Dennis Lacy

Thanks, Alan! The attitude is what I was after. I think a ‘30 Coupe thread would be appropriate. There’s enough of them out there to fill up a few pages for sure.

It’s my new go-to for cast aluminum. I feel like it has the perfect textured look. With the Testors metalizers being discontinued I had to come up with an alternative.

Killer work on the Esprit conversion, probably the best I’ve seen yet! Puts a smile on my face because even though I’m fairly young I love that show. Garner is a legend!

Somehow I missed this model last month so I’m really glad it got bumped back to the first page. Excellent work on this, Phil! The sectioned body and chopped, padded top scream Valley Custom. Love the color and standard grill conversion with ‘39 headlights.

Off to a great start, B. This kit was a milestone in street rod kits when it debuted in 1987 and very up to date as far as what was going on in the full scale world. I bet at that time nobody saw the traditional movement coming back as strong as it did! Those seats look worlds better with the giant head rests removed!

Excellent work so far and a killer subject. Getting the tops to match up to the bodies on these old two piece kits is a royal pain but it looks like you’re getting it done. The custom bullnose looks great!

UPDATE! Still chipping away at paint on this thing. Finally got the body parts and frame in the Tamiya "French Blue" along with their gloss clear. Flame decals are trimmed down a bit from Revell's '32 5-Window and the Woodpeckers are from an 80's Monogram '32 Roadster. Naturally, I couldn't resist a mock up and I may or may not have made engine noises while I sat and admired it from different angles... At this point I'll let everything sit for a few weeks so the paint can fully gas out prior to polish, wax and final assembly. In the meantime maybe I'll have to start a new project?

Thanks, Tom, but don’t look too close or you’ll start seeing all of the flaws! LOL

Thanks for your comments, Alan. And it’s not pink, the can says red! LOL This color is a huge departure from my usual pallet but now that it’s all said and done I’m very happy with my choice. And the taillight was meant to be one of the purposefully dated pieces on the car. Another hint of its original 40’s build era.

Fresh off my workbench is this Revell based '29 Roadster. My intention with this project was for it to reflect a hot rod that was originally built in the 40's then sold in the early 50's. The new owner gives it a complete makeover with current trends of metallic paint and whitewalls while not changing any of its now dated components such as the hopped up 4-cylinder motor and late 30's artillery style wheels. Let me know what you all think! - Revell '29 Roadster body and channeled option frame. - Frame center cross member reworked with 2nd installed further forward for wishbone mount and Revell '48 Ford rear cross member. - Revell '48 Ford rear axle and '40 Ford shocks. - Revell '40 Ford dropped front axle, spring, tie rod, shocks and brakes with Revell '29 Pickup stock wishbone. - Revell '29 Pickup steering gear and pitman arm with scratch built drag link and upper steering arm. - Revell '37 Pickup front wheels with AMT '41 Woody tires, Drag City Casting modified '37 rear wheels to fit Monogram '41 Lincoln tires, '37 Pickup spare wheel "FORD" emblem caps. - Revell '31 Sedan 4-cylinder engine with optional Riley 2-port head, dual intake and finned side cover. Head modified with bolt head detail and correct slopes where spark plugs install. Parts box magneto. Revell Tweady Pie carburetors. Revell '32 Sedan beehive oil filter. Detail Master #1 plumbing lines, hoses and fittings. Parts by Parks ignition wire. Big tube exhaust made from '29 Pickup rear axle torque tube. Revell '40 Ford transmission. - Body wheel wells filled flush with detail bead added. Original license plate and taillight holes filled. Revell '37 Pickup taillight and license plate mount. AMT '25 T headlights. Revell '32 Ford grill and shell chopped 6 scale inches - Drag City Casting resin stylized roadster top. - Revell '29 roadster kit floor, interior side panels and seat. Revell '30 Coupe dashboard. Revell '40 Ford steering wheel and column shift. - Tamiya TS59 Pearl Light Red with their light gray primer and gloss coat.

RAD! This turned out killer, Alan! I love the color choice and and white accents. Great wheel and tire choice, too. Ironically, I'm about to finish a Revell based '29 Roadster in the very same Pearl Light Red. I don't have a build thread but keep an eye out, hopefully this weekend. Also, thinking out loud. I think the Nailhead looks way more at home in the coupe than in the sister roadster kit.

I’ve never seen that done before, either. Someone on Instagram asked me if I was leaving the rear fenders off when I shared these same progress pics back whenever it was. Said they kinda liked it. Maybe that was you? I’m sure it can be pulled off if that is part of the design from the start. There’s definitely potential. Like you said, some kind of detail added to the bed sides to make them more interesting to look at and a lot more tire. The belly-burner exhausts ain’t a bad idea, either. Get after it!

