OldNYJim

That’s a REALLY useful comparison. I’d bet that the Hasegawa stuff is some variation on chrome vinyl wrap material - it sounds a LOT like it from your description. Same stuff they use to wrap 1:1 cars sometimes - it HAS to be a little stretchy so it covers curves nicely, and with a little heat will lay down even nicer. I’ve got some here that I’ve been meaning to experiment with…

I too, hit the Lobby of Hobby this evening…they had a bunch of stuff reduced in the embossing powder section including some decent looking heat guns down to $5, so I grabbed one of those just in case I ever find a good use for it. Picked up another ‘34 Ford pickup kit, just because I can’t leave them on the shelf apparently, and one of these because I didn’t have one already: Then I got home and the latest MCM was in my mailbox…and they put one of my projects from last year in there! Thanks MCM-ers!

Got mine today - super fast delivery and the best one since the re-launch (in my humble opinion). Keeps getting better and better - great work everyone!

Good post @alexis! Only thing to add to that is that Steve SAYS he knows where the car is, and has been collecting donations to buy it back for quite some time. Whether that's true or not, who knows - guess we'll see it if ever reappears!

I nearly picked up one of those AMT 40 Ford ‘Woody’ (actually not a woody) kits at my second-most-local Hobby Lobby probably a year ago and decided I didn’t need it that day. I’ve been having ideas on how to build that kit ever since, and still didn’t get one. I need to get back there I think if I still think about it a year later…and I know it’s not even THAT good of a kit ?

Good idea fellas! I’m not doing it for this one, but I’ve got a version of this kit sitting on the shelf waiting for exactly that treatment! @mchook - that’s a really kind offer, but the kit actually COMES with a boom and parts to build it like that already! I’ll probably do that one later in the year here That sounds like a cool project - all this stuff is time consuming but it’s fun! Makes me respect the people who are REALLY good at designing parts who sell their files - I’d always rather support one of them and buy something if it’s out there. Pity I keep thinking of weird stuff that I have to develop myself ? Mini update from this evening’s time at the bench - finished up the design for my bedsides and did a test print: Also made motormounts and started a trans tunnel, but they’re not very interesting… more soon!

Nailed it dude! Nice job!!

I really like how this one’s coming together! The extra little details you’re adding to the engine bay add a lot - and I’m still loving that color ?

Thanks fellas! Thanks for the heads up - I did a BUNCH of research on Ford FEs this week - you’re right, that Deuce motor isn’t one ?. I DO have the Foose kit, but I already robbed the motor out of that one… If I could’ve found a Mysterion parts kit I likely would’ve just used the frame from that and saved myself a BUNCH of work (or at least had a good starting point) but here we are ?. What kind of signs do you do? This week’s project was mostly centered around the motor, seeing as that was holding everything else up. I considered buying one of the AMT kits that has a better FE, but I really didn’t want to wait for one to show, and Hobby Lobby/Michael’s didn’t have anything useful. So, I laid one out in software so I could print one: I couldn’t find a good printable FE online, but I found some useful parts and robbed what I could and recreated what I couldn’t. I wanted to use the kit oil pan and valve covers ideally so it took some figuring out to get this layout to proper scale AND have those AMT parts fit ok…a couple of elements are slightly off now as a result, but it’s WAY better than what the kit comes with. First rack of parts right off the printer: And some snipping, cleanup and curing later we’ve got something to work with: Whilst that stuff was printing, I was thinking about battery boxes - I’d seen this cool design for a 50s Pepsi cooler that someone sells a file for online, and figured that would be a fun little detail. I’ll paint it to match the body, most likely, but if someone peers in close enough they’ll see what whoever built this thing repurposed a little cooler: Next project was an ‘wooden’ insert for the roof - I had the idea of carrying the hole-theme through into a few other little details but mixing in some different materials and finishes…plus, I was thinking of how old aircraft wings are assembled with the slats and wanted something that looked like that, a little: And in place: Next major thing to figure out is the bed…I’m undecided if I’ll run a tailgate or leave that off, but I printed a quick design of one anyway to play with: Tricky thing will be coming up with something that still looks RIGHT on top of that weird frame, but still ends up looking like a 34 truck…it’s a design challenge, but I like design challenges… Quick end-of-week mock-up - now I know for sure how the engine and trans fit I can get to locking them in place and getting serious with the interior stuff: Thanks for looking, more soon!

