GasPunkAlley

Thanks for your input Alan! The Black Jack T is a reissue of the earlier Switchers kit and was more affordable back in the early 90's than the switcher kit. Most didn't know the history and thus charged less for it! I do have a built of - that is re-kitting itself that I found years ago of the Little T. I also had the '80's Resto Rod looking T kit but I sold that off years ago. I plan on doing a tear down on the little T sometime... I also found my box of "started projects". some chopped '32 and '34 for kits. I chopped the AMT '32 5 window and put it aside when the new '32 Revell 3-window came out. I chopped that body as well but never finished either. I may do an East Coast styled channeled rod out of the old AMT since it is now found to have been channeled from the AMT factory a scale three inches, lol. I also just found a T bucket I started as well as 27 T Gasser I started and a box full of street Rod and Hot Rod parts with an Aurora T bucket build up.

Jim, looks cool! What parts did you use for the rear fenders? I found in my stash an AMT Tall T and MPC's Black Jack T.

Ace, congrats on placing with your real vehicle! I am a bit disappointed in the AMT chassis except for the parts pack drag chassis and the '23T. I am still not sure if I am fond of the curved up kick on the Revell, but that is my leading favorite so far. For a look, would a Hidebrandt rear end work? Most Ford 9" rear ends seem to be a resto rod to current design. Also would mating an A rear crossmember be a good idea as well?

Thanks Rick, I just posted some pics of the return project for a T bucket in the workbench area here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90119 Some moldy oldies!

Getting back into some hot rod modeling I am trying to find the best / most accurate parts to build a '50's to early '60's T bucket model in 1/25th scale. I have been out of the hobby for some time, but I have been digging through my stash and I realized I do have a wide selection of parts and kits to work from. In my stash: Revell Vintage Parts Pack T Bucket Chassis - complete Vintage Parts Pack '23 T Bucket body - complete Vintage parts Pack Speed Equipment - complete New Reissuse Roth's Tweedie Pie Butterra Chassis T Sedan and Phaeton - well detailed but too new for my current tastes for a chassis AMT Vintage Street Rod Series '23 T Full Fendered Roadster - complete Vintage Street Rod Series '25 Tall T Coupe - complete Various Double T kit parts and model - built-ups Parts Pack Drag T Chassis MPC Tognotti's T Show Rod - Started but no paint - some sub assemblies BlackJack T Street Rod Any suggestions? I want to do something like Tommy Ivo's T or the Kookie Car to early 50's in style and maybe a Rat Rod. I am impatiently waiting for my local shop to get in the double T kit and the '25T fruit wagon kits. Online dealers maybe cheaper but the shipping makes them more expensive IMO. What do you think of the suspension from the '29 A truck from Revell? Some pics of my sta-a-a-a-sh!

Hello Model Car Magazine members! My Name is Rod and I used to build a lot of cars back in the 1990's. I have migrated away form cars for over a decade and I decide to change things up a bit and get back into building some Rat Rods. I have seen a number of cool hard to find kits re-released and the additions to the Revel '32 Ford kits is just too much for me to be on the sidelines. I gotta build some new rod kits! I have dug through my old stash and found some old kits I have started and plan to complete. Thanks!