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Scott Colmer

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The UFO40. A 15 year saga

This is the story of an evolving model.

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This is the first incarnation. The project started as an old AMT 40 ford coupe. It looked OK from this angle.

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This is the first incarnation. The p…: Order print

Looks OK from this angle too.

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Looks OK from this angle too.: Order print

This just looks strange. It was years before I could figure out how to fix this.

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This just looks strange. It was year…: Order print

This is the scratch built chassis. I wanted unboxed rails. I could not find any.

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This is the scratch built chassis. I…: Order print

Here is the chassis about 10 years ago. You can see the drilled front axle from the Mother's Pie sedan delivery. The front leafspring is made from brass.

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Here is the chassis about 10 years a…: Order print

Here is the original vision. Paint was to be gloss black with purple scallops done from an ancient bottle of roth paint.

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Here is the original vision. Paint w…: Order print

After sitting for nearly a decade I got the front angle figured out and got back to work on the chassis. Here are the rear axle mounts and the rear axle

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After sitting for nearly a decade I …: Order print

The brake drums came from the parts box. The backs are from the Starbird issue of the Mongram 32' roadster.

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The brake drums came from the parts …: Order print

This is how it showed about 13 years into the project. The solution on the strange front angle was to narrow the roof. Here is the long version of the build. At this point some of it is still projection.

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This is how it showed about 13 years…: Order print

The rivet straps were custom made. Masking tape was placed on a resin copy then the patterns were trimmed out. trimmed out

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The rivet straps were custom made. M…: Order print

Thought I would take some current pics to get myself ready to go at this one again.

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Thought I would take some current pi…: Order print

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6-23-09 pics4: Order print

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