"Ohio Look" '32 Ford Highboy Roadster
Apr 10, 2023 17:54:25 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Apr 10, 2023 17:54:25 GMT -4
”Ohio Look” ’32 Ford Highboy Roadster for TRaK 96 Hour Build Off
This project was for the Traditional Rods and Kustoms In Scale forum April 96 Hour Buildoff which ran from midnight April 6 to Midnight April 9th. I managed to get this done within the deadline and the result is what you see below.
The inspiration for this build was the box art of the original 1996 (?) release of the classic 1/25th scale Revell ’32 Ford Highboy roadster.
This is patterned after the 90’s style “Ohio Look”traditional hot rods coming out of the late Barry Lobeck’s shop Lobecks’ V8 Shop in Cleveland. But the thing that always bugged me about the kit is that they got the stance wrong. The “Ohio Look” features a dramatic rake with a real “in the weeds” nose. The Revell kits all are flatter rakled with a higher nose. I have a standard set of adjustments that I make when I start these kits to get a lower nose and frequently lower the rear as well. That’s what I did here, with a the front lowered about 3 scale inches and the rear about 2 ½ scale inches. The rest of the rake is a “rubber rake” due to the difference in the tires. Other than these adjustments the build-off car stayed close to the basic kit, in the interests of getting it done in 4 days. The pther changes included the substituting the small “implement” front tires found in the Revellogram ’30 Ford Sedan kits, along with resin Radir wheels from my [arts stash. The motor is the Stacey David kit small block Chevy with carburetion from the small block Fords in the earlier Revell Deuce releases. The Stacey David car also offered up its chopped windshield. The ram horn exhaust manifolds were purchased on eBay. The stock hood sides are the Revell Deuce 3-window. Paint is Duplicolor Flame red.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
