Kit Karson

We all need encouragement from time to time! Life has its way of interrupting our collective hobby!! Sometimes the transition from one media to another can reveal new and greatly appreciated audience's... here on the forum what you build is more important than the builder that built it! That's saying something, too!! Your two sedans are examples of what can be done when you create something outside of the box! Great work and fun seeing your builds here!! -KK

Well thought out and executed! One of my favorite Ford roadster pickups! Using the 1/24 scale deuce affords one the added dimension to craft handmade parts to pull off such a good looking '32 Ford RPU! Bet we could do a thread on these great looking RPUs! -KK

'28 FORD XPU - Back to the Future '29 XPU! Transformation in more than name only is happening! Grafting the new Revell '29 roadster kowl & doors with the kut-down very old AMT '28 sedan body has had its challenges!! The top is wider and requires a bit of narrowing: Opening the windshield height: Pie kuts will keep the kab width at the rear close to the width of the bed that will soon follow behind it! Slow progress incurring resistance while experiencing casualties along the way: Getting serious now! The old kowl is about to fall by the wayside... Internal bracing being klipt away while keeping fingers krossed that the seams seem strong enough to hold the skin & bones together... There goes the old sedan kowl... More yet to remove... All kleaned out, kut up & broken... let the age change continue! Wait! What about that belt line? Why not incorporate the roadster belt line in a different way? The plan is to extend it under the opera window... 'bout wore the numbers off of my scale checking & rechecking the measures... Opps! Oh well... just another Thursday! Back to the Future! Please welkome the '29 XPU in the making!! Kuts! Kramps! & Kalm Knerves! Keeping Kool Kan Matter! -KK

Something that I would imaging coming from K&R Kustoms+Rods, right RRR?!. Really edgy, in an old-style rear engine way, where brakes matter! -KK

If you decide setting it on the '29 Common Kit table with or without an entry slip, there are other builds, that have also just passed muster, that will be alongside your '29! As far as what is on my bench... they'll be there even if unfinished. ATL -KK

Blue Beetle '29 Ford Roadster Pickup

Thought of you, too! Your latest '29 RPU is now a contender for the Common Kit class! Right? I'm still not sure the '28 Sedan body won't pass muster, yet arguably the '28 & '29 Ford bodies were exactly the same in real life. Grafting the '29 Roadster cowl & doors may allow the XPU a place on the table or at least it & the antique tag-along will make a good display platform for the '29 TNR! Fingers crossed... -KK

That last 4 inches of drop you did out back is where it's got to be... how's the tire clearance? -KK

Just think what else is out there that fits the intent of this thread! The interior panels are just the ticket! There may by other roadster pickups out there waiting to be added here! -KK

Happy New Year! Universal email dated 1/1/2023 Revised: COMMON KIT The Common Kit for GSL-XXVIII is the Revell 1929 Ford Model A Roadster (kit #RMX854463). The intent of this Class is for each entrant to start with the same kit, then display their widest array of individual creativity, craftsmanship, building skills, and technical innovations. The entrant may build the entry in any style or vintage. Regardless, all entered models must be based upon the parts from this kit. Entrants may also: i) swap parts from any other kit(s); ii) use any aftermarket parts; iii) use any body from another 1929 Ford kit but may not use a complete aftermarket resin body; and iv) use any building materials, techniques or technologies without restriction. This announcement from the GSL Board of Trustees changes the direction of the '28 Ford XPU. Next up the '28 changes to a '29 and loses a year off its waist and narrowing the brow over the kowl won't hurt it's looks at all! -KK

Happy New Year! Universal email dated 1/1/2023 Revised: COMMON KIT The Common Kit for GSL-XXVIII is the Revell 1929 Ford Model A Roadster (kit #RMX854463). The intent of this Class is for each entrant to start with the same kit, then display their widest array of individual creativity, craftsmanship, building skills, and technical innovations. The entrant may build the entry in any style or vintage. Regardless, all entered models must be based upon the parts from this kit. Entrants may also: i) swap parts from any other kit(s); ii) use any aftermarket parts; iii) use any body from another 1929 Ford kit but may not use a complete aftermarket resin body; and iv) use any building materials, techniques or technologies without restriction. Doesn't really make a difference in the direction of the '29 TNR but will call for some changes on the tow vehicle! -KK

