Art Laski

I'll be there!

It's coming along, Chris! I love your approach to this whole build.

Nice builds, Nicholas!

I love it, Tim! Such great work, as always,

Thanks, Buddy. Thanks, Eric. I took a break to get some other builds ready for a couple shows coming up, but I just received the decal rivets I ordered from Micromark today, so if I get some extra time, I'll be back at this one.

That was the idea, Curt, but I'm not sure I'll have enough time. Looking forward to seeing you as well! -Art

Randy! Incredible work, as always. I am so glad to see you back at it and I'm looking forward to seeing it (and you ) again at the DSC. -Art

Good stuff, Bernard! I'm looking forward to seeing it.

I got the bottom grill opened up, then promptly broke the bottom trying to clean it up. I got it repaired with super glue and a super glue and talc powder mix filler, and it's actually better than new.

Thanks for following, Bob! Well, Tim. I'm humbled. You know I'm a big fan of your incredible work. Glad to have you follow along Eric. The grill is going to be a big challenge. I had hoped to make it look better than what the kit had, but we'll see...

Thanks, Randy. Hopefully it will be worthy to see in April.

Thanks for looking, Bruce! Pretty sure it was before he died, if I remember correctly. It's been a while since I read up on it.

Glad I inspired you, Bill. My friend who I am building the Speedster for also showed this car to me a couple of weeks ago. I hadn't stumbled on it when I originally read up on the speedster. It's a nice looking car.

Love the progress, John! You build models like the rest of us build Legos. So fast (and good!)

Nice paint, Seth!!

It definitely was. The original version is pictured above in this thread. I'm not sure what year that change took place, but maybe your observation pins that down a little. Thanks for looking, Jeff.

Wow, Jeff, thank you! That means a lot, and I'll do my best on it. I wish I had a little better foundation to start with, but the challenge is making it look good. I'm up to it. Thanks for following along, Tom. My pleasure to share... Pat, you're right, I was lucky to find one, because I looked high and low with no success for a long while, But here's the funny part- 4 months later I found another one at a show for a fraction of the price I paid for this one. I snapped that up too!

Thanks for looking, Richard! Thanks, JC. Hopefully it will be a short ride! Glad to have you along, Bill. Yeah, I kind of like the original version a little better, but I can still appreciate it.

Thanks for looking, Carl. Yeah, it's pretty unique. Thanks for watching, Danno! I'll have it at DSC for sure. Me too, Andy. It's a nice-looking car. If only Edsel's name had been associated with this instead of the Edsel...

Thanks for looking, Ray. It does have that look of the pedal cars from that era, especially when it was painted red! Thanks, Brother. I'll be applying everything I've learned from you, or sure! Thanks, Mike. Appreciate the comment very much.

Thanks, Craig, Appreciate you watching. Thank you, Wayne! I'm not going crazy on this one, but it's a rough beginning. Tony, thanks for looking. No, I won't be going into that level of detail on this one. I've got some other builds I'd rather spend the time on.

Thanks, Bill. That is how it looked in its original incarnation. Looks like a lot or work to get that version to me! It's kind of cooler looking , though. Thanks for looking.

So killer, Brad. I'm looking forward to seeing this again!

Starting a new build for a friend of mine. A few years back he asked me if I would build him a model, and he asked about an Edsel Ford Model 40 Speedster. I had no idea what this even was, so I did a little internet research on the car, then went looking for a model of it. It turns out that this was a one-off car Edsel Ford had built in the early thirties. Long story short, it resurfaced a few years ago and was recently restored. Here are some pics of the car: You can read about the history of it here: http://www.fordhouse.org/experience/edsel-fords-1934-special-speedster/the-story Once I know what I was looking for, I set about seeing if one was produced in scale. I immediately found that there were die casts out there, but he was more interested in having a model built by me. However, all the searching I was doing came up with nothing for a while. Then somehow, I found out that one was produced in resin in 1/25th scale by R&D Unique several years ago. The release of this kit actually predated the restoration, so it was based on the unrestored version, which was painted red when it was located. So now I knew it existed, but R&D Unique has been out of business for a few years now, so finding one was going to be a challenge. In fact, I searched for a year and came up empty. Then at one of the local shows here in So Cal, I was vending next to a guy that had several unique resin kits that I was particularly noticing. As we were chatting about different kits, he pulled a bin out from under the table and said, “I bet you haven’t seen one of these before!.” I just about freaked out and told him I had been looking for one for over a year. So I asked him “How much?”, and he replied, “Oh, this one wasn’t for sale.” At the end of the day, though, he gave me his number and told me to give him a call. So I did and he was willing to let it go after all. As mentioned, it’s a resin kit, and also requires a donor kit. Here's the R&D kit: Here’s the ’37 Ford Pickup donor kit: And the pieces used from the kit: I started some work on the body and the front end fell off! It loks like it was poured just a little, then the rest filled up. I decided to replace the molded in bezels with the kit pieces. I’m also going to replace the louvres and grills.

Brad, you're exactly right. It is SCREAMING at me and I'm dying to get back to it. Unfortunately, I have a couple of other projects I need to finish up ahead of time (or somewhat concurrently). But, I just bought some metal to use on the lathe so I can do some of the machine work I need to on this one. Can't wait!