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Post by Fletch on Oct 29, 2009 16:19:45 GMT -8
I ran across this photo a few months back and stuck it in my "Future Projects" album on Fotki. A couple of days ago I was looking through the album and realized that the licensee on the coupe was an Oregon "Pacific Wonderland" plate from the early '60. The quality of the photo makes it difficult to discern what year of Model 'A' Coupe it is. The big Hemi with the 6 log manifold looks pretty imposing along with the cut-down '35/36 truck grille. You've got to love the license plate bailing wired to the bottom edge of the grille insert! The best I can tell from the photo is that it's most likely from the Portland area in the early '60. The newest vehicle in the photo is the cop car that can be seen over the shoulder of the kid on the drivers side of the Coupe. The Pacific Wonderland plates were used from 1961-1964 when the 'Pacific Wonderland' was dropped from the plates leaving them Blue w/Yellow lettering. The build looks to be pretty straight forward using the Revell reissued '30 Model A Coupe as the basis of the build. The Revell '32 5 Window Coupe will be the donor of the Hemi for the project. Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland (RMoM) will get tapped for the 6 log manifold and Dodge "Red Ram" valve covers. Hosted on FotkiA Revell '37 Ford Pickup grille will be the start of the radiator surround and get fitted with a cut-down AMT '34 passenger car grille. It looks like I'll have to go to Modelhaus for the white wall slicks for the rear. The bicycle fenders for the front can be made with thin brass shim stock using a roller and a bean bag. I get the impression that this may have been a home built frame as the stub ends sticking out past the grille look to be 2"X3" steel rectangular turing. Stay tuned.
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Post by brizio on Nov 1, 2009 10:44:13 GMT -8
Another cool project!
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Post by Fletch on Dec 7, 2009 11:50:18 GMT -8
Got the initial chop completed for the Coupe. It may be a bit more then the actual car but, it's not going to be a 100% accurate build anyway as there are way to many things I can't tell from the single photo. Hosted on FotkiThe frame will be built out of Evergreen .080X.125 as that's about as close to 2X3 as possible. Stay Tuned.
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Post by bigkydd on Dec 7, 2009 17:47:20 GMT -8
Hey Dave, if you need help with the front hub caps, i think i have a set of those here somewhere, if not, they were in the original issue only of the amt 40 ford coupe. next issue had keystone mags. I will look and bring to meeting next sunday if you need them..... Vance
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Post by Fletch on Dec 7, 2009 23:06:22 GMT -8
Hey Dave, if you need help with the front hub caps, i think i have a set of those here somewhere, if not, they were in the original issue only of the amt 40 ford coupe. next issue had keystone mags. I will look and bring to meeting next sunday if you need them..... Vance Vance, that is the one thing that I don't have for the build is set of wheel covers for the front. If you have a set you can spare that would be fantastic. See you Sunday.
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Post by brizio on Dec 8, 2009 9:51:18 GMT -8
Cool! If Vance doesn't have the wheel cover, I have some, those need to be repainted o re-chromed due of some scratches... I'll bring them a the meeting.
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Post by Fletch on Dec 8, 2009 18:00:50 GMT -8
Thanks Guys your suppoert will make this come together a whole lot easier.
See you Sunday
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Post by bigkydd on Dec 8, 2009 20:41:52 GMT -8
Dave, I have 4 of the hub caps, near mint condition, in my wallet for you on sunday, remind me!...
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Post by Fletch on Dec 14, 2009 23:41:03 GMT -8
The body that I planned to use for this build was originally slated for another project which got put on the back burner because Stan is well on the way to building the same Coupe. The chop was a bit deeper then I what I thought it should be for the Shadowbox Coupe. While we were out and about over the weekend I picked up another '30 Coupe for the build. The roof has been chopped the area that use to represent the roof insert was also removed. The next step of construction for the body is to replicate the molding that Monogram eliminated in order to make the base body usable for several different body styles and replicate the bows for the opening in the roof. One of the things that I wasn't quite sure how I was going to at least get close on the build was the front cone shaped hubcaps. Vance brought me 4 of the cone hubcaps from an AMT original issue '40 Ford Coupe. Hosted on FotkiGranted they are not exactly those on the coupe but for the purposes of this build they are close enough. Stay tuned.
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Post by Fletch on Jan 4, 2010 10:47:17 GMT -8
Got a little bit of work done on the body for this Coupe. One of the problems that Monogram created when they chose to make the compromise to be able to use the lower body of the Coupe for several different upper body sections was to eliminate the upper body beading or molding. It's always been one of those pet peeve things with me. In order to get the body to where it has more of the look of a Model 'A' Coupe a piece of .080 Evergreen 1/2 round stock was added above the molded on body line. The .080 is far to thick so it requires some reshaping. You could do the same thing with a piece of .020X.080 flat stock and round the edges. Personally, I prefer using the 1/2 round. The other piece of the body molding the needs to be added is the bead rail around the back of the upper portion of the body. Evergreen .020 round stock was used to accomplish this. Hosted on FotkiThe final bit of fill work around the area of the chop is scrap Evergreen Styrene that has been liquefied in Tamiya Extra Thin Cement. It sands nicely and is close to the kit styrene. The nice thing about it is it melts itself into the surrounding plastic becoming part of the body when fully cured.
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Post by garydavis on Jan 4, 2010 23:33:44 GMT -8
This is looking really SWEET Dave. A very COOL project. Looking forward to more updates on this puppy....
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Post by Fletch on Jan 15, 2010 20:10:54 GMT -8
Got the body to the point of being ready for primer. The last bit of work needed was attaching the trunk lid and the stringers in the roof opening. Hosted on FotkiThe roof stringers are Evergreen .030 1/4 round stock. Seeing how the body is 1/24th scale I am considering using the engine, manifold and carb set up from the Lil Coffin. This will require a bit of modification of the valve covers by taking the spark plug cover off and adding the wells for the plug boots.
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Post by brizio on Jan 16, 2010 20:32:19 GMT -8
Looks great so far!!!
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Post by Fletch on Jan 22, 2010 10:54:15 GMT -8
Got the color on the body yesterday, all I can say is you've got to love Tamiya paint. It may be a bit more expensive but it's worth every penny!! After 2 coats of Tamiya TS-6 Matt Black: Hosted on FotkiGuess it's time to get the Evergreen out and get to building the chassis. More to come. thanks for looking as always comments and suggestions are always welcome.
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Post by aagasser on Jan 22, 2010 14:30:07 GMT -8
Fletch,your coupe looks like a great project.The changes you`ve made to the body look perfect. I had a thought on the front cycle fenders...I noticed the Lindberg 34 Pick up has a styrene spare tire maybe you could cut it in half (2 fenders) and make that work with a little sanding.
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