T for Two

With all this late model stuff recently, I'm badly in need of a Hot Rod fix.

Soooo, I figure a quick build of an old kit that's been takin up space for too many years.



Front wheels are AMT 40 Ford with Finned Buick drums from The Parts Box.com, tyres are from Pegasus Hobbies.
I figure I'll use the kit engine and add a little more detail, plus a chromed styrene sheet firewall.



Rear end is Parts Box quickchange adapted to kit suspension and axle ends.
Wheels & tyres, RM '40 Ford, with Parts Box '48 brake backs.



I kinda like it in blue but this is too dark, it needs to be a sixtes kind of pastel pearl colour, so I've mixed up a batch of what I think will work well.

Wheels and undercarriage detail will be red as will be interior. Which is pretty sparse, so I may have to come up with something there.

Always luv seeing old styrene getting built! Cool Project.

thats one cool looking Tall T couupe.

nice carps... T- otally!

OK, so I had a few minutes spare late this arvo and got the colour on (over white primer) and started to detail & paint a few bits.

nice work........for a few minutes

thats cool... i gotta get me a T.

So no roof chop huh.

Nope, got me a Chopped one too (original AMT kit), so there'll be a low boy for comparison in the future.
Also got me one of Paul's resin bodies so may use that with scratch built chassis and a really serious powertrain.Meanwhile I got a few more minutes this arvo and we're looking good.  Only the glass and interior left to do.Hmmm, that sounds familliar.  

T-riffic.
Is that an engine turned firewall?
How'd you do that Carps?
I might have gone with a taller induction set up to balance the height difference between the roof and the rad. But that's a matter of personal choice and this looks pretty good.

T-mendous even.

sorry.

zenrat wrote: Is that an engine turned firewall?

I was going to use BMF then I found an old 'Spectrachrome' sheet, so I cut the firewall from that.

I might have gone with a taller induction set up to balance the height difference between the roof and the rad.

The engine in scale appears to be a V8 60 which was commonly used in this type of T back in the early sixties, as they were a neat fit in the early T engine bay.  So the tri carb set up is more in scale and in line with what was available for such an engine back then.  If you look thru your old Rod n Custome or Hot Rod mags from the late fifties and early sixties you'll see one or two Ts of this style.The kit is prettty basic but it comes up OK with a little work, although I reckon I have less than a couple of hours real time, in it.

You do work fast when you get started on something, don't you?

Great work so far on a nice vintage car.

Geez I need to pay more attention, I didn't even notice the firewall . Can't wait to see this one in person!

oh my.. thats awesome.. u really do move fast when u wanna

Thanks Carps.

I only wish I had a stack of 50's & 60's mags to refer to...

Instead i'll just make it up as I go along.

Great work Carps, Love the colour.

zenrat wrote:Instead i'll just make it up as I go along.

That's pretty much my standard modus operandi.