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Post by scurvy on Dec 10, 2006 14:43:38 GMT -6
 This is the Aurora '32 Ford Sedan - a later, eighties rendition of the Peppermint Fuzz. I didn't have a set of nice rubber handy in 1/32, so I slapped a set of 1/25 Pegasus big & little Helas under the fenders.   Actually, I'm not planning on running fenders at all - I think this'll make a bitchen fenderless sedan out of this one.  In this shot you can see that this car was based on the earlier version of what would later be known as the Lil' Coffin. |
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Post by RatRod on Dec 10, 2006 18:32:55 GMT -6
Go Scurvy!!! Your a MadMan!!!
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Post by ShowRodFreak Don V. on Dec 10, 2006 18:58:08 GMT -6
thats looking Sweet
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Post by johnverkerk on Dec 10, 2006 20:40:43 GMT -6
I see alot of potential there Dave, nice wheels to go with that as well.
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Post by A.J. on Dec 10, 2006 21:58:52 GMT -6
That was the first kit I got years ago when I started gathering the Aurora kits. I love it in all it's forms but I didn't really care for the wheels/tires that came on those late 70s versions. They were about twice as wide as they needed to be.
Harley sent me a Model T dragster which was the Spyder in it's earliest form. I had all the pieces from the Spyder which made it what it was and I'm working on it currently. They stretched the frame on the later issue which I've cut and put back in place. Everything else is built from the box and the few parts from the Spyder. Those Aurora kits are just cool.
A.J.
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Post by scurvy on Dec 10, 2006 22:34:49 GMT -6
That body was a bear to align without gluing it to the fender unit. I'm still toying with the idea of building it fenderless.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2006 19:31:24 GMT -6
Lookin sweet scurvy... Hope yer happy now, lol! been wanting to butcher my 1:25 Vicky for over a year, Just found myself cuttin'er up....
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Post by Honest Charlie on Dec 13, 2006 20:02:34 GMT -6
Looks good so far Dave, those wheels & tires fit perfectly.
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Post by Tim Nolan on Dec 14, 2006 12:45:56 GMT -6
Black suede, or painting this one a color? I like that body. I built a ton of those lil' kits as a kid, and they aren't so bad. Back then, they were really affordable too! Didn't some of these kits come motorized? Or was that the larger scale ones? I did a bunch of those too but they were quickly destoyed...
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Post by scurvy on Dec 23, 2006 21:37:11 GMT -6
Black suede, or painting this one a color? I like that body. I built a ton of those lil' kits as a kid, and they aren't so bad. Back then, they were really affordable too! Didn't some of these kits come motorized? Or was that the larger scale ones? I did a bunch of those too but they were quickly destoyed... This will be a color... something sixties-esque. Maybe lime gold or some kind of metalflake turquoise? Different rolling stock and the engine from the latest issue of the AMT ALa Kart, which is perfect, being under-scale and all:    |
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Post by Bernie on Dec 24, 2006 13:58:34 GMT -6
That is my fav Aurora 1/32. I really dig those whites with the five spokes, I can't wait to see it done!  Bernie |
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Post by davea on Dec 24, 2006 16:47:55 GMT -6
That is gonna be cool!!!
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Post by A.J. on Dec 26, 2006 12:20:11 GMT -6
Man I like those wheels you have under it now Dave! That looks awesome!
A.J.
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Post by gwangiboy on Dec 26, 2006 18:32:58 GMT -6
I agree on the new wheels ... they look great! I had a few of those old Aurora 1/32nd rods when I was a kid, and they were pretty cool cars to build, not much of a problem at all if I remember right. Excellent box art too.
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