'34 Ford 5W coupe

AMT kit built from the box with a wheel change and lowering job. This kit has some great parts in it, but I wouldn't recommend building it unless you enjoy final assembly aggro.

I still need to re-paint the bonnet and sides due to fit problems that have been rectified. But being as there's nothing left in the box to glue on, I'm calling this one done. Will add some more pics once I've got the bonnet painted and installed.

Now thats one nice coupe.

Looks great to me Bryce

Chris

That is one nice 5 window Bryce.

Cheers Tony

Sweet build mate, glad you got it together

classy, love the colour on the body, goes great with the wheels

for a kit that didnt fit together well u have done a great job, i have a resin ute and one of these as a donor for it very glad for the heads up, i will be doin lots of testfits and mockups as it gets assembled

thats a top looking build bryce... i built this kit back wen i was a pup n it was 1 of the 1st i ever painted, funnily enough it was painted the same colour as urs but certianly wasnt nywere near that glossy. it was also the first time id ever used decals, and built a model with working/ posible steering... thanks for the memory jog bryce n keep up the gr8 work mate

Very nice build Bryce, love the colour, wheels and engine.

One of the nicest 5-window coupes I've ever seen. It looks great without the bonnet I reckon???

Nice one Bryce! Really nice!

Well done on resisting the temptation to stomp it. It looks great.

Top build Bryce.. looks fresh as

Nice build Bryce, it's a colour combo I never would've thought of doing, looks great and those wheels look sharp as.

Great job, the colours work well together.

Thanks guys - appreciate all the kind words. Truth is, I was kind of hating this model by the end of last week, so it's nice to hear such positive comments - makes it all worthwhile!

And I just want to say how frigging awesome it is to get a dozen or so replies on a topic in less than a week. This place is going great guns and I'm loving the great crew of people we have here now!

G'day bryce, nice look'n coupe man, whats the colour called??

Thanks Bones - colour is 'Bermuda blue'. It's White Knights 'Squirts' rattle can enamel. I buy it from Bunnings. Works real good all year round - just heat the can in some warm water before use and it sprays on silky smooth and shiny!

Mate, if your get'n that finish out of a knights rattle can ya must be do'n somthin right! Nice job big fella....
Bones

Nice work Bryce, came up excellant after the issues.
Adam

Awesome car with an awesome motor, great job.

Having seen this in the flesh i'm even more amazed you didn't stomp it.

Bryce wrote:This kit has some great parts in it, but I wouldn't recommend building it unless you enjoy final assembly aggro.

It's an old AMT tool what do you ecxpect?

Despite that it urned out looking a treat as I'd expect from you anyhow.

There's three 'recent' versions of this kit, the 'stocker', the 'Hot Rod' and the 'Two In One' which has the same red hot rod box art as the hot rod kit but with all the stocker parts and all the hot rod parts. So if you see them on salle check to make sure you get the 2 in one version. The Hot Rod front independent suspension sux, but the 'Vette rear is quite good as is the SBC engine. The body is shaped wrong and needs heaps of work to be built as an accurate rendition of a highboy, but it works OK with the fenders, aside from the fit issues and the way some of it goes together just makes no sense.

But hey Bryce, if you want an upside, it's a whole bunch better than the older AMT '34 3 window coupe kit, which is even more out of proportion that the Monogram 3 window with the Lill Juhn T chassis under it. So again congrats for a job well done on a difficult kit but great subject.

Oh yeah, the colour is almost perfect for that car.

And one last thing, the 1/1 scale cars don't go together any easier or the parts fit any neater than they do on the kit, so maybe AMT are more true to life than we give them credit for.