UPDATE! Been a while since I updated this projected but I've been chipping away at getting everything painted behind the scenes. The Pontiac 421 is coming together nicely. At this point it just needs the carbs, filters and fuel lines. The block and trans are Testors "Bronze" from their one-coat lacquer line. I had just enough leftover from my '32 5-Window to spray the engine and felt it's a good accent color for the rest of the car. The intake and valve covers are Tamiya "Mica Silver" with heavy gloss clear. The wheels and tires are finished. The entire set is an AMT parts pack from a few years ago. Wheel finish is Tamiya "Silver Leaf" with their flat clear for an as-cast appearance. The exhaust pipes are Tamiya "Mica Silver" with their flat clear to give it a metallic appearance with no sheen. I've done red "Cherry Bomb" glass packs on the last couple of models so this time I decided to do them up as "Blue Streak" glass packs. This is gonna be a 1960's era car but I didn't want to do another white/black two tone interior so I decided to take a chance with light gray (actually just Tamiya primer) and Tamiya "Blue" with a semi-gloss clear coat. The "carpet" is simply Duplicolor dark gray primer with a flat clear coat. The dashboard is a sneak-peek at the body color, Tamiya "French Blue, to show how the various colors will look together. Chassis parts are all detail painted and just need their final gloss clear coat to seal everything in. Working on getting the body prepped for primer at this time. More to come soon!

Thanks! I do the same thing quite often as far as the day dreaming goes. It comes and goes at all hours of the day. My head always has project ideas swirling around in it. So what’s the thing you’ve never seen before that got you thinking?

Thanks brother RRR!

Thanks a bunch, Roger. Glad you like it so much!

Thank you so much. All very kind of you to say!

Thank you Brother KK! But hey, you never told me you weren’t sure about the color during the build!!!

Thanks, Dave! I appreciate the enthusiasm but I don’t see myself making any more moor-door bodies. Deuce’s are the only ones I really like and I like them chopped! There is another Revell based 32 Fordor body out there, perhaps by Hendrix? It’s got a stock height roof.

Thanks! I couldn’t be happier with the color. Glad I took the chance with it.

Just finished up my '32 Fordor Sedan using the conversion body for Revell's '32 Sedan kit by Drag City Casting. This project started a while back when I created the master body for Drag City to mold, cast and sell. (Not only did I convert a 2-door body into a 4-door, at the same time I chopped the top 3 scale inches.) Once I had a production resin body in hand I set out to build a 50's traditionally styled hot rod with it. Hope ya'll like it! - Drag City Casting 3” Chopped '32 Ford Fordor Sedan resin body - Revell '32 Sedan donor kit - Frame back-dated with center "X" and rear cross member from Revell 1940 Ford's - Revell 1940 Ford's Columbia 2-speed rear axle with Revell 1948 Ford's radius rods and spring - '32 Sedan front axle and suspension with Revell '32 5-Window "hairpin" radius rods - Revell 1940 Ford's brake plates with Revell 1929 Roadster finned drums - Revell 1929 Roadster wheels and tires with '48 Ford hubcaps - ArDun flathead engine from Revell 1950 Ford Pickup kit-bashed with a Vertex magneto, modified Chevy finned aluminum style oil pan, Revell Tweedy Pie carbureters and AMT '32 Phantom Vicky lakes style headers - Full exhaust system bashed together with sections from Revell's '29 Roadster and '48 Custom Coupe - Interion from '32 Sedan kit with door lines reworked to match Fordor body - Revell '48 Ford steering wheel - Tamiya "Pearl Light Blue" over their light gray primer and sealed with their clear.

UPDATE! Okay, I lied. THIS will be the last update before final assembly! Interior assembly: Voltage regulator and heater added to firewall: Fuel lines for carbs finished. Detail Master #1 line and fittings: Front shocks and headlights, taillights added. I'm a big fan of stock '32 taillights but I hate when people leave them out on the tips of the frame horns on a fender-less '32. Gotta tuck them back by the body! Now all that's left is to cut and install glass, shove the interior up into the body, install the firewall and wheel wells then glue it all down to the chassis.

An oldie but a goodie! There's a ton of detail packed into this little space.

I just love this, it turned out awesome! Looks totally period correct, too!

UPDATE! Getting closer. This might be the last update before final assembly which should take place over the next couple of weekends. The body and related blue parts have been polished and waxed. I love this color! The interior pieces are all finished. Instead of the typical black and white scheme I went with gray and white which is simply Tamiya flat white and fine gray primer with their semi-gloss clear to give it a sheen. The carpet area is Duplicolor dark gray sandable primer with a flat clear coat to seal it in. (I didn't pull the tape until I got home from work and got some white that bled under so I'll need to touch that spot up.) Steering wheel is Revell '48 Ford and the hot water heater is from Revell's '40 Ford's. Some last mock-ups.