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Post by Bernard Kron on Apr 7, 2020 0:18:59 GMT -5
’32 Ford Highboy Roadster Street RodThis is a Deuce Highboy I just finished done in what I think of as the contemporary Traditional style. It’s got all the Right Stuff: a period correct full dress Flathead, 50’s style solid Halibrand mag wheels, skinny big ‘n’ little bias ply tires, quick change rear end, and a deluxe custom stitched leather interior with a Bell sprint car steering wheel. The stance is raked and the bodywork and paint is straight and shiny. The base kit I used is the Revell 1/25th scale ’32 Ford Highboy. The Flathead V8 and finned oil cooler are from the Revell ’32 Ford sedan kit. A Revell ’32 Ford 5-window provided the tail lights, hairpins and smooth hood sides. The Halibrand mags, front and rear, are from a Revell Orange Crate which also supplied the front tires. The rear tires are from Herb Deeks. The distributor and coil are aftermarket bits from Morgan Auto Detail. A Revell ’29 Ford Roadster Pickup provided the chrome rear axle bells, rear radius rods and the headlights (modified with clear epoxy lenses). The quick change is from my parts box, as is the fuel block under the hood. The grill is a photoetch piece from Model Car Garage. The cool up-top is an old resin aftermarket item I got many moons ago from the now-defunct Carbon Copy Resin. It’s finished with Testors Acryl Radome Tan applied to simulate a twill weave fabric top. Recently I learned this top was originally cast by Ed Fluck at Drag City Casting which explains the superb quality. (Drag City also did the stock appearing firewall I used.) I chopped the kit windshield about 1 ½ scale inches to fit the top. The kit interior is lightly modified. The dashboard was smoothed and filled to accept a 6-gauge photoetch panel from Replicas and Miniatures Co, of Maryland, the Bell steering wheel is from a Revell ’29 Ford roadster, and the rear seat bolster notched so that it sits above the cockpit molding. The faux oxblood leather finish was done using Testors Acryl Insignia Red paint and various black washes. At the front a v-shaped spreader bar was fabricated using butyl covered wire. At the rear the stock fuel tank has been deleted, the rear ends of the frame rails shortened, and the rear pan rolled using ¼” quarter-round styrene stock. The body is finished in Duplicolor Universal Black and Krylon Gloss Clear. Thanx for lookin’, B.
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Post by Plowboy on Apr 7, 2020 7:15:21 GMT -5
Damned if that ain't sharp as a tack! The top really makes the model! The model as a whole looks like it could fit in any time frame. This is some of your best work yet Bernard!
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Post by froghawk on Apr 7, 2020 9:15:33 GMT -5
That is terrific, Bernard! A truly classic treatment with a great wheel and tire choice. The top looks great, too!
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Post by BigPappaJ on Apr 7, 2020 9:29:19 GMT -5
Excellent job, Bernard! That flathead looks awesome.
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Post by skip on Apr 7, 2020 11:27:30 GMT -5
B. You hit ALL the nails on the head with this one! I think this is your best work yet, so maybe you could call it the "Acme Roadster"! As in Acme = "The Peak Point of Attainment" sort of fits! LoL! The details and colors all go together really well, can tell you put a lot of thought into them. Not to mention, all the right parts, maybe it could be "The Right Stuff" Roadster... Love it whatever you end up calling it, nice work.
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Post by lo51merc on Apr 7, 2020 16:20:26 GMT -5
I refrain from swearing but golly darn, holly ship, B this is fantastic! Everything, all of it is done just right. Kudos Gary
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Post by Bernard Kron on Apr 7, 2020 20:20:47 GMT -5
Thank you, guys! TRaK is my spiritual home and your very generous appreciation counts for a lot in my modeling journey. Battling to keep this build as clean as possible, given my very improvisational build style, was, as the expression goes, quite a "learning experience". For years that up-top sat in my stash waiting for the day when I could use it properly and this is certainly the build for it. Even the little oval window gives it a slightly contemporary touch that fits it. The shiny black & chrome theme was inspired by the Doane Spencer roadster and Bob Morris tribute to it built in the 90's. Despite the iconic status of the hardtop on these cars I preferred a cloth top and that's when I was inspired to use the CCR top I had.I didn't realize it as I built it but I even nicked the roll pan idea from these cars. When Ed & Dennis' up-top surfaces I plan to finish a set in buff, white and black and circulate them on various Deuces on my shelves. Can't wait!
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Post by spex84 on Apr 7, 2020 21:05:53 GMT -5
Wowzers. I like everything about this build; it's in the way the various pieces complement each other. I even like the shift knob. My favorite angle is that low rear 3/4, top down. But the up-top is sweet! The front implement-style tires, polished mags, knockoffs, and hairpins create a particularly tasty nucleus of detail in contrast to the smooth black hood sides. I love it when a black-n-red deuce roadster (snore! haha) makes me sit back and look a little longer. Well done!
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Post by mack2856 on Apr 7, 2020 21:48:46 GMT -5
That's the Rita Hayworth of Duce Roadsters, your taste in traditional hot rods really shows through.
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Post by randfink on Apr 8, 2020 9:33:59 GMT -5
SSSSSSSSSweet! I love everything about it. Now I'm dying to build one like it!
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Post by Bernard Kron on Apr 8, 2020 13:32:46 GMT -5
Thanks again, guy's. I'm thrilled I could push a few buttons with this one! That's the Rita Hayworth of Deuce Roadsters, your taste in traditional hot rods really shows through. LOL! Since I'm a hard-core Orson Wells fan (he was actually married to The Godess) and considering Rita a creature non pareil that's saying something! Thanx!
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Post by lo51merc on Apr 8, 2020 17:09:55 GMT -5
And now here's me with the image of her in that very famous (beautiful) pose in my head. I'd better be careful about what I say or somebody will post "that" picture.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Apr 8, 2020 17:20:03 GMT -5
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Post by lo51merc on Apr 8, 2020 17:50:05 GMT -5
Ahhhhh, that's the one. Thanks B.
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Post by cturner on Apr 9, 2020 11:46:25 GMT -5
ohhh MYYYyyyy...THANK YOU for that as I sit quaranteened! OL
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