OldNYJim

My free kit came from Autoworld! I’d been wanting to build one of these - now I have no excuse! ?

Huh! That’s really cool! Is it injection moulded plastic?

Looks amazing!! Great job on that!

I love this build so much Dennis - right before I go to sleep I usually end up daydreaming about future builds I’d like to do as I nod off, and this F100 has been front and center in my thoughts for months now! You did a beautiful job on it, and one of your in-progress photos gave me an idea that I haven’t seen done before. Say all that to say - thanks! Really enjoyed seeing this come together!

I’d been wondering about that BSI thick glue Tom - how long do you find it takes to set up? I’ve been wondering about trying that instead of 5 minute epoxy for wheel-gluing chores

Oh man, those rainbow flakes in the paint! ?. What is that?!

Aww man, this is really cool. Nice job in going beyond what’s in the box with this kit and really putting your own spin on it. GREAT work!

Happy 4th everyone! Hope you’re all having a happy and safe day! In between eating hot dogs and watching the fireworks, got a little more done here... Front end Alcladed and installed: Ditto the rear: Added some brake lines - the routing is probably a little funky but I was trying to hide those receivers in the chassis that hold the rear axle: I’ll run one up to the master cylinder once the floor is on - I figure if you can’t see the master cylinder it must be hidden up in behind the dash somewhere, so I’ll route another line accordingly from the rear and pretend the front ones are run through the frame and up behind the firewall. Shot the wheels with black enamel from a rattle can and gave them a light mist of 50% Alclad chrome and 50% Alclad aluminum to give them a shiny-but-not-too-shiny finish with some nice depth: And a quick mock-up with the body on so I could see if it’s heading in the right direction - I think it’s gonna be a cool little hot rod! More soon!

Good deal! I actually managed to snag a free one in the Autoworld kit give away but I can see me wanting extras for some of the cool parts! Thanks for the heads up! I’d like to try and build some kind of hotrod with that frame under it, I think!

I’m really enjoying this build - never saw one of these before!

Most of the trick with this Testors enamel clear seems to be shooting it when the humidity’s low - if you’re around 45% (which is low for NY) and you lay it down right it’ll go down like glass! It’ll still get a thorough polish anyway before I’m happy, but it does lay down pretty nice! Just a tiny update, as I’m still working through painting and prepping parts here - got the engine wired and a couple of the Alclad’d bits in place... To avoid touching and marring the rest of the Alclad’d parts I’ll mount the engine in the frame now and add the pans and blower scoop further down the line: I wanted to (mostly) build this box-stock, so where I’d normally scratchbuild a pair of shocks with separate springs I decided to hit the kit chrome parts with some flat black and then buff a little paint off to give the illusion of springs as long as you don’t look too close: Then I masked up and shot the grille mesh: ...and peeled off the Washi tape and pulled a chunk of the kit chrome off without even trying: So, one step forward and two back, guess I’ll be shooting Alclad on that too ? More soon!

Awesome! Thank you both! Just ordered one

Just managed to order one from this offer a couple of days back - I’d been checking the link posted previously when I remembered to, to see if they were running the promotion again. Right now the page has gone again, but looks like they might be intermittently making this offer available again. Or I got lucky! Worth a click now and then if you want a free kit!

I like that frame - did that stay the same between the two versions, does anyone know?

A cool detail from the 1:1 radial bike that I always liked - check the considerately designed recess in the seat: (excuse the watermark - couldn’t find any good pics that Photobucket hadn’t ruined): Apparently the reason for that feature is if you’re brave enough to ride the bike and really open it up, you’d NEED that recess in the seat, if you get my drift ? ⚾️⚾️ Looking great so far Curt! Really enjoying this one!

Nice! Thank you! I do like the look of those green ‘n’ blacks - would be cool to have one on my shelf!

Great news Dave!

I like that idea! Are decals available for both of those? Ive been wanting to do a New York cab but a Camry doesn’t excite me too much

Deja vu all over again! Back in clearcoat! Commencing countdown (a second time) until polishing day...

Apart from the front wheel, forks, tank, bars, body, rear wheels, tires, engine and frame they got pretty close! Oh, and the lights ?? I wanted to make a replica of the Mail Box with the kit but I think that’ll be a complete scratchbuild project further down the line - and my build of this kit will just be a cool trike!

Nice scratchbuilding! I like the front spring mount and the floor! Good job!

The MPC Mail Box chopper that I ordered weeks ago arrived - ironically my Mail Box chopper got stuck in USPS sorting office hell for over a month but appeared eventually. On the decal sheet - “We’re faster than email” ? And a follower on my Instagram sent me a message after I did a post at the weekend about seeing the cool Indian Larry Ed Roth tribute bike in my neighborhood... ...and said “I have something you might like - what’s your address?”. This arrived today - a beautiful compilation of Ed Roth builds, art, stories and more. And a tonne of reference photos for future model builds! I was really touched - people can be so awesome!

One of my favorite threads on here ever. I’d love to see that battery, and whatever other models it’s attached to!

What a great story! That “urgh, let’s just get this over with so I can do the next thing” voice on my shoulder is the one that pops up after I’ve spent too long on a project and redone the same part too many times (usually a part no one will ever see anyway, and perfectly ‘ok’, but not amazing). Getting better at fighting that voice is making me do better work - it’s got me in the past and when I look at some of my older builds it’s those little things that only I notice that bother me about them all.

I was playing with some stuff from my parts box today - looks like the 32 frame from this kit lines up REALLY nicely with the fenders and body etc. from the line of Deuces that Revell did. I know they SHOULD, if they’re both based on 32 parts of a variation of them, but that’s not always the case. Opens up some interesting kitbashing opportunities if the frame from the 29 kit will practically slide right under any of the 32 parts! Of course, the range of 32 kits come with perfectly good frames anyway, but that doesn’t stop me thinking “oh cool! Haven’t seen anyone do THAT yet!”