Universal email dated 1/1/2023 Revised: COMMON KIT The Common Kit for GSL-XXVIII is the Revell 1929 Ford Model A Roadster (kit #RMX854463). The intent of this Class is for each entrant to start with the same kit, then display their widest array of individual creativity, craftsmanship, building skills, and technical innovations. The entrant may build the entry in any style or vintage. Regardless, all entered models must be based upon the parts from this kit. Entrants may also: i) swap parts from any other kit(s); ii) use any aftermarket parts; iii) use any body from another 1929 Ford kit but may not use a complete aftermarket resin body; and iv) use any building materials, techniques or technologies without restriction. See you there in May... a week before my 75th birthday! -KK Life is good!

As you envisioned... your roadster is going to be the spitting image of Fat Jack's '29! -KK

This is where the '28 XPU progress towards the '29 In-Mind: We'll klean this up... ...and grow the XPU a year newer! (Do the math!) -KK

Had a morning alone in the house and a few minutes at the bench. Checked out the blade width of the saws involved: The cut line crosses the end of the white brace that has already been severed from the forward bracing in the center... The amount of material that needs to be removed is just a tad more than the thickness of the saw blade... Not quite through at the brace until more of the cut is completed... Change saws to the middle sized of the three being used... Thinnest blade saws over the edge of the curved roof side... Back to the final point connecting the two cut edges with the white brace... Working the edges with all forms of material removal aids and banding the perimeter then clamping the inner bracing together all the seams were bonded! A little CA and sanding dust in the seam over cuts saves on putty! Happy New Year! -KK ps Next up converting the AMT '28 into a Revell '29...

We have a WINNER! I counted 32 with the Silhouette trailer! -KK

Mate! You nailed it!!! First, leaning over your shoulder while watching your inspired tribute come together was a real joy!! Second, your continued support for other trib' builders is admirable and lastly paying homage to the late '90s issue box art is genius! Well done... -KK

Been talking to @Speedprorecently about the twiddly bits... when the Trib Build changed hands taillights from the old Monogram Deuce were wrapped and packed with the pickup & trailer... Here's where it gets really interesting! Waldo has been pining over these little jewels for days on end. So far everything that has been done has had his touch added! During yesterday's morning snow fall, my phone lights up! We're just coming above freezing here and he's knee deep in the white stuff. After the pleasantries, tails of broken and mended brackets brought the warm fuzzies of "Hey! I've got an idea!" -KK

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Ken, Next to KOOL this is way above the mark! Back in MCM #215 3D was brought forefront and your transformation from your imagination to a three-dimensional image is an example of mind over matter. Knowledge is power. Well done... keep us posted! -KK

RC that is so kool! Gonna be sweet based on your plan... you've been sitting on this idea for some time, it'll be fun watching over your shoulder while you work your plan! -KK

Don't know how this got past earlier inspection... while doing the measures for the '28 to '29 XPU conversion turns out the driver's side opera window is a smidge wider than the one on the passenger's side! Might have to address a couple of the x-bars... If you look close on the right side the cut line crosses the end of the white brace just enough to leave a ledge to mate the body panel back together... -KK

'28 XPU Kowl conversion to incorporate the '29 Roadster Kowl & Doors... I'm liking it! -KK Envision the belt line on the '28 XPU being replaced with the '29 roadster's belt line... now the '29 doors & kowl forward of the back doorline on the '28 XPU body: Looks like it'd come together, right? There's a way to address the difference: A couple of V-Cuts before removing the '28 kowl! Think the windshield frame will fit after the stanchions are removed... @Rocking Rodney Ratwhere's the Sawzall? -KK

Here's the Catch 22 in going forward on the '28 XPU... most would agree that the chopped up '28 Sedan body is pretty kool, but if the GSL-XVIII Common Kit Class distinction is having to build upon the kit's roadster body as an absolute, that disqualifies the extended cab as it currently exists. So, to comply with the intent as interpreted by the judges in past GSL common kit classes that required that every entrant start with the same kit body, changes must be considered. Film at 11!

Very Kool Project -KK