'32 B400 Convertible Sedan

[Fletch]

A couple a months ago I picked up this body from a fellow SABA member, we're not sure who the resin caster was but it was pretty warped and required a fair amount of hot water/cold water to get it corrected. The body is designed for the AMT fenders and chassis, of course there is little chance of it being built that way. What with the Revell '32 frame and fenders being so readily available.

Today was one of those 'get something painted' days. I knew I wanted it to be some shade of orange, the color I settled on was HoK Outrageous Orange. This is color is from their Hobby Shop lineup. The downside of that is the Hobby Shop series is enamel. The paint even though it was a fresh unopened bottle was as thick as cold maple syrup. Of course I didn't have any of their Hobby Shop series thinner, so I used hardware store lacquer thinned. I figured the experiment would instantly go sideways, however it mixed perfectly fine and stayed that way. The only thing that I had to do any different from normal was to crank up the regulator to 30psi to shoot the color.



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The build will take on a more modern flavor then I normally build, I'd love to find a set of modern Dayton wires like those that have been showing up on 1:1 builds of late.

In Christ

[Fletch]

Well, I asked Hobbytown to order the DZ wires for me , a month later still no tires/wheels, so last Weekend I ordered them directly from Pegasus, not my preference but what else do you do if a LHS won't order them for you.
Today when we got home the DZs were waiting on the porch, so a quick mock-up to see how that look under the fenders.



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After looking at how the body/fender assembly sits on the Wires, I'm going to search the stash and see if I don't have enough parts and pieces to assemble an AMT Phantom Vicki frame for the B400. The IFS on the AMT unit will allow the DZs to sit a little more inboard. The trick if there is one is to extend the rear frame rails as the Phantom Vicki doesn't have the fuel tank sticking out the rear. The Revell fenders fit the AMT frame with minor modifications.

The biggest thing I see with this project will be fabricating the interior as the resin version that came with the body is totally worthless when it comes to mounting the body on anything other then an AMT fender unit.

Peace

[davewahl]

Dave:

That is going to be a totally different looking street rod. I like the orange and white color scheme. That is looking good.

Dave

[Kit Karson]

Looking at those rims makes me kinda DZy!

Lookin' good, Brother!!

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