome Flattie with that gigantic air cleaner! I wonder what they were thinking when they gave that model the green light sometimes!

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