The model car thread! :-)

[HOTRODPAINT]

Some really nice models being posted! Nice work guys!

[Old Coyote]

The Pisano brothers '69 Corvair flopper ......



The Reher-Morrison "Outlaw" Firebird Pro Stock



Roy Rastetter's A/A Austin Bantam Roadster

[34_40]

Wow, just amazing.. don't want to call them models, this is art!

[stovens]

The paint looks pro!

[Old Coyote]

The gorgeous Keeling & Clayton "California Charger"



Don Gay's "Infinity" '66 GTO match racer



Terry Labonte's 1999 Winston winning Kellogg's K-Sentials Monte Carlo

[Old Coyote]

... the Beebe Brothers and Condit "L.A. Hooker" .......



... Dale Pulde and Mike Hamby's "Miller Warrior"



... Tom Prock and Poncho Rendon's "Detroit Tiger" ........

[J. Robinson]

Nobody has posted on this thread for over 4 years! Well, I'm as guilty of slacking off as anyone as far as posting, but I have been building models. When I'm not in the shop working on my Deuce project, doing maintenance on the '31 Coupe or Track-T, or sitting in front of this computer, I'm usually at my little desk building models. I guess you could say I'm obsessed with cars! Anyway, here are some of my more recent builds:

The AMT '36 Ford is built pretty much right out of the box except for spark plug wires. I had trouble with the first (pearl white) paint job, so had to sand it off and start over. The color is Krylon "Sea Glass" satin finish.

The AMT '32 is also mostly right out of the box, too. I lowered the headlight bar, shaved the louvers off the hood sides, and changed the wheels. The engine is the six-deuce Chevy that came in the kit. Color is Krylon Royal Purple.

The AMT '40 is mostly out of the kit. I originally built this one almost 30 years ago, but refurbished it recently with new Testors Candy Red over a gold base (it was originally maroon). The engine is the Hemi from a '32 Ford roadster kit. It has a hood, but I took it off for the picture.

[J. Robinson]

Next up is a '49 Ford (AMT) that is a replica of a couple of cars that were prowling the town in the late '50s. I was 10 or 11 years old and there were 3 of these roaming Smith Valley, Indiana all painted alike in gray primer with copper painted wheels and wide whitewalls. They all had flatheads, so this model does too. I knew two of the guys that had them; they went to school with my older sisters. I thought those cars and guys were really cool; my dad thought they were "hoodlums"!

Last is a '67 Camaro gasser. I was given this Revell kit almost 20 years ago by my son. When I started building it I broke the front of the frame off, so I put it aside and it sat for years, unfinished, in the box. I finally dug it out this past spring and built it as a gasser. I replaced the front frame rails with straight rails and put a front axle from a '40 Ford kit under it. The engine is the one that came in the kit, but the fuel injection came from AMT's double dragster kit with velocity stacks made from evergreen styrene tubing. The hood (not pictured) has a big reversed scoop that covers the injector stacks.

[stovens]

Man you made me want to build a model again. I have done mostly planes in the past with the corsair being my favorite. I have some plank wood models set aside for retirement when I can devote the attention they will need for the Uss Constition, and anothother smaller entry project that is a sail boat. But sittting on my dresser is a partially done old metal 1932 Cevy coupe, model by Hubley I picked up at a garage sale that would be a fun distraction while my broken foot heals!

[40FordDeluxe]

Jim, very nice work!

[J. Robinson]

Thanks, guys. It's something I've done for years and still enjoy. There are much better builders than me out there, but it's all for fun. I like to build one occasionally that's mostly right out of the box so that I get quick results. I have others that are more radical departures from the kits than these; I'll post them when I take some more pictures. I usually have more than one at a time under construction so I can move from one to another while I'm waiting for paint or glue to dry. If you look at the pic below - I took this a while back when I was building the primered '49. The purple '32 is almost finished here. Behind the '49 you can see the roof of the Camaro gasser under construction. Behind that is an Edmunds modified and behind that is a '79 Camaro that will be a replica of my old stock car. Behind the '32 coupe is the 1956 Filter Queen Indy car (now finished), a Model-A sedan with another Indy car on its roof, and in the back corner is a Model-A coupe that will be a replica of my real one. Unseen behind the Model-A coupe is a '29 roadster that I started years ago to be a salt-flats car. Sometimes I get stumped or bored with a build and just put it aside until I'm inspired to work on it again.

Jump in, Steve. I have as much fun doing these now at 69 than I did when I was 9! My real heyday was from about 7th grade through early college. If I had all those ones I built and destroyed back then I'd have a room full!

[34_40]

UMmmmmm, Jim... WOW! enough said!

[stovens]

Jim me too, in my college years I got into models again, only with some skill and patience as well as friends who knew alot about new paint sprays ect. My last project back then was a radio controled hot rodded motor grasshopper dune buggy. That thing was a real blast. that I hope to do again in the future!

[53 Chevy5]

Awesome work guys, I've had some snap together models as kid but nothing nice. My brother had our bedroom ceiling full of model WWII planes, the crown jewel was a B-29 Superfortress, it was huge. It looks like a fun hobby and less expensive than the other option.

[J. Robinson]

OK, I'm just curious if there is any interest in this old thread. Nobody has posted here in 5 years! I've been kept out of my shop and from working on my Deuce 3-window by a string of interruptions - mainly problems with my sciatica which makes it nearly impossible to be on my feet for extended periods and also makes getting up and down difficult. While I've been stuck indoors, I have been spending some of that time at my model car workbench. Most recently I have completed a '65 Fairlane stock car and a pair of '40 Ford coupes.

The '40 Ford models have been some of my favorite AMT kits since its introduction in 1962 or '63. Below is a pic of my '40 collection and some pics of the latest pair.

First is the group - Top left is a Daytona Beach stock car like those raced on the beach in the late '40s (Flathead engine); Second is a typical dirt track stock car of that same period (Flathead engine). I built this one about 30 years ago; Third is a sedan resto-rod. Mostly stock body but lowered and wheel wells re-radiused (Pontiac engine); Fourth is a street rodded coupe. Lowered, shaved hood, bumpers removed (Blown Hemi engine). This is another old build from 30 years ago; Fifth is a fenderless rat-rod style coupe (Buick engine) In front left is a recently built '40 Ford gasser with tilt front end (injected Oldsmobile engine); front right is a newly built "field find" rustbucket coupe (Flathead engine).

Pics 2 and 3 are the gasser. The Olds engine came from AMT '39-'40 sedan kit. The firewall has been recessed so the engine could be set back 10% of the wheelbase as per 1967 NHRA gas class rules. Front fenders and hood are glued together and seams filled to look like a one-piece fiberglass frontend. Rear fender wells have been opened up slightly for tire clearance.

Pics 4, and 5 are the rusbucket "field find". (Some imagination is needed here) The front left fender is bashed in and has been partially cut away with a torch for tire clearance. The hood, front bumper, and grille have been removed, probably for use on another car. The left radiator hose is disconnected. The generator, air cleaner, and both water pumps are missing. Not visible in these pics is the corrosion where the radiator was leaking when this old clunker was still running, the flat right rear tire, and all the junk in the trunk. The windshield is cracked and all the glass is fogged around the edges as old car do. There is a large hole worn in the driver's seat. The interior and trunk are full of junk and discarded parts. Rust has done considerable damage on the fenders, doors, and body seams.

I have more pics of these cars and several others if anyone is interested.