Shiny Black Deuce Highboy - Update 04-06
Mar 27, 2020 20:23:55 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Mar 27, 2020 20:23:55 GMT -4
It’s been a while since I posted a new project. Preparing to go down to each year’s NNL West in Santa Clara always involves a major thrash to get models done to show, and, as a confirmed “messy desk executive”, my work room always lands up looking like a .bomb hit it, with kit boxes scattered on the floor, paint cans and jars perilously perched randomly everywhere, and piles of styrene competing with tools and brushes for whatever space is left. On my return at the end of January I didn’t imagine that I would be actually forced to hunker down in my home for an extended period, but it was a welcome excuse to finally clean up and organize, post thrash. At last, a couple of weeks back I started another project.
Speaking of the NNL West, that storied model car shows features some of the finest work of Central California car modelers and highlights a particular style of building – the “NNL West Style” as I’ve come to think of it, is one featuring impeccably deep and smooth paint jobs and plenty of kit chrome. It’s a sparkling feast of modeling eye candy and I always return home inspired and aspiring to someday build something in that style. Generally I go more for realism over shine, and almost always the kit chrome comes off straight away. But with this project I decided to try my hand at this way of building.
I chose yet another ’32 Ford as my project so I could concentrate primarily on paint and finish, It’s a shiny black highboy, based on the Revell kit. Most of the parts used are from either the Roadster version (body, interior, chassis, front suspension) or the Sedan (flathead V8, .smooth hood side panels). The rear end has been converted to a buggy-spring setup lifted from a Revell ’29 Ford Roadster Pickup kit. The front tires and Halibrand mag wheels, front and rear, are from the Revell Orange Crate, with Herb Deeks truck tires at the back end. That’s rolling stock I’ve long desired to include in a project and is part of the traditional look I’m going after. The Halibrand quick change of unknown origin is from my parts box. In keeping with the shiny ‘n’ chrome build style kit chrome has been [reserved wherever it’s appropriate.
A highlight of the project will be the up-top, a lovely piece I bought several years ago from an outfit called Carbon Copy Resin that came and went all too quickly. It’s a beautifully done casting and will be finished in buff colored canvas to contrast with the main bodywork. It’s displayed in the photos below on the primer black “Therapy” highboy I did a few years back, which most closely resembles this project. Like the Therapy roadster this car will have a chopped windshield and a raked stance. But this roadster, besides being glossy, has a rolled rear pan instead of the stock fuel tank at the back, and a v-shaped spreader bar at the front. The simulated ox-blood leather upholstery is done with Testors Acryl Insignia Red and lightly brushed black washes. The six-gauge dash panel is from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland and the Bell sprint car steering wheel is from the recent Revell ’29 Ford Roadster kit.
Next time I’ll show the car up on its wheels for stance check and then it will be time for final assembly.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
Speaking of the NNL West, that storied model car shows features some of the finest work of Central California car modelers and highlights a particular style of building – the “NNL West Style” as I’ve come to think of it, is one featuring impeccably deep and smooth paint jobs and plenty of kit chrome. It’s a sparkling feast of modeling eye candy and I always return home inspired and aspiring to someday build something in that style. Generally I go more for realism over shine, and almost always the kit chrome comes off straight away. But with this project I decided to try my hand at this way of building.
I chose yet another ’32 Ford as my project so I could concentrate primarily on paint and finish, It’s a shiny black highboy, based on the Revell kit. Most of the parts used are from either the Roadster version (body, interior, chassis, front suspension) or the Sedan (flathead V8, .smooth hood side panels). The rear end has been converted to a buggy-spring setup lifted from a Revell ’29 Ford Roadster Pickup kit. The front tires and Halibrand mag wheels, front and rear, are from the Revell Orange Crate, with Herb Deeks truck tires at the back end. That’s rolling stock I’ve long desired to include in a project and is part of the traditional look I’m going after. The Halibrand quick change of unknown origin is from my parts box. In keeping with the shiny ‘n’ chrome build style kit chrome has been [reserved wherever it’s appropriate.
A highlight of the project will be the up-top, a lovely piece I bought several years ago from an outfit called Carbon Copy Resin that came and went all too quickly. It’s a beautifully done casting and will be finished in buff colored canvas to contrast with the main bodywork. It’s displayed in the photos below on the primer black “Therapy” highboy I did a few years back, which most closely resembles this project. Like the Therapy roadster this car will have a chopped windshield and a raked stance. But this roadster, besides being glossy, has a rolled rear pan instead of the stock fuel tank at the back, and a v-shaped spreader bar at the front. The simulated ox-blood leather upholstery is done with Testors Acryl Insignia Red and lightly brushed black washes. The six-gauge dash panel is from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland and the Bell sprint car steering wheel is from the recent Revell ’29 Ford Roadster kit.
Next time I’ll show the car up on its wheels for stance check and then it will be time for final assembly.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
