tim boyd Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Dennis...I just love it when a modeling plan comes together. I'm smiling so much right now my face is hurting (well not really, but you know what I mean). Those mockup pix look great and I think the paint scheme came out looking really good. Onward! Can't wait to see it when it is finally done. BTW, are you going with a plated, purple, or black grille shell/radiator? Best....TIM Edited February 20, 2021 by tim boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 14 minutes ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: That does look good! I'm sure the masking tape is plenty crispy by now.... -RRR Rodney ...oh yeah on that crispy tape....the whole thing would probably fall apart if I just breathed on it (smile)....no gripping ability left whatsoever. Hope I can remove the adhesive when I take it back apart! TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, Dennis Lacy said: @tim boyd That's so bitchin! You gotta finish it!! Thx Dennis....and yes, I am considering doing so....TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, tim boyd said: Dennis...I just love it when a modeling plan comes together. I'm smiling so much right now my face is hurting (well not really, but you know what I mean). Those mockup pix look great and I think the paint scheme came out looking really good. Onward! Can't wait to see it when it is finally done. BTW, are you going with a plated, purple, or black grille shell/radiator? Best....TIM Thanks, Tim! I was smiling just as much last night once I saw it propped up. The radiator shell is purple, black headlights and taillight. I can't wait to show you guys the interior once I finished the detail painting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 @Dennis Lacy this has me gobsmacked😧 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 One thing you have a really good handle on is colour vison! You could obviously "see" the colours right back when you painted the engine block pink. The whole car is right on target - like you, can't wait to see it finished! Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, tim boyd said: OK guys....I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but back in the day (1979 to 1983, to be precise) I was building a replica of Jim Jacob's "Pete and Jakes" Closed Cab Pickup. I covered the basic steps, including modifying the roof with a visor, adding the smaller rear window, revising the hood and side panels, and painting in my Street Rodder magazine "Modeler's Corner" column in the June, 1983 issue. Now moving to the present, during my recent hiatus from writing model car magazine stories, I've been digging out some old, partially completed projects and assessing what would be required to finish them (one dates all the way back to - yep - 1969). One of those is that same Jim Jacobs pickup project. Over the years, the real truck has remained remarkably true to its 1978 configuration, as documented in a color story in Street Rodder late that year and in many magazine and event appearances over the ensuing four decades, indeed it was photographed just earlier this year and showed up in the GoodGuys Gazette looking as good as ever. Here are the photos I took today of the project, completed with its 1982 (just after painting) masking tape still in place. I'm not committing to finishing it this year, but with inspiration from all the terrific new building activity being shown by the contributors to this thread started by Dennis, one never knows.... Anyway, enjoy the pix...TIM 6 hours ago, Dennis Lacy said: @tim boyd That's so bitchin! You gotta finish it!! 6 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: That does look good! I'm sure the masking tape is plenty crispy by now.... -RRR @tim boyd @Rocking Rodney Rat @Dennis Lacy OK! When you dropped the note earlier, I said to myself, self Tim Boyd is going to pull his Jim Jacob's "Pete and Jakes" Closed Cab Pickup model out of mothballs and surprise us! This has turned out to kind of a special quest for some of us. @Rocking Rodney Rat and @Dennis Lacy have been trying to get me back to the bench, for a while now. This project was what it took to get me to build something in less than three years. When I found out that one of my mentors was interested in a build that @Dennis Lacy had started to a build from the '80s as a tribute, I had to at least peak in and see what was going on! Then when I found out that @Rocking Rodney Rat was starting to pull parts together, I knew something was up. I figured I had to come up with an idea, one that was current and that would catch the eye of all builders, both young & old, alike! Getting you and the rest of the MCM Forum community involved a Tribute build and urging you to bring out such an iconic model, well... that is so awesome a awe inspiring to me and so many others, @tim boyd! Thank you! -KK Jim Jacobs '29A Closed Cab Pickup Edited February 21, 2021 by Kit Karson Add a picture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Bullybeef said: @Dennis Lacy this has me gobsmacked😧 And this... only a Southern Cali Hot Rodder could come up with a Surfer inspired '80s '29A Closed Cab PU, like yours! From the color to the added features, this screams ADL! -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 @Bullybeef Thank you for your interest! It's a thread worth following! -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I finished my build and (gently) threw it on the shelf..... -RRR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: I finished my build and (gently) threw it on the shelf..... -RRR SO KLEAN, MAN! Just have to share a couple of interior pic's, @Rocking Rodney Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Guys....you gotta check out the picture cadence (per link above) of Rodney's completed build. Way, way, way cool! TIM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 @Dennis Lacy I opened this thread this morning and saw this: 10,247 views! Thanks to @tim boyd & @Rocking Rodney Rat!! Good work, guys... -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Kit Karson said: @Dennis Lacy I opened this thread this morning and saw this: 10,247 views! Thanks to @tim boyd & @Rocking Rodney Rat!! Good work, guys... -KK That’s huge! We may only be getting a handful of active commenters but that proves we’ve got a lot of watchers! Who knows. By the time you and I finish our trucks maybe it’ll hit 15k or 20k! