Eric Macleod Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 In the interest of the new ICM release how about some reference photos?
Art Anderson Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Eric, NEAT! Ya know what would really be good to have? Chassis pics--which are hard to find online, and the ones that do exist there tend to be of later years, may be incomplete "snap shots" rather than being really useful for referencing a model. Art
Eric Macleod Posted January 16, 2015 Author Posted January 16, 2015 Here is another under the hood shot. I will take some better undercarriage photos tomorrow when we have better light in the garage.
Art Anderson Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Looking good! Gonna be starting the installation of brake rigging tomorrow. I dug out some Grandt Line HO Scale freight car "queen posts" (the posts used under wooden-framed RR cars a century and more ago, to support the underbody truss rods). Those have ends on them that comes as close as anything to looking at least somewhat like brake actuating arms (even though they are clevised on the post, not on the brake rod ends--but as small as they are, the "effect" will still be there/ Art
Art Anderson Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Looking good! Gonna be starting the installation of brake rigging tomorrow. I dug out some Grandt Line HO Scale freight car "queen posts" (the posts used under wooden-framed RR cars a century and more ago, to support the underbody truss rods). Those have ends on them that comes as close as anything to looking at least somewhat like brake actuating arms (even though they are clevised on the post, not on the brake rod ends--but as small as they are, the "effect" will still be there. I recall from my reading some years ago that early Model T engines were not painted at the factory, but were left in raw cast iron? Can you confirm this? Art
Eric Macleod Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 Here is a detail of the speedometer drive. This attaches directly to the speedometer on the dashboard-passenger side.
Eric Macleod Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 This should help with gas tank details.
Eric Macleod Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 Oops. Looking at that photo I see I left the gas on yesterday. Note the little lever is in the vertical position. It should be horizontal (paralel with the ground) for the gas to be off. I will end with some rear axle and brake details. You are looking from the driver's side to the rear of the car. The little hanger you see on the radius rod holds the parking brake actuators in position. You will also note the detail on the axle. To me this is fun stuff to look at.
Eric Macleod Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 Okay, does any of this help anyone? If so I can always go out and shoot more. It is just in the back yard. E-
waynehulsey Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks, all photos of detail are appreciated. Not sure what you're shooting with, but bigger is nearly always better (especially as the eyes get older).
Art Anderson Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 Funny thing is: Not long after I finished my ICM '13 T Runabout, a friend out of Indianapolis sent me a couple of pics of a '13 Model T Runabout, finished almost exactly as I did my model--AND that actual car lives just 9 miles due south of me!Art
Vietnam Vet67 Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 1913 Ford catalog..............http://oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Ford/1913_Ford/1913 Ford Catalog Large/index1.html
CometMan Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 Cool, nice pics Eric! Always love seeing the brass-era cars, most folks don't realize how much Ts really changed during their production run.
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