Greg Myers Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I think 30 the tops are painted and 31 has both top and bottom painted. I am with you on them being painted, just hard to do and make look good for me. 1930 "bottom" painted 1931
JTalmage Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I'd imagine the duplicate radiator hoses are for the short and tall radiators depending on which route you take.
Greg Myers Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I only see one grill shell. One would wonder why the need for two different height radiators.
JTalmage Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 probably due to the crossmember that revell put on the channeled frame in order to mount the grille and radiator. In order to drop the grille shell below the rails, the radiator has to be shortened. Plus, if you look at the pictures linked in the fotki album, the radiator hoses are definitely different. The channeled car has a 90 degree top hose and the highboy has a 45 degree top hose.
Greg Myers Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 WOW ! Lots of extra parts. No excuse now for no lower radiator hoses.
my80malibu Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 The photo with the brake drums,and wheels on it. Is the picture I was looking at. Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems. Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right. If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank. The photo with the brake drums,and wheels on it. Is the picture I was looking at. Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems. Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right. If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank.
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 What is the large rectangle piece at the bottom right on the "wheel" tree? A top insert for a coupe? That was my initial thought too, but a top insert that size looks to me to be too small for a model A coupe bodyshell (almost the entire model A roof is built-up from wood, padding and fabric) though it looks to be about the right size for a '32 or '34. If it IS a teaser for a '30 coupe, then...WHOOPEE !!!
southpier Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 ... What is the large rectangle piece at the bottom right on the "wheel" tree? ... my inside industry resource, aka "the Mole" assures me it's a skid plate for the 'Offroad Jalopy' version ....
Ryan S. Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 There's a lot of cool parts in this. I think Revell is going to sell a lot of these kits. I know I'll probably get a few.
Greg Myers Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) yep, i know, but it's an "A" chassis. Edited April 16, 2015 by Greg Myers
Greg Myers Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems. Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right. If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank.
Chuck Kourouklis Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I've uploaded my test shot photos from last weekend's NNL Milwaukee 23 of the upcoming kit here: https://picasaweb.google.com/JimKampmann/April152015?authuser=0&feat=directlink Thanks, Jim Kampmann Oh... OOOHH... better and BETTER and BETTER for my money! Yeah, this here's another Lay's Chip kit - just one ain't gonna do. THIS is what Revell does best.
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah, this here's another Lay's Chip kit - just one ain't gonna do. Yup.
Robberbaron Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Pretty much anyone who buys this kit is probably going to want to eventually build both versions...and they're also going to have a ton of very cool leftover parts for the parts box after building the kit twice. I already have schemes on using the spare parts on several kits that I probably wouldn't build otherwise.
1930fordpickup Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was half right.
Greg Myers Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Thinking about it the early '28-'29 were different from the '30 as well. All chrome ( Nickel?) and kind a chunky. VS 1930
Draggon Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Something was looking pretty funny with the finished pics, particularly the orange one. Even past the modified wheelwells it wasn't right. Just dawned on me that Revell did a mini-tub thing on the '32 chassis. Yea, I know it can be fixed, but why oh why Revell.....
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Something was looking pretty funny with the finished pics, particularly the orange one. Even past the modified wheelwells it wasn't right. Just dawned on me that Revell did a mini-tub thing on the '32 chassis. Yea, I know it can be fixed, but why oh why Revell..... The "mini-tub" thing on the '32 chassis is pretty common...stepping the rails inward at the rear. We just had a set of rails modified exactly like that go through the shop, and they were snapped up immediately...by somebody wanting to put a '29 A body on them. One unfortunate thing I DID notice on the built-up orange car is what appears to be heavy-handed engraving of the coach-line on the side of the cowl. It's not as wide, to my eyes, as it is represented on the model. As this is one of THE iconic standout markers for this body, it might be good to get it exactly right. Edited April 21, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
Art Anderson Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Saw the test shots at NNL--the radiator shell looks too egg-shaped to me, and I know what that should look like, considering I restored a '29 Tudor back 45-50 yrs ago.
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Saw the test shots at NNL--the radiator shell looks too egg-shaped to me, and I know what that should look like, considering I restored a '29 Tudor back 45-50 yrs ago. Agreed, and too heart-shaped at the inside top as well. Another one of the really important identifiers of this car that should be 100%.
Rob Hall Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Is the plug at the bottom of the radiator shell where a hand crank would go, or a drain plug for the radiator?
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Crank. Edited April 21, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
Rob Hall Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Crank was probably standard, and keyed ignition an option or a feature of the LX and above trim levels? (J/K..I know Ford has been using LX for only 35 years or so as a trim level..) Speaking of different forms of ignitions, I had a rental this past weekend that retails for about $60k as it was equipped, yet it had a conventional key ignition instead of push-button start (and also a column shift). Edited April 21, 2015 by Rob Hall
mike 51 Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) I'm pretty sure the crank was in case of battery/starter failure...not a "trim" level kinda thing. Edited April 21, 2015 by mike 51
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