Bernard Kron Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) ’34 Ford 3-Window Coupe based on the Revell SnapTite kit. (more pictures below) This was a quick and casual build to take a break from my anything but quick and casual 27 T project. It was inspired by a pair of builds over on the TRaK board: Bryce Michelmore’s Jake’s Tribute ’34 Ford 3-window which was derived from the Revell Snaptite kit, and by Dakota John White’s super simple and clean white chopped Deuce Sedan highboy. Of course this build isn’t as detailed, ambitious or finely executed as either of those great models. My thought was to keep the number of changes to a minimum and use as many parts as possible from the Revell ’34 Ford SnapTite kit that was the basis for this project. At the same time I wanted to avoid much of the contemporary street rod flavor of the kit. I started by removing the gas tank. Then I lowered the front axle about 4 scale inches and lowered the rear axle about 2 scale inches. I replaced the rear tires and wheels with a pair of mag wheels from an AMT ’36 Ford kit, capped with some 10.5” M&H Dragmaster slicks courtesy of Ma’s Resin. At the front I used a pair of MPC Funny Car kidney beans with Modelhaus spider caps and really sweet skinny funny car front tires from Speed City Resin. I liked the kit bench seat so I thought I‘d keep it for my parts box and swapped in a pair of bench style bucket seats I had lying around. The headlights are Revell ’32 Ford items and the taillights are from an AMT’49 Ford. Other than that the build is OTB SnapTite all the way, except I glued everything together. When I started building it I had all kinds of ambitious plans, but as I went along I kept simplifying and homing in on what I thought was right about the basic kit. Once I had the stance dialed in and had chosen the wheels I remembered Dakota John’s “less is more” Deuce sedan and how much Bryce had gotten out of the basic SnapTite kit with his Jake’s Tribute car and decided I would take a minimalist approach. I had already painted the car Duplicolor Wimbledon White with plans for louvers, contrasting trim paint and various decal schemes. But suddenly, confronted with the clean look of the white-with-chrome-and-black combination I decided to keep it basic. I’ll go for far more ambitious builds with future projects based on this kit since I like the overall look of the body and think it makes great raw material. Thanx for lookin’, B. Edited May 14, 2012 by Bernard Kron
Dr. Cranky Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 Nice build, Bernard. I like it in that color. I see some subtle weathering on the chassis and engine.
Bernard Kron Posted May 14, 2012 Author Posted May 14, 2012 Thanx guys! I'm glad you all like it! Here are some photos which are somewhat less stylized than the previous group, and which emphasize the detail changes I made a bit more.
Raul_Perez Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 Looking good, Bernard!! I'm going to have to try one of those "quick" builds one of these days Later,
Bernard Kron Posted May 16, 2012 Author Posted May 16, 2012 Thanx again, everyone. This was a very enjoyable diversion from more ambitious projects I have going. Now that I know this kit in some depth I have more ambitious plans to do other variations, some of which will respect the curbside aspect and others of which will involve cutting up the body and chassis pan and going greater detail with a separate chassis and engine. Overall, I think Revell did a good job creating a kit with "great bones". For the heck of it, before I started this project I assembled the complete car minus the interior and timed it to see how long it would take. It took me less than 5 minutes! This is due to the fact the everything fit so well.
moparmagiclives Posted May 16, 2012 Posted May 16, 2012 That second to the last 3/4 rear shot is the perfect, iconic 33/34 coupe image. Perfect !!! Great job.
curt raitz Posted May 17, 2012 Posted May 17, 2012 Very Nice Bernard... I be liking the color and the stance
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