Channeled Deuce Roadster with full bellypan

[BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON]

’32 Ford Roadster, channeled with full bellypan
More pictures below

Inspired by one of my all-time favorites, the Bob Longman channeled ’32 Ford Roadster featured starting on page 28 of the July 1952 issue of Hop Up (or pg. 552 of Hop Up, The First 12 Issues). This Deuce roadster is based on the Revell Goodguys ’32 Ford Roadster kit extensively modified as listed below. All parts are from the Revell kit unless otherwise noted.

Body Modifications:
Scratch built full bellypan
Scratch built rolled rear pan
Louvers from Revell ’32 Ford Roadster side panels grafted to hood
(special thanx to Ed Fluck for the how-to on doing this)
Resin louvered deck from Drag City Castings
Windshield chopped scale 3”
Body channeled scale 5” over frame rails
Model Car Garage p/e grill
Grill supports made from music wire

Interior:
Scale 6” sectioned from side panels and seat bottom
Dashboard with the cassette player and air-conditioning outlets replaced with blank panel
Photoetch instrument panel from Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Maryland added
AMT ’49 Merc steering column and wheel

Chassis:
Scratch built chassis, rear end z’d scale 6”
Front suspension lowered via suicide mount, three leaves removed from front spring
Front suspension modified to accept traditional style drag link steering
Hairpins from Revell ’32 Ford 5-window
Resin drum brake backing plates from ThePartsBox.com

Motor:
Ford Flathead V8 from Revell ’32 Ford Sedan kit with Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Maryland Mallory “crab-style” magneto

Wheels & Tires:
Modelhaus T-640 18” Ford 8-spoke "Desert Wheels" (also known as Artillery, Divco or Milk Truck wheels) with 6.00.18 front tires and 8.00.18 rear tires

Paints:
Body, bellypan and body parts: Duplicolor white primer, Tamiya TS-50 Mica Blue base coat and Tamiya TS-51 Racing Blue color coat, three coats Krylon Crystal Clear.
Wheels, steering column and steering wheel rim: Testors Acryl Light Grey
Interior: Testors Acryl British Crimson, Testors Acryl flat back, body color dashboard
Motor: Tamiya Red acrylic with Testors Metalizer details

The full build-up can be found here: krazyrick.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=3187

Thanx for lookin,
B.

[KRAZY RICK]

One Hell of a job Bernard !!!!! Congrats, this turned out beautiful...the finish, stance; everything is right.

[ACDP5859]

WOW! All that work into such a little car. It should be a 1/1 scale. And from the pictures , it looks like one. Really nice work.

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SAAAAWEEET!!!!!!!!!! detail in all the right places!!!

Now i know what those wheels look like on a build,,got mine last week,,top notch qaulity stuff!!!!

[DAVE "BIG DADDY" KAPP]

Love the belly pan!

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That is one great build!

[BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON]

A big THANX to you all for the kind words. ;D And a Happy New Year, too!

This turned out to be the challenging build I had feared it would be, but it all came out OK because it looks like I imagined it (which, for me, is what it's all about). This is good, because if I ever owned a Deuce roadster this is what I would want to own!

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This is an awesome build. You have created a beautiful model. And ALL of your work is well deserving of the praise that it receives.


8-)Rick

[KRAZY RICK]

Rick...... .......Very Nice Avatar ;D