Lyle Willits

Now think about that. If you had to live with Tom Kren every day of your life, how happy would YOU be?

Thanks Tom for the great pics.

Sorry. Didn't have much interest in that car. Besides, my 60 year old butt was dragging toward the end of my 6th hour there in the 95 degree heat. I see you're in Baltimore. Are you a MAMA member? ( I don't pretend to memorize each and every attendee's name,,,,maybe you're already a member.)

Some things in life just can't be explained! Over 600 pics here: http://public.fotki.com/mamaprez/car-shows...nnual-nsra-ric/

ROOKIE !!!

GREAT group of guys and ladies did a fantastic job putting on this show. These folks treat you like they've known you for 50 years!!! 347 pics at the link: http://public.fotki.com/mamaprez/model_car...ina-kustom-mod/

I made the traditional wide-5's by combining a '36 and '37 wheel. You don't have to now, because they are in resin. "Experience modeler" because the cab channels over the frame and interior parts need to be modified accordingly, The gas tank needs to be removed from the frame. The frame needs to be kicked up in the rear to wherever the builder wants the bed. The frame MAY have to be lengthend some, forward of the firewall, depending on what engine is used, etc. Norm always sells resin conversion kits that just drop right onto the donor parts. THIS KIT requires a car modeler of some knowledge of kit bashing and scratch building to complete. See, I was cobbling this together for myself,,,,,,, Norm insisted that he can market the parts,,,,,,,,, Long story,,,,,,,,,

A bunch more stuff here: http://public.fotki.com/mamaprez/model-clu...eeting-8152009/

Not much room to see in there. This is the best I can do.

What do you do if you want to build the new Revell Deuce kit and the Revell Model A?,,,,,,,just combine them. I added a rim from another wheel to deepen the rear steelies found in the new '32 kit. With a little added plastic, the louvered trunk / rumble seat lid fits the '30 Model A perfectly. (Yeah,,,,I'll give the lid to Norm on Saturday) Chopped 6 inches and I'm adding the correct belt line molding. the molding needs to be smoothed in. Just a mock up. Build will be lower when finished. Yeah,,,,I'm still working on the '29 Model A too.

This thing is amazingly cool!!! Great model.

Apparently, I post on too many boards and never put the in-progress posts on this one. Body is a shortened '32 Ford tudor sedan. Bed is shortened and smoothed '34 Lindberg item with scratchbuilt tailgate. Deuce grille shell channeled down to match cowl height. Custom grille from '34 pickup filed down to fit inside the shell. (Reps & Mins have casted the body , bed and tailgate. I never intended to have it casted, but Norm thinks he can market it to experience modelers.) Deuce frame is kicked up in the rear. Front crossmember moved forward 1/8th inch to fit the engine. Front axle and one-off fuel tank was made by Bob Dudek. Resin (Reps & Mins) wide-5 wheels, painted wide whites. '53 Studebaker engine, scratch built headers, etc.

Engine is from the '53 Studebaker kit, with a few scratch built parts.

Not as many cars as last year, but still some nice ones. All the pics here: http://public.fotki.com/mamaprez/car-shows-2009/all-gm-show/

Just for the record, it's a Monogram 1966 Chevelle with very poor body proportions.

WOW. Fantastic. You better have that at the picnic today !!!!!

Tim - I've been dropping Revell and AMT (MPC) Model A's on Revell '32 frames for quite some time now. Oh yeah, and regardless of the scale difference, the Revell deuce frame fits very well under the newly reissued Revell (Monogram) '30 Model A. I'll have one of those done in awhile.

Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Md. makes photoetched wire wheels. They are the best I've ever seen in 25th scale.

Here's the link; http://public.fotki.com/mamaprez/car-shows...ocal-bike-show/

Go here for the catalog; http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc...casminiatureof/

The '32 closed cab pickup has been available from Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Md. for about a year now. It is NOT a '34 with a deuce grille. Each part is correct for a '32 pickup, right down to the modified fenders, the correct cab beltline and the stovebolt heads in the cab back wall and bed sides. Norm sells the kits with or without the fenders.

Dave, I'm sure you know this but as a reminder, don't forget to cut off the gas tank from the Revell frame. All '32 Ford pickups had the gas tank behind the bench seat in the cab.