Post by Bernard Kron on Jul 7, 2012 13:59:08 GMT -8
Early 60’s style Ford ’27 T Low-Boy hot rod
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Here's a second "ice breaker", my most recent "ambitious project", featuring a ton of scratch building and kit bashing, two of my favorite things...
I’ve been wanting to build one of these for a long time now, but wondered if I had the chops to pull it off. There’s no kit for this type of car and it’s strictly a question of kit bashing and scratch building your way to completion. I wanted a show car vibe so there’s a ton of chrome which turned out to be a real challenge when it came to finding and preserving the appropriate parts. In some cases, like the side pipes and drive shaft, I landed up using aluminum tubing and polishing it with Simichrome to a chrome-like shine. Photos of the w.ip. can be found here: s16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/gbk1/27%20T%20Lo-boy/board=trakinp&action=display&thread=14243&page=1 Here’s the breakdown on what went into this build:
Body: Jimmy Flintstone resin, cut down grill, headlights and taillights from a Revell Deuce kit.
Motor: Revell Parts Pack Cadillac, 4 barrel carb from a Revell Deuce kit, Modelhaus Cadillac air cleaner, headers from a Revell ’49 Merc kit, La Salle transmission from Early Years Resin, side pipes made from aluminum tubing.
Chassis & suspension: Chassis scratch built from styrene strip, front and rear suspension modified from Revell ’29 Ford parts. Front shocks ,from an AMT ’25 T kit, rear shocks from an AMT ’29 Ford kit.
Wheels & Tires from Modelhaus
Interior: Scratch built from styrene sheet and strip, AMT ’58 Chevy steering wheel, Model Car Garage p/e dash, chromed steering column from and AMT ’29 Ford kit.
Paint and finishes: Testors Inca Gold and Testors Pearl White, gold flocked carpeting.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
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