Project "Leftovers" - Deuce Pseudo-Tub - Updated 02-18
Jan 20, 2021 22:31:16 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Jan 20, 2021 22:31:16 GMT -4
Back in 2008 when Revell released its Sedan Street Rod version of its 1/*25th scale '32 Ford series it created quite a stir, both because it expanded the Deuce series with an important and useful new body style, and because it contained a full-dress Flathead Ford V8 and Kelsey Hayes style wire wheels in it. As a result it remains and important staple in every hot rod modelers stash.
At the time on another forum there was a MAMA’s boy (Maryland Automobile Modeler’s Association member) who went by the handle of Dub (Jonathan Lutz) who had a real flare for hot rods done in a simple, straight-up and to-the-point style that I greatly admired. One of my favorite models of his was a Deuce Sedan with its top removed; he called it the Pseudo-Tub. In 2008 I was just restarting as a modeler and I loved how successfully he had achieved the look he was after in what was a deceptively simple yet sophisticated build. Here’s a picture of it:
Back then when I got my initial copy of the Revell Deuce Sedan kit I immediately set to chopping it. But I messed up, losing the center portion of the A-pillar (a technique I no longer use) on one side, thus rendering the body useless. I went on to buy more copies and eventually produced a couple of properly chopped renditions while this first kit was stripped of most of its parts for other projects. The forlorn, half dead body stayed in my stash until now.
After finishing a Revellogram ’30 Ford Phaeton in December, I slipped into a minor case of builder’s block, as I usually do after finishing a project, and, as I sought inspiration, the Phaeton reminded me of the Pseudo-Tub, which was made by removing the top from a Revell Deuce sedan down to the lower molding line. Maybe Jonathan had had some problems with a chop as well? I don’t know, but I decided to try my hand at my version of Dub’s Pseudo Tub. So, off the top came:
And since this was already a project based on leftovers, I decided to use the very nice chassis in the AMT Phantom Vicky kit, but with a 2” Z job at the rear and the front suspension back dated to a dropped I-beam, using one of the very fine deep drop ’40 Ford axles offered by ThePartsBox.com in Australia. In fact the entire car will be built from spare parts. While I was at it I grafted the DuVall style windshield and cowl to the Pseudo Tub body. Here’s the chassis in that wonderful hot pink metallic paint from the pre-painted version of the Phantom Vicky:
At first I thought I would go for the period traditional look that Dub had done so well. So I decided on a set of artillery wheels and skinny blackwall tires, the fronts coming from a Revellogram ’37 Ford kit, and the rear wheels and tires the splendid period Lincoln rear tires and complementary artillery wheels offered by Ed Fluck at Drag City Casting. But then while looking through the Drag City section of my resin stash I encountered a pair of wonderful diamond-quilted bucket seats and started thinking about an early-60’s show car version of the Pseudo-Tub (having just finished the Phaeton in that style).
So below you’ll see two possible versions, the 50’s style skinny-tired hot rod, and a possible show car variant rolling on the tires and wheels from the Monogram Lil’ Coffin kit. If I go 50’s style I’ll go with a suitably authentic 50’s mill, either a Flathead or perhaps a Caddy V8. If it’s Show Time then I’m thinking I’ll use the blinged out Nailhead that comes in the recent Revell Model A coupe and roadster kits with lotsa kit chrome. The 50’s version would get a mauve tinted primer paint job while I’m thinking Candy Purplicious with a white full-dress interior for the show car. Which one do you think I should do? Opinions welcome and encouraged.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
At the time on another forum there was a MAMA’s boy (Maryland Automobile Modeler’s Association member) who went by the handle of Dub (Jonathan Lutz) who had a real flare for hot rods done in a simple, straight-up and to-the-point style that I greatly admired. One of my favorite models of his was a Deuce Sedan with its top removed; he called it the Pseudo-Tub. In 2008 I was just restarting as a modeler and I loved how successfully he had achieved the look he was after in what was a deceptively simple yet sophisticated build. Here’s a picture of it:
Back then when I got my initial copy of the Revell Deuce Sedan kit I immediately set to chopping it. But I messed up, losing the center portion of the A-pillar (a technique I no longer use) on one side, thus rendering the body useless. I went on to buy more copies and eventually produced a couple of properly chopped renditions while this first kit was stripped of most of its parts for other projects. The forlorn, half dead body stayed in my stash until now.
After finishing a Revellogram ’30 Ford Phaeton in December, I slipped into a minor case of builder’s block, as I usually do after finishing a project, and, as I sought inspiration, the Phaeton reminded me of the Pseudo-Tub, which was made by removing the top from a Revell Deuce sedan down to the lower molding line. Maybe Jonathan had had some problems with a chop as well? I don’t know, but I decided to try my hand at my version of Dub’s Pseudo Tub. So, off the top came:
And since this was already a project based on leftovers, I decided to use the very nice chassis in the AMT Phantom Vicky kit, but with a 2” Z job at the rear and the front suspension back dated to a dropped I-beam, using one of the very fine deep drop ’40 Ford axles offered by ThePartsBox.com in Australia. In fact the entire car will be built from spare parts. While I was at it I grafted the DuVall style windshield and cowl to the Pseudo Tub body. Here’s the chassis in that wonderful hot pink metallic paint from the pre-painted version of the Phantom Vicky:
At first I thought I would go for the period traditional look that Dub had done so well. So I decided on a set of artillery wheels and skinny blackwall tires, the fronts coming from a Revellogram ’37 Ford kit, and the rear wheels and tires the splendid period Lincoln rear tires and complementary artillery wheels offered by Ed Fluck at Drag City Casting. But then while looking through the Drag City section of my resin stash I encountered a pair of wonderful diamond-quilted bucket seats and started thinking about an early-60’s show car version of the Pseudo-Tub (having just finished the Phaeton in that style).
So below you’ll see two possible versions, the 50’s style skinny-tired hot rod, and a possible show car variant rolling on the tires and wheels from the Monogram Lil’ Coffin kit. If I go 50’s style I’ll go with a suitably authentic 50’s mill, either a Flathead or perhaps a Caddy V8. If it’s Show Time then I’m thinking I’ll use the blinged out Nailhead that comes in the recent Revell Model A coupe and roadster kits with lotsa kit chrome. The 50’s version would get a mauve tinted primer paint job while I’m thinking Candy Purplicious with a white full-dress interior for the show car. Which one do you think I should do? Opinions welcome and encouraged.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
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