My Builds of the Tom Daniels designed "true" hot rods kits

[slusher]

you have my attention, I will be following along!

[Kenmojr]

Looking good...

[David G.]

Clever work on the radiator shell!

David G.

[Mr. Metallic]

I was on vacation Thanksgiving week and was hoping to get more bench time, but sadly it didn't work out that way. I have changed the wheel/tire combo. The 3D printed slicks I got were nicely done, but I was still having trouble finishing them nicely with the whitewall and tire lettering and getting a black to match the tone and sheen of the kit front tires. Plus, the sidewall was very thin and cracked several times. Decided to go with the tires from the Round2 AMT Gasser wheel/tire parts pack. I had the slicks mocked up at one point early on the SweeTee but they are only 75% of the size of the kit supplied slicks so I was afraid they would look too small. Well, I tried them again now that I have the suspensions finalized and I think they look great. This is the actual stance, and I think it mimics the box art very well. Dig it man.

[TooOld]

Nice job lowering the suspension !  I've lowered the rear that way but can't remember how I did the front , really like your idea and will try it in the future . Those slicks from the parts pack might be smaller but they do look great !

[Bullybeef]

Looks great Craig, don’t lose momentum you are close to the finish line! 

[dragcarz]

Turning out nicely, Monogram had a way of making a simple kit look great right out of the box, I like your mods!

[Mr. Metallic]

9 hours ago, Bullybeef said:

Looks great Craig, don’t lose momentum you are close to the finish line! 

Thanks for the cheerleading Bil. Haven't had any bench time over the last ten days since I've been wrapped up in a refresh of our bedroom. We purchased a new bedroom set and decided to paint and redo the trim in the room before we got the new furniture, hence the urgency to get it done before the new furniture arrived. Pretty much wrapped that up last night so hoping to get some significant bench time this weekend. Fingers crossed!

What's really left to do is polish the yellow body parts and final assembly. 

[Mr. Metallic]

Alright, finally an update.

Did a little polishing on the body parts to get them ready for final assembly. 

Before:

And after:

I might be happy going this far because I'm not sure I want to lose the fact that it's plastic. This level was achieved with a few minutes of using Meguiars Scratch-X. It was recommended that I could go further by using Novus, so I may test it out, But like i said I think I may be happy with where it is now.

Anyway, I'm hoping that this will allow me to get into final assembly very soon.

[Mr. Metallic]

Ok, I'm in the home stretch. At least I'll have one model finished this year.

[TooOld]

Lookin' really really nice Craig ! 

[Mr. Metallic]

1 hour ago, TooOld said:

Lookin' really really nice Craig ! 

Thank you. Just mounted your specialty plates last night. 

[Mr. Metallic]

The SweeTee portion of this project is officially done. Just working on clearing off my photo-taking area so I can take decent pics of it. Will post soon.

[Mr. Metallic]

The SweeTee is finished. Below is a link to the Finished thread. Stay tuned for the next build in the series.

 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Mr. Metallic