Post by FullTimeHobbiest on Jul 9, 2014 0:46:56 GMT -8
Hello everyone!
With my mom heading out of town early, and my deadline being relaxed on the Corvette build, I had to work on something else to get the juices flowing. This kit was won in a bulk auction for cheap and is MOSTLY complete. The literal frame was missing and that was it. A couple things had been painted, nothing glued and very few things clipped from their trees. I found a frame to a AMT(I believe) '34 Ford Coupe kit. It happens to be almost IDENTICAL to the missing one. I also got a bunch of aftermarket goodies in-store for this build.
Well, without yapping your ear off too much, here are some pictures!
This kit came with LOADS of extra stuff, here is a neat little engine stand that is included.
Engine and bed on newly acquired frame.
I decided for a more hot rod look I could channel the body down over the frame rails. I just sort of eyeballed it and added some 6mm Tamiya masking tape as a guide line.
Have to trim the seat about the same amount since this process will be raising the floor inside the cab.
Tape replaced with a marker line.
Got the channel cut and the body test fitted over the frame. Perfect
I decided to use the original flathead and add some flare instead of using the Thunderbird 390 that came as an option in this kit. One of the things i needed to do was remove the molded on "plug boots" and drill holes for plug wires to be glued.
I decided since it was more of a custom than a restoration, I would stray away from a factory paint scheme on the engine and its components. This is was I came up with.
I started with Tamiya white primer, then laid Tamiya Brilliant Blue on the heads, and Tamiya Aluminum on the intake manifold then shot both with Mr.Hobby Matte Clear. I like the finish I achieved.
Detailed
I painted the block Tamiya semi-gloss black. Unfortunately this engine has modeled on exhaust manifolds, so I just painted them and called it a day. I removed the crap distributor cover so I can fab and wire one myself for it, and I have plans to mask and paint the gearbox silver with matte clear like the intake manifold. Here is a little progress on that.
And finally, just a little teaser.
Hope you enjoy! Updates should come quite fast for this project, so stay tuned!
With my mom heading out of town early, and my deadline being relaxed on the Corvette build, I had to work on something else to get the juices flowing. This kit was won in a bulk auction for cheap and is MOSTLY complete. The literal frame was missing and that was it. A couple things had been painted, nothing glued and very few things clipped from their trees. I found a frame to a AMT(I believe) '34 Ford Coupe kit. It happens to be almost IDENTICAL to the missing one. I also got a bunch of aftermarket goodies in-store for this build.
Well, without yapping your ear off too much, here are some pictures!
This kit came with LOADS of extra stuff, here is a neat little engine stand that is included.
Engine and bed on newly acquired frame.
I decided for a more hot rod look I could channel the body down over the frame rails. I just sort of eyeballed it and added some 6mm Tamiya masking tape as a guide line.
Have to trim the seat about the same amount since this process will be raising the floor inside the cab.
Tape replaced with a marker line.
Got the channel cut and the body test fitted over the frame. Perfect
I decided to use the original flathead and add some flare instead of using the Thunderbird 390 that came as an option in this kit. One of the things i needed to do was remove the molded on "plug boots" and drill holes for plug wires to be glued.
I decided since it was more of a custom than a restoration, I would stray away from a factory paint scheme on the engine and its components. This is was I came up with.
I started with Tamiya white primer, then laid Tamiya Brilliant Blue on the heads, and Tamiya Aluminum on the intake manifold then shot both with Mr.Hobby Matte Clear. I like the finish I achieved.
Detailed
I painted the block Tamiya semi-gloss black. Unfortunately this engine has modeled on exhaust manifolds, so I just painted them and called it a day. I removed the crap distributor cover so I can fab and wire one myself for it, and I have plans to mask and paint the gearbox silver with matte clear like the intake manifold. Here is a little progress on that.
And finally, just a little teaser.
Hope you enjoy! Updates should come quite fast for this project, so stay tuned!
