Paul Payne

Bernard, if the louvers don't make me go blind, modeling Stuart's prototype fuel injection unit probably will..................

Bernard, I tried your photobucket link but could only get to the photobucket home page. Can you check the link? Thanks.......

Guys, thanks so much for the abundant information on this famous car. Some of the info I already had, much is new as far as sources and links. I also was given Jim Lattin's address from Don Montgomery and will get in touch with him regarding build pix and basic dimensions. This project is still a ways away, but I am gathering a few parts together and stowing them in a box for "later"! My thoughts include a junker Monogram T35B Bugatti for some of the basic body shapes, a Monogram Green Hornet grille and front crossmember for a start on the front end shapes, and now you understand my interest in the "making louvers" thread! I'm thinking I will lay out the outline of the louver areas with tape, mark each slot, cut the slot with a razor saw, then cover each slot with Evergreen 0.040" quarter round with the inside removed and the outside ends sanded to shape- this is going to be tedious! And yes, Lyle, I will need a lot of those- as well as the rest of my 3 sizes of hex nut heads from Norm!

The wire wheels were from a parts box I bought- I think they are 1/24th scale, possibly from Monogram. The tires are from the Revell 1929 rat rods pickup, but with the whitewall insert sanded to a larger I. D. to fit on the wheels. I wanted to get the look of the larger diameter wire wheels and the AMT versions just looked too small. The Firestone lettering is from Shabo. The timing tag is a photoreduced S.C.T.A. item. I don't have any real WIP pix, just a couple mock up pix- here is a link to my photobucket site: http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h18/Paul_Payne

Looking better and better! Thanks for the steering box pix- excellent reference! By the way, the Amt 29 roadster body will actually fit on the Revell 32 Ford chassis without any alterations if you build it hiboy style. I was given a junker 29 by a friend and turned it into an AV8. Here's a picture: I attempted a Gordon Schroeder sttering box from scratch, but it turned out a little large- almost the size of a stock rear end- but I used it anyways!

Here's a "duh" question- what are the proper colors for oxygen and acetylene gas bottles for a welding rig?

Reminds me of Augie Hiscano's black and red bandits- very nice work!

Absolutely gorgeous- I built a similar one from the metal kit several years ago, and added a driving light mounted in the bumper hole on the driver's side.

How about an Offy? Should be able to pirate one from an AMT indy car, or maybe find an Etzel's? Or- how about a model t four banger with vintage speed equipment- maybe a Fronty DOHC setup?

How about replicating a Gordon-Schroeder sprint car steering box? BTW, what kit donated the body? Your project is looking good.....

I seem to recall Larry Boothe creating scale open louvers on his Deuce coupe. Maybe he could help us out with more info, if he participates in this forum?

I am researching the Stuart Hilborn streamliner and his prototype fuel injection unit he broke 150 mph with. I have found a few pix, but need shots of the chassis, suspension, drive train, etc., etc., also detail shots of the fuel injection unit, especially the fuel pump, filter, and mounting arrangements. This will be a 1/25th scale model of a subject I have never seen modeled, and I think one of the most significant hot rods ever built deserves the best effort I can muster. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Great collection, and even better paint! When you're done with yours would you paint some of mine?!?!?!.....

Looking better and better! If it isn't done for NNL's, put it on the primer projects table!

You nailed it!

Ah, the debates rage on! I don't think any other car has generated as much controversy regarding how many were actually made, the various bodies on which chassis, etc., etc., etc.! Le Patron's T46 was a scaled down Royale. After aquiring 2 Miller Indy racing cars, Bugatti began constructing DOHC engines. The T50 was essentially a T46 with a DOHC top end and supercharger (pardon- compresseur). Now- if the Royale had been able to be continued in production, wouldn't it be logical that the engine would have evolved in the same manner? Imagine- 774 cubic inches, dual overhead cams, and supercharged! Somebody has just got to build this, and let's face it, it would be somewhat cheaper in model form...... I'm thinking a body similar to the Esders roadster, or possibly a streamlined boat tail 2 passenger coupe. Let's see- Lindberd/Pyro Auburn boat tail rear body, 1940 Ford sedan body pie-cut and blended into the boat tail, veed windshield, pontoon fenders............ Seriously, your build is great- workmanship excellent, paint excellent, thought and research excellent- I am looking forward to seeing all your other Royale kits being built- And you can just dream about how much they would be worth in real life! Here are a couple pix of the Lindberg Royale I built a few years back:

Gray, This project is looking great! I love the Cosworth intake manifold- modify a part into something entirely different! What kit is your windshield frame from? Do you have pix of your DOHC Deuce, or a thread I can pick up somewhere else? I love DOHC engines..... Here's a tip for cutting angles on tubing- for 4 stacks, cut two pieces of tubing longer than the combined finished length. Now, near the center, make your angled cut, resulting in 2 tubes with the same angle at the top. Now comes the tricky part- repeat the angle cut on the second piece of tubing! After that, just trim them all to the final length. If you get a minute, drop in on my double deuce project in this forum- I should be updating it soon.....

I was 6 years old, in 1959. It was the AMT 3-in-1 boat kit which was re-issued around 1996, and of course I bought one! It will get built with a cedar cigar wrapper overlay on the hull and deck, using the dual cockpit runabout version which is how I first built it. I might add an Etzel's Offenhauser. This engine was derived from a marine engine Harry Miller designed in the early 20's. The original boat is long gone, but I still have the trailer, the only model that has survived from my early years.

Dirk, I'm on my home computer now and your pix came up fine. Nice work!

Thanks, Lyle, I appreciate!

John, I love it! How about some pix with it next to the maroon deuce you built awhile ago? That would be too cool! You use my favorite colors- maroon and blue!

I got the dreaded red x! Can you repost the pix? Thanx!

I love it! It's so hot it's cool, so cool it's hot! The wood grain is the most realistic I have ever seen! By the way, which re-release of the '50 ford p.u. had the corrected Ardun heads? Iwouldn't want to get the wrong kit....

My wife Betsy and I live in a 3 bedroom house. One extra bedroom is the guest room, the other is my model building and display room. My wife is a car nut, also her family. She scrubbed off her finger prints when young by sanding the spokes on a 1927 Chevy touring car, now in a collection in Italy. She doesn't mind at all if I display models around the house, but mostly they are in my studio. She has a jewelry making business and uses the front sun room for her studio, as well as the family room coffee table. Betsy also knits and the yarn is stowed in a copper boiler as well as several bags in the family room. She also sews and works with stained glass. After all this, you can see why she insisted I have my own hobby room to myself!

The last few years I have been concentrating on hot rod projects. Current is my double deuce project which has been posted here. A couple nights ago I put together some parts for a re-build of Monogram's Black Widow, which will be next.