Dennis Lacy

Dang, your interior turned out awesome! All the extra detail paid off huge. I was actually considering trying flocking the floor in mine (never done it before) but realized with it being black it would barely be visible so I aborted. Save that for an open bodied car…

Thanks, Steve! It’s been sanded and is in second round of primer. Just got the color and clear in the mail the other day. I like to let the primer dry out a good while so I’ll probably spray color Monday.

You know you did it right when a green car looks super tough! All the proportions are right on the money. The Y-block looks way cool nestled in there, too. Love it!

I agree, the interior does look great!

UPDATE! Thanks again to everyone following and commenting on this project! It didn’t stall out, I’ve been chipping away at painting. At this point all of the engine parts, wheel backs, chassis pan, front seats and interior tub are sprayed. The body, hood and dashboard are in primer, have had some clean up work and ready to be sanded and primed a second time. I should have an update with pictures soon!

Thanks! And thanks for the heads up on the glass. It never occurred to me to test fit it. Sounds like I better try it out!

I did. I’m using the custom wheel from AMT’s ‘32 Vicky. The kit wheel pretty much sucks!

Just keeps getting better. And that last picture, it looks so bitchin!

Nice work making the flywheel cover and firewall! Clever rework on the intake, too.

Good color. I hope uttering the word “easy” doesn’t come back to bite you! ?

Nice! I can hear the theme song playing in my head. ?

RAD! I dig everything about it.

Thank you so much. Very nice of you to say!

Thanks so much, Tim! This little T actually exceeded my expectations. And someone had to prove that these could be cool. I lost count of how many sets I’ve automatically thrown away over the years, LOL! ?

Thanks brother! My OCD won’t let me do it any other way. ?

@Kit Karson Mock up looks really good! @Rocking Rodney Rat Built the RPU however you want. Interested to see what you’ve got cooking.

UPDATE! As you may recall back in the first pages of this thread I showed that I started on a sister roadster pickup to go with my closed cab. I had a pretty good start on the roadster but decided to put it aside so that I could focus on one model at a time. I’ve since finished the closed cab, finished a T Touring hot rod and am in the middle of the paint process on a customized ‘57 Chevy. That means I have an opening on the fabrication end and today I decided to bring the sister roadster pickup back up to the front burner! I decided to change the wheels to the set I originally showed in my opening post and today got the front wheels adapted to the dropped axle, got the front axle fit to the frame and also got the Corvette IRS assembled and fit to the frame. To finish the chassis set up I need to adapt the rear wheels and build some rear shock mounts on the frame to match the other truck. From there I’ll need to create the interior and do a few body related things and it can go to primer and paint. Here’s a basic mock up with the wheel change. Rear tires are simply sitting under the fenders for now. This truck is also NOT going to be surf themed (and most likely not any kind of theme) but I’m thinking I might tie the color scheme into the closed cab. Then again, maybe not. We’ll see...

@Kit Karson Good to see you’re still chipping away. Interior is gonna look great!

Great idea! Suits it perfectly.

Thanks a bunch, Alan! I guess my full scale hands on experience helps a lot getting my scale chassis dialed in. I like them to appear as though they would actually function decent. ?

UPDATE! This one is finished and on the shelf!

This model was started over 3 years ago but spent most of that time half constructed in a box under my workbench. I randomly got inspired a few months ago to get it out and work it to completion. As it usually goes when I come back to a project after a long hiatus I ended up making a number of changes to the original plan such as replacing the hopped up Model A 4-banger with a flathead V8, different grill, some frame updates, etc... Hope you all like it! - Revell 1927 T Touring body and windshield - Revell 1929 Roadster optional ‘32 frame shortened 1/4”, Z’d at rear, scratch built front and rear cross members, Revell ‘32 series center “K” member. - Revell 1932 5-Window front axle and suspension - Revell Ed Roth Tweedy Pie rear axle and spring, Revell ‘29 Roadster ladder bars. - Revell 1940 Ford brake plates front and rear. - Revell 1931 Sedan tires and Halibrand Touring wheels. Chrome stripped, missing lug nuts added and correct 60’s wing nut caps from Revell Orange Crate. - Revell 1932 Sedan Edelbrock equipped flathead V8, Tweedy Pie carbs/scoops, Revell 1948 Ford headers, modified AMT 1941 Woody exhaust pipes. - Heavily modified Revell ‘29 Roadster interior panels and bench seat, scratch built floors, scratch built ‘32 Roadster style dash with Revell ‘32 gauge panel, Tweedy Pie gas tank and Revell ‘29 Roadster battery box. - Tweedy Pie radiator and shell, Revell ‘29 Roadster small headlights, Revell 1937 Ford Panel Delivery taillight and plate mount. - Tamiya Cobalt Green, Champagne Gold and Clear.

@alan barton I like the gray primer lakes car a lot! Those big Lincoln wheels and tires really look great out back. A small detail I love is the windshield brackets left on the cowl which can be seen remaining on 100’s of old lakes pictures. I’m willing to bet that most model builders don’t even realize those are separate pieces on the real 32’s. I wish I had pictures to share of one of mine but neither of them survived and the first one was pretty rough as I made it when I was about 12, haha! The second one years later turned out pretty clean, though. It was a dark orange from the Boyd colors (sunset, maybe?) and had the flathead from the first issue of the 1950 F1 pickup with the heads and intake from the 1940 pickup. Wheels were shallow & deep steelies (probably from the AMT ‘49 Ford) with the ‘50 pickup hubcaps.

I think that this is the first time I’ve seen this version of the kit built, and box stock no less. Turned out nice and as you said, very 70’s.

Bitchin! I built two of these this way back in the 90’s as a kid/teen before the modern Revell hiboy kit was available. I didn’t add material to create the reveal lines, though, and that makes a huge difference. I love the overall styling and color scheme. The big seat bolster turned out really nice and I dig the Duvall style windshield. I also have to say I prefer the side with the ‘37 “artillery” wheels, in part because (IMO) their larger diameter is in better proportion to the car. Seeing this is also bringing back memories and makes me want to recreate one of mine...