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Dennis Lacy said: That’s huge! We may only be getting a handful of active commenters but that proves we’ve got a lot of watchers! Who knows. By the time you and I finish our trucks maybe it’ll hit 15k or 20k! 19 hours ago, tim boyd said: Guys....you gotta check out the picture cadence (per link above) of Rodney's completed build. Way, way, way cool! TIM On 2/21/2021 at 3:09 PM, Rocking Rodney Rat said: I finished my build and (gently) threw it on the shelf..... -RRR Just an idea of where modeling has come, over the years. Imagine how many have learned something from history to current day modeling! Totally enjoying the ride on the time machine journey we've been on from the start of this thread! We've come a long way, guys! Honored to part of something so inspirational!! I want to see more from everyone following and/or lured in to the progress on all of the builds, so far... -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 1:50 PM, tim boyd said: OK guys....I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but back in the day (1979 to 1983, to be precise) I was building a replica of Jim Jacob's "Pete and Jakes" Closed Cab Pickup. I covered the basic steps, including modifying the roof with a visor, adding the smaller rear window, revising the hood and side panels, and painting in my Street Rodder magazine "Modeler's Corner" column in the June, 1983 issue. Now moving to the present, during my recent hiatus from writing model car magazine stories, I've been digging out some old, partially completed projects and assessing what would be required to finish them (one dates all the way back to - yep - 1969). One of those is that same Jim Jacobs pickup project. Over the years, the real truck has remained remarkably true to its 1978 configuration, as documented in a color story in Street Rodder late that year and in many magazine and event appearances over the ensuing four decades, indeed it was photographed just earlier this year and showed up in the GoodGuys Gazette looking as good as ever. Here are the photos I took today of the project, completed with its 1982 (just after painting) masking tape still in place. I'm not committing to finishing it this year, but with inspiration from all the terrific new building activity being shown by the contributors to this thread started by Dennis, one never knows.... Anyway, enjoy the pix...TIM @tim boyd Noticed a modification that you made while building the replica of Jim Jacob's "Pete and Jakes" Closed Cab Pickup, I made the same modification to the '29 PU V-12 Midnight Auto Salvage... Closing in the rear big lite on the early release of the PU. The later issue came with the small back lite... -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Spent some time checking out the difference between the older '29A Roadster that Revell first released and the latest offering. The Crossmembers are different for each of the '29A Roadster kits: Older 140 (right) & the newer 141 Crossmember (left) And, the adaptor was added to cover the distance from the post on the older crossmember and the pad on the C4 Transmission. 140 Crossmember... 140 Crossmember & Transmission 140 Crossmember & Adapter 140 Crossmember Adapter & Transmission 141 Crossmember 141 Crossmember & Transmission Donor Parts List Revell '29 Ford Roadster Kit 4463 Model A Roadster 2'n1 Parts #: 141 Crossmember Revell '29 Ford Roadster Kit 4322 Model A Roadster 2'n1 Parts #: 77 Fame/Chassis 140 Crossmember Revell '32 Ford Sedan Kit 85-2062 Street Rod Parts #: 407-408 Engine Halves (2) C4 Transmission Revell Dan Fink's '32 Ford Speedwagon Kit 85-7606 Parts #: 52-53 Engine Block Halves 65 Cylinder Head (2) Revell '27 Touring Kit 7144 Street Rod Parts #: 12 Bellhousing Note to self: Decision on using 140 Crossmember or 141 Crossmember TBD Any thoughts? -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 @Kit Karson I was reviewing the parts list for the ‘29 roadster the other day and the current offering includes both trans supports, one is for the highboy snd the other is for the channelled rod. There are quite a number of duplicated parts to build one or the other. cheers Bil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) If this is open to anyone then I would like to join in. I have a few things to clear off my table first. Edited February 23, 2021 by carnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, carnut said: If this is open to anyone then I would like to join in. I have a few things to clear off my table first. Absolutely, jump on in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 @Kit Karson The cross members in the first roadster issue have a different length tab because of the Nailhead engine. The cross members in the 30 Coupe and new roadster issue are the same because they both have the Chevy engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 10 hours ago, carnut said: If this is open to anyone then I would like to join in. I have a few things to clear off my table first. We'd LOVE to see more folks joining in this build thread. The more the merrier!!! -RRR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: We'd LOVE to see more folks joining in this build thread. The more the merrier!!! -RRR I’ll be joining in! Once I unpack, moving day is Saturday 🤘🏻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullysCustomModelParts Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 12 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: We'd LOVE to see more folks joining in this build thread. The more the merrier!!! -RRR I'll give it a go if I can find a kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 12 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: We'd LOVE to see more folks joining in this build thread. The more the merrier!!! -RRR What Rodney said! TIM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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