Olskoolrodder Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) My Dad and I had been wanting to do a "Buddy Build" for a few months but we'd been pretty busy at my house and I had other projects on the bench, but early last week I finished the last project on my bench and I had a little time so we got started. As we've both always liked '40 Fords and he happened to have several Lindberg kits laying around (for whatever reason, he enjoys torturing himself by buying and building those L700 kits, and had several that came with the '40 Ford and flatbed trailer 😜) we decided to build that. Mine was based primarily on an artist's picture that I'd found online (first pic), which took some creative thinking and a little kit-bashing. The wheels are from the AMT Pontiac Catalina kit, tires are AMT Part Pack (2 each from the 4 pack, wide and thin white walls). I still have an old build (2009 I think) that I did before we had a house fire back in 2011, one of the 3 kits that semi-survived was a Revell '49 Merc Custom, I still had most of it, so now parts of it will live on in this build. I used the steering wheel, engine, and that "beehive" oil filter. Getting that Cadillac-ish big block in the Lindberg's (much) smaller engine bay required an engineering degree...er, I mean a tub of butter and 1:16 scale resin sledge hammer...sorry, I mean it required a LOT of grinding, cutting, and test fitting, LOL 🤣 I finally realized it just wasn't going to go in there (without major fabrication work) with the molded in transmission from the Revell kit, so out came the razor saw and I grafted on the Lindberg's much smaller transmission. Otherwise it was an easy swap, and having survived a house fire, it was already weathered/looked ratty from the heat and smoke from the fire, LOL! 😜😁 Paint was Tamiya with Rustoleum black primer misted over it and hand painted flames and the rust, using craft paints that I got at WalMart for 50 cents each. I enjoyed this build with my Pops. It's not a great kit, but it's simple enough to work with and build. It was my first time actually looking at one of these. Seems to me that Lindberg was definitely looking at AMT's venerable old '40 Ford Coupe kit when they designed this one as it's really similar, but much less refined. Anyways, here's the build. My Dad isn't quite finished with his yet, but I'll add pics of where it's at right now too. This was my 7th completed build for 2021 (3rd one finished in the last month, with 2 of those being completely built in the last 30 days) Thanks for looking Edited October 30, 2021 by Olskoolrodder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 With the hood on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 Current pics of my Dad's build (same kit, started on the same day). The only things he has left as far as I know is to build the interior and final assembly (he's not a member here, so he can't add it. Where I went Ol skool hot rod, he went more modern street rod. IDK what paint he used, but he did some cutting (inner fenders) to fit a set of Nascar wheels wrapped in treaded tires from his parts box, found the decals in his leftovers box, and photo-reduced the issue of Scale Auto magazine and the For Sale sign (he actually made the sign so I could use it with mine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4mula1fan Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Cool! I wish my Dad built models. All he knew was they kept me quiet and they knew where I was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I love the old fat fender cars & trucks. Job well done on both. Dad's yellow is really eye catching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 COOL!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 They both look great and interesting that you would go Oldskool and your father went more modern. The best part was you got to do this together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Both look great.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Thanks so much, guys 😊🙏 (and yes, the best part was definitely doing it with my Pops 😁👍) He's finished with his now, I will try to get some pics to add in to this thread, it turned out great (AND he snuck in an AMT '40 Ford sedan delivery buildbefore he actually started on his yellow Lindberg coupe 😳🤣) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Both builds look great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 That looks great. Like something you would see on Gas Monkey Garage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) Cracking job on both, but I absolutely love the one in the first pictures. Looks like a real home made hot rod done back in the 50's by some teen in his garden shed. You really nailed the look of that one. Edited November 1, 2021 by doorsovdoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 (edited) Thanks much, my friends 😊🙏 Here's pics of my dad's final on his Lindberg '40 Ford Coupe (last pic is of it with with his also recently finished AMT Sedan Delivery kit, the Coka Cola version) Edited November 2, 2021 by Olskoolrodder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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