Straight 8 Rod

Here my newest project: A 1932 Ford Sedan with a Straight 8 engine

I chopped the body a few millimeters cut out the doors. The roof will be cut open later. The chassis is a modified Zed frame from The Modelfactory, a german company. Better know for there truck bodies. The engine is a Buick Straight 8 from Replicas Miniatures of Maryland. Wheels/Rims are from The Modelhaus. The bomber seats are from Ken Hamiltons Wildhare Models

Like It......... Cool.......

Very cool. Those straight eights packed some punch so make sure the driver can strap in tight.

That's looking wild.

Like where this is heading mate, looks REAL COOL!!

Looking good so far. I'll be watching this.

Yep.....way cool
The straight 8 is a cool touch, gotta find me one of those.
I'm watching this one..........
TJ

Looks good with an open cockpit, maybe lose the roof

70cudatj wrote:Yep.....way cool
The straight 8 is a cool touch, gotta find me one of those.
I'm watching this one..........
TJ

Those Straight 8 are avalable from Replicas Minatures of Maryland (the bset one) and from Kitchen Ken as a Pontiac or Buick. The last is not that good as the RMoM one.

Here some more pictures of the frame. I lengthened thee front frame rails to get more space for the fan and the radiator






Axle from Revell's '32 Sedan

The body is finished. I cut out the roof and hinged the doors.

Here some pictures of the track nose that I use. I modified the track nose from a '29 Ford Rat Rod. The Woodlite lamps are from a guy in the US.







I also add some details to the door

I like the door hinges!!!!

I like it, very cool

It's a bit too "rat" for me.
Good work though.

Very impressive Michael.-Mark

Ingenious! That is looking so cool.

It had taken a while to continue with my Straight 8 Rod. I had used salt and hairspray for the rusty look. I'm not happy with the result. I had forgotten to protect the base coat with clear coat before I had applied hair spray. So the next step will be clear coat and salt again.













The radiator is scratch build from plastic sheet. The fan is from Model Car Garage, while the mesh is from Kit Form Services.

That looks pretty blood great to me mate.

...looks good to me, too!

Here some pictures of the finished body.







I had detailed the heavy weld lines with bare metal foil and remove the paint with a rounded wood



To get some minor comfort for the passengers I at some foam to the bomber seats

I do like Rats and this is coming along well...

Great job on it.