LennyB

Always loved these cars. Built several of the Revell release back in the day including a copy the Hank Borger build from Car Model Mag.

Nice looking Johnny. I have a soft spot for Torino's having owned a bunch, I'll be following along

I don't know why but I just love these kits. I'll be keeping an eye out Jeff to see where you go with this. I have a bunch of these in the attic. I like the earlier ones as the lines on the bodies are crisper and the front wheel openings have not gone wonky yet. Later releases the front wheel openings are no longer round. Here is a Woody I build in the late 70's with real wood. Gotten dusty over the years and had a fall at one point that cracked the wood on the drivers side. But it still runs down the road pretty good if it gets a strong tail wind. LOL.

I'm new to the board and I must admit it was customline's post of the 41 Plymouth that encouraged me to finally sign up. Up until now I have been viewing from the sidelines. Then bluestringer stepped up with his '41 and I felt I needed to add my 2-cents. I have a number of started projects from the past few years but haven't finished anything in a long time. Two of them happen to be the '41 Plymouth's. When the 1941 Plymouth first came out in the 70's, long before it showed up in Coca Cola garb, I converted one to a 1939 Plymouth P8 and a four door sedan at that. As there are numerous differences between the '39 and '41 it was not an easy task, as well as throwing in two extra doors. The reason I choose that subject was to duplicate my Father's first car which was a 39 4-dr. Years later I restored the real thing for him but that story needs to find a home on a different forum. But other then the 39 I have yet to complete this kit. About 7-8 years ago I started a woody project, mating the front of the '41 Plymouth with the back half of Revell's '48 Ford Woody. The Revell parts were fresh out of the box while the Plymouth bits were taken from a glue bomb, my favorite medium. They actually blend quite nicely. Everything from the cowl panel back is from the Ford. The Ford is slightly wider so as you can see I needed to add a pie shaped section to the hood and spread the fenders a bit. Other mods include adding the three ridges to the rear fender and creating the raised section around the wheel opening. The Ford is flat along these lines. The "wood" required some modification as the pieces are similar but smoother on the Plymouth then the Ford. More work on the nose as mentioned by customline, smoothing the seam that doesn't belong and adding the welting, still in process here. I used Plastruct for the welting. Not sure where I'm going with this once the bodywork is done. At this point I'm thinking original 6-cylinder and probably a Royal Blue for the color. While working on this Woody I grabbed another '41 glue bomb and started hacking away at that. Couldn't help it have a box of 41 parts cars, 1/25th not 1/1. It's probably hard to notice but I chopped the top slightly with the aid of an additional top from another glue bomb. That was how I stretched the roof to get the 'A' pillars to align properly. The seam between the two can still be seen here at the top of the door. The nose will still need work. Not sure yet on color for this one. Will probably go with a late model Hemi for motivation if it will fit. Even thought the car looks wide in front because of those fenders, the engine compartment doesn't go out past the edges of the hood. And of course chassis mods to bring it up to date. We shall see. I should really quit when I'm ahead but I found this resin '41 2-dr sedan on eBay. So I might have another one in the barn. Thant's all for now.

So, introductions are in order I presume. It all started a long time ago in a Ford Galaxie far, far away... Um, it wasn’t a Galaxie but it was a Ford product. One summer afternoon some 50 plus years ago may Dad took me to Miller’s Hobby Shop where they had model kits on sale, two for $5.00. Don’t you just wish you could find that today. I picked out the AMT 1957 “Flashback” Ford and the “Allison Thunderland” Thunderbird. It is still a very clear memory and unfortunately except for a few random pieces those kits are long gone. A couple of years ago I tried to replicate my original builds using the few remaining pieces bundled with some replacement kits. I even had my father paint the T-Bird as he did originally in Krylon Red. I still must do the decals. The 57 is unpainted except for the Testors 1111 Blue. It's no wonder I picked Ford products, I guess they were in my blood. My father worked at a Ford dealership and from the age of two I hung out there, even had my own uniform, but that’s another story. Just like going to the New York Worlds Fair and insisting on riding in a Mustang. Still vivid. I built a steady stream of models, mainly cars (all brands, not just Fords) and mainly 1/25th up until the late 80’s. But by then full-size cars and family took over my priorities. I kept up with the hobby, kept all my magazine subscriptions active and kept buying kits but in the interim years I built few models. Maybe one every five years or so. I guess I was a back seat modeler. Meanwhile the attic kept filling up. I have over 500 un-built kits stashed away and that does not include the builders and project pieces. I think I prefer saving kits and restoring junkers to building fresh out of the box. I have a lot of started projects where I stripped the paint and prepped for a rebuild but never got much further. As seen below are a few such projects. I have always thought I would get back to the hobby when I retired and now that day is looming large and I have started working towards getting things rolling again. The last couple of years I have stocked up on supplies and equipment. Built a paint booth from an old oven vent hood and acquired not one but three 3D printers. Now I just need the time to finish some of these undone projects and start some new ones. Hoping by joining this forum I can find the encouragement to make it happen. Thanks for listening.