Bernard Kron Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) Candy Apple Red ’25 Ford T Bucket (More pictures below) I’ve been experimenting with paint lately and recently shot the body of a Revell Boomer T in Tamiya Clear Red over Testors Inca Gold, the result being a genuine and very bright candy red. I then decided to take some of the Fad T vibe out of the car by deleting things like the carriage lights, the trailer and even the roof and switching the wheels, trim rings and tires to those from the Revell ’29 Ford Roadster Pickup, adding chrome spiders, courtesy of Modelhaus. The wheels are finished in Inca Gold. The flames are from a Revell ’32 Ford 5-window and the tailights are AMT ’49 Ford. The motor has its carburetion back dated with a six carb manifold from Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Maryland topped by a half dozen Stromberg 97’s scavenged from some Revell ‘29 Ford RPU kits. The engine block is finished in Inca Gold. Other than those changes the build is straight out of the box. The interior is Duplicolor Wimbledon White with gold flocking. Thanx for lookin’ B. Edited July 7, 2012 by Bernard Kron
Chitown Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Wow that's really nice, and clean! Really nails the look, great take on candy red too.
Joker Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Love all the updates..that profile shot is my favorite.
slusher Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 WOW, thats a hot build. Colors really pop and work together. Perfect!!!!!!!....Slusher
Raul_Perez Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Bernard!! The paint looks awesome!! I really like the whole build!! And...you got through this one so quickly it never made it onto the Workbench pages!! Later,
Tom Setzer Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Very Cool T Bucket, That is a Great Candy Red paint job!
rmvw guy Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Absolutely Beautiful and excellent pictures! Makes you want to get in it and drive it home!
Austin T Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 I love the red!Tamiya's clear colors are just amazing!
Dr. Cranky Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 This model is bright and HOT in all the right ways. Another beauty!
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 That's another real beauty Bernard. You're getting the T-bucket thing in high gear. Gretat photos too, as always.
Greg Wann Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Very nice finished model and very nice pics of it too.
rmvw guy Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) I had to come back and look at this again! You know what I think makes it stand out the most are the "Big and littles", not too big, not too little. It just has the right look. Not to mention the great paint and I really like the pose-able steering. You knocked this one out of the park! Edited July 7, 2012 by rmvw guy
Alyn Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Very nice and tidy T, Bernard. One of the best application of flames I've seen in a while. Your photo style really sets it off as well. Nicely done!
Pete L. Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Bernard, Super build...time for Monogram to reissue that kit with the w/w tires !!!!
James2 Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 You can get great results with Tamiya clear colors and different base colors. And this T shows how good they look! Very nice build BK, it's got that look.
Bernard Kron Posted July 8, 2012 Author Posted July 8, 2012 (edited) Thanx everyone!!! The Revell Boomer Bucket kit is based on the Monogram LIttle T from 1964. It just goes to show what great bones that kit had. I bought the Boomer Bucket shortly after resuming building sometime in 2009 and immediately bumbed because of its decidedly late 20th century vibe (I'm sorry, the street rodder's trailer just doesn't make it for me...). So, when it came time to try out the Tamiya Clear Red this seemed like a suitably small target that, if it worked out, I might build up as a quickie. Well darn if it didn't work out! And then I had a brainwave to try the 5-window flames and, surprise again, if they didn't have the perfect rake, length and color - like they were made for it... (Like the carriage lights, I just didn't want to go with the kit pin stripe outlines...) So I thought, what can I do to get the car in the ball park to my own tastes? Hmmm... how about a set of steelies that I might not use otherwise? The "Rat Rod" steelies and wide whites seemed like the perfect candidate since they're so characteristically identifiable and thus, as nice as they are, ones I repeatedly have avoided using. So, some nice Early Years Resin '40 Ford backing plates, foiled out, a little Inca Gold, the spiders from Modelhaus, and I was just about there. What a pleasant surprise! I may have to build another one of these... ...you got through this one so quickly it never made it onto the Workbench pages!! Other than adapting the wheels it's just a OTB build with some details... I seem to be getting closer to straight OTB all the time. Yikes! ...time for Monogram to reissue that kit with the w/w tires !!!! The original Little T is still the one, IMHO, especially with the turtle deck and cylindrical tank options, the reversed rims, and the proper exhaust system. I can only assume many of the parts for a reissue are long gone... (As always, mad props to Blob Back and his incredible DPMCC instruction sheets website: http://www.thedpmcc....tionsintro.html ) Edited September 20, 2012 by Bernard Kron
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