Dennis Lacy

Looks killer! Love the weathering and mismatched body panels making it look pieced together.

UPDATE! Okay folks, back on this one. Where I left off the back half of the exhaust system had been roughed-in with the front section from the headers to the trans cross member needing to be figured out. A bit of an obstacle course with the headers tucking in and the oil filter hanging down. After some thinking and staring I got an idea. I trimmed off the bottoms from a pair of block hugger headers from a Revell ‘37 Ford and attached them to the bottoms of the Hedman Headers. This makes a nice transition from the two pipes and rectangle flange down to one pipe with a 90 degree turn and some neat flange & bolt detail. Then I found a couple of offset pipe sections cut from the pipes in any of Revell’s 1932 Ford series which get around the oil filter can perfectly. From there is was a matter of finding two more offset sections to cut in and connect with the rear pipes at the cross member. After that I went ahead and final glued all of joints then sanded all of the seams and mold lines. I also added the flared ends to the tips from a Revell ‘40 Ford so that I can use the chrome tips from the same. I also made a driveshaft using some Revell ‘32 kit u-joints and Evergreen tube. Decided to set the chassis on the fenders for a look. Getting the exhaust system built is always a huge relief. Here’s a close up holding one of the chrome tips on with a pair of tweezers for those unfamiliar with what they are. Just a few more chassis detail’s remaining. Need to install a steering box and shocks.

This is absolutely EXCELLENT, Tim. Thanks for sharing! And very nicely built. Some people love it, some people hate. I definitely appreciate it. Would have been interesting to stand within earshot at its debut show and listen to people’s comments.

Your models are always so incredibly creative and so cleanly executed. I love it!

He was incorrect, the Tweedy Pie II does NOT have the frog mouth scoops. The carbs with integral frog mouths had to be retooled (along with several other parts) to restore the latest issue back to the original Tweedy Pie. The newly tooled parts are on a separate sprue in a separate bag because they were made in China while the rest of the kit continued to be made here in the USA.

Nice work, looks very cleanly built! This was my favorite kit as a kid in the late 80’s when it first came out.

Nice update! Chassis set up looks great and stance is on-point. ?

@mchook Wow, man, that overhead ‘banger is looking TUFF! Killer work on the weathering, too!

Negative. That kit has trumpet style air scoops. Revell specifically re-tooled the carbs with scoops for the restored last issue. Several other parts as well. ?

@Ace-Garageguy I have been wanting to share these pics with you since I saw this thread but I had to do some digging to find them. My friend Bryce Michaelmoore down in Australia built a beautiful ‘34 Roadster (starting with the AMT 34 5-Window) some years back and he corrected the front clip proportions. On the AMT kit the hood is too long and the grill is too far forward. He grafted on the front of the fenders from the Revell snap kit which sunk the grill back where it belongs and shortened the hood accordingly. He also grafted the AMT outer fender corners back on because the Revell fenders don’t have a good shape there, not round enough. Below are some pics I snagged from his Facebook. I’m not on there but it allowed me to see the whole album for this build. Having grown up in 1934 Fords I have an eye for them and in my opinion Bryce nailed the proportions. The grill is properly sunk into fenders as it should be. Album link below. https://www.facebook.com/michelmorerodandkustom/photos/a.658238904281837/795902530515473/?type=3

Love it! So glad to see it back on the front burner. ?

Sweet!!! Thanks!! Have you been getting into the edibles again? ??

Absolutely stunning custom Merc! I’m not familiar with the full scale version but no matter because your scale version looks killer from every angle. Beautiful paint! ?

Nice fuel tank!

Completely out of whack.

Thanks! In part I was thinking of you and those awesome Falcons you did a few years back as I worked this thing. ? Don’t ever grow up! My body may be 43 but I have the maturity of a 16 year old. Just ask my wife. ? Thanks, man! I couldn’t be happier with the stance. I still have the car mocked up on my work bench and groove on it every time I walk by. ? Thanks, Craig! I wish I could share on TRaK but it’s not period authentic.

Please do!

As if this project wasn’t cool enough. Absolutely bitchin!!! ?

Looks 100% bad ass with the fenders cut out!!! Stance and wheel/tire combo is perfect!

Speaking of your Sedan, I really like the way you are detailing the interior. Those upholstery inserts are rad! In general the whole car is coming along nicely. Stance is on-point!

Thanks, Paul! There’s a whole lot to like about this kit as it comes and there’s only 2 things that I don’t like. The stance and the rear wheel design. But, both of those things are subjective. Adapting the Willys axle was easy and it wouldn’t be hard at all to tweak the mounting stubs to put the kit front wheels on it.

Great idea with the subframe connectors and nice execution! Hmm, there’s still time to do that to mine… ?

Thanks for the comments! Thanks to the 3-day weekend I was able to get a very rare second day at the bench so I kept going on the ‘65. I needed to warm up before attacking the passenger quarter panel so I started out easy by building a driveshaft out of 3/32” tube and U-joints cut from a Revell ‘32 Ford driveshaft. I also tuned up the fit of the exhaust to the headers as there was a gap at the passenger side if you look at the previous post. Then I needed to fix the fit of the ladder bars to the axle as the slots were too big. I glued some pieces of tube into the slots then filed the slots to the correct size. As can be seen I also finished grafting the other axle end on cut from the Willys axle. The rear suspension was finished by adapting the ‘65 kit shocks to the ladder bars. With the rear axle and suspension finished out and both wheels and slicks mounted it was time to cut out the passenger side quarter panel. I made a paper pattern of the driver side, taped it on and traced the shape. Worked perfectly! With that it was time for a full mock up now up on all four. I couldn’t be happier with how this model is going now. Decided to hang the grill so it looks a little more like a car. Not a whole lot more to sort out and I can start the paint process. I also mocked the firewall into place to make the under hood look more proper.

