Phildaupho

You have captured that "look" from my favorite era of hot rodding perfectly.

Very impressed with your progress so far especially your use of recycled parts. It is probably very similar to how the real car was built.

Very impressive models. Keep up the great work.

Probably the best built Mysterion I have seen

Great looking classic stock car. One of my favorite body styles of the era. How did you do the ink jet white decals? Did you cut around each one individually?

Incredibly well done build. Congratulations.

The 59 Pontiac has always been a dream car of mine as they make such a radical looking mild custom with only lowering, wheels and a nice paint job.

Very nice model of an extremely good looking racecar

Fabulous looking dragster. I love the shape of 27 T's and have been wanting to acquire bodies to build both a roadster and coupe.

Jesse - In regard to getting my Model-A low, I learnt quite a bit building this model. The easiest step was gaining lowness by modifying the front axle and rear spring. I removed any tabs and posts that got in the way and opened up the mounting slots to allow both front and rear springs to sit deeper in the cross members. As for Z-ing the Model-A frame, if I were going to do it again I would do both forward and rear Zs further back. Doing the forward Z at about the firewall will give more ground clearance to the oil pan and doing the rear Z closer to the rear cross member leaves a flat floor in the interior for seat mounting. The Zs were done by making a 45-degree cut to the frame. I draw an N shape and cut the diagonal. If you only want to Z the width of the frame you just glue the cut part on top of the remaining frame lined up with the vertical lines. In back I added an extra frame width and in retrospect could have added two or three widths to get the hot-rod lower in back. Once the frame was done I made new floorboards from sheet plastic. The car was channelled by cutting the firewall where it was to sit on the frame and having inner mounting blocks to support the rear of the frame. I also cut the inner door panels by the amount the car was channelled. I hope this helps. Hosted on Fotki

Chuck as I mentioned in my on The Workbench post http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82814&hl= I was hoping to use the F-1 windshield but was surprised at how much narrower it is than the 41. That being the case I joined the two cowls just under the 41 windshield and faired everything together with putty. More photos at http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/1/1950-ford-f-1-woody/

I am glad you all like it as I really enjoyed the build. Here is a view of the front end. Hosted on Fotki

A-Steel - 1930 Ford Coupe chopped & channelled I combined a stock Monogram 1/24 30 Ford Coupe and used hot-rod parts from the Revell 1/24 30 Ford Woody Street Rod 2n1 and my parts box - Top chopped about 3.5 scale inches - Body work intentionally has imperfections like it still needs work before it gets a paint job - Chassis Zd about 3.25 scale inches in front and 5.5 inches in the rear. Also gained some additional lowering of front and rear springs - Keep chrome to a minimum until funds are saved to pay the chrome shop - I went with a bare steel finish using Metalizer paint steel over burnt metal - Before final attachment of the red Kelsey-Hayes wire-wheels, just for fun I tried three other wheel designs original wheels, chrome reverse and big diameter Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Good looking racecar model. I would like to see this kit reissued. I have seen a restored Monza race at vintage events and was very impressed.

The Alfa looks wonderful. I really like seeing the structure of the car/model under its skin

You did a fantastic job converting a drag car back to stock configuration. Did you use the Hemi Under Glass? I have been wanting to build a Trans-Am version of the Barracuda so would have to do a similar conversion.

I like it - the model, the color, the wheels and the story!!

Fabulous conversion resulting in a beautiful model of a very attractive car. I really like the colour combination.

I would definitely recommend the Revell kit but if I was building a 1960 Corvette I would start with the excellent Revell 1958 or 59 Corvette kit and make the necessary changes to update it to 1960 configuration

I my opinion this is the best T-Bucket kit available. This is one I did a few years ago obviously inspired by Norm Graboski's Kookie Kar Hosted on Fotki

Cool model. It brings back memories of an article in Hot Rod back in the day about installing a 289 Ford in a Healey. The V-8 weighed 60lbs less than the Healey-6 and moved its weight back to the extent that the front end required lowering!!

Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I finished this just in time for the Woody Theme Class at my local model show. For under construction photos and info check my posy On the Workbench http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92220&hl= My objective other than building the Speedwagon as a ’34 rather than a Deuce was to stay true to the original Thom Taylor design and Dan Fink build. I was surprised at the lack of detail photos of the real car on the Internet. An image search results mainly in photos of scale models. A few areas I changed from the kit to get closer to the real design and car are the addition of - roof rail fabricated with Evergreen styrene rod painted with Alclad - engine fan and radiator cowl - blue interior trim - instrument panel painted interior color with gold trim and white faced gauges Paint – The blue is acrylic enamel I had previously had mixed at an automotive paint shop but Tamiya Blue proved to be a good match. Testor’s “Wood” was used for the Woody frames and Testor’s Flat Sand for the interior. The wood panels are the kit decals. The Woody parts and dash where clear coated. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

There were a few after-market coachbuilders that built truck based Woodies back in the day. This may be an example of a F-1 based Woody. Hosted on Fotki

Great project and model Steve. I am always amazed when I realize how deeply, quickly and successfully Ford got into virtually all aspects of motorsports in the early sixties and then for the most part pulled out within ten years.