Hoffman

Hello Guys! ? Ok, latest update, here's the completed engine and chassis.

Jay, David, Sonny~ Thank you for your interest and nice comments. I wanted to post an update over the weekend, but I ran into a plumbing issue in the house and had to work on that instead. ? I have made some progress on the chassis for the Cadillac. I'll try to post photos later this week.

Phat Attack is Back!! Awesome build, Kelly. I saw Fat Jack race his '46 at the Tustin airbase. Remember it being featured prominently in Hot Rod, R&C and Street Rodder. You should do Jerry Moreland's 40 Tudor now. ? https://www.torqtalk.com/home/project-40-worlds-fastest-street-rod-the-original-pro-street-outlaw-part-1-the-build

Thank you, Anton! Those are 17x8's, Vision Legend 5. I adapted American Racing "Daisy" center caps. The tires are 235-65-17's up front and 275-65-17's in back. Lowered.......a bunch. Lot's of work! ?

Very cool project, Anton! You've got me wanting to build a model of my two-door Tahoe now......

Love it!

Tom, that is really cool!!

It looks spot-on, really nice Pat!! ?

Today I made up some hinges to tie together the hood top panels to the side panels. The original Italeri hood is just one piece. Mine is cut into four pieces, using a Franklin Mint piano hinge for the top. For the sides, I wrapped strips of brass around stick pins. This worked out fine. I'll shorten the pins a bit. With this design I can remove them while I finish and paint the hood panels, then slide the hinge pins back in and it's good to go.

Thank you for sharing that tidbit. I've been searching for these, scratching my head and wondering, "where on earth did I see those?". I need them for an Alfa Romeo, of all things.

Wow!! Gary, that is amazing! Love it. ?

Too Funny!!

That's a perfect 'his' and 'hers' combination for the family transportation stable. The names you came up with got me thinking......"El Caravano" and "El Carnero"....so is that like traveling meat eaters?

Pat, that looks great! Makes me wish there was a kit available just like it. ? Oh well, that's how it goes- sometimes if you really want it, you just gotta roll up your sleeves and make it yourself.

Pat, you've done a fantastic job! The truck really looks great, very convincing. Well done!

Very nice! Alan Alexis out of Bakersfield was looking for something like this.

Alan, here's an ICM Speedster link for you....

Minor Progress Report: I've got the top 99% done, just need to create the rear window glass and a little bit of chrome trim. The body work is very nearly complete. I've applied molding at the belt line and around the trunk, made from Plastruct .020" strips. The hood sides are cut away from the hood top, cut at the newly added molding. I've got a Franklin Mint piano hinge grafted into the left and right sides of the hood top but still need to create the hinges for the sides. I've scribed in the golf club door and drilled a hole for the handle. I made door hinges from brass strip. I drilled holes through the sides of the body at the rear edge of the doors, inserted straight pins through from inside the car and cut them off with about 1.5mm protruding through the outside. This gave me something to attach the brass hinges to. They're just small rectangular strips, kind of folded over like a taco shell, wrapping around the pin. The gap is filled in with CA. And lastly, the interior pieces are painted to resemble the maroon leather of the full size car. I tried a new technique here. I wanted to give them a slightly uneven color, kind of stripey. I did that with varying shades of maroon and red/brown in acrylics, then went over them with a burgundy artist oil and finished with semi-gloss clear enamel to get the correct sheen. Artist oils need plenty of time to cure though, at least a week, before top coating. The effect looks good in person, but it's hard to see in the photo. Anyway, that's it for now. Enjoy!

Hi Eric! Thank you for the kind words. The Orange car in the background is 1932 Cadillac V16 Convertible Coupe, work-in-progress. It's based on a Danbury Mint '32 Roadster. I'll shoot some pictures of it and post sometime in April.

Rusty, Carl, Patrick~ Thank you, Guys! Alan, I haven't built a speedster yet. I've got several of the ICM kits to build. They're really well made!

No problem, Jerry. A full size Model T has a 100" wheelbase. Most sources say a Model TT is either 124" or 125". A 1/25 scale AMT Model T is just under 4". The stretch should be about 1", or 5" overall for a TT. My truck was built a long time ago, eyeballed from photographs. It's a little under 5". But for a Hot Rod, really you could make it whatever looks good to you. ?

Helmut, those are beautiful!! I've found them offered on ebay. Wish they cost a little less, but that's ok. They're on my shopping list now anyway. Great photographs! Thank you for sharing.

Alan, Jerry, Bob- Thank you, Guys!! ? Glad you enjoyed them. I really did nothing but Model T's for......oh gosh.......long time. It was worth it though. Eric can relate, he's built up a stable as well. I've got some more to build still....eventually. Jerry, that stake bed is based on the regular AMT '25 roadster. I lengthened the chassis and the torque tube drive line. The bed was made from scratch using Plastruct square tube for the side rails, flat sheet, and grooved basswood insert for the floor. The gates are varnished balsa wood with insect pin heads as stove bolts. The cab uses the roadster cowl and doors, and the rest was scratch built from Plastruct sheet. I cut out the aprons from the fenders to match a full size TT truck. Most don't have them. The front tires are standard AMT roadster tires. The rears are from the AMT '27 touring kit. I filed down the outside rib on the '25 wheels to allow those tires to stretch over them. The spokes on the wheels were painted to resemble the real wood and then varnished so that over time they'll yellow the same way. The stake bed and the '27 Coupe are probably my favorites.

Very nice, Gary! Looks like you grew up in So-Cal. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next one. ?

Hello Jürgen, Thank you for sharing your beautiful work on the Leo Models 8C 2900! You've inspired me to give it a try as well. Doing some research, I found these were offered in the Whitebox line, painted black (as you found) and also in the Hachette line, painted blue like the full size example #41029 at the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo. These models are difficult to come by in the U.S. but can be found doing an ebay worldwide search. I managed to pick up two of Hachette branded versions recently, one from Netherlands and a second one from Italy. They sat in Customs for several weeks but eventually made it to me safe and and sound. Jürgen, one thing I'm still working out is how to replace the Superleggera script and the 'Carrozzeria Touring Milano' badges after repainting. The existing ones on the models look great, like they were pad printed. To replace them, I suppose one possibility is to simply reduce digital photos of the full size articles and print them on clear decal film. What are your thoughts on this? Any ideas? Thanks, -TIM-