Kit Karson

Thanks, Brother! It has been a point of concern, not only for me, but also to a couple of other mates as well!! @Speedprovisited my Kave this last weekend to attend our NNL (see below)... and he has custody of the 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute, the build that I started. Waldo & I have done this sort of thing before. '37 Ford Fat-O-Fender (ACME Meeting 3-5-17) Back in the day, he restored '37 Ford Fat-O-Fender(above). It was a cover car(model) for Cruzin Magazine(some 30 years ago). And, I still have it today, so having Waldo ask if he could do the redo I had to say, YES! (with a tear of admiration in my eye... what an honor!) Thanks, Brother -KK

Next year, Brother -KK

It really got off to an early start... and, before you could turn around to say Hi! to someone, things got busy! Before too long the table tops came alive while in the background the venders were being overwhelmed with the early bird crowd! While all the spectators and builders were starting to gather, the stack of donated door prizes over took the front edge of the stage! Most every one stepped across the street for a burger &/ hot dog! @Speedpro had one of each!! -KK

Once again you deliver on another marvelous early drag car with a lift-off body! The SoCal ghost brought to the surface with day-glow blue under ware powered by a Potvin blown Hemi rolling on period perfect rims & tires... what more kould a grass-roots Sunday racer want in a straight-line hot rod?!. -KK

T fan here! Love the theme!! Stake Sides ROCK!!! -KK

Update: What is less fun than watching paint dry? Waiting while the paint dissolves under a scrubbing toothbrush & poked into pulp with a wooden toothpick! I must say, it is difficult to quit when you get results like this: These parts could be on the verge of being ready to paint, @Speedpro!?. Back to the scrub board! -KK

Day 1 Some progress... Day 2 After a half a dozen fresh water baths with vigorous scrubbings... Back in the slim over night... Day 3 Tooth picks reach into the 90 degree corners... more klear water baths while stiff bristles dig & lift dry paint... primer spots are giving way to the original white plastic! Removing the layers taught me a lesson on covering some areas more often than others. Thick in places and even non existent in others. Everything back in the slim, once again! -KK

A: Time Scrubbing Q: What are your immediate future plans? One part at a time... Continued progress on connecting the exhaust system... Marked the cut lines with a Fine Point Sharpie... Less than two minutes in the bleach (I prefer Westley's)... Chrome gone pen lines remained! (Backside) Started shortening the down tubes... After the main cuts were made... the secondary cuts were started, but not cut all the way through. A little CA... Shortened headers on the left... need klean up on isle 1! -KK

Awesome, Brother! Your paint job is so kool!! fyi: mail is very slow coming out of Georgia... -KK

Thanks guys! The PU & Trailer deserve a better paint job than what you see in the pictures... the camera can be tamed to lie! Could have gone ahead and finished the build with it being a marginally fair paint job, but it would have never been seen by the public at large!! Never the less, work continues on the lesser parts of the '29 PU & Trailer. '29 PU Headers and, Tail Pipes from the classic Revell Deuce Kit(s)... -KK

I'm impressed with the progress everyone is making on they're Tribute builds! As for me... one step forward and two steps back: Yard Sale 10-23-21 - parts headed to the purple pond! Teal paint job over the Dark Blue... something I've wanted to do for a very long time went south! Great kolor... lousy result. Had to change out the valve covers... the painted covers didn't fit into the firewall... Somewhat pleased with the rear end placement! -KK

Once again you are raising the bar! I'm not going to even try to out quote those that have kome before me... you do have an eye for the detailed aspects as they appear to you during any one of your builds. Whether it be a kustom, drag, klassic hotrod or something that had been brewing in your automotive centered mind for a time... you address it the same way a professional full-scale builder would and most often you'll improve on it. A mentor to many and a friend to all, keep up the excellent work, Brother -KK

SIMPLY

Waldo, this is what I was hoping for! You have so much experience and talent... and there are so many that will benefit from all that you can and will share here on our MCM Forum! btw Thank you for being one of my dearest friends... -KK

We've got kolor!

