Revell 56 Ford F-100 Demon II-Completed! 04/15

Wow! This is a cool project I just stumbled on! Keep up the good work!

Max

Looking awsome Joe! Makes me want to put aside the current builds and start a street rod. Think maybe I'll start one for the next PennCon inSeptember. Should have a couple  done for Mosquitocon in April. Looking forward to seeing your finished beauty. 

Jim   

Me too, just found this thread.

Looking good, Joe. Cool aluminum wheels. I want some, don't even have anything to put them on. 

Nice work Joe.  Looks beastly.  Following this one for sure. 

Thanks fellas. I appreciate the good word.

I've made some more progress this morning that I felt like was worth an update. I do like these Macro photos for the simple fact that I can see some errors that I'll have to correct but other than those tiny corrections I'm happy with the outcome so far. Still got the exhaust and some other details to add. I really like this aluminum distributor kit from True Details. It's even got the PE distributor cap metal fasteners included in it.

Beautiful motor looks good enough to start!

I'm' not quite sure you torqued the bolts correctly , yeah, it's that good!

Thanks Nick and mississipp!

Your engine is definitely taking on some aspects of stupendous. That distributor really is sweet. Makes for some excellent detail.

Hello Nick.  Engine looks real good.  What is the displacement?  

Thanks Joe and Mark.

Mark it's a 451 Ford FE engine.

Got some more progress done with the addition of the throttle linkage (still need to add the linkage from the foot pedal up to the motor) and the completion of the radiator and fans. You know that was a really crappy design with the radiator. The fans are MOLDED into the radiator which made the masking off a real PIA!! But I managed to finagle a decent mask for it and paint it all up.

Additionally I'm kind of bummed out about the wheels. I can't use them on this build because the brake calipers are too big for them and that stupid ring at the center of the front spindles would show through on them.   I'll be going with the Weld Draglites that I was originally going to use which is a good lookin' wheel and all but I was really looking forward to using the other ones. No worries................you'll see those again in the future on another build.

Todays progress:

Your 651 is entirely marvelous Joe. I am hugely impressed with how the painting of the molded on fan came out. You did a superb job there. Outstanding work my friend.

Thanks Joe.

Finished the engine this morning with the radiator hoses. Right now I'm test fitting just to make sure that the body'll lay down properly on the frame and that the wheels are going to clear everything in their installed positions. So far..........I'm good with this:

Here's the basic interior with all the parts cleaned up. Not a bad layout really but I'll be adding a few things here and there to spice it up a little bit.

Now that I'm building that silly car, You've got me checking daily on your project which looks to be a fun one! Good work going on there! 

Max

Hodakamax

Now that I'm building that silly car, You've got me checking daily on your project which looks to be a fun one! Good work going on there! 

Max

 

Okay Now !

     Nuff already ! am I gonna Build  .You are making me get excited .Dats not good fer an old man , Right , B.S. It ain't . Now I got the fire back .What the H&^% !! Guess I'll have to build the Foose Caddy !

 I tink I'll go with a Roush in da House too . 

Tanker - Builder

Okay Now !

     Nuff already ! am I gonna Build  .You are making me get excited .Dats not good fer an old man , Right , B.S. It ain't . Now I got the fire back .What the H&^% !! Guess I'll have to build the Foose Caddy !

 I tink I'll go with a Roush in da House too . 

 

That engine is amazing, Joe.

I appreciate that Greg. Hopefully this thing keeps going this smoothly. lol

Nice I would definitely use them!!! Seal them then a light wash oh boy

Oh ! 

  Das alright , You kin handle it ! I know you can . After that engine  , who couldn't  ?

Thanks for the votes of confidence fellas. Will be back on this one tomorrow morning 

Man! That is an impressive set of decals for the interior. Appears that will test your patience a bit. All in all though, that should make for a sharp looking interior. 

JOE RIX

Man! That is an impressive set of decals for the interior. Appears that will test your patience a bit. All in all though, that should make for a sharp looking interior. 

 

Got some more done on the interior. I'm going to flock the floor with black carpet and install a PE accelerator and brake pedal yet and maybe throw a couple of items in the front seat. The dash panel I just test fitted into place and still have to do a lot of detail painting and apply a good gloss coat over the dash pad. I did away with the Foose decal on the medallion in the center of the seat and chromed it. I put an "embroidered" demon decal just under the medallion for a little interior snazz. These seat and interior decals were a little tricky to me and it seems like I may have needed a little stronger setting solution for them besides Microsol. I'm thinking something like Solvaset would have done a better job of settling them into the crevices but they didn't turn out too awful bad with around 8-10 coats of Microsol.

All in all the interior packs into a neat little "tub" and fits very snuggly into the cab..................which I'll cover in a little more detail below.



I was reading in the latest issue of Scale Auto that I received in the mail a few days ago and saw an article pertaining to this kit and it stated that the cab was some difficulty encountered when installing the cab over the interior during assembly. This was due to instructions calling out that the interior tub was to be installed on the chassis first.......? A bit unorthodox I thought ..............and so did the writer/ builder of the article/ model.



I always buy two kits when I modify any given build. Having that second kit has saved my bacon several times in the past and.................it's done it once again. Being the overzealous and sometimes impatient modeler that I sometimes am , I  seem to skip the VERY basics.............the test fitting process. But then again I didn't have the Scale Auto article ahead of time. One of the trouble areas are the ledges at the bottom of both interior side panels on the lower outside edges of the interior bucket shown here as a big "step" along the bottom edges of the side walls.



You can see the potential for a troubling fit here in the photo below. Imagine trying to cram the interior tub into a nicely painted cab.



What I did was sand these steps down in combination with sanding the bottom inside edge of the doors on both sides to reduce the interference fit so I wouldn't have to fight it while installing the interior into place. So I'll be installing the cab into the interior first before installing the cab onto the chassis. I still have to test fit the windshield to ensure proper fit at the front of the tub to windshield area in the cab so I'll be working on that today/ tomorrow. N E wayz .................here's the results after an easy/ trouble free install.



This kit has a few controversial pitfalls but so far I've been able to overcome all of them. We'll see what the rest of the build has in store.

beautiful interior and yes some of the Revell kits tell you to install the interior on the chassis. its a good way to pop out the windshield.  but roll the dice and there is always plan B.

Thanks Nick!!

Just for kicks I added a Hot Rod Magazine and tossed a set of PE keys attached to a scratchbuilt key ring in the seat. I also added a set of PE foot pedals and gave 'em a quick wash to spice things up in the interior a bit.

Something about the "carpet" and the way I did it just did NOT agree with me. I textured the flooring by spraying some Rustoleum Textured paint from a spray can and then coated the textured paint with a coat of flat black. The more I looked at it the more I caught myself thinking that if I had flocked the flooring in black it would've had a slight semi gloss and some depth to it. The way I had it painted there was neither quality there. Just ..................................flat bland black was it. So I thought a minute......   and decided to apply some Tamiya Clear in a light coating. The results turned out better to me.



To recap. Before:



and after. Just a tad bit more depth and more correct finish IMO:



I've also got the dash finished. I really don't consider this to be one of the better dashes I've done for two reasons. 1.) I think I could've done better and 2.) when I was done with this dash I had and still have the feeling of .......................that's it????!!!!  

Any ways here's the dash: