TarheelRick

As the others have said this is a most excellent build, really love your choice of color. That seat is what caught my attention most, what did you use to cover it with? It looks so much like a 1:1 custom interior. Many thanks for sharing this one.

Beautiful build, really crisp decal work. I just recently acquired the Heller 1/43 scale version of this car, appears to be at least 95% complete.

Mark I really enjoy your tenacity working on this seat. It may not look like you want, but to me it does look a bit more comfortable than the stock one. Keep up the great detail work you do on all your builds.

I think one of the first things about TIG that impressed me most was no need to wear leather sleeves/jackets. You could weld in normal clothing. That being said I did learn very early on that it is not advisable to TIG weld for a couple of hours while wearing a short sleeve shirt. Major burn to the skin, but lesson learned.

Welcome to the forum from another Western NC resident. I live in the beautiful postal area called Hamptonville, about 30 miles west of Winston-Salem. Post some builds and let us see what you are doing.

Absolutely correct. When I graduated high-school (got kicked out is more accurate)I attended a local Technical School's welding course. It was an attempt to avoid the 'draft' as long as possible. The first quarter was spent exclusively on gas welding techniques, the remaining three quarters were divided equally with arc, MIG, and TIG. However, our instructor would occasionally sneak in a project which required gas-welding to complete. Overall I enjoyed TIG most, especially while welding in the USAF. One project that I enjoyed most was while I was stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. It was a civilian project involving building a flying replica of the original Wright-B flyer. They needed some brackets welded and I had the opportunity to do those. From my understanding the replica actually flew; not sure whatever happened to it.

Beautiful build of an iconic racer. I had a chance to talk with his daughter a few years back, very pleasant lady just as her dad was. Really like the "hauler" hanging off the front bumper.

They are also available in most of the AMT '56 Ford kits, and I think they may be in the AMT Double Dragster kit. https://ecsvr.com/cpr/shopexd.asp?id=227 Also found these in resin. Hope this helps.

I was referring to this kit, not the fenderless one.

Not sure which particular 'T' kit you are referring to, but the '23 T Roadster has a small block Chevy. The Switchers T Roadster appears to have some semblance of a Ford, at least the exhaust ports seem to match a Ford. The 'Double T' comes with what I believe is labeled as a Lincoln - it is the Ford family. The Revell T-bucket is also a small block Chevy. Unfortunately for us Blue Oval lovers the choice of a small block Ford in a hot rod will most likely depend upon the aftermarket - resin casters or 3D printers. There is a very nice rendition of the small block Ford available in the Revell '32 Ford Coupe kit.

Couple of really nice builds. Those should make for an interesting match race.

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If there had been any damage to the kit itself I would definitely have complained. Still may file an unfriendly review.

I have just acquired a set of the upper wheels, pm me with your trade offers.

UPS dropped off a package containing the results of an on-line auction I won, items were complete kits and parts. Complete kits include the Coke '34 Ford pickup, '59 Cadillac Eldorado, Cadillac STS V, Snapfast Petty Pontiac, and a 1/43 scale Heller Subura Impreza WRC. The other kit boxes are slot-car leftovers - no bodies or exterior chrome. The 69 Firebird does include the OHC in-line 6 (major score for me). The white box has a painted 50 Ford convertible that is restorable, the gray plastic bag appears to be a complete Camaro kit, the red plastic bag is a restorable '69 Corvair, and the GT-500 (1/32) is bits and pieces. Amazingly all the parts kits have the complete engines, wheels, and tires. Will be bagging some of the stuff up to take with me to the Salisbury Swapmeet in a couple of weeks, some I will be keeping. If anyone on here has any desire for some of this stuff, send me a pm. The '59 Caddy is mine, the OHC in-line 6 is mine, and I think I will be keeping the Corvair unless I get a pretty good offer.

In the past I have ordered paperback books and other small items from Amazon and they come in a huge box with the items wrapped in bubble wrap. Last week I ordered the AMT Groove Boss super-modified and it was shipped in a paper bag. There was no damage to the contents, but it is really frustrating. Makes me wonder how much they pay their shipping department.

Really well built truck, excellent weathering.

Unfortunately, I have no local hobby shops, only Hobby Lobby so I will have to peruse the internet for sales.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the box opened! Beautiful little Fiat, these kits when built right just have an "I'm gonna smoke you" attitude and this one is right in there. Nice paint and I guess the sponsor is of the same general shade of green.

That is what Chrysler, GM, and Ford should have considered as an extension of the Pony Car line. You have created an excellent example of design ingenuity, very well done. Love the details especially the hood, and the paint is perfection.

I am really impressed with the attention you are showing to the appearance of this car. I have a few in my stash and will keep this post flagged to come back to. The local WalMart had 6 of the Coke versions on their Clearance shelf for more than 5 months. I approached the manager about selling them to me at a more reduced price, she agreed. When we got to the cash register they rang up 1/2 of what I had considered paying for them. Anyway, I built one of these before getting that deal and here is the way I fixed the grille problem.

Haven't done any real fabrication/welding work in more than 42 years. That was in the middle of my USAF career, we used steel tables - "good enough for government work". As a matter of fact, I had never seen a MIG welder until just as I was being retrained out of welding in 1981. I was aircraft certified in stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, and inconel, had to be to repair aircraft parts. I can definitely see the benefits of such a table. Would be a real joy, and an almost necessity, putting together a tube frame for a V-8 powered Pinto or a Pinto 4-cylinder powered T-Bucket. Thanks for sharing the video.

Really getting antsy for my hands on these kits. Any further updates to release?

The vocabulary used to describe this build has me stumped. It is a phenomenal amount of detailed, painstaking work all rolled into a masterpiece of - shall I call it Jewelry. This piece of modeling is a pricelessly beautiful gem. Thank you for your outstanding work and for sharing the finish with us.

All it needs is a beauty queen sitting on the convertible cover and a parade and it would be in its element. This is one beautiful land yacht, color really fits it well.