1/16 Lindberg 1910 Ford T

[Junkman]

I just couldn't keep my hands off ths sweet thing:

I will use real wood where wood is visible, since only real wood looks like real wood when I try to replicate it. Hence, I first cut out the floor:

I also want to convert it to right hand drive.

Therefore, the Carbide generator must be on the right hand side. So the running boards must swap sides:

This bracket is also on teh wrong side:

Off with it:

I also want to make the bulkhead from real wood. This is what is supplied with the kit:

Cut, cut, cut:

Three pieces become eight pieces:

[Junkman]

Draw:

Cut:

Check:

Now, the remaining piece must be skimmed by the amount of the thickness of the wood:

And everything lines up:

[AzTom]

Nice!

Tom

[Sam Cates]

That's it?

What ever happened to this thing? I would like to know how it turned out if it got done, I just bought this kit and wasn't sure how it actually looked when completed...

[imatt88]

Chris,

How did the build go? I've been thinking about picking one of those up, but the "Lindberg" thing kind of scares me away.

Cheers, Ian

[Harry P.]

What a coincidence! I'm working on the same exact kit, and also made the firewall/dash out of real wood, and also will me making the floorboards out of real wood, exactly as Christian is doing.

Ian, the kit is simplified, but a great starting point. Adding extra detail is easy, and should make for a good looking final product.

[sjordan2]

You might be interested in this over-the-top scratch project.

http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/large-scale-cars/24503-article-scratch-built-stock-ford-model-t-1-8-th-scale.html

[Harry P.]

ok, that's just the teeeeensiest bit more involved than I planned on getting...

But I did download a bunch of his photos for reference.

BTW... wow, do I wish I had the machine tools he has!