@alan bartonBurgundy? Should look very cool! Alan, that kolor is for the interior: Just needs a bit of detail... @alan barton How are you going to hold your doors while painting, Kit? Not to disappoint, but the doors are not going to swing... going to secure them prior to painting the cab. -KK

The secret is finally out in the open! That was an amazing time in modeling history! Middle aged model car builders, from back in the day, that became life long friends via an addiction to plastic. How great is that?!. Real guys with their own set of skills that to this day consider themselves as just hacks. Really! Not a one, standing on a soap box, preaching the gospel of pruning parts from a sprue tree and the absolute's of glue. Four internationally known nobodies sharing how we got to be where we are. btw Scott has just been featured in an article in a modeling magazine in the Netherlands! Go figure. Oh, and RRR shared a few pages in MCM's #208 with me. -KK

Spent the evening in the attic rattling kans after siting at the bench koating engine parts with a brush... Fired up the fan & lights in the booth in the attic... Primed the undersides... It was a little after 7 pm edt & warm & dry... Let everything settle before moving the flats back into the shop... Look klose... there's a dash of kolor drying in the attic paint shop... -KK

Great looking fade, Brother! Looking forward to the final body color... btw thought others might like to know a little something about modeling and kolor choices:

@tim boydtruer words, ever spoken... from your lips to the world, Brother! Too many nay-sayers gripe about the missed details in any given model, only to brag about their knowledge of a given subject. Too many new/rereleased model kits have minor flaws... some correctable, or represented better in another version of the same model. When the first '32 Ford model hit the shelves in your local dime-store/hobby shop, many were over joyed that we had a model to start from. Not a perfect start, but better than the pine-wood carved body from a solid block of balsa/bass wood. Few ever do the research to find out how a car/truck was originally created/produced. If it's wrong... fix it! If it's bent... straighten it! If the model car manufacture missed or messed up certain details... calling them out won't resolve the issue, but in some cases subsequent re-issues may address the problem. Or, not! This is a HOBBY not science! It's a HOBBY not a religion!! It's a HOBBY... an art form!!! An individual expression of one's own idea of how something can be assembled from a box of associated pieces. A cumulation of bits and details from a sorted mind and vision of something to be. Every model builder has some skills... and those skills improve with every effort put forth. Mistakes can be corrected, errors found can be overcome, nothing is made perfect or is it? Perfection is an aspiration... inspiration is everywhere and satisfaction is subjective. Keep building and sharing your experiences! -KK

Bill, you have far too many choices on your bench! Glad you're back... -KK

Gosh! It doesn't get any better than to hear from more international followers!! Thanks, Brother Modelers!!! Went back through my notes and noticed that I referred to the headlights & bar as the stock unit... not so. This was an AMT product; kleaner than the Revell PU kit unit. This is just one version of the long time running Ford '29 Model A Roadster box art... While digging through all of the old model parts... came across the Ford Step Plates... not a big fan of them, but seemed to follow the Ford Logo theme going on in this build, we'll see if they make it to final assembly... Had to take a klose look at them... they travel in pairs & sometimes they don't quite match... Following a short treasure hunt... a duplicate pair were located! Having spare parts sometimes makes for a better selection... Game! Set!! Match!!! Searching for the right taillights turned up a couple of pairs from the old Monogram The Beach Boys/Rockin' Rods Li'l Deuce Coupe... These will do just fine... They're the right shape... Kleaned up and ready for their new stop light red lenses... After a light sanding, hit them with the chrome pen & then a drop of "Stop Light Red" (Note: the best result comes from NOT shaking the paint up... the clear red sits on top of the paint, just a single drop on each taillight, works good) Cobbled together a set of Clutch, Brake & Gas pedals... Gas from the Revell '29 Roadster & the other two from the AMT Phantom Vickie... Phantom Vickie Pedal Assembly Crossed with the Roadster Gas & Brake pedals... and elongated pedal assembly slot... make for a stylish three pedal setup! Odds & Ends the story of the fiddly bits & small details that most will never see... -KK

Made the final adjustments to the lower right & left door hinges... Trimmed the left hinge off the tree to start the klean up process... Remember, the hole was filled before removing the part... Insert Tab A into Slot B... Test fit looks workable... Klose enough for government work... Filing was a bit quicker than cutting with the saw! Next step fun tack the left upper lower hinge to the inner edge of the door... Set the door back in place... Slight adjustment before securing with glue... A little drop of CA... Let it set up... Left side needs a little work... So does the right side... Small opening between the hinge and the door surround needed attention on both sides... Easy fix... All kleaned up and ready for the yard sale... One good side... deserves another! Decided, after checking out other headlight bar options, to go with the stock unit. '29 PU & Trailer Yard Sale -KK

Lookin' at paint allocation... part-x-part!