1932 Ford Rat Rod

[mustangemd19]

I always love looking at these things at car shows so I decided to make one of my own. It's a Revell 32' ford 3 window coupe, looks like a pretty easy kit. So far I have created a custom sun visor, replaced the stock motor with a 440 Charger motor left over from a 2 in 1 kit, chopped the top and made weld lines.
It was my first time doing a chop and weld lines, I tried to make the welds look a little "rough". I am happy with the results.











Stock engine block vs. the replacement.



A mock up of what it will look like finished







And with a coat of primer









Thanks for looking, comments welcome

[rsxse240]

welds look like a kid in high school welding class did this as a favor. haha, I guess that's what you are going for though.

I love the visor! can't wait to see more.

[mustangemd19]

Got the body painted and weathered today. Gave it a surfacer, put a base coat of flat black, added the rust weathering, and painted the welds silver. I tried adding a pin striping decal I had from another kit but It was too glossy and just didn't look right.

[Drift F.C]

The body looks great, can't wait to see it finished!

[Taters190]

That's a sexy car

[Brokentail58]

Great looking 3 window. I am working on the same kit . I also chopped mine. Opened the doors too. I am using the stock engine block but with a custom intake I made.

[andybmw7272]

When i saw the first pic of the weathering, i said "oh hell..." but then I saw the rest and said, "man that looks awesome!"

I love this style. Keep it up!
Andy

[mustangemd19]

Originally Posted by andybmw7272

When i saw the first pic of the weathering, i said "oh hell..." but then I saw the rest and said, "man that looks awesome!"

I love this style. Keep it up!
Andy

I can see why you thought that. lol
The first picture was just with a surfacer to give it a rough texture.

Thanks all for the comments.

[mopar man]

WOW looks great love the what ya did adding silver to the weld looks very convising

[speedphreak]

Awesome!! I wanna make one now! lol

[mustangemd19]

Sry I havn't updated in a while. I've been busy with school and havn't really had time to upload pics and post them. I have gotten quite a bit done though. Finished the motor, interior, and a few other things. This project is taking alot longer than I thought it would. I've had to pretty much modify every part, if you can't tell by all the plastic shavings, lol.
Its almost done.

Thanks for looking
Coments welcom


























and what it looks like so far...

[andrew landon]

Dude... I love the F*CK out of that intake... that just looks so cartoonishly awesome, it's like an Ed Roth drawing.

[mustangemd19]

Originally Posted by andrew landon

Dude... I love the F*CK out of that intake... that just looks so cartoonishly awesome, it's like an Ed Roth drawing.

Glad you like it.

I had a regular filter intake to put on it but decided it wasn't crazy enough after putting on the exhaust tips.

[AmazonSprite]

The rusty bare metal bodywork looks incredibly realistic - what was done after the black coat of paint?

Can't wait to see more on this project!!!

[mustangemd19]

Originally Posted by AmazonSprite

The rusty bare metal bodywork looks incredibly realistic - what was done after the black coat of paint?

Can't wait to see more on this project!!!

Thanks, I used a weathering powder I got from my hobby store. It was recommended to me by one of the workers there and it works great. Really easy to use. Just use a paint brush and rub the powder onto the flat black where you want it.
here's a website to where you can get it: http://bragdonent.com/weather.htm