I have a technique I like to use with a fan brush and two colors of whatever brown paint I have to hand…doesn’t need to be anything fancy… If you go to this thread and scroll down towards the bottom I posted some pics of painting some grain:

Their website is a disaster - I’ve had two different subscriptions and two different log-ins for their site, sent countless emails back and forth with them, and even written reviews for them that have appeared on that site…and I can’t access the site, can’t read anything behind the ‘paywall’ and never have been able to. I’m not a complete derp when it comes to technology but it just doesn’t work… Say all that to say - I hope some of this interesting-sounding info makes it’s way elsewhere at some point!

No wonder people like putting a Chevy engine in a Ford so much ?

Copying and pasting that for future reference - very informative! Thank you sir - that made things a LOT clearer!

Add to that various conflicting information on the net and there's a lot to figure out!

The plot thickens! I've got a lot to learn about the Ford engine range, apparently...thanks for the expert insight Bill!

So, dumb question from a Ford engine dummy - are there big differences between, say, the 60s FE blocks and the much more modern ones like you’d find in the Revell Deuce and Mustang kits? I know the injection setups are very different obviously…but are these engines kind of like Small Block Chebbys where you could pretty easily backdate a much more modern engine to look really close to an earlier one? And do people do that in 1:1?

So, a little more progress today after a snowstorm got me sent home from work… I really wanted to start work on the interior, but I’m not quite far along enough with the frame yet. Got a floor roughed in as a starting point… …and some risers made for those bomber seats… But I really need to figure out what I’m doing with the engine and trans first. I really want to use an FE block (the Mysterion that I’m referencing with the frame ran a couple of those and the kit comes with one so it seemed fitting) but this being such an old kit the detail isn’t the greatest. I was stumped on what that transmission was meant to be too, until @Dennis Lacy pointed me in the right direction; it’s meant to represent a Ford toploader three-speed but doesn’t look close enough to one that I could figure that out. A little 3D printing later and I’ve got something much more realistic to work with: Needs some work still, but a much better starting point. As for the block, I’m either going to have to pick up a kit with a better FE, or maybe try modifying a kit motor that I have already to backdate it to the right look. Is the Revell 32 Ford motor an FE, does anyone know? Got a tonne of those, but I’m not sure how close a 60s T-bird mill looks like a 90s Mustang mill. Need to do some more research! The more I add to this frame the crazier it looks - I love it so far! Thanks for looking - more soon!

Thanks Bob! Hope you’re doing well! Got a long way to go to learn this stuff…but it’s exciting! Thanks for the kind words! I hope, at some point, you consider selling your stuff - you have some BEAUTIFUL pieces that I’d love to try printing myself! But you’re right, like anything digital it’s way too easy to pirate them right now. Good insight - thank you!! I can actually design these with the right curve to make a trunk or a hood or anything I guess - or design those parts from scratch and just make the louvres part of it. It’s exciting that the idea worked though! Lots more fun to be had with THIS trick now I know it’s possible! I’m super pleased with mine! 3D printing has a steep learning curve and if I didn’t know 2D design it would be a lot more limiting (plus I took a course in 3D stuff specifically to help learn some of what I needed)…but the potential is HUGE with this stuff! There’s already multiple kits out there that you can download and print and have a ready-to-build full detail model kit printed the same day. Incredible! Thanks Bob! Here’s a link - might be worth contacting the guy to see if he’ll print and mail a set! https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/hot-rod-dirt-racing-wheels-tires-w-spinner

Really glad to see this one back in-progress! It’s coming along GREAT!

Meh, I wasn't really upset or anything - just trying to hook the guy up with a way to make his goals happen. I've still got my two original Uncertain T's here, plus a 3d printed body for a third one at some point...I probably don't need to build more than three of the things anyway I did want to build one variation box-stock, do one much more detailed build and then another detailed build but with the candy red body that the car had at one point but past that I probably don't need any more of them in my collection unless I come up with REALLY good idea of something else to try.

Those even gaps were what impressed me - nice job! Thanks for sharing your process Greg!

Very sad news, sorry to hear that. Where can I see some of his work? I’d love to see some pics of his projects

Nice job on those! What’s your technique? Just wrap ‘em around a round thing?

I had a 3D printed body made for an Uncertain T clone made four or five years ago. I sent him photos of the finished product and contact details of a person willing to reverse engineer the entire set of Monogram kit parts (or design new/improved parts to Steve’s specs) - he declined and told me he’d already looked into 3D printing and decided his way was better. What his way will end up being, who knows. ..(likely a bunch of pie-in-the-sky and empty promises is my guess, but I’d be delighted to be proved wrong).

Was that the same video where they tell you to turn your pistons around and it changes the timing and you get extra horsepower FOR FREE?* *I know there are cases where that’s possible on certain engines - but I’m sure they’re few and far between.