Kit Karson Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 Organized K-os: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, Kit Karson said: Organized K-os: Looks pretty tame there. Excited for the next engine chapter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 Spent time working on a rollbar for the '29 TNR... Might be a tad bit too tall... Revell Tony Nancy 22 JR 1-25 Scale Plastic Model Kit H-1224-200 Where's the bomber seat? Looks like it might fit... Fun-Tac the top together and see if it works... We'll see how it looks after it's been kleaned up!?. -KK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) On 1/28/2022 at 10:18 PM, Rocking Rodney Rat said: Bellypan should be outside the frame and the pan should be flat. The way it is now with that bend, the wind would get under the front and push the car up. The pan should almost touch the ground at the front axle...IMHO -RRR @Rocking Rodney RatHow's it lookin'? -KK Edited September 23, 2022 by Kit Karson delete a picture & add a couple pictures 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I really like the stretched-out proportions on this one - looks killer! Love seeing it come together too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 This is still looking killer. Taller is better than skidding on your head for the roll bar. . LOL Do you have a driver figure for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 12:25 AM, CabDriver said: I really like the stretched-out proportions on this one - looks killer! Love seeing it come together too! Jim, the 120-inch wheelbase lets the '41 Lincoln Potvin Blowen Flathead V-12 hide under the soon-to-be-removed track nose hood! -KK On 9/25/2022 at 12:53 AM, 1930fordpickup said: This is still looking killer. Taller is better than skidding on your head for the roll bar. . LOL Do you have a driver figure for this? Andy, No! Should I? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I was thinking a driver just to judge the height for the roll bar is all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 Radiators mocked up... Bleach bath... Removes old chrome... Measure twice... cut once (actually a little lone and file/sand down to fit) -KK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) This whole build has reminded me of other model builders, as it comes together it's much like building a ship in a bottle. Drawing the tool slowly is time consuming... The #11 is the final cut-through tool... '29 TNR Rhinoplasty fini! Long time planning and looking forward to this day! Let's see what the ship looks like in the bottle! Edited September 28, 2022 by Kit Karson delete a picture & add a picture 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Kit, 'Rhinoplasty' is a great title! I was just thinking, you're quite the Plastic Surgeon ~ Precision work! Bravo.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Working toward making sure the nose fits over the inner skeleton and eventually the firewall, too! Rember this all snapped together... tight fit meant parts pressed together. Painter's nightmare, without a doubt. So, the drill here is to relieve as much material on the sub-structure as possible to allow the hood to close against the body at the beauty line and kowl. Filled in the kick panels... This is what it looks like inside... and out! This is where the body will rest until the firewall is trimmed to fit... And the other side... I used to build in a mirror to make sure the other side looked like the other side... '29 4 Banger Under Construction -KK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Went to the junk yard to find a piece to fit between the firewall and the interior sub-structure... The Inner Kowl: Revell 1930 Ford Woody Street Rod 2-in-1 More fitment issues to deal with, but mostly appear to be minor... Test fit shows how tight things under the hood still are... but initially pleased with the fact that the engine and trans fit together when mocked up! Thanks for stopping by... -KK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 To quote Darth Vader “ Impressive” . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 One of my favorite builds youve done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 10:38 AM, Bullybeef said: To quote Darth Vader “ Impressive” . On 10/9/2022 at 7:36 PM, chris chabre said: One of my favorite builds you've done! Bill & Chris, Really appreciate both of you stopping by to check on the '29 TNR progress... -KK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Payne Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Can't wait to see this in paint, even if it's just primer- that would really pull it together! Best kitbashing, parts altering, painstaking fitting, make your vision a reality build I have seen in awhile! Almost a shame to cover all that work in paint, but I am sure that is part of your goal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 19 hours ago, Paul Payne said: Can't wait to see this in paint, even if it's just primer- that would really pull it together! Best kit bashing, parts altering, painstaking fitting, make your vision a reality build I have seen in a while! Almost a shame to cover all that work in paint, but I am sure that is part of your goal. Even at its best, which it is not, the job now is to get the phat off of every surface. @Dennis Lacy& @Speedprohave both been on the trim-team for some time now. Paul the very mention of paint, even primer, scares me! This as most of my last few models transform into snap kits of sort. Press fitting parts together very much the same Chinese Puzzles come apart and lock together. Make sense? Removing material from every edge and surface creating room for the thickness of primer and eventually paint presses the tolerances between fit and allowances for growth and/or shrinkage of any one part and its mate. Let's just stack a couple of parts together: postscript (ps) @Rocking Rodney Rathelped me over a short hurdle regarding the new Tonneau Kover this afternoon! Thanks, Brother!! -KK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Splendid!!!! -RRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Looking Good RRR. Lots of parts fighting for space. The world of the fabricator. Keep going. You are nailing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 11:42 PM, Scott Colmer said: Looking Good RRR. Lots of parts fighting for space. The world of the fabricator. Keep going. You are nailing it. Easily confused... @Rocking Rodney Rat(RRR) is my modeling partner! We share the K&R KUSTOM+RODS crest: Our logo is also our avatar and early on I was questioned as to the legitimacy of our identities. Yup! There's a bit of identity theft going on on-line!! Not here! RRR & I have been kicked off of forum(s) before. Yeah, us!! Thank you, Scott for the kind words... btw when we sign-off we use our initials, -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Remember the tale of the two tonneau covers? Original AMT Deuce Roadster antique tonneau cover sent to me by @Rocking Rodney Rat... AMT '32 Ford Roadster '64 issue '32 Ford Tonneau Cover I found one a couple years ago at the ACME NNL Swap Meet: But, as you can see... it wasn't quite a perfect fit... that's when RRR came to the rescue with the second priceless tonneau cover! Thanks, again!! -KK Then... holding the pair bottom-to-bottom to compare the two back-to-back, they snapped! The plan was to split the pair in just the right places and splice them back together. Now with the tonneau covers broken into six pieces almost three identical or duplicate pieces each... this was not a good start. When one sets off to turn lemons into lemonade it always interesting to watch the progress in the making. Fabricating is an art and holds a very special place in my heart... especially those that create with an English wheel and can noob with a mallet or hammer and a sandbag! So, here goes: Slicing the two very old pieces of styrene plastic is very challenging. Working with potato chip thin & brittle plastic is a gentle touch problem. Bonding playing card edges together without a tig-welder is leaves surfaces with no structural integrity. Backing the joints seems to be in order... Here's how the resurrected tonneau twins turned out: Not a bad fit... @Rocking Rodney Ratspent a great deal of time and ingenuity fabricating the tonneau cover on his '27 Lakes Turtledeck: Impressive, right? -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Awesome work as usual @Kit Karson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) Several days/weeks later, a conversation with @Speedpro brought the tonneau topic back to the surface. The recreation tonneau cover was kool, but maybe not the right cover for the '29 TNR. Well, enter the "BRICK" hard-shell tonneau cover: Edited October 17, 2022 by Kit Karson Text correction... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Tonneau Kover Karved from a Block 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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