ea0863 Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) Thank you so much for all the detail in your posts as you build this car! I'm thinking of doing a street roadster with an Allison V12 myself, and this build is giving me all kinds of ideas. Edited February 20, 2022 by ea0863 1
Kit Karson Posted February 22, 2022 Author Posted February 22, 2022 '29 Track Nose Roadster is starting to take on some shape... -KK 1
Kit Karson Posted February 23, 2022 Author Posted February 23, 2022 Decided to fill in the wheel wells... When they're set you won't see the seam... -KK
Kit Karson Posted February 24, 2022 Author Posted February 24, 2022 Had a go at combining the Orange Crate Seat and the '30 Coupe Bomber Seat... A little filing & sanding later: No need for the dash... Why carve it out when you can cut it off! Easy peasy! When bonded to the body it will reinforce the body and brace the inner bones! This is stacking up to being a slick track nosed roadster crossing somewhere between the salt flats and the GNRS... Now we'll have to give more attention to the power plant and drive train... -KK 1
Kit Karson Posted March 1, 2022 Author Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Remember when I shared the old AMT '32 Ford Roadster Tonneau Cover? Well while studying how to widen it to fit the Revell '29 Ford Roadster (notice the narrow width deficiency) The subject came up during a conversation with Brother @Rocking Rodney Rat... he said he was sure he'd seen one somewhere on or near his bench top! The Rat Hole Well after weeks of searching... ta-daa! If you're tuned in Brother, your finding the duplicate tonneau cover will save me blending in the extra width needed to make it fit! ps Please take care in packing and shipping it to me... reminds me of the time I sent a set of wide-five AMT '36 Ford rims in a business envelope. They were returned personally by a USPS representative explaining the damage they caused going through their mail sorting machine! No kidding!! -KK Edited March 1, 2022 by Kit Karson Text Correction... 1
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted March 2, 2022 Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, Kit Karson said: Remember when I shared the old AMT '32 Ford Roadster Tonneau Cover? Well while studying how to widen it to fit the Revell '29 Ford Roadster (notice the narrow width deficiency) The subject came up during a conversation with Brother @Rocking Rodney Rat... he said he was sure he'd seen one somewhere on or near his bench top! The Rat Hole Well after weeks of searching... ta-daa! If you're tuned in Brother, your finding the duplicate tonneau cover will save me blending in the extra width needed to make it fit! ps Please take care in packing and shipping it to me... reminds me of the time I sent a set of wide-five AMT '36 Ford rims in a business envelope. They were returned personally by a USPS representative explaining the damage they caused going through their mail sorting machine! No kidding!! -KK I'll get it in post post haste! -RRR Edited March 2, 2022 by Rocking Rodney Rat 1
Kit Karson Posted March 3, 2022 Author Posted March 3, 2022 '29 Track Nose Roadster & Lincoln V-12 Sans Trans Waiting for The Parts Box '42 Lincoln V-12 to arrive and wanting to press on with the power transplant here we are... as you may recall, the V-12 will bolt up to the fire wall. And the replacement trans will be bolted to the other side. Stripped down the donor V-12: Unbolted the stock trans from the bellhousing. Quick mockup... Add back the eye candy... This is so exciting! It's V-12 Day!! There's still a bit of tweaking... Love it when a plan comes together! -KK 2
Mr. Metallic Posted March 3, 2022 Posted March 3, 2022 Looking good. I keep forgetting to ask, what is the source for those blower. It looks like a S.C.o.T. style, but looks bigger than the Rep+Min piece. 1
Kit Karson Posted March 3, 2022 Author Posted March 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said: Looking good. I keep forgetting to ask, what is the source for those blower. It looks like a S.C.o.T. style, but looks bigger than the Rep+Min piece. Competition Resins CRC-058 S.C.O.T. Blower Hat 1/24 Scale $5.50 https://www.compresins.com/index.htm
