bbowser Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Beautiful model Art. I'm planning a similar color scheme for mine in progress. Hope it comes out half as nice.
Art Anderson Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) Just beautiful! Kit and scale? ICM 1/24 Scale '13 Model T Edited June 22, 2015 by Art Anderson
Foxer Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Pretty classy, Art .. what's with the red front? .. just curious, not a critique
Art Anderson Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 Pretty classy, Art .. what's with the red front? .. just curious, not a critique That was the era of the so-called "Red Board" Model T--the dashboard was wooden, veneered with cherry, then stained for a red cherry color. I did the dash on this model from Midwest Products 1/32" birch aircraft plywood, milled on the edges to capture Evergreen half-round styrene, and grooves milled to locate the hood "former" which is that frame at the rear of the hood. I stained the birch with Minwax Maple Stain, then reddened that with a crimson artist's marker (permanent ink), and after foiling the moldings around the edges, finished it off with a coat of Tamiya X-26 Clear Yellow, which turned the BMF into polished brass, and gave the rich look of old-fashioned spar (marine) varnish. Art
wayne swayze Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Very nice indeed! Looks like it is on the showroom floor.
Harry P. Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 ICM 1/24 Scale '14 Model T Your post title says 1913.
Harry P. Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Pretty classy, Art .. what's with the red front? Here's a real one...
Art Anderson Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Beautiful! But the top looks a bit too shiny... Fresh Pyroxyline impregnated canvas is somewhat of a semi-gloss finish, Harry. Art Your post title says 1913. Fat fingers! Art
Art Anderson Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Here's a real one... With some fading of the Red Cherry stain.
Harry P. Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I love how they had the "Ford" logo right above the "Ford" logo in the front! I guess old Henry was pretty proud of his cars!
berr13 Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Gonna get the figures of Henry and mechanic to go with it, Art?
Art Anderson Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Gonna get the figures of Henry and mechanic to go with it, Art? Already got 'em, along with the 1911 T Touring from ICM (THAT one had better not tie me up for six months though! Art
Spex84 Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 What a lovely automobile! Great job, I've been enjoying the build thread too. Love the off-white rubber tires, they really set the whole thing off in combination with the blue paintjob and red-stained cherry accents.
Skip Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Very nice Art! Very close to Harry's picture, doubt that any two T's off of Henry's Assembly line looked 100% exactly alike when it came to real wood. I have a wood spoke Model T hub cap and the really tall and fat valve stem cover from one of my Grandfather's Model T's. He told me that the valve stem covers were so large to keep the mud from packing in and around the valve stems, especially the Schrader valves. With a sly grin he told me a story of driving one of my uncles crazy with that valve stem cover which had a slot in its top to remove the Schrader valve from a valve stem. The cover was just the right size to carry in one's pocket. Nearly every night he would loosen the Schrader valve on his brother's tire until all the air was let out then retighten the valve. Evidently this went on for weeks nearly every morning my uncle would dismount the tire and look for the leak in the tube, finally figuring out he'd been duped. Knowing how mischievous my uncle was I am sure he must have done something in return. I was just doing some dusting in my curio cabinet and ran across the hub cap and valve stem cover, reminding me of that story. Your model reminded me of it too, Thanks!
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