1/16th scale 1934 Ford HiBoy

Here is my new project. The kit is Revell's old '34 Ford. I am building it as a fenderless Hiboy. The kit is not too bad for it's age, it came with a beautiful small block chevy. The interior is pretty decent, and it came with a set of pretty Halibrand wheel's. However....I am using an old blown 426 Hemi from MPC ,big and littles from a Muscle Machine diecast, and am planning on opening the doors which will require surgery on the interior. These pics are just mock-ups. Being 1/16 scale means there will be plenty of room for detail, and some scratchbuilding.

What you think???

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443mock1.JPG


This pic is for reference....thats a 1/25th scale 34 Ford next to it.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443comp.JPG


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443wheel.JPG

looks awsome man! :)

Hey,

Nice kit. I like what you have planned for it. Good luck with this and keep up the great work.

Frank X.

Looks great!

Awesome project! I love those old 34's. Especially when theyre big!

thats nice, did u buy it online?

thats an awsome kit, i can never find bigger scale cars, especially old hot rods. lucky!

I won it on E-Bay. It wasn't cheap. Here are a couple of quick shots of the body after the doors and trunk were cut out. You can see the interior has been cut in the second pic. I am adding to the floor pan to cover the frame where the car was channeled.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443cutout.JPG



http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443jams.JPG

You have this looking great already.
Fenderless with those big n littles will give this a very mean look.
Nice job on the doors so far

Those doors look like they came cut out! Magnificent work.

Ok guy's here's a little progress. The hinges are made and working.:biggrin: The jams are about finished, they need cleaned up a little. I ordered paint for it today, House of Kolor Kandy Tangerine over Tangelo pearl, with Pearlwhite ghost flames.


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443HINGE1.JPG

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443HINGE2.JPG

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443TRUNK.JPG

Beautiful work! I love old Ford hiboys with big fat slicks, and you're doing a great job building one:)

ok...A little more done. The front and rear suspension are mocked up. I made new coils springs for the rear and willl be making some for the front. I need opinion's on the car's stance. What do you all think?

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443finmock1.JPG

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443finmock2.JPG


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443springs.JPG


I found some new seats. I think they are better than the kits seats (kit seats= yellow).


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443seats.JPG

Also found a couple goodies for the trunk.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443nos.JPG


Still tons to do......

Awsome privateer!

Looks Awsome! Keep it up!

Looks like you've got a great thing going. Great work, I think we're all looking forward to the little surprises in this one.

looks awesome, where did you get the nos bottles?, the door hinges are top notch keep us posted!

Ok, I finally got some more finished. The car is primer now after TONS of filling and sanding. The frame had more sinkholes in it than swamp-land in GA. http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/smilies/banghead.gif


First pic....I scratchbuilt a headliner from scrap plastic and trimmed it with halfround. It's kinda plain, but it looks good in the car. I will be adding a dome light.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443hedliner.JPG



Next 2 pics show the rack I made to hold the NOS tanks. I made it from sheet styrene. The NOS tanks came from a 1/18 scale diecast.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443nosrack1.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443nosrack2.JPG



The last 2 pics show the car's stance. You can also see the fuel injection and scoop set-up that I'll be using, it came from Competition Resins. You can also see the curve of the headliner in the last pic.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443primer1.JPG

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443primer2.JPG

Thanks for looking.

This is going to be awesome :bigthumb:

Looking absolutely kickin! I've heard that the 1/8 frame also has a lot of problems with sinkholes. Nothing a little bit of evercoat and sanding cant fix. I think I might need to get one of these.

Oh man, I'll be following this one!! The stance looks great.

Hi,

looks very good so far.

I had the same kit, the body was heavily wrapped and I sold it again.

When I see your project I wish I still had it ....


Micha

DISASTER STRIKES !!!!!:banghead::banghead::banghead:


I spent all day painting.......a base coat of white, a midcoat of Tangelo Pearl, Followed by several coats of Kandy Tangerine. When I was done,what did I find??? Black spots on the friggen roof !!!!!! The only explaination I can think of is dirt in the airbrush. Well it's true what they say, you can't sand kandy paint without wrecking it. I tried to sand them out,and re-shoot it and ended up with a splotchy roof. Oh well........



If you look you can see black spots in the paint.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/98443badpaint.JPG

Ugh! Always when you're making such progress. Sorry to hear about your paint problems, I hope you can correct them easily.

Bugger about the paint.
Colour looks great and should suit it well