alan barton

Like Dennis said, nothing looks out of place. What an amazing combination of parts you used to achieve this total look. Easily the best Ohio flames I've ever seen on a model! Beautiful work! Cheers Alan

Looks magic so far, Jim. The rear axle is very nice. I wanted to buy the new kit but already have a built Mooneyes from a decade or so ago. Seeing that top mounted blower makes me think I will definitely buy it and will be building a second one! Cheers Alan

Looking good there, Bernard. I had a good year for building but my tally always varies from year to year so I just take it as it comes. This year I completed some thirty plus year builds and a two week build so who is to say what is a good year or a good number? But I can see a blue channelled 32 in my future after seeing yours! Cheers Alan

James, that is one righteous chop! I guess there finally is an advantage to AMT giving us a rear window insert! I am going to have to study this one - I don't have any 34 coupes planed for the bench right now but I need to copy this before I forget it - wow, that looks so right! And that little duck tail rollpan - ahhhhhhh! Are you thinking of sectioning the 37 grille to get the hood line down? Are they the original Revell Anglia tyres up front? Cheers Alan

OK, paint is curing so it was time to get a few other details squared away. I wanted the powerplant to have a bit more six appeal and the best way to do that was with exotic induction. Now I've never worked for Edelbrock or Kinsler so I have no idea if this 3x2 injection could possibly work. Fortunately, the car is plastic and will never get fuel run through it so I'm just going to assume it could work - hey, hot rodders have been fabbing up backyard manifolds since the very beginning so why stop now? i found a Ford manifold, FE perhaps, in the parts box and trimmed it down to fit the V6. I then reworked the runners a bit before making a base plate to suit the injectors. The final shot is a mockup using three sets of Monogram sprintcar injectors and aircleaners, and I'm pretty happy with it. All I have to hope is that it clears the hood! Cheers Alan

There was definitely something weird going on with the longer interior tub. There was a period in the nineties I think with that dreadful hiboy box art, where they included a way-too-short Vicky interior instead of the longer phaeton version. I believe the most recent issue then ended up with he correct interior after all! Cheers Alan

Unfortunately not that easy Greg. Believe me I thought of it and I thank you for your suggestion, but just looking at the pillar is enough to snap it so there was no way I was going to get a groove carved inside it. I did glue strips of Evergreen in there but alas, one of those snapped as well. It is what it is. Cheers Alan

You and me both! I thought they were a misguided attempt at a Cragar S/S but turns out I was wrong! Still might put Cragars on a proposed new build for 2022. And yes, that first issue definitely had the small sheet of blue tinted acetate. I got mine for my 13th birthday in 1970 and thought it was the coolest thing ever! I need to dig out the SAE with your build in it so that I can get the details correct and do it justice this time around, over fifty years later! You wouldn't know the date of that issue by chance, Tim? Cheers Alan

How about "Six in the Head", a play on "Sick in the Head"?

Hi guys, Just a quick update but no photos for now. I got paint on the body today but got a bit heavy handed on the tailgate with the Tamiya pink primer so I am going to give the lower half of the car another day to gas out before sanding it smooth. The cab, doors, hood grille and roll pan are now in Tamiya Italian red and looking great. Will get some clear on the colour on the weekend. Before final assembly, I still have to get induction and exhausts finalised but then it should be smooth sailing. Except.... That I decided to hinge the doors. Using a bit of Rockin' Rodney's technique and a bit of my own. I must be a glutton for punishment because I have broken the A pillar at least four times now. It even broke where I had already re-inforced it. Did it ever occur to Revell, back in the day, that if they looked at what the other guys were using, they might have been able to sell more kits? Sheesh, you would think it would be easier after putting these things together for over fifty years but Revell plastic from the sixties, seventies and eighties is as still as fragile as glass! Wish me luck! Cheers Alan

Here's my black and brass version with a handmade solid wooden recessed dash - just because I wanted to see if it could be done!

I have a few built 1/8th scale rods, mostly box stock. I have a bunch more to build but I am saving them for when the eyesight won't play nice with 1/25th scale! First, a Big Rod survivor model - just have to add some repaired four bars.

That is a very nice street rod there, Oliver. I do like the chopped Tudor - you have given it a more aggressive chop than most full sized rodders and it has really amped up the attitude. Cheers Alan

They both look great! It is such a versatile kit - you really did it justice! And great to see such an unusual colour. Cheers Alan

The Lincoln is the stand-out for me but even though I am a hot rodder, I can really appreciate all those showroom stock Fords! Cheers Alan

Wow, I can smell the dust on that Ford!

C'mon Aussie, c'mon! Looks like you have been busy! Cheers Alan

I'll take the street stock! Might be the best I have ever seen, and I do love my dirt track racers! Cheers Alan

Wow, talk about dodge a bullet! That 57 will be a great memory of an otherwise tough year. It will always remind you of what you got through. All the best for 2022! Cheers Alan

That was a productive year! Love the mesh highlights. I am not a jeep guy but I can really appreciate the work you put into that little pickup. Cheers Alan

Noice! Loved the Willys, missed the Mercuries and your Ala Kart reminds me that that is one I still have to do! Congrats on a great year. If you are travelling for work and spending a lot of time in motel rooms, I can recommend taking body work projects. Get a bunch of putty applied at home and then just sit there in that badly lit room watching junk TV and sand, sand, sand. I have been travelling for work for the last nine years and got a lot done that way. If you can find a small cookie tin or coffee tin or similar, wrap the body in bubble wrap and put it in the tin amongst your clothing and you will stop the baggage handlers undoing your work! And don't leave the X-acto in your carry-on luggage - they get real funny about that! Cheers Alan

Like everyone said, some beautiful builds there. For me, the wagon and the 3 window top them all. The Merc isn't my speed although I have a ton of respect for the quality but man, that engine - the gold highlights, that is a game changer to me. Gotta try that! I might even try it on my 1:1 35 Phaeton! Cheers Alan

Dan, I continue to enjoy your progress on this epic Edmunds. It is a really well thought out model with an amazing amount of engineering - I believe the American term is "ten pounds of potatoes in a five pound bag!" I am particularly enjoying the saga of the home made injection manifold. I once built an Aussie style Fiat 500 (not Topolino) altered using a Y block for power. I took the crazy curved injection tubes from the Double Dragster kit and then added the eight Strombergs from the same kit to the top of the tubes for a very home made looking ram induction set up. In all probably it would have worked terribly if at all but like you, I wanted it to look like a home mechanic item. If I could offer a suggestion on your current injection manifold. Have you thought about using fine thread to duplicate amateur welding? Many years ago I scratchbuilt an IMCA modified. They feature GM subframes which have a very distinctive and somewhat crude weld along the top of the rails joining the inners and outers together. I glued a length of cotton down the middle of the rails of a modified plastic Chevelle subframe and after a coat of primer and colour it did a pretty god job. If you wrapped thread around the lower joins of your manifold tubes, I'm sure you could achieve a similar effect. Cheers Alan

That looks very cool, Oilver! Back in 1996, we must have been on a very similar wavelength because I believe it is about then that I grafted the floorpan and interior of a Monogram Chevy Citation into a Revell SWC Willys, with the roof removed. I never got past the initial fabrication but seeing your 36 might just get me motivated. So we both have a fat fendered convertible with a rear mounted V^ transverse drivetrain. Who knew? Cheers Alan

Wow, I would never have picked that for grey plastic! You've done a beautiful job there, Gunnar. I especially like how all the engine bay wiring and plumbing is delicately in scale - it is a credit to you. Cheers Alan