Dennis Lacy

I have always turned my nose up at this kit, labeling it as total garbage. This project just goes to show that it does have serious potential in the right hands. This is awesome, Dave! And, I don’t know if you’ve considered it but I think this would look killer painted white with the gold drivetrain, chrome and whitewalls. Just a thought…

I would say you made your point! ?

UPDATE! Had a great afternoon at the bench today catching up on podcasts and getting some more solid work done on the companion RPU. One more small task on the cab was filling in the hood ledge at the top/center of the firewall like I did on the Closed Cab. Up front I grabbed a pair of the small headlights from Revell’s ‘29 Roadster / ‘30 Coupe, mounted them directly to the fenders and filled the mounting holes for the old headlight bar just like the Closed Cab. Next I turned my attention to the bed and back end. Here is where things deviate considerably from the Closed Cab as I decided to make a solid, smooth tailgate and bed cover from .040” Evergreen sheet. On the inner edges of the bed mounting rails made from strips of .040” square rod were installed to support the cover. A 3/16” wide strip was added to the bottom front edge of the cover to fill the gap at the front of the bed when installed. Continuing with the smooth theme I made a rear filler panel to span between the bed support rails and flush mounted a pair of taillight lenses found in most of Revell’s ‘32 Ford series. Underneath, a rectangular filler panel was fit. Both were made from .040” Evergreen sheet. Here’s the truck mocked up again with today’s additions. I couldn’t be happier with the look which is extremely appropriate for a late 80’s / early 90’s billet / smooth street rod. Like I said last week about the interior, I wish I could go back and do the Closed Cab like this! Until next Sunday…

Nice mock up. Needs more motor to go with that aggressive stance and chop!

You just have a way of kit bashing and weathering trucks that make them immediately recognizable as yours. These are subjects I’d ordinarily pass right by but when I see your name under the subject I always take a look.

I think you have more fun with scale pickups than anyone else on this forum! I’d never heard of a Nissan Sunny but with your description giving this model context I think it’s really cool.

Killer looking Willys, Phil. Wheels, tires and stance make or brake any car and I say you nailed it!

UPDATE! Had a productive afternoon at my bench today. Happy to report that I have the interior completely fabricated and am very happy with the results. I wish now that I had a set of these interior parts on-hand when I was building the Closed Cab as they look properly modern. For a refresher, here’s a group shot of the Revell ‘41 Willys Pro Street interior pieces and a piece of the floor from a Revell ‘32 Dan Fink Woody. After some careful trimming and door panel lines added the side pieces fit awesome. The seats were glued together then the headrests cut off and tops of the seats smoothed and sculpted. To fit the small Model A truck cab better the seat backs were tweaked more upright. This was done by simply pressing them forward and and inserting some wedge shaped pieces at the bottoms. Thankfully the portion of floor I found was just big enough to trim to fit using the kit floor board as a pattern. Like I did with the closed cab (same floor section used) I added a false firewall sticking up from the top edge. This way when viewing the interior it looks nice and smooth. I also added a set of pedals. The steering column is made up of the tilt style head from a ZZ Top Eliminator Coupe with the mast made from Evergreen rod. A new, deeper column drop was made and mounted to the dashboard. The end result! And finally a look at the whole truck with the interior in place. Again, I couldn’t be happier with how the interior came together! More to come!

I have one of these kits and have studied the pieces. I’d say to successfully and cleanly build this model in itself is worthy of a pat on the back. Then you factor in that you fully wired and plumbed all 4 Nailheads. Not to mention scratch building 36 matching header pipes. This one deserves a standing ovation! Well done!! ?

Love it!!! Killer repurposing of that frame and chassis parts.

I can’t believe I didn’t leave a comment gushing all over this back when you posted it because I certainly remember seeing this thread. Better late than never, then! I absolutely LOVE this, Tim!! ?

I think the stance looks right-on. Good tire tuck and perfect rake. Those Boyd wheels look really good with the truck, too. I love these F1 trucks. Grew up riding around in my Dad’s all original ‘50.

That’s awesome! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Thanks a bunch, Phil! Thanks so much, Steve! Thanks! We’ll have to wait and see if I get asked again. Thanks! Bucket list line crossed off!

Nice, clean work on all but it should be no surprise that my favorite is the ‘33 Coupe. Runner up is the ‘69 Camaro.

Nice work on the 4-door conversion!

This kit has such killer styling and it looks awesome in yellow! Ver nice, Roger! ?

Nice work, Bernard. You really got the patina right on the De Falco tribute roadster. ?

You took on quite the ambitious project trying to cover all of the ‘32 Ford body styles. Wouldn’t blame you if it made you feel a little burnout. Take a breath and maybe take a chiller approach to 2023.

I remember all of them well. You had a heck of a good year! My favorite is the Henry J. You nailed that one. Not that you didn’t nail the others but the Henry J is especially impressive considering what a crummy kit it is to start with.

You had quite a year, Tim! Not something I usually pay attention to but the VW Camper is so awesome. Killer attention to detail throughout. I enjoyed that article. Now, I absolutely LOVE the Pro Street EXP. That is just bad ass! It looks perfectly 90’s period correct.

The Camaro is absolutely WICKED!

Absolutely incredible! The more I look the more details I notice. Definitely the best factory stock AMT ‘36 Coupe I’ve ever seen.

Like the title implies, I only managed to finish 2 models last year. The first was a 1963 Chevy II Wagon based on the AMT Craftsman curbside kit and transformed into a period-correct early 1990’s Street Car. What was intended to be a quick build quickly went off the rails, most notably when it came to the fully customized and mostly scratch built interior. The second marks a major milestone in my model building “career” as I was asked to build a hot rod and document the steps for a full feature in Model Cars Magazine #216 (which just came out.) I was given free reign and this rowdy looking 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe stuffed with a Ford 427 SOHC is what I came up with. Here’s to looking forward to what 2023 has in store for our hobby! Cheers! ?

I was directed to this thread by my friend @Rocking Rodney Rat after getting some sneak peaks at his project last week. Just got done reading through all 8 pages over lunch. Looks like a good time and as a couple of you know, these old hot rod projects are my bread & butter. I’M IN!!! (Now to figure out what to build! ?)

I want to take a moment and point out that this thread has hit 50,000 views! That just seems unbelievable to me and I never would have imagined. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to check out and keep up with all of the projects found throughout. And, thank you, to everyone who has contributed a project or comment to keep this thing going. Speaking of keeping things going, I FINALLY got a little bench time today and have some progress to report on the companion Roadster Pickup. This one has been moved to a front burner and will see completion in the near future. One of the last remaining jobs on the frame was to make some tabs for the rear shocks to mount to and I’ve crossed that off the list. Another long overdue job was to install mounting sleeves in the backsides of the wheels so that they can finally attach to the axles. Continuing the firewall modifications, I flattened out both sides and cut an arch in the bottom for engine and bell housing clearance. This is the same as what I did with the Closed Cab. With that this is the first official time the truck has stood on its Boyd wheels and tires. I had been stuck on what to do for an interior since the same parts I used in the Closes Cab won’t work for the Roadster. After much thought and digging I realized that the side panels and seats from Revell’s 1941 Willys Pro Street can be trimmed and tweaked to work nicely. The front floor section is cut from the floor in Revell’s 1932 Dan Fink Speedwagon. The Boyd steering wheel is also from the Willys Pro Street. Not an astonishing amount of work done today but all steps forward. More soon!