Dennis Lacy

In the 5-Window? It’s the complete Y-Block from Revell’s ‘57 Ford Wagon Gasser kit. Comes with dual Holley carbs and beautiful Edelbrock script valve covers. Was a tight fit! The shape of the exhaust manifolds causes clearance issues at the firewall that were tricky to overcome.

Thanks for the nice words, Steve! The wheels were finished with Duplicolor dark gray sandable primer, followed with Tamiya TS30 Silver Leaf topped with Tamiya TS80 Flat Clear. That process has become my go-to for an as-cast finish.

Wow, you had one hell of a good year, Roger! Half of these i hadn't seen before but they all have a finished style that is unmistakably You! I just love the '48 and '60 Pickups and I'm really digging that little Falcon!! But I also find myself really enjoying that Beretta with BIG rally wheels and cowl hood. Great imagination there!

A great way to end the year is to finish one more model project. Today I did just that with this first issue Monogram 1937 Ford Sedan. Originally released in the late 80's this model represented a (for the time) very contemporary street rod with Boyds wheels and other simulated "billet" parts on its Chevy small block engine. The only thing that was out of place was the old style dropped axle/wishbone front suspension which Monogram/Revell remedied in their Convertible With Trailer follow up kit with a full aftermarket-style independent front suspension which I went ahead and used for a more consistently styled chassis. I decided to do a "retro" build of the kit by leaving the modernized chassis and small block/auto trans and backdating the details for a surface-level traditional-looking car. To accomplish that I changed the following: Halibrand resin wheels from Drag City Casting Vintage resin hot rod tires from The Modelhaus Corvette valve covers Weiand Drag Star intake with 6 Stromberg carbs and chrome helmet air filters Rams horn exhaust manifolds mated to kit exhaust with tails shortened to tuck the tips under the body tail pan Spaulding dual coil distributor with scratch built coils, wired Brake booster and master cylinder moved from firewall down to chassis Large, clunky headrests removed from front seats Standard tube column and banjo wheel replacing kits tilt column and Grant wheel Hot water heater unit mounted to firewall Kits optional louvered hood Deleted bumpers Filled simulated fuel filler door on left rear fender and installed stock style external chrome cap. Tamiya TS34 "Camel Yellow" and TS40 "Black" with their clear, polished and waxed

Very cool. I like the weathering and the facto that it's not black like every other stock Model T.

Thanks, Tim. I’ve been wanting so bad to have bench time. Should be back to my regular Sunday afternoons now. I can’t take credit for the ‘26 door panels, just copying what you did! ?

UPDATE! Time at my workbench has been basically non-existent for the last month and a half but today I finally had some free time so I put in some more work on the closed-cab. I shaved the FORD oval emblem off of the grill and filled the notch at the top for the radiator cap. I filled the hinge notches in the bottom of the tailgate and removed the hinge halves from the bed. I then added 4 tabs inside the bed to support the hard cover made from .040" Evergreen sheet. With the smoothed grill and bed... I smoothed out the insides of the doors (people familiar with this kit know all about the 4 giant ejector pin marks on each door!) and then cut down the Revell '26 T Sedan door panels to fit. I also repurposed (from an abandoned project) a Revell '37 Ford Convertible dashboard that I had added material to and then shaped to fit an earlier cowl. I also selected the Lecarra style steering wheel from Revell's '40 Convertible and tilt style column from Mongram's ZZ Top '33 3-Window.

This is rad! Always enjoy your creativity. To look at a Subaru and envision something like this takes a special eye.

That’s bad ass! Excellent work.

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!