Dennis Lacy

Thanks for the really nice message! I really miss that T Roadster sometimes. I wish circumstances had been different but buying a house and getting married in the same year (6 months apart!) was a bit hard on my wallet! At least I still have my hot rodded '32 Pickup, though. You're right, my approach to building models is the same as full size hot rods both in design and execution. After settling on a pile of parts I build them twice. Once completely in the raw and only when every last detail is figured out do I break them down and do paint & finish work. Regardless of scale, it's the only way to work.

I saw this in the flesh at the Spirit Of Speed show a couple weeks back. It's absolutely awesome! Definitely the best '57 Ford Wagon I've seen built so far.

Wow, I've never seen this truck before but I love it! The truck is very telling of a time when billet parts were starting to find their way on to resto-rod type cars and there was a definite V6 craze happening. That you made the cab back from sheet styrene is very impressive, it looks right-on! I would love to be able to see the steps of that from the how-to article. Aside from the conversion I really dig the the color scheme and the parts selection in-general. The stance is also perfect and the dropped headlights really accentuate that! In '88 when your article was fresh I was only 8 years old, had just been introduced to models and hadn't discovered SAE or Modelers Corner yet. I never ended up with any back issues that far back.

This is very in keeping with the theme of TROG and just the sort of heavy patina gow job a guy would "throw together" for the beach. I love the Rajo conversion, Winfield-esq carbs and mechanical brake details!

This is so cool. talk about late 20's period perfect. I could picture this storming across Harper's Dry Lake with a cloud of alkaline dust behind it! You've even got the leather aviator helmet and goggles on the seat ready to go.

Another one of my old favorites from your bench and Modeler's Corner! I know it's not a truck, but I also loved the pro-street '30 Sedan you finished up as a finale for the column. That thing looked tough as nails!

Very cool and one of the most iconic hot rods of all time! You should do Jerry Slover's pro-street California Kid II as a companion.

I finished one up a couple of months back. Finished thread here:

Wow! Absolutely incredible traditional hot rod. I love everything about it. Especially impressive chassis work with the scratch built center "X". Stance is perfect and the wood frame in the top opening is killer. This was a fun project to follow and just turned out totally awesome!

When it comes to '40 Coupes I'd definitely take a Standard over a Deluxe. This is absolutely beautiful! I'm pretty sure that even though Maroon wasn't available on Standard models the dealers would let you special order a Deluxe color if you insisted or had a business that required a specific color.

Wow, that's extremely flattering to know! I've got loads of respect for him and have enjoyed his models for many years.

They sure are! Yeah, dull coating the centers might be an option. I'll be able to decide easier once I make a decision on the color scheme which I'm also going back and forth on.

I'm struggling with that. Do you hope I do or hope I strip and paint them?

Awesome! I love the real car and your model looks well on it's way to being just as cool and a great replica. I dig the torsion bar arms you made up front. Also, thanks for the link to the build at Brizio's.

Thanks, everyone! I've began getting stuff painted for this project. Should have a picture update in the near future.

Definitely the nicest '55 Cameo model I've ever seen. Beautiful!

This turned out killer! It's especially impressive knowing you started with the lack-luster Lindberg '40. Thanks to the good guidance you had during the build-up it turned out very period authentic!

Very cool! I've been wondering how one of these would look with those body decals and I dig it.

Killer! This should be the next be thing in Rap videos with the constant struggle for those guys to out-Escalade each other, LOL!

I enjoyed meeting and talking with you, Curt! On a smaller forum Bernard gave us a peek yesterday at the hand-laced dragster wheels your getting ready to produce and sell. Nice. Very nice! I don't know if it was 24 but I started noticing he brought A LOT of models, LOL!

I spent a good amount of time looking at it at the show last weekend and I think you nailed your idea. It looks killer sitting on those wheels and tires, the flipped headlights are sweet and the interior is awesome. Would have been my pick for the theme award!

Over the last couple of days I managed to get the body, grill shell and headlights in final paint (Tamiya Racing White) and clear (also, Tamiya.) Couldn't resist setting the body on the chassis for a look! Got a couple of small details to finalize and polish the paint then final assembly can happen. On the home stretch now!

Looks wicked nice! Definitely look forward to seeing it finished.

It was fairly common back during war time for some Big Cars to get converted into commercial work horses. I've seen similar done with full size Packard's and Duesenberg's. You simply nailed The Look with this. I love it!

I can't wait to see this in person today. It looks incredible!