Darryl Peters' Big John Mazmanian's Willys

Found below is a detailed description that Darryl has supplied, on what he did to his Willys Gasser.
Kit: Revell Kit #85-2350, 1/25^th scale.

Paint:
The body was primed with Dynatron Gray Primer out of a spray can. Four coats of primer were applied and sanded with 2000-grit wet and dry sandpaper between coats. The body was painted with four coats of House of Kolors Clear Gloss. All topcoats were cut with Mar-Hyde Acrylic Lacquer thinner and airbrushed with an Aztec airbrush at 25 psi. Four clear coats were applied and each coat was wet sanded with a 6000- grit polishing cloth. The final clear coat was polished with 6000 to 12000- grit polishing clothes and rubbed out with Meguire’s Scratch X and waxed with Turtle Wax Clear Coat. The decals are a combination of kit decals and those from the Model King. The black window seals were hand painted with Polly S Acrylic Night Black enamel. The passenger side window was painted with Testors Candy Red enamel.

Interior:
The interior tub, seat and roll bar were painted with Dynaton Gray Lacquer Primer and clear coated with Testors semigloss clear. The floor was painted with Poly S Acrylic Flat Gray and flocked with Detail Master gray flocking. The steering wheel was painted with Alclad II Chrome and Testors Black Chrome Trim (semigloss black). The roll bar padding was painted with Testors Black Chrome Trim. Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland resin interior door and window handles were painted with Alclad II Chrome and installed in the door panels. A Detail Master old style Sun tachometer was mounted on the steering column and wired. The dash gauge panel openings were blocked off with styrene plastic disks, painted with Testors Aluminum Metalizer, and Model Car Garage gauges were added. Ribbon was used for the seat belt with hardware from Merikts photoetched set. The interior tub underside and rear wheel tubs were painted the same color as the body. A parachute pull ring was made from fine wire and routed into the interior aside of the driver’s seat.

Body:
The only bodywork performed consisted of removing the hood clips and filling the front fenders. The front hood clips are from a Model Car Garage 1932 Ford photoetch detail set. The rear hood pins are from a Modeler's photoetch set. The chrome side trim is 1/64^th inch wide chrome mylar tape.

Frame:
The frame was painted with Dynatron Gray Primer and clear coated with House of Kolors Clear Gloss. The kit's front axle, tie rod, the Scale Auto Details cast resin front wheel backs, and the ladder bars were painted with Alclad II Chrome. The kit's rear bumper chrome was stripped off with Liquid Plumber and painted with Alclad II Chrome. Scale Auto Details resin steering box, resin oil with Fram decals, and resin brake master cylinder were added. An MAS Moon fuel tank replaced the kit item. The kit's rear wheels and tires were used. The rear wheel backs were painted with Alclad II Chrome. The Crager front rims came from the parts box and used kits tires. Valve stems made from fine black wire were added to all four wheels. The steering gear (column and pitman arm) was scratch built from plastic card and rod. The steering column was lined to each brake disk caliper. A fuel line was run from the Moon tank to a scratch built electric fuel pump and then to the engine. A 000-120 nut and bolt top was added for each front shock. The drive shaft safety loop was scratch built from Evergreen plastic strip and aluminum tube and painted like the frame. The parachute line guides and anchor were scratch built from Evergreen plastic strip and tube and painted with Testors Steel Metalizer.

Engine:
The engine was airbrushed the same color as the body with House of Kolor lacquer. Testors Metalizer copper was used for freeze plugs on the block. The valve covers, headers, blower and oil pan were stripped with Liquid Plumber and painted with Alclad II Chrome. The transmission and bell housing were pained with Testors Metalizer steel. Turned aluminum engine and blower pulleys were added. The idler pulley bracket was scratch built from Evergreen styrene strip and rod. Bolt heads were made from Plastruct hexagonal rod and painted with Testors Steel Metalizer. A Scale Auto Details resin water pump pulley was added and painted with Testors Aluminum Metalizer. Chartpak 1/64^th inch black tape was used for a water pump belt. The blower belt is from MAS and Scale Auto Details part number decals were applied. Stainless steel tubing was used for the transmission and engine dipstick tubes. For the ignition, a Scale Repo Plus Distributor and Scale Auto Details resin coil were used, with spark plug wires made from fine wire with insulation boots installed in the correct firing order. The photoetch spark plug wire looms were from S & S Specialties. Old Style photoetch hose clamps were from Model Car Garage. The throttle linkage was made from fine wire. The throttle return spring was made from fine wire wound around a #70 drill bit. Model Car Garage and S & S Specialties throttle linkage arms were used on the injectors.