mrmike

The seats were found in the Revell '30 Ford Model A Coupe. I used the extra dashboard from the AMT '32 Ford Phaeton for this build. I detailed the center of the dash, installed it after cutting it down and then I added the steering wheel. I added the taillights and the license plate holder. This mess is the windshield which was slightly warped. I hope this helps or I will have to figure another way to add the windshield. More Model A to come...

I have completed the interior. I added the front grille and headlights and I painted the center grille divider. Hunter will return...

The pins I have are not long enough, but I do have nice shiny wire which looks great once I have straightened them out for this purpose. Thanks for the tip, Jim! I took the Model A apart this morning and rebuilt it, but I am still not 100% happy with it. The engine was removed and reinstalled straighter, but it is still off to the left side slightly. I added an engine fan to take up the space in front of the engine and behind the radiator. Even though there is an electric fan, the engine fan looks like it should be there. I drilled out the holes in the radiator for the support rods and the radiator was tipped back to give it some rack. More Model A to come...

Apparently, I didn't sand the old paint enough and my glossy wet paint dried into a semigloss finish. The more I look at this, the more I like it! It seems to fit the theme I have for this rod. I added two radiator support rods made from some wire I had in the drawer. The tough part was getting the bends out of the wire. More Model A to come...

The Story It is 8:30 PM as Adam drives out to a crime scene in an alley. The blue lights flashing off the walls of the buildings gets brighter and brighter as he gets closer to the scene. He gets out of his Dodge Charger PPV Detective’s Car and clips his badge to the lapel of his jacket as he approaches the tape line being guarded by a patrol officer who lifts the tape for him. “Evening, Lt. Troy,” says the officer. “Evening, Off. Treagan,” Adam replies. Adam walks towards the body lying on the ground with several officers and the Coroner standing next to the body. Det. Darvell looks up at Adam and he updates the Lieutenant. “A 39 year old male, 5 ft. 11 inches tall, approximately 170 Lbs. Shot in the back of the head, execution style with a small caliber gun, possibly a .22. His name is Lucas Virden. Our murder suspect is now a murder victim.” “I would guess this would be Cannon cleaning house. Call the Organized Crime Bureau and get them over here. They’ll want to look at this.” “Yes, Lieutenant,” says Darvell. Adam stands back and watches his people work the scene. The Coroner performing a preliminary inspection, other detectives looking around for clues and evidence, Darvell on his cellphone talking to someone in OCB. After a few minutes, he walks back over to Darvell who has since ended his phone call. “I’m leaving this in your hands, Steve. I’m heading home.” “Yes, Lieutenant. See you in the morning.” Adam walks back to his Charger, gets in and starts the car and drives out of the alley. The Build I polished the Charger body and I burnt through some spots and decided to give the entire body another two coats of paint. Now for some detailing and assembly! McNally will return...

Thanks Bill!

Another two coats of paint and soon the '29 Lowboy will be ready for final assembly! It appears that my flash highlighted the door lines of the model. More Model A to come...

Spent some time polishing the Monaco today with NuFinish Scratch Doctor. The results were stupendious! The paint is so shiny that you could read the Scratch Doctor label! Hunter will return...

I went and added the headers to the engine and realized that the ignition wiring was going to interfer with the headers. I removed the wiring from the engine block, added the headers and then reinstalled the ignition wiring. I did have to redrill some of the spark plug holes and the rewiring with a pair of tweezers and a magnifier was a lot of fun...NOT! More Model A to come...

I just saw this and I must say, it is nice!!! Good job, John!

Please don't be crabby! Especially here! Thanks Bob! I appreciate your comments!

It is what it is! These kits are equipped as such and we have the means and ways of changing them to fit our needs. I do it often. Not everyone wants a flathead engine in their hot rod. Thanks Jim and James!

Thanks Craig and Trevor! Finding a V8 flathead should be fairly easy. The Revell '48 Ford Woody has one. The Revell '50 Ford Pickup and the '32 Ford Sedan has one. Scale might be an issue with some.

Thanks Steve! Gibbs getting his boat out of the basement should be a mystery, but that question was answered in season 19 episode 4.

Looks great Tony! Nice job!

The Story Lt. Det. Troy decides to assign a couple of detectives to watch Virden's condo in case he shows up. He is determined to catch Virden tonight at the latest. He also decides to assign a couple of detectives to watch Cannon's house in Brookline since Cannon could go out to meet Virden or Virden would stop over at Cannon's house. In the meantime, Forensics has been reviewing the tape and printing out additional pictures of the crime scene with Virden getting out of his car and shooting Shawn Whittaker. The Build I have removed the steering wheel and column to drill a small hole for a shifter that I found in my parts box. The hole is big enough for the shift arm and in the center of the dash near the steering wheel. McNally will return...

Thanks Jim and Carl! I was thinking about using mineral spirits. We shall see. I have built the '32 Roadster, the '32 3 and 5 Window coupes. I can see Revell reissuing these again and again since they are great kits! The '29 and '30 Model A's do offer some great mix and match possibilities, but be careful as some matches require some mods for good fitment.

I have painted my '77 Monaco with Tamiya TS-43 Racing Green. Another coat or two should darken the color some more. I also painted the interior bucket with Tamiya AS-15 Tan. Now to detail the dash and interior and paint up the radio. Hunter will return...

The Story Darvell rushes back to Homicide with pictures of the license plate from the mystery killer's car and the car belongs to Mr. Virden, Cannon's right hand man. Lt. Det. Troy calls the ADA for an arrest warrant for Virden and whne they do get the warrant, they drive out to Virden's condo to arrest him. Except, he wasn't there. They drive out to Brookline, MA to Cannon's house to see if he is there, but Virden hasn't been seen since lunch at Legal Seafood. When the cops leave Cannon's house, Cannon yells to find Viden NOW! The Build The interior is now complete, or so I thought. The laptop computer sits on top of the shifter and I have been thinking about creating a dash-mount shifter like the cop cars actually have. I have been slowly polishing the paint having finished the hood, roof and trunk lid. I still have to polish the sides. A mockup showed some resistance on the front, so I removed the fender mounts and sanded the fender lips with my Dremel and a sanding bit. McNally will return...

I took a piece of wide masking tape and masked off the grille so I could paint the grille surface flat black. When I removed the tape, I was left with bleed-through and tape residue on the chrome. Now to figure out how to remove the bleed-through and the tape residue. The seats have been painted. I sanded the body, but the side panels need to be repainted since they fell victim to my dropping my small bottle of paint thinner for brush cleaning. More Model A to come...

Thank you Lee and Chris!

Thank you Dominik and James!

Thank you Jeremy and Stephen!

Thank you Jeremy and Chris!

Thank you guys! The number one question will always be how Gibbs gets his boats out of the basement.