Back last winter when Moebius released they’re highly anticipate ‘65 Chevy II Gasser and ‘64 Nova SS kits I grabbed one of each right away and immediately got to work on the ‘65. Not to brag but, I was the first person to start a WIP thread on this forum. ? Which means nothing because I didn’t see the project through and many of these have been built and finished since! ? Not one to build anything box-stock (let’s face it, there’s plenty of those examples of this kit and probably many more to come) I came up with the idea to make the car into a late 70’s & early 80’s street freak type of thing with Cragar Super Trick wheels (AMT Double Dragster), AMT Parts Pack wrinkle-wall slicks and a Chevy Big Block equipped with gold Moroso valve covers and air filters. The BBC comes from Revell’s 1967 Chevelle / Malibu Pro-Street and is a surprisingly easy fit with just a touch of trimming on the engine mount. Even the headers snake through like they are made for it. I modified the headers by cutting off the severely reduced collectors and adding a pair of resin collector cones from Drag City Casting. I then was able to mate up the very nicely done performance exhaust system found as one of the bonus “extras” in the sister ‘64 kit. My pal @Rocking Rodney Rat donated a Pro Stock hood scoop from his box of drag car carcasses. I also filled in the voids in the tops of the frame rails. That’s as far as I got. The project came to a halt because last spring MCM reached out to me and asked if I would build a hot rod model for a (then) upcoming issue so I had to stop everything and focus on that. To be honest, I wasn’t in love with the project. Mostly because it just didn’t have the aggressive presence I was looking for. The wheels and tires weren’t doing it for me like I initially thought, I didn’t like the way the slicks tucked up in the quarter panels and I don’t like the kit provided nose-bleed stance at all. Fast forward to this week (a year + later) and I found myself thinking about this project and how to fix what I don’t like about it. The most notable decision was to say screw it to boxing the car into an “era”, I’m just gonna use whatever parts that I like! After that, the revisions just flowed like a faucet. First order of business was to pick a new set of wheels and tires which all come from Revell’s 1941 Willys Gassers. It’s hard to go wrong with Halibrand’s and those FAT M&H slicks are super tuff. Next up was fixing the wonky too-high front stance (what people think Gassers look like that don’t actually know what Gassers look like. ?) From the same Willys kit I stole the wheels & tires from I found that the tube front axle has a 1/8” drop (3” in scale) at the ends over the ‘65 kit straight axle. It’s also thicker and more robust looking plus the wheels will mount right to it. I had to shave off the original mount ing pins and install new pins slightly outboard of where they were to align with the 65’s springs. The U-bolt detail was restored to the axle by wrapping pieces of .020” square rod around it. I also decided to use the better looking Willys shocks and gusseted shock mounts cut from the Willys frame replacing the dinky pins sticking out of the ‘65 frame. The exhaust was modified because a car like this wouldn’t actually have full tail pipes. The tails were cut off at the mufflers with the turn-down tips cut off and attached directly to the mufflers for classic “dumps”. The rest of the BBC was set up. Breathers were added to the valve covers just below the “O’s” just like full scale Moroso BBC covers. The finned timing cover, belt drive and alternator from the SBC in Revell’s ‘29 Roadster were added to the front of the engine and because of its extra size the ‘65 kit electric fan was moved to the front of the radiator as a pusher fan. Other wise, the engine is as it comes. On to the rear axle & suspension. The slicks from the Willys are quite thick and as such interfered with the front, bottom edges of the wheel wells. To remedy this I filled the four spring mounting holes with rod, smoothed off the surfaces then drilled new holes 1/32” rearward. Just enough that the slicks won’t bind on the wheel wells. Then I decided I wanted something more robust looking than the little ‘65 kit ladder bars so I fit the HUGE ladder bars from the Willys Gassers. Way tuffer! The rear wheels were adapted by grafting on the ends of the Willys axle to the ‘65 kit axle. In doing so I made the track-width a little wide so the slicks would have some poke outside of the quarter panels. So here’s where the chassis ended up this evening. I still need to graft the passenger side axle end on. I didn’t get to the other side because much time was spent cutting a radius out of the drivers quarter (going too far and having to add material back and blend it in ?) to make room for the FAT slicks. The other side should go much quicker since now I know what to do and can take an accurate pattern off of the drivers side. And now for the Big Moment, up on its wheels & tires with all of the revisions. I couldn’t be happier with the new ever-so-slight forward rake stance and rolling stock with the deep Halibrand’s and FAT slicks poking out. I also love the way the huge ladder bars fill in some of the empty space under the car. The old Pro-Stock hood scoop will stay and yes, those square velocity stacks snuggle right up into it. More to come soon! ?

It seems as though I completely missed the SBC mention in your opening post. Even better! ?