Dennis Lacy

I owned 2 of these kits for 20 years. My cousin passed them down to me back in the early 90’s when I was about 12. A few years ago I sold them on eBay knowing I’d never build them. But, I looked through them a handful of times so I’m familiar enough to say that you did a killer job on the engine!

Nice update! That’s some bitchin’ frame, floor and wheel well work!!!

Looks wicked with the front mount blower!

Those wheels and tires, both in style and size, really suite the sporty new proportions of the body. If that's the actual stance it's just right!

UPDATE! It's been a solid month since I've had any decent time available to spend at my workbench and just over 2 months since I touched this poor thing. Finally, this past Sunday I was able to get in a few hours and decided to spend it wrapping up the final fine paint details for this project, as well as blacking out the inside of the body and underside of the fenders. I believe at this point there's nothing left to do but assembly. I also did the final polish and wax on all of the exterior surfaces. Pretty dang happy with the result! I think with the success of these fenders I'll finally have the balls to try an all shiny black hot rod. Sadly we'll be out of town this weekend so progress will have to wait but I'm gonna do my best to finish this model by the end of the year.

No turning back now!

Well, I’ve never seen a ‘49 Merc done this way and it’s a refreshingly different approach but not only that, the results are excellent! It looks like a Merc on a heavy diet with almost sporty lines now. I think the way you did the chop is genius. Typically the rear window area gets cut out and laid down flatter which can make the roof look too long and awkward. I can’t wait to see where this goes.

Let the slicing and dicing begin!!! ?

NEAT! We often see the Tudor Sedan variant of this kit built but hardly ever see the Sedan Delivery. I like the understated color scheme. As others said, very resto-rod like.

You absolutely SLAYED it on this model, brother. Looks bad ass from every angle and there's not one detail I'd do different. i love it!!! This needs to be built in full scale.

This is great, love it! What is the neat floor pan piece you used?

Really neat idea, I dig it!

I remember this from back when you originally finished it. Loved it then and still love it now!

I approve of the wheel choice for sure. Are those from the AMT ‘40 Coupe?

@Dave Darby I was hesitant to share because the lighting in those pictures is terrible. That filter you ran it through makes an immense difference!

While we're on the subject I thought you guys might enjoy seeing this? A few years ago my friend @Rocking Rodney Rat as he's known here on the forum gifted me the red Dragmaster frame and body parts pack that the double kit "Thunder Charger" is based on. It's very similar to the Mooneyes and Attempt 1 frames with the difference being in the roll hoop design. We rarely see anyone actually build these old parts packs and because he was so nice to send me one I jumped right on it. I was able to finagle a complete car out of it using the rear axle and heavily cut down seat from the Tony Nancy double dragster kit and the front axle is from Revell's Kurtis Midgets from several years ago. The Model A 4-cylinder with ARDUN head conversion is something I bashed together on the fly. Wheels are AMT '33 Willys with their parts pack slicks and Modelhaus front tires. Paint is Testors 1-coat Icy Blue. Construction and more finished pics here: https://public.fotki.com/deucepu/ardun-dragmaster-mkiv/

And they were 1:24 to fit the Monogram roadster kit.

The weathering and rot on this truck are incredibly well done and I like all the creative touches light the bed floor planks and taillight. I love all of the extra (missing) details you added the cab inside and out. I also really dig the shiny yellow wheels and whitewalls against the beater body. I can imagine the wheels and tires they found it with were far beyond usable and probably mis-matched so a fresh set were in order. Now for the friendly critique: As awesome as the detailed inner doors that you made are, the added thickness is clearly keeping the cab from sitting down over the floor like its supposed to and its causing the truck to look awkward. Correcting that would only make a great model even greater.

Neat work going on here. I like the 2-door Phaeton a lot and I think you should leave the front door line vertical/straight. I honestly don't like the 2-door Phaeton bodies that Brookville did. I think they are awkward looking and I've seen them in person at Brookville's display at The Grand National Roadster Show. They tried to hype them up as a big deal but nobody really cared. So far I've seen one finished by Brizio and the other by Kugel. So there's 2, where's the rest?!

And Another... This is a simple model built from one of Lindberg's '34 Pickup issues. It was inspired by the illustration at the end of the original issue AMT instructions "Hints By Barris". Fenders were obviously ditched, AMT parts pack pre-decorated tires and slicks with the American 12-spokes and 5-spokes from AMT's '32 Vicky. Pontiac engine block from AMT's '36 3-Window/Roadster with the rest of the engine parts all from AMT's Pontiac parts pack engine. Chassis and interior is box-stock. Testors 1-coat Mythical Maroon. The windows look weird because I colored them with red Sharpie when I built this 5 or 5 years ago and they have faded.

@mrm I love your flamed roadster. As Eric said, it looks like it could be straight out of Alloway's shop! Here's my Roadster contributions. Revell Rat Roaster body channeled over 5-Window chassis. Chassis back-dated with Revell '40 Ford cross members and rear axle. Heavily kit-bashed Buick "Nailhead" with early Ford 3-speed trans. Revell '29 Roadster wheels, tires and finned brake drums. Modified Monogram '30 Phaeton seat and side panels with Revell '40 dash, column and wheel. Tamiya Racing White paint. Resin stylized roadster top from Drag City Casting which I created the master for. Revell '32 HiBoy Roadster with their '32 Sedan Flathead engine and 5-spoke American's. Interior made to look like a work in progress with unfinished upholstery, Revell '40 dash and AMT '40 Ford seat. Resin stylized roadster top by Drag City Casting which I created the master for. Tamiya Flat and Gloss Black. This model was built 10 years ago and intended to look like an unfinished driver.

I dunno, it looks pretty neat on those old 90’s billet wheels!

Revell '32 3-Window channeled over their 5-Window chassis and Hemi engine. Valve covers from Revell '41 Willys and log manifold with 6 Tweedy Pie carburetors. Beatnik Bandit front tires with Monogram Lil Coffin rear mags & slicks. Pleated interior with '40 dash made from Revell's '32 Sedan and 5-Window. Also modified and grafted in the 5-Window louvered deck lid. Duplicolor dark gray primer and Testors 1-coat Fiery Orange. Revell '32 5-Window channeled over Rat Roaster chassis, grill and small block Chevy tweaked with Revell parts pack dual 4-barrel intake and early non-performance exhaust manifolds. Orange Crate wheels, tires and slicks. Rat Roaster bobbed rear fenders and modified interior. Narrowed Revell '48 Ford dashboard. Testors 1-coat Icy Blue with 5-Window kit flames. Revell '32 5-Window with resin chopped top body from Drag City Casting. I did the master body and it's chopped a scale 4.5". Revell '57 Gasser Y-Block engine. Revell '64 Thunderbolt Radir wheels with the rears made deeper. Rear fenders bobbed 6 scale inches. Testors 1-coat Bronze One. This color is a pain to photograph so I included one out in the sun.

I wanna play, I wanna play! Revell '32 Sedan. Chopped and channeled with a hopped up early Oldsmobile. Wheels an tires from Revell's modern tool '29 Roadster/'30 Coupe. Tamiya Light Gunmetal. Revell-based '32 Fordor Sedan. This is a resin body by Drag City Casting that I created the master for and it comes with the chopped top. It was made from two Revell sedan bodies. Hopped up ARDUN flathead from Revell's '50 Ford Pickup with modifications. Chassis back-dated with early Ford cross members and rear axle. Tamiya Metallic Light Blue.

Looking forward to this project. I never managed to get my hands on one of these since they came out 30 years ago and we never see them getting built. Your wheels are a great design. Will be need to see those in the flesh.