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Richard Bartrop

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  1. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/09/16/designer-luigi-colani-dies-after-decades-of-curving-the-world/ Love his stuff, or hate it, you could never accuse him of being boring
  2. Well, there is at least one famous hot rod based on an early T.
  3. Gotta love how that thinking goes. Putting a flathead in everything, that's tradition. Put a small block Chexy in everything, that's a cliche.
  4. THe Revell '48 Ford Custom Coupe also has a set if you don't feel like hunting down a 50 year old kit.
  5. The Revell '40 is definitely bigger than the AMT '40, and the Revell wheels look way oversized in the AMT fenders. Inspired by this discussion, I mocked up a Monogram '36 Ford body with some Revell '40 Ford wheels. I don't know about you, but I think they fill the wheel openings pretty nicely. That would be a nice starting point for an early custom or rod. With a chopped top and some fender skirts you could get pretty close to the Pierson Bros '36 coupe.
  6. Except if you actually measure it, it's closer to 1/24.
  7. That's a drag. On the other hand, if you just have to have a stock '40 Ford Pickup. I believe they used all the trim parts from the Standard model Ford, so Revell's '40 Ford should supply you with the necessary parts.
  8. That's a good question. As far as doing it with existing parts. the wheels on the Revel '37 Ford truck look close to the stock '36 wheels. Has anyone tried them to see if they're actually the right size?
  9. Some lighter coloured tires would have been nice, but that's not a deal breaker. BMF does have a gold foil that should work for the flat parts, but the gold colour does rub off when you handle it too much, like when you're trying to work it around complex shapes. The gold foil from candy wrappers seems to be more durable. Molotow makes a gold marker, but I don't know how shiny it is.
  10. A perfectly sensible approach.
  11. I'll definitely be following this one. I managed to find some pages online of a L-29 brochure that included some illustrations of the chassis
  12. That turned out nice. I do like that early 60s look.
  13. The Bumerc. Mercedes-Benz SSK body on a 1939 Buick chassis.
  14. Even back in the day, people would use anything and everything that would make their jalopies go faster, like this guy who used the engine from a Cord in his rod. That more Ford V-8s ended up being used had more to do with there being more of them in the junkyards than out of any sense of "tradition". When better engines became available, that's what was used.
  15. What makes me crazy is you can come up with something that is period perfect, and people will still bust your chops that it isn't "traditional" "Traditional" basically seems to mean "read our minds to find out what it really is." What is "real" hot rodding? Who knows? Those guys hopping up old Hondas and Toyotas are probably closer to the spirit of those early hot rodders than anybody working on any 80 year old Ford.
  16. Like I said before, for me, it's not so much about the actual parts as how they work together, and there are different combinations of parts that will still accomplish that. I'm looking at these pics, and I'm starting to get some ideas about what to do with the Revell Deuce Coupe I have in my stash.
  17. Not everyone, but a lot of them are pretty good, and there is more than one approach that works. I'm seeing lots of inspirational material, and it's a nice change from the threads where everyone chimes in about what they hate. I'm okay with this.
  18. The last one is not a bad thing. There are people who get their jollies by pushing other people's buttons, such to watch them dance. How much time to you want to spend being someone else's puppet? There are some games in this world that you win by not playing.
  19. A few favourites. Not a Deuce, but a Model A, but I still like the look
  20. Me too. It's not radical, or groundbreaking, but everything is juuuuust right.
  21. Cliquishness is human nature. Some people annoy us less than others, and of course, those are the people we naturally want to hang out with. Whether they're a necessary refuge or an unfair exclusion usually depends on what side you're on. Is there cliquishness? Probably. Snobbishness? There seems to be a lot of talk from some circles about who is or isn't a "real modeler", and all too often, the defining characteristic of "real modeling" seems to involve your ability to rack up the high score on your credit card balance. Do some people take offence a little too easily? Maybe some, but it does seem the ones complain the most about other people's sensitivity are the ones who howl the loudest when they get a little of that blunt talk directed their way. "I'm a fighter, but you're a snowflake" I believe is the standard line of baloney to justify it. We live in an imperfect world full of imperfect people, and sometimes you just have to deal with it. I will say that some of the members who have not learned to play well with others can also be invaluable sources of information.
  22. When I do comment, it usually because the subject matter is something I like, and would like to see more of.
  23. For me, it's not really about the presence or absence of certain parts. There are Deuces that range from full traditional to bleeding edge high tech that I thought were really nice. The one I posted I like because it has that classic hiboy look, but the builder has stil managed to put his own spin on it. For me, the key factor is harmony and proportion. Does everything look like it belongs together?
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