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Post by TooOld on Jun 25, 2018 17:48:46 GMT -5
Officially on my bench as of yesterday ! Not much parts hunting for this one as almost everything comes from a Little T . I have some fenders from a Red Chariot that will be modified and I'm pretty sure I have another set of rear wheels , also the rear seat will be from a Boomer Bucket . The big modification will be stretching the body , interior , and the top . There probably won't be as much to show in this WIP but thanks for stopping to take a look !  |
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Post by jffj on Jun 25, 2018 17:59:51 GMT -5
Huh.... I figured you would use a tub, already in a kit Bob, but maybe there isn't one that's correct?
Coolness.... can't wait to watch the plastic surgery 😊
John
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jun 25, 2018 18:07:39 GMT -5
This looks to be the most challenging of all! Build on...
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Post by TooOld on Jun 26, 2018 7:59:36 GMT -5
Huh.... I figured you would use a tub, already in a kit Bob, but maybe there isn't one that's correct? Coolness.... can't wait to watch the plastic surgery 😊 John A year ago I had the same idea so I grabbed a T Touring kit from my stash and checked out the body but it looked different so I did some more research .   I don't know much about T's but I always thought a Model T was a Model T was a Model T , not so . Through 1925 they are the same but in '26 the Model T got a new body ! Learn something new every day .  It's obvious that The Big Tub is an early body style so 'Plastic surgery" is required .   |
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Post by jffj on Jun 26, 2018 9:08:15 GMT -5
More cool info. Thanks Bob. Quite a difference there, between the '25 and '26.
Never "too old" to learn something new, eh? 😄
John
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Post by TooOld on Jun 26, 2018 13:10:37 GMT -5
This looks to be the most challenging of all! Build on... I thought the headers and top for the Little Rod were the most challenging . But the more time I have to think about this one the more I believe you're right ! |
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Jun 26, 2018 15:19:30 GMT -5
This looks to be the most challenging of all! Build on... I thought the headers and top for the Little Rod were the most challenging . But the more time I have to think about this one the more I believe you're right ! Well if anyone can superbly pull this off you can! Any thoughts as what paint you'll use to simulate the kit reddish orange color? |
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Post by TooOld on Jun 26, 2018 16:26:12 GMT -5
Any thoughts as what paint you'll use to simulate the kit reddish orange color? Hey Ron , I've never actually seen any of these kits in person so help me out here . From all the photos I've found this one is obviously molded in an orange colored plastic .  But isn't this one molded in the same red plastic as the Big T ? And is it the same as the Little T ?  |
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Post by jbwelda on Jun 26, 2018 16:47:23 GMT -5
They were all orange, and that one on the second piece of box art is orange but the camera is tricking you and making it appear red. The one in the first piece of box art you posted is actually the color of the body you show next to it, not the color of the car on the box. I have never seen a big tub in anything but orange, not that that really means much, but it was never reissued much (just no demand I suppose) or even ever until a few years ago when Revell surprised everyone by digging it up from the graveyard and reissuing it with extra stuff (I think, I have the reissue but never built it, only built an original glue bomb back a decade or so ago, and do not recall exactly the contents of the reissue)
remember, the real "Big" series cars came with ignition wiring and fuel lines, to be complete you really should include them in your miniatures. I believe the ignition wires were yellow or red (maybe black?), and the fuel line was clear.
Should be a good addition to the collection
jb
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Post by TooOld on Jun 26, 2018 17:50:01 GMT -5
They were all orange, and that one on the second piece of box art is orange but the camera is tricking you and making it appear red. The one in the first piece of box art you posted is actually the color of the body you show next to it, not the color of the car on the box. I have never seen a big tub in anything but orange, not that that really means much, but it was never reissued much (just no demand I suppose) or even ever until a few years ago when Revell surprised everyone by digging it up from the graveyard and reissuing it with extra stuff (I think, I have the reissue but never built it, only built an original glue bomb back a decade or so ago, and do not recall exactly the contents of the reissue) remember, the real "Big" series cars came with ignition wiring and fuel lines, to be complete you really should include them in your miniatures. I believe the ignition wires were yellow or red (maybe black?), and the fuel line was clear. Should be a good addition to the collection jb Thanks for the help JB ! I just got off the phone with an acquaintance who has several of these and he confirms that they all were molded in an orange plastic with just a hint of burnt orange , he's emailing me some pics so I can match the color . Boy , I'm really going to school with these builds ! As for the wiring and fuel lines , I'd love to do some detailing on these but I doubt Monogram would have included them in a 1/24th scale kit . |
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Post by TooOld on Jun 26, 2018 18:23:45 GMT -5
Hugger Orange ?  |
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Jun 27, 2018 7:54:39 GMT -5
Hugger Orange ? I'm thinking good old Testor's Competition Orange , adding drops of Testor's 1203 Gloss red until it looks right? |
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Post by TooOld on Jun 27, 2018 10:55:03 GMT -5
I'm thinking good old Testor's Competition Orange , adding drops of Testor's 1203 Gloss red until it looks right? I think you're right and this is the best way , but there's a problem . I don't have a sample in my hand to match it to , and I'm using rattle cans . I had these two paints on my shelf and the colors are very close to each other , the Hugger Orange is nearly an exact match to my "Son Of Ford build . Definitely will be using one of these just haven't decide which one .  |
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Post by TooOld on Jun 28, 2018 17:12:33 GMT -5
I'm sure you're all getting bored with this paint thing but here's where I'm at . I've been looking for other options but nothing has panned out , so I spoke again to my friend with the Big Tub . Turns out he also has a Son Of Ford and he says they are the same color plastic , so I'm back to matching a paint color to mine . Here's the two paints compared to the Son Of Ford . What do you think ?   |
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jun 28, 2018 20:22:04 GMT -5
The darker one, the first one in the last pair of pictures, presumably the Model Masters Hugger Orange, has consistently been been the one for me. I think it will ne plenty close. If you want you might try a red oxide primer undercoat to reinforce the red a bit, but I think once the model is in assembly things should "home in" to look like the Big Tub color. I think it's significant that Revell in their reissue art went for an obvious orange shade. While I think it's "wrong" compared to the bare plastic it is some indication that in house they thought of it as a reddish orange rather than an orange-ish red. Crawling around the internet it appears that the re-issue is definitely orange while the earlier issue(s?) was(were?) a reddish orange. While computer screen colors can be deceiving as can color distortions in the original photograph the most consistent rendering seems to be leaning towards an orange-ish hue. Like these (on my monitor, anyway...):    |
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