Bucket T Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 The inspiration for these builds came from an 8 of clubs card, and a story my auntie told me decades ago. The '31 and '27 fords are box stock. The '34 Ford Tudor is a resin body and an AMT chassis. The flattie came from the Mother's Pies car. Had to lengthen the chassis and exhaust, scratchbuild the front bench seat (but you can't see much of it),and add a connie kit rear shelf. So, what do you do with a resin body with over a hundred pin holes? lol. Bonnie: We rob banks. Clyde: I like Fords. The Law liked Fords too. March 23, 1934
Ramfins59 Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 Nice save on that '34 Tudor Randy. Whose casting was that with so many pinholes??
slusher Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Man those are so cool and great. I like all of them. Great work and creativity Randy...
jerseyjunker1 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 very nice job i actually did two of these in 1/24th scale. one for me and one for a customer of mine. i still have to do the diorama part of it just been waiting for the weather to cooperate.i used a franklin mint dillinger car and a resin body like the one you show in your pics i had to cut the car in sections in order to make the back doors the correct size.
JTalmage Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 I really enjoy this thread! Soo many awesome old 30's cars... and a great subject matter!! Very cool..
Bucket T Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 Nice save on that '34 Tudor Randy. Whose casting was that with so many pinholes?? It was only my second resin body and have heard that some castings were made poorly so I made a joke. I drilled the holes with a wee drill bit. It's a Hendrix casting. Minimal flash and no putty needed.
f1ford48 Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 very nice job i actually did two of these in 1/24th scale. one for me and one for a customer of mine. i still have to do the diorama part of it just been waiting for the weather to cooperate.i used a franklin mint dillinger car and a resin body like the one you show in your pics i had to cut the car in sections in order to make the back doors the correct size. Wow Manny-thats some GRAPHIC modeling!
f1ford48 Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 interesting subject.nice work. I would like to see the real car- Hemmings Daily just did a story on this car and the copies that were out there. seems the actual car is now on display in a Vegas Casino.
250 Testa Rossa Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I've got the Hendrix resin body and the AMT '34 Ford Tudor just to build the death car. Any tips would be perfectly appreciated. Thanks!
Harry P. Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I've got the Hendrix resin body and the AMT '34 Ford Tudor just to build the death car. Any tips would be perfectly appreciated. Thanks! Tip: Clyde liked to drive in his stocking feet.
Harry P. Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 BTW... for anyone who has never seen the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, and Gene Hackman as Clyde's brother Buck (Hackman's first major film role, I think)... do yourself a favor and check it out. It's not a particularly accurate telling (the "C. W. Moss" character is actually sort of a mash-up of two different people), but still a great movie with perfect period costumes and of course, lots of 1930s cars (Bonnie and Clyde stole a lot of cars!).
250 Testa Rossa Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 I saw the death car twice. Once on the way to Vegas, and at the San Diego Air And Space Museum in 2008. For most part, the death car is usually kept behind a glass barrier, as I saw it in Primm. When it was in San Diego, the car was roped off, and I was able to get some pretty detailed pictures of it. To my understanding, the car still retains its Cordoba Gray paint job, and the interior is severely worn. I think some of the bullets are still lodged in the door panels.
Custom Hearse Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) Here's a website with TONS of reference material, and actual facts: http://texashideout.tripod.com/bc.htm Edited October 30, 2014 by Custom Hearse
jaymichaelsdesigns Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 This is insane great work and detail
gasser59 Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 All of these builds are really nice and I dig the subject matter. Thanks for posting.
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