Kit Karson Posted March 6, 2022 Author Posted March 6, 2022 The Parts Box V12 arrived... Slosh Cast and klean as a whistle! Looking back at the original compared to the resin version makes me think about kleaning up the Monogram '41 Lincoln V-12... Then again if I kan epoxy these two halves together... I will say, the accessories that kome with The Parts Box V12 Parts are klean & krisp! Nice enough to section a pair of Revell '32 Ford Flatheads together to make another hot rod V-12! Just asked @Rocking Rodney Ratto see if we have a crate flathead that he kould ship up with the tonneau kover! -KK
Kit Karson Posted March 8, 2022 Author Posted March 8, 2022 Moving forward with the resin V-12 from The Parts Box: Off with the old... 90 degree cut... That's the story on this end! Located the AMT '41 Ford water pump belt and pulleys, a little modification to fit between the motor mount and the blower... Modifications that have been made to the front of the dummy block will be transferred to the resin block. Still have a little room to set the nose back a few inches... To mount the TKO-500 to the V-12 requires an adaptor... Here's the question: What kit did the trans adaptor (part #16) kome from? -KK
Dennis Lacy Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 I think going forward with the cleaned up resin block is the right move. Neat work fitting a belt drive between the front mount plate and the blower. I’ll let someone else guess where the trans adapter came from because I already know the answer! 1
Bullybeef Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 I’ve seen the trans adapter in two different kits… I have both. I’m currently using one on a flathead with a cad lasalle gearbox. I should get back to that build. 1
Kit Karson Posted March 10, 2022 Author Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Tweaking little things as they come together is a constant ongoing effort... Mockups help plan upcoming tasks and modifications... Looks like there will be a little room to set the nose back a bit... Drilled guide holes for the heads & manifold... Swapped everything off the donor dummy block on to the resin block... Here's the "Money Shot" of the day! On the other side of the firewall played with the Orange Crate Bellhousing and the Rat Roaster TKO-500... Locating the location of the trans adaptor & spacer to align them on the firewall... It fits! Added the shifter to the TKO-500... With a little detail it'll look fine... -KK Edited March 10, 2022 by Kit Karson Text correction... 3
Kit Karson Posted March 12, 2022 Author Posted March 12, 2022 TKO-500 poking up through the floorboard inside of the firewall and the bright stuff has been mounted on the resin block from The Parts Box! -KK
Kit Karson Posted March 12, 2022 Author Posted March 12, 2022 Starting with The Parts Box Steering Gear for Sprint Car 2233 Collected up the Steering Arm Supports (68&69) from the Revell Orange Crate and my trusty pin vice... Strung them all up on a plastic-coated piece of wire rod... UP? Down? 1
Ian McLaren Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 I just found this project. Great thread, better tutorial, one could almost build a real car after reading this. The addition of the real world rationales is great and add a perspective not found in most builds. The craftsmanshipis first rate and I can hardly wait for the future updates. 1
Kit Karson Posted March 15, 2022 Author Posted March 15, 2022 Back a ways had to scratch a temporary rear bulkhead... Took out the top section and rolled down the header corners... A little bit more to do, maybe some bracing... -KK 1
bobthehobbyguy Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 Beautiful work. A great model in progress. 1
Kit Karson Posted March 17, 2022 Author Posted March 17, 2022 Got a wild hair and decided to cut up some old plastic! Look close: Revell Orange Crate Belly Pan... used a couple to make the inner belly pan and will cut up the leftover pieces to extend the belly pan beyond the deuce rails... Looking at these they might work... Then the other forward piece... Cut the outside edges to add to the existing inner belly pan... Trim off a little wide (leave the line) to allow beveling the edge to overlay the outside of the inner belly pan... Looks like this might mate up end-to-end... Fast forward and test fit the left side apron: Looking very promising... Starting to take shape... Trimmed down the forward section of the outer belly pan... That'll buff out!?. Still a little rough around the edges... Laid a thin rod down the joint between the inner & outer skirts... A bit of slight of hand and it looks like it belongs there! -KK 1
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