'36 Ford Roadster

[Plowboy]

I built this years ago when the last reissue came out. At first, I had it like the side boxart sans the goofy headlights. But,  it had the tail down stance and I added the fender skirts. Then, the chrome reverse wheels didn’t seem to fit with the skirts. So, I changed those out to the smooth wheel covers. Finally satisfied. It's just a simple build of a simple kit and while it didn't come out like my original vision of it. It did finally come around. Paint is Dupli Color Bright Red with Tamiya TS -13 clear.

Thanx for checking it out! 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice indeed. Particularly impressive is the fit of the nose/hood top/hood sides. Not many folks ever get one this tight.

And how'd you do those great looking louvers?

[damodelguy az]

very clean   nice job

[carrucha]

Nice work.  Good job on the interior.

[espo]

Great looking build and I like the era styling also. I have to agree with Ace's mention of the front end fitment problems with this kit. I have built a couple of these and as he pointed out it can be a battle royal to get every part to play nice with each other. Looks like you won that battle here. The side pipes are also well done on this. 

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Nice kustom, the paint job is gorgeous. Ya can never have too many louvers..... -RRR

Edited May 3, 2020 by Rocking Rodney Rat

[Plowboy]

17 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Very nice indeed. Particularly impressive is the fit of the nose/hood top/hood sides. Not many folks ever get one this tight.

And how'd you do those great looking louvers?

Thanx! I did quite a bit of fitment work to the front. The louvers was also quite a bit of work. The sides are simply Revell '32 sides with styrene added to the ends, cut and shaped to fit. On the hood and trunk, I used the same louvers cut into individual strips and grafted them in. These are actually resin copies.

[peekay]

Very nice custom inside and out.

[Dave Darby]

That's a gorgeous 36. Love that bright red paint. You mentioned it was Duplicolor.  Do you recall the paint number? I want to get some.

[crazyjim]

Just awesome and SHINY ???

[Plowboy]

9 hours ago, Dave Darby said:

That's a gorgeous 36. Love that bright red paint. You mentioned it was Duplicolor.  Do you recall the paint number? I want to get some.

Thanx! It's BGM0398. There's two different DC Bright Reds that I know of. The other is quite a bit darker.

[alan barton]

Yeah, that works!  I get that you wanted to keep it simple and I think you did that exceptionally well but boy, I would love to see it with a chopped carson top.  Then it would go from being great to stellar, at least in my eyes.   Your bodywork on all those louvred panels is exceptional.

Cheers

Alan 

[James2]

Outstanding, Nicely and cleanly done and the Duplicolor laid down smooth too!

[slusher]

Excellent custom Ford!!  Love it!

[Plowboy]

On 5/4/2020 at 8:52 AM, alan barton said:

Yeah, that works!  I get that you wanted to keep it simple and I think you did that exceptionally well but boy, I would love to see it with a chopped carson top.  Then it would go from being great to stellar, at least in my eyes.   Your bodywork on all those louvred panels is exceptional.

Cheers

Alan 

Thanx! If I could find a Carson top that would fit without a lot of work and I wouldn't have to chop the windshield frame/glass, I would use one. For some reason though, I like the way the stock roof looks.

Thanx to everyone for all of the great comments! I appreciate them!

[Scalper]

neat little build.. super clean 

[Grumpa]

This is realy nice Roger! It's got that late 50's early 60' show car "vibe" going for it. The choice of the smooth wheels kind of offsets the louvers! I