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Post by flatout on Apr 15, 2020 16:48:40 GMT -5
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Post by Dennis on Apr 15, 2020 17:18:38 GMT -5
This is awesome! And it’s especially impressive that it’s largely old AMT sourced parts. A lot of this stuff I’ve written off in recent years because of lacking detail and accuracy but this model proves that there’s still life left in those old parts and you can build one kick ass hot rod from them. Super clean workmanship helps a bunch, too.
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Post by spex84 on Apr 15, 2020 17:50:08 GMT -5
Yeah, absolutely. You got a ton of mileage out of those old AMT parts; the car sits right and looks quite detailed!
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Post by lo51merc on Apr 15, 2020 18:21:03 GMT -5
Yup, this is a real HOTrod! I'll add a third cheer for all those AMT parts as well. This combo must have been done before but I'll bet it or they weren't any better than this one!👍👍👍👍👍 It looks just about perfect. Thanks for posting it.
Gary
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Post by Bernard Kron on Apr 15, 2020 18:21:37 GMT -5
In my experience this is a very unique combination, the AMT '29 roadster on the AMT Deuce chassis. And it just looks terrific. The stance and fit came out perfectly and the little details and parts choices are all spot on. The undercarriage photo shows just enough detail to look vintage correct despite its molded in simplicity. You used the Ala Kart dashboard to gain some badly needed rake on the windshield and painting it body color and detailing the gauges gives it a whole different look. This is one great lookin', true to the period, hot rod, Pete. Big thumbzupz !!!  |
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Post by flatout on Apr 15, 2020 19:56:38 GMT -5
Thank You for your replies Guys...this build started 2 weeks ago when I stumbled across the 4 tires in a baggy while looking for some parts in the stash. Decided they’d look good on a traditional Rod and it just kind’a developed in to this, turned out way better than I thought it would. Might have to dig through the stash a little more often😎
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Post by Dennis on Apr 15, 2020 21:23:23 GMT -5
Thank You for your replies Guys...this build started 2 weeks ago when I stumbled across the 4 tires in a baggy while looking for some parts in the stash. Decided they’d look good on a traditional Rod and it just kind’a developed in to this, turned out way better than I thought it would. Might have to dig through the stash a little more often😎 Yes, you should! Is the front 32 Vicky front axle/spring modified in any way? |
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Post by flatout on Apr 15, 2020 21:56:38 GMT -5
Yes, you should! Is the front 32 Vicky front axle/spring modified in any way? I hollowed out the front crossmember and replaced the center of spring with a flat piece of plastic. |
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Post by chepp on Apr 15, 2020 22:21:48 GMT -5
Nice! The metallic blue glasspacks and the dash gauges are just two especially effective details.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Apr 15, 2020 22:59:31 GMT -5
I hollowed out the front crossmember and replaced the center of spring with a flat piece of plastic. Aha! That and the rolling stock are the keys... |
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Post by miwi on Apr 16, 2020 0:59:42 GMT -5
Love it
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Post by BigPappaJ on Apr 16, 2020 6:12:47 GMT -5
Seriously cool.
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Post by Murphy on Apr 16, 2020 7:16:09 GMT -5
Bitchin'
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Post by skip on Apr 16, 2020 8:30:06 GMT -5
This is totally awesome! If you had not shown the picture of the kit I would have thought that you sourced much of this from Revell pieces. The fact that you used AMT parts puts this thing into another ballpark altogether. Love those "Smitty's" glass packs hanging down there for all to see in their "proper" blue color. Black on any Hot Rod is just too darn cool, you nailed it!
Like Dennis and B, I long ago wrote the AMT Deuce frame and suspension parts off, this proves that AMT built these Trophy Series kits with good bones from the start. I've always thought that the AMT '32/'34 Ford frames and metal axle through front axle to be rather clunky, somewhat largely out of proportion with the prototype Deuce suspension. Then if you were to "stub" the AMT axle with short sections of the metal axle epoxied to the outer portion of the I-beam axle it then becomes spindly and prone to breakage at the drop. (I've even purchased a few "vintage" parts '32's and '34 pickups that even with the metal axle the plastic axle has broken in this same area.) I think your little AV8 proves a whole lot of ideas wrong or at least shows a lot of us just how lazy we really have become with the ability to use the Revell '32 frame with it's more accurate profile, cross members and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" rear suspension setup, which is easy enough to backdate. In fact at an uninformed "quick glance" that's what it looks like the origin of the chassis could have been.
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Post by froghawk on Apr 16, 2020 9:25:03 GMT -5
That's about as traditional as it gets! Well done!
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