Saturday mid-afternoon, I decided to take a trip down to Hobby Emporium, my local hobby shop. I looked around and spotted the re-issued Revell '30 Model A sitting on the shelf. I just had to get it and with four kits on the shelf, this kit came home with me. The box art really grabbed me and the light blue '30 Model A was the car I had to build! Once I got home, I opened the kit and was amazed at the beautiful molding of the kit and I had to rummage through the paint can drawers for a can of light blue. Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue is a close match to this box art and the last time I used this paint was on the Revell Ford Bronco a few years ago. I was told that the entire run of Revell '30 Model A kits at Hobby Emporium was sold out by 5:00 PM which makes this a popular kit!
I used that blue for my '72 Bronco. I should have enough for the Model A.
The '30 Model A has been washed and is drying. The engine is partially assembled and awaiting primer and paint. I added the decals to the tires and with a little setting solution, they came out perfectly!
The two options are a Highboy and a lowboy chassis setup.
Portawall? I had to look that one up and they are fake whitewalls for a blackwall tire. The kit tires give you the option of blackwall tires or adding the whitewall decals for a whitewall tire.
I painted the body, wheels, side panels and frame for the '30 Model A. Looks great!
Porta-Walls? I didn’t think anyone remembered those. They were quite common wherever J.C.Whitney and Warshawsky catalogues were found. The idea was to jack up your car, Lower the tire pressure and insert between the wheel and tire.Then re-inflate the tires to recommended pressure and they were locked in place. Didn’t fit bad till the owner hit a curb.Then they would wrinkle up.
Thats funny, I was thinking anything but another sbc if I got this kit, can’t say your choice came to mind though ! I do like something different, that will be different for sure. You’re gonna need to do something with the firewall to get the extra length in I imagine.
Thanks Lee, Jim, fotofrank, and oldermodelguy! One of the reasons I bought this model was the possibilty of the Buick Nailhead engine being in the kit and there it was! It is great that this kit has a different engine in it since many rodders build their rods with a small block Chevy. Interesting though is that the tires decals don’t go to the inner edge of the tire, near the wheel like they should.
I got the tires assembled, but the whitewalls don’t go all the way to the inner edge of the tire by the wheel. I may have to paint this with some flat white or use my white Gelly Roll pen as I had used on the front tires. I fired up the paintbooth and I painted the engine and the dash panel with Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue.
I have finished assembloing the wheels and tires, but I am undecided about what to do with the gap between the whitewall and the wheel. The interior sides are in, but they could use a little detailing. I also painted the interior roof white. Then I wired the engine and once the body and interior has been added, I’ll add the ignition coil.
