Kit Karson

Tonneau Kover Karved from a Block

Several days/weeks later, a conversation with @Speedpro brought the tonneau topic back to the surface. The recreation tonneau cover was kool, but maybe not the right cover for the '29 TNR. Well, enter the "BRICK" hard-shell tonneau cover:

Yes, there will be a primer table!

Remember the tale of the two tonneau covers? Original AMT Deuce Roadster antique tonneau cover sent to me by @Rocking Rodney Rat... AMT '32 Ford Roadster '64 issue '32 Ford Tonneau Cover I found one a couple years ago at the ACME NNL Swap Meet: But, as you can see... it wasn't quite a perfect fit... that's when RRR came to the rescue with the second priceless tonneau cover! Thanks, again!! -KK Then... holding the pair bottom-to-bottom to compare the two back-to-back, they snapped! The plan was to split the pair in just the right places and splice them back together. Now with the tonneau covers broken into six pieces almost three identical or duplicate pieces each... this was not a good start. When one sets off to turn lemons into lemonade it always interesting to watch the progress in the making. Fabricating is an art and holds a very special place in my heart... especially those that create with an English wheel and can noob with a mallet or hammer and a sandbag! So, here goes: Slicing the two very old pieces of styrene plastic is very challenging. Working with potato chip thin & brittle plastic is a gentle touch problem. Bonding playing card edges together without a tig-welder is leaves surfaces with no structural integrity. Backing the joints seems to be in order... Here's how the resurrected tonneau twins turned out: Not a bad fit... @Rocking Rodney Ratspent a great deal of time and ingenuity fabricating the tonneau cover on his '27 Lakes Turtledeck: Impressive, right? -KK

Easily confused... @Rocking Rodney Rat(RRR) is my modeling partner! We share the K&R KUSTOM+RODS crest: Our logo is also our avatar and early on I was questioned as to the legitimacy of our identities. Yup! There's a bit of identity theft going on on-line!! Not here! RRR & I have been kicked off of forum(s) before. Yeah, us!! Thank you, Scott for the kind words... btw when we sign-off we use our initials, -KK

Pronunciation is all too common a problem of the speaker and is more of a problem for the listener!

Even at its best, which it is not, the job now is to get the phat off of every surface. @Dennis Lacy& @Speedprohave both been on the trim-team for some time now. Paul the very mention of paint, even primer, scares me! This as most of my last few models transform into snap kits of sort. Press fitting parts together very much the same Chinese Puzzles come apart and lock together. Make sense? Removing material from every edge and surface creating room for the thickness of primer and eventually paint presses the tolerances between fit and allowances for growth and/or shrinkage of any one part and its mate. Let's just stack a couple of parts together: postscript (ps) @Rocking Rodney Rathelped me over a short hurdle regarding the new Tonneau Kover this afternoon! Thanks, Brother!! -KK

Bill & Chris, Really appreciate both of you stopping by to check on the '29 TNR progress... -KK

When good music came in sleeves and were 33 1/3rd RPM records.

Found an eBay reference that was no longer available, but the point being... there is a 1/25th scale starting point out there! -KK

I caught that...

1938 Dodge Airflow 1:25 ERTL

The '29 Track Nose Roadster thread was moved to WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers This has been a little "Build a Ship in a Bottle" and years of planning from memories of ideas that cross through one's mind on a daily basis. Seeing pictures from the past of real speed racers and drawing on other's aerodynamic designs, aero being key, and taking a couple of aircraft ques to task... the '29 TNR is continuing to be a work of love! A love for the hobby and the art of the automobile passing through time. -KK

Great to have you @ModWrenchhere! There are some great members here and so glad to contribute to the forum content. Keep us updated on your progress. -KK

Went to the junk yard to find a piece to fit between the firewall and the interior sub-structure... The Inner Kowl: Revell 1930 Ford Woody Street Rod 2-in-1 More fitment issues to deal with, but mostly appear to be minor... Test fit shows how tight things under the hood still are... but initially pleased with the fact that the engine and trans fit together when mocked up! Thanks for stopping by... -KK

Charles, The angel of the cowl as it slops toward the hood can play a part in the height of the radiator shell, too. It's like Goldilocks and the three beds: Too high! A little better... ... maybe a little low? ...and just right! -KK

Working toward making sure the nose fits over the inner skeleton and eventually the firewall, too! Rember this all snapped together... tight fit meant parts pressed together. Painter's nightmare, without a doubt. So, the drill here is to relieve as much material on the sub-structure as possible to allow the hood to close against the body at the beauty line and kowl. Filled in the kick panels... This is what it looks like inside... and out! This is where the body will rest until the firewall is trimmed to fit... And the other side... I used to build in a mirror to make sure the other side looked like the other side... '29 4 Banger Under Construction -KK

Computer language spoken here!

This whole build has reminded me of other model builders, as it comes together it's much like building a ship in a bottle. Drawing the tool slowly is time consuming... The #11 is the final cut-through tool... '29 TNR Rhinoplasty fini! Long time planning and looking forward to this day! Let's see what the ship looks like in the bottle!

Problems solved, 5 cents, Lucy!

Europe has fallen!

Radiators mocked up... Bleach bath... Removes old chrome... Measure twice... cut once (actually a little lone and file/sand down to fit) -KK

Update: No real progress on the '29 TNR Tow Truck... waiting on the rear rims to get back from Hendley's Machine Shop! As soon as they do, the '28 XPU will be back on the bench! -KK