Straightliner59

I have a lathe and a mill, but, by no means would I call myself a machinist!😅 There are a few very skilled machinists, right on this forum.

Thanks, Ace. I figure there's not a lot going on, so I want to add as much interest to it, as possible. I enjoy building curbsides! I appreciate your feedback, Bil. I do think either of those would be a good choice. I have been leaning toward either white(ish) or black, which was my original choice. That probably led me to consider grey. Thankfully, I still have enough body work to do, that I'll have time to think about it!

I have a Gunze 1941 Indian Scout that I was waiting until I felt confident enough that I wouldn't screw it up, but now that I've scratchbuilt the NTF, I don't really see anything being a problem.

Since I opened up the grille area, I needed to cover the tires (inner fenderwells). I also needed a radiator, which I found in a spare parts box. I was eating some yogurt, and noticed that the bottom "corner" of the cup might just work for the wells. I trimmed it to shape, and aligned it with the radiator, glued it with G-S Hypo Cement and painted it with Tamiya X-18. The radiator had been sprayed prior to installation with Krylon Satin Black. The fins were highlighted with a 4B drawing pencil, and a silver Prismacolor pencil. I wanted to add a floor mat to the driver's side. I'd planned to use the method Steve Guthmiller shared, but I couldn't find anything suitable to use as a master, as far as I was willing to dig!😄 I have some scraps of N-Scale car siding(?), lying around--I hadn't used any in 40 years, but, here we are! One thing about modeling--you can pretty much literally justify keeping every little scrap of material! I digress. I cut a small rectangle of the car siding, rounded the corners, and laid a bead of .010" Plastruct rod, around the perimeter. I sprayed it with Tamiya Tire Black. I can live with that! Andy Sapiro made some pedals, recently, using solder-infused screen to provide the textured surface. I have some very-finely perforated metal screen--I think from an old automatic transmission that was being rebuilt. Andy's brilliant solution inspired me to try the transmission screen for my pedals. I simply folded the bits to fit over their respective mounting points. I have the brake and clutch pedals done, but no photos, as of this writing. Comments, questions and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks for looking!

Here's one Guy Beaudette built. I thought I had more photos of it. The panels operate, and are removeable, as they should, if they did!😃

This is great! A fine replica, sir!

Thanks, Pete! That's very kind of you, to say. I try to make my race cars look "lived-in"--I've never seen a pristine race car!

Thank you, Tony! I appreciate that!

Great idea with the pedals!

I think I'll finish this thing, next. It shouldn't take too long. 😂 I have the seats mostly done. I need to do some highlighting and shading, and some touchups. I didn't have any production-type belt hardware, so I cobbled some up, from aluminum strips and Evergreen. I made the release buttons from brass wire. I printed the argyle inset pattern--I wanted something, but, didn't want to use the tartan--it's been done! I used some .015" lead-free wire for fly-tying for the piping. That stuff is handy, and is available in .015"-.035" diameters. I have a lot of body work, left to do, and I want to try something new for the grille. I'm trying to decide on a color for it. I'm leaning toward something grey, but not 100% sold. As always is the case, your comments and questions are appreciated. Thanks for looking!

I have to reiterate--I love the Lenco! As beautiful as all your work is, for me, the trans just raises the bar, even higher. A real Lenco doesn't look any more like a Lenco, than this.

I've been playing around with this, the last few days. I made some argyle inserts for the seats--I have no idea why--but, I kind of like it! I'm working on the lap belts, and beginning work on the dash. I'm not 100% this is what I'll finish, next, but, it's looking favorably, in that direction. I'll get some photos, after work, later.

Now that the Badman's done, I've been looking at stuff around the shop, and this thing has me a little interested. I've also been playing with my '53 Corvette curbside project, and the photo backdrop, although mostly the Corvette. I could go either way. It might be fun to make a working rack and pinion steering setup, for this!

Thanks, Ken! I built it to sort of replace my replica of "The Bug" rail dragster. Obviously, it's a '32, instead of just Model T frame rails, but the seat and tank and engine (except the blower) mimic that car, pretty decently.

It does, and you provided it, in spades, sir!

That's cool! I love old Monogram kits. This one took a little work...

Thank you, sir! Here's the award it won, last weekend. There's another show, later this month. I'll be taking it there, too.

Excellent idea, Greg! Beautiful work, too!

That one looks pretty decent.

I love the rotary table! Not sure what I'd do, without it. As always, my friend, your work is mind-blowing in its authenticity. The tank is gorgeous, and the black plastic is perfect! Have you machined any Delrin? This would have been a good situation, for that. Excellent work, Francis!

Thanks, Robert! I am happy with it, for sure! I'll be interested to see what I do next, too!😅

I appreciate that, Mike!

Thank you, Trevor! I appreciate your kind words, my friend! When I was figuring out the hood pins, I was looking at the front, molded-in pins, and there was no place anywhere close to there to anchor them. I figured this would work, even though I'd never seen it, before. It looks kinda cool, too! I'd be honored to have you use it!

Thanks, Ian! You've finished up a couple of real beauties, lately! It won Best Engine, at a contest, last weekend. For some reason, they gave the Best Drag Model to a 1/16th scale Blower Bentley that was entered in the Competition Road/Rally class. I was more than a little disappointed--less by the fact that I didn't win that, but by the fact that they gave it to a car that wasn't even a drag racer.

The AMT Wynn's Charger has a pretty nice hat, but mid-'70s Revell kits (I don't recall which, off the top of my head, maybe one of the Garlits cars) have the better injector. I put this setup together using those parts. The injector is an old dental resin (now available as nail resin) casting done back in the '80s.