Dennis Lacy

This is my favorite model I’ve ever seen built out of the old Monogram ‘37 Sedan. That top is so awesome and the whole car is awesome with Maroon paint, Sombreros and matching early Caddy engine. Simply outstanding!!!

Killer start. You always do retro drag cars right!

GO GO GO! Man, you’ve been hustling. 99.5% of people looking at this model will have no idea how you built that extra cab. I wasn’t sure when you started cutting but it sure came out awesome.

This is bad ass! Nice job!!!

Excellent job bashing together the quick change axle. We do what we gotta do! ?

UPDATE! This past Sunday wasn’t very productive. I got a late start at the bench and decided to work on fitting an exhaust system. Sometimes it clicks right away and sometimes I end up staring at it for 3 hours. This time was the latter but finally my brain started working and I was able to rough-in the pipes and mufflers from the trans cross member back. Then the dinner bell rang and so ended my bench time. The mufflers are from the dual pipes in Revell’s 1948 Ford Convertible and pin to brackets added to the frame at the molded in hanger detail. The front tubes are sections also taken from the 48’s dual pipes. The rear sections are part of the dual pipes found in all of the Revell 1932 Ford’s. So far the sections are just pinned together. That’s all for now. Next I’ll tackle the front sections which will have to have some twists and turns, made complicated by running the pipes through the cross member rather than below it.

Absolutely STUNNING!!!

Love it! Love it! Love it!

Awesome parts pack T Altered! Really dig the injected Nailhead.

Another killer DD rail! Love the gold and red scheme.

Absolutely LOVE this. I’ve been wanting to build a DD Rail with the blown Hemi swapped in. So cool to see!

Compromise? Maybe I should put them on the passenger side? ?

In the immortal words of Monty Python, “It’s only a model.” ?

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UPDATE! I hadn’t touched this project in a couple of weekends as I decided to finish assembly of my T Bucket and then there was Easter. This past Sunday I was back on the Woody and made some solid progress. The Woody kit floor is flat and interfered with the bell housing and transmission so it was gonna need some tweaking. After looking through my interior bin I decided that a Revell ‘32 3-Window floor had the trans tunnel needed so it was cut out along with the toe panel. The toe panel and corresponding area was then removed from the flat Woody floor and the 3-Window section grafted into place. The floor now fits into place and clears the trans and bell housing nicely. With the floor mod a success the superfluous edges of the toe panel were trimmed, a notch filed into the center to fit around the recess in the firewall and the little notches in the edge of the narrow front part of the floor filled. Then it was time to do something about the gaping hole in the back of the floor where the Z’d frame pokes up. The hole was framed with .080 x .125” rectangle rod with the front edges cut at 60 degrees. A cap was made made from two pieces of .040” sheet with a hole for the tip of the arched cross member to poke through. The finished floor cap is just tall enough to clear the Z’d frame. The finished floor pan! With the floor finished it was time to figure out seats. The kit stock style seats weren’t gonna cut it and after trying a few options it was found a pair of Revell ‘32 5-Window pleated bench seats would be perfect. The rear one has the bottom edges trimmed the height of the floor cap and both seats had their empty back sides filled in with .040” sheet. A few close ups with the body on. And a couple of full view mock ups. The seats definitely make the Woody look more “complete”. That’s all for now. ?

Not a kit that gets built very often. Hard to go wrong with maroon and black!

Turned out awesome!

Excellent conversion and very cleanly built! Next to white and black I think Lazer Red was the other most popular GT color in ‘94/95. Now make a Cobra coupe!

Wow, this turned out really cool! Nice job on the wood effect and really like the pearl yellow and American’s.

Thanks Jason! I’m just sticking together what I think looks right. Nice! I’ve never experienced one. I probably should. Thanks Chris! I guess that blower is a little wonky but not enough for me. I like the taillights as a good universal option. I didn’t do it in this case but I’ve sanded the housings down to half their thickness and it makes an immense difference.

I’m a huge fan of 26/27 T’s and what a beautiful example. Nice work!

While well aware of the Mystic Cobra’s it never occurred to me that it wasn’t available on Convertibles. It should have been because it looks killer. The whole model is very nicely done. The paint looks like you could dip your finger into it! You were very lucky to get your hands on the real deal.

Thank you and thank you! ? Oh yes, no problem! ?

They come from the most recent issue of the Revell Tweedy Pie T which included additional parts to return it to its original issue configuration. Among those are 6 Stromberg carbs with the vintage frog mouth scoops. They’re beautifully rendered. Below is the box to look for.

Thank you and agree on all of that. It certainly helps when they have an up-top so at least if the passengers are within the top it takes away from that cartoon aspect. Seating position can be engineered but in a channeled ‘23-‘25 Roadster body you run out of room quick! The driver would probably need to do Yoga regularly to stay limber enough to be comfortable! ? I’ve driven a little T Modified with rear brakes only. In that case it was 12” Lincoln Bendix with 2” (original 1-3/4”) wide shoes and larger bore front wheel cylinders. In that light weight Modified the brakes were actually pretty decent under normal circumstances. I didn’t have to panic-stop (nor did I think to try to see what it was like) so I can’t speak to how that would go. Thanks a bunch! From the small turnout of comments (at least so far) it would seem most people share our sentiments. ? And for the record, even after building one I’m still not a big fan! ?