'27 T Phaeton...

[Mothersworry]

Back in 2009/2010 I volunteered at the Henry Ford Greenfield Village Antique Vehicles Garage in Dearborn Michigan.  I worked on many antique cars, from routine maintenance to ground up restorations. One of the total restorations I did wuz a '27 T Phaeton, we had some difficulty deciding on a color(s) to paint the car so I built this model to illustrate my color choice for the car. After looking at my model it wuz agreed to paint the car to match the model.

I don't recall the name of the maroon but I do remember that the color fer the wheels wuz called Wheat.

AMT kit built outta the box.

[cobraman]

Your model looks great !

[Kenmojr]

Looks fantastic!

[RSchnell]

Looks like the original Windsor Maroon that you could get on '27 T's. You did a great job on that old kit! It's nice to see more stock builds on here.

[bbowser]

Really nice job, great color!  Did many T's come with chrome radiator shells, was that a factory option?

[OldNYJim]

Beautiful work on that paint!  Great looking build!

[ea0863]

What a great model, great color choices, and fantastic story to go along with it!

[Slotto]

Super clean beautiful build! Outstanding finish on that great color

[Zippi]

WOWSER....that's a Looker.  Fantastic build.

[Mothersworry]

4 hours ago, bbowser said:

Really nice job, great color!  Did many T's come with chrome radiator shells, was that a factory option?

As I recall the Nickel Grille shells on the "open" cars were optional.

[peteski]

That's right, back in the day they used nickel, not chrome.  It was less shiny, and the silver color had a "warmer" look.

Very nice model!

[RSchnell]

5 hours ago, bbowser said:

Really nice job, great color!  Did many T's come with chrome radiator shells, was that a factory option?

Nickel was an option starting in June 1925 and later on all 1926-1927 Model T's. As an aside, nickel plated shells were made of brass then plated, while the painted rad shells were regular steel. A plated shell and colored wheels did a lot to dress up the old T.

[stavanzer]

Very Sharp Build.

In your hands, you show how good this kit really is.

[Dennis Lacy]

I’m a huge fan of 26/27 T’s and what a beautiful example. Nice work!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Extremely Nice looking! Very meticulous clean build. Thanks for posting.

[PappyD340]

Very sharp, well done!

[espo]

The paint work looks amazing. Very cleanly built.  

[slusher]

Outstanding!

[alan barton]

I almost never build anything stock - I've been a hot rodder since I was 10 years old.  But seeing your 27 T and 29 A on this forum, I am beginning to question my life choices.  These are simply magnificent! Congratulations on raising the bar for the construction of scale automobiles in their original glory.

Cheers

Alan

[Sledsel]

Nice to see one stock. Looks Great!

 

[spencer1984]

Very clean work, looks great!