Terry Jessee Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I was having fun taking pictures tonight and dug out some more Model T stuff. People don't usually associate me with this kind of stuff, but I had a lot of fun building all of these (with one exception). I've shown the stock 1925 pickup and the yellow T-bucket before, but thought I'd include them again here. The red T coupe was built for Hot Rod Model Kits. The blue one is a clone of a model I built back in 5th grade (about 1962). I had fun building it like I wish I could have then. I didn't do any wires or anything--just out of the box. But it's cool to have it just this way because this is how I built the first one back then. The red '23 roadster is the "Street Rods" series kit. After AMT brought out the Double T (again, about the time I was in fourth or fifth grade), I liked drawing hot rods and drew this (I thought) very cool full-fendered hot rod based on the Double T kit. I always wanted a model of it, but didn't have the skills to do what I wanted then. That '23 is a garage sale refugee (you'll see) that I rebuilt, and I built it to look like the drawing I remember The '27 Touring was built for a story I did for SAE in 2000. It was about T kits, and used the same title as this post. I tried to do it like the '68 edition box art of that kit (the first non XR-6 release). The metallic brown T bucket is Lindberg's "Tee Wagon" from about 1970. That was for HRMK, but got cut because of space limitations. The Wild Willie T is not mine. Wish it was--it's pretty nice. I bought it built from a guy when I was working on HRMK with the idea of using it for the book, but then Bill Coulter sent me some slides of a gorgeous model that Barry Payne did, so I used Barry's car instead. I think that wound up in the SAE story, too. I've kept this model because it was cool, and I liked it. And of course, there's Norm Grabowski's "Kookie T." That's the Danbury Mint model. It's just gorgeous. I got it because I like movie and TV models, too, and that was "Kookie's Car" in 77 Sunset Strip (remember that one???). So here's a little T time. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chebbysteve Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 great cars, Terry. im a big T fan, and I really like yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Terry a great collection of some sharp builds. You do some really good work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Extremely NICE collection of T's you have Terry, they look great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Awesome collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nice stuff, "T"J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nice T collection you have there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 All look great. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Great collection, love 'em all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Cullinan Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Glad I don't have to pick a favorite. They all look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Great T's Terry! Thanks for Sharing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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