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[BSteinIPMS]

Greetings from sunny Stillwater, Minnesnowta! And greetings to my friend (long time, no see) Andy Martin!

I'm currently working on a Gabriel (former Hubley) 1/18 Duesenberg SJ LeBaron Dual-cowl sweep panel phaeton. The full-size vehicle I'm modeling has a body number of 2151 and an engine number of J-129. This car still exists. Or should I say exi$t$. Duesies seem to auction off for well over a million dollar$ the$e day$.

The engine took over 200 hours to build and has over 1000 pieces. I think I need to get a life.

The engine stand was fabricated from Evergreen H-section girder, the caster rollers were cut from brass tubing, and both the stand and engine are covered with gazillions of Tichy Train Group nuts, bolts, rivets, and washers.

There is a great deal of scratch-built stuff too numerous to mention, and the final paint is Alclad II Chrome, Duraluminum, Aluminum, Steel, Gold (for anodized parts), while the engine block is John Deere Classic Green, a very close match to Duesenberg Apple Green.

The old Hubley kits are just great if you like filing and grinding, and normal modeling tools such as hacksaws, sledge hammers, chisels, and bench grinders were found to be useful.

Cheers!

--Bob

Edited March 5, 2014 by BSteinIPMS

[1930fordpickup]

Welcome . Nice work on the engine.

[slusher]

Welcome to the forum. Great looking engine...

[GeeBee]

Welcome aboard, superb work on the engine, it looks like it could fire up any minute soon ....

[vypurr59]

Nice construction of the engine. Welcome to the forum. Hope to see you finish that duesie!!

[TokyoDrift99]

That is great work!!! Over 1000 pieces in a engine! Wow.

[Chris White]

Nice work Bob, welcome

[slammedi'am]

Welcome!

[PappyD340]

WOW, fantastic work on the engine Bob, and WELCOME to the forum!!

[OldTimer50707]

Bob, welcome to the forum and great job on that engine. It looks like the real thing.

[BSteinIPMS]

Gentlemen,

Thank you all for the kind words and warm welcome!

Cheers!

--Bob