Hunnert Car Pileup Model A Coupe

[Fletch]

My good friend Kit Karson must have figured I didn't have enough projects on the bench so he sent me a link to a collection of photos from last weekends Hunnert Car Pileup 2009 cruise (Thanks Wes). If that weren't bad enough he made sure to include the line "Check out the green Coupe". I know what are friends for if they can't help you when you need another project.

Anyway, here's the "Green Coupe";





Like I need another Model A Coupe project especially one with a louvered rear valance panel.

But, just so happens that there was a Monogram Model A coupe sitting on the bench that had been chopped but wasn't slated for anything in particular. Well, that obviously changed after searching through ohter posting over on HAMB and finding a lot more photos of the Green Coupe.



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So, the roof got lowered to get it down to the level for the Coupe. It looks like I'm going to need to order some double white wall tires from Modelhaus to go on the front of this coupe as well as another build I have going over on TRaK.

As I come across more photos of this coupe I'll add them to the album;
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Peace

[sigmaman]

Thats just a little bit groovy.

[demonhunterfan]

Double whites?!!! Didn't know they made such a thing! Very cool looking, especially against that flat green paint which is even more very cooler Thanks Kit!

Later and God bless

[Fletch]

Yeah, the tires from Modelhaus come with separate sidewalls just like the white wall tires in most of the newer Revell kits. When you order them you have to specify which side walls you want with your tires. Black/White, Black/Black or White/White. So, for builds like this which have dbl white walls it's just a matter of ordering the appropriate tires and specifying white/white for the side walls.

I have a feeling this is going to be a bit of a long term build considering all the little one-off things that are integrated in this build. Things like the front shock mount, the radiator insert etc. All of which will require some time out in the garage with the drill press.

[sdrodder]

any updates on this one fletch?

[Fletch]

Honestly Flo, other then to pull the body out and look at it and put it back int he box I haven't touched it. I've got 3 that are along the same idea that need to be completed before our NNL the end of March. So, I'll get serious about it in the next couple of weeks.

[eshaver]

BRUCK BRAKES, Wheels from a Wyllis ? Whoa ............. whadda ride !!!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver

[Fletch]

Ed to the best of my knowledge those wheels are most likely from a Dodge or Chrysler product. I base that on a set of wheels from and old Spec-Cast '36 Dodge Panel Delivery that I have floating around here somewhere. The Spec-Cast '36 Dodges were suppose to be 1/25th scale but were closer to 1/28th. However, the tires and wheels scale out nicely for our use.



The Willys wheels of that vintage are a bit different based on the photo of a stock '33 Coupe.


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Ed Fluck and I have kicked around the idea of trying to master the '33 Willys stock Artillery wheels but so far neither of us has made any progress. Who knows what the future holds.

Spec-Cast no longer makes the '36 Dodges, but I just did a search on ebay and came up with 30 of them up for grabs there.

[eshaver]

Dave , I begged Ed Fluck two years ago to do a stock Wyllis and I would be hiss first kustomer ! Naw, he beeee toooo busy doin " Go fas " stuff! Thats O K , I did two stock Wyllis's , both a truck an a car for my Amoco Station . Ed Shaver

[Fletch]

Ed, I don't know if you're aware or not but Drag City Casting does have stock height '33 Willys. Ed also makes the stock fender/running board unit for them as well. One of these days when we have nothing else on the bench we'll get started on the stock wheels. Not only would they be fantastic for a stock Willys build but for just about any other modern hot rod.

[eshaver]

If that be so , I wonder why Ed never mentioned anything to me about doing ay stock parts . He said he would consider the job and then he never got back to me , hence I did the Stock Wyllis's .




Ed Shaver

[Fletch]

Dec 23, 2009 13:01:31 GMT -8 eshaver said:

If that be so , I wonder why Ed never mentioned anything to me about doing ay stock parts .

Most likely Ed it's because I didn't realize you were talking about '40/'41 Willys. I was talking about the '33 Willys Coupe that Drag City offers not the '40/'41. My mistake.

Fletch

[Kit Karson]

Dec 23, 2009 17:31:46 GMT -8 Fletch said:

Dec 23, 2009 13:01:31 GMT -8 eshaver said:

If that be so , I wonder why Ed never mentioned anything to me about doing ay stock parts .

Most likely Ed it's because I didn't realize you were talking about '40/'41 Willys. I was talking about the '33 Willys Coupe that Drag City offers not the '40/'41. My mistake.

Fletch

Bet Ed'd like to see your Sedan Delivery! Wouldn't you, Ed?!.

[eshaver]

Fletch , I would have been satisfied with ANY Wyllis manufactured product . I went with the 41 Wyllis's on account of this is what came cheap .
on annother note , heres the 1939 Chevrolet sedan delivery as a 7-Up / Climax delivery car :

Ed Shaver

[Fletch]

Got a little bit of work done on the body for this Coupe. One of the problems that Monogram created when they chose to make the compromise to be able to use the lower body of the Coupe for several different upper body sections was to eliminate the upper body beading or molding. It's always been one of those pet peeve things with me. In order to get the body to where it has more of the look of a Model 'A' Coupe a piece of .080 Evergreen 1/2 round stock was added above the molded on body line. The .080 is far to thick so it requires some reshaping. You could do the same thing with a piece of .020X.080 flat stock and round the edges. Personally, I prefer using the 1/2 round. The other piece of the body molding the needs to be added is the bead rail around the back of the upper portion of the body. Evergreen .020 round stock was used to accomplish this.



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The final bit of fill work around the area of the chop is scrap Evergreen Styrene that has been liquefied in Tamiya Extra Thin Cement. It sands nicely and is close to the kit styrene. The nice thing about it is it melts itself into the surrounding plastic becoming part of the body when fully cured.