My Jake’s Coupe Tribute

This one started as the Revell SNAP kit. I added hood side louvers from a Revell deuce roadster and a narrowed ’37 truck grill to make it resemble Jake Jacobs’ ’34 coupe. The wheels are big and little wires from a ’30 woody and AMT deuce respectively. I left the kit curbside but added a quickchange and ‘A’ spring combo out back. The front is Revell deuce tube axle and four bars and scratchbuilt shocks. Some parts box handles, mirrors, head and tail lights and a plate frame finish things off.











I couldn’t resist taking a few shots with its little (i.e. lower) brother, my tribute to Robert Lomas’ 34 coupe. They are both based on the Revell SNAP kit.

Beautiful work Bryce. They are both so different and yet share a common "psyche". That front end treatment on Jake's Coupe is brilliant. Well done mate! Great pics BTW.

that's one very cool coupe black one is cool too.

Sweet as Bryce! Always liked Jake's coupe!

Very very sweet pair of rides, clean cool builds mate, that quick change really makes it look tuff.

Very cool mate, the thing that makes them even neater for me is they are builds I would never do but I still love em.

Superb Bryce!!!!

Chris

Luv the jake's car, spot on stance and all the body lines are so perfect.

cheers peter.

Great work on both Bryce

Great work Bryce. It's good to see what can be done with that snap kit with a little imagination and a lot of work.

Two very nice rides. Excellent work.

You sure did nail them both. You must be very pleased with yourself.
Cheers
Rod

Looks great.

love em both !!!! very tidy builds

Top job, shame you didn't have any firestone dirt track tyres but it's a damn fine rendition of Jim's old yeller road warrior.

Do you have a Buick Nailhead in your junkpile?

Carps wrote:Top job, shame you didn't have any firestone dirt track tyres but it's a damn fine rendition of Jim's old yeller road warrior.

Do you have a Buick Nailhead in your junkpile?

Thanks Carps - I tried the tyres out of Paul's Black Widow kit as they have perfect tread pattern but they are WAY too tall for a 1/25 scale kit...these ones came from a Chinese Cadillac!

Yeah I got a nailhead engine but this one's a curbside - too much work to put an engine in.

Job well done Bryce as always

WHATttttt .... you fit louvers, modify suspension and build front ends and putting a motor in is too much work....

So love both but the black one is by far my favorite! Sexy with a capitol

baZOOKa wrote:WHATttttt .... you fit louvers, modify suspension and build front ends and putting a motor in is too much work....

So love both but the black one is by far my favorite! Sexy with a capitol

Yeah I guess that does sound a bit lame...

Both look awesome! Great finish on the yellow coupe, absolutely flawless!! Well done.