Lindberg T kit bash.

I’ve just started on the front suspension and steering of my T, Sam.
Even though I have lots of parts, not everything fits, so it’s a bit of this and a bit of that - I want it on it’s wheels by Christmas if possible.....photo coming soon.

Excellent Gasser Ron, seen pics of it before but I have no information on the running gear.

When I used to see the Volvo at Santa Pod it wasn’t that particularly fast, but it had the right look - obviously a lot of money has been ploughed into the car since. I’m not too sure what engine is but looks to be a blown big block Chevy.

.....this is how the ‘T’ build is going, to date.

My friendly Computer Technician turned up today and sorted my laptop, so I can upload photos again.....after crossing his palm with silver.

Looking so good Ron.

There's a phrase I have not heard for a long time Ron.

Some of us still deal in cash. Crossing a palm with plastic doesn’t quite seem the same Shay.

So was it a friend or family member you bought beer and pizza for.

It really was a Computer Technician, Sam, but he’d said previously that he couldn’t fit me in before Christmas to sort my laptop.
I guess he was desperate for £30 for Christmas gifts ?.....or a beer and pizza !

Beer and pizza always works on me.

I just had to check if my laptop was still working.....
I was thinking that I might make some fenders like the early Model T’s for my model, similar to the photo - just to be different.

My grandsons have been around, excited for Monday - and my son tells me he has a model kit for me in Santas sack. I hope it’s nothing too small, as my eyes are struggling to add the detail on the 1/16th jeep.......and I received an unwelcome yuletide gift two days ago thanks to the storms flattening my 6ft x 15metre fence, looking at almost £1000 to replace it. 🥴

The ‘32 Ford dropped front axle looks a bit wide for this car, so I’ll be carefully chopping 1/2” out of its width to give it better proportions.

......and the Christmas gift from my son is this MPC 1/8th Schwinn Sting Ray bike, which will make a nice accessory to the big scales.

Yes, the front axle looks a tad wide.

Tee Time ......Wings and running boards !
I think it is obvious that this model is being constructed with very little forethought - and built on the fly, but I’m going for it and seeing what comes !

I have managed only a few hours in my loft man-cave because my back is still being problematic. Just had my doctor refer me to a specialist : 19 weeks from now...5 months wait, and they used to call our National Health Service the best in the world ! 🥴

We might have to call it Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Looking really good . My frame is in primer and my rear end almost ready for primer, does that count as progress?

Sorry to hear about your continued back problems. I know about seeing specialists, our son needs one and the appointment was six months out. It's April 9th, so only four months to go.

I’m going to continue building what I can, and waiting for warmer weather to lay some paint on mine Sam.
By then I might have a few models stock piled for paint. I have started chassis’ for other cars too.

Wow Ron, you totally blow my mind with all your scratch building.

Makes my attempts seem mundane!

Cheers Al.

Maybe the fenders are a step too far as my attempts are not quite working out, especially on the rears - It would have been easier to leave them off, but that’s defeatist talk.

Yesterday was cold but dry so took the opportunity to paint a few engines, including the Jeep’s and the V6. But after what I thought was a successful day, realised I hadn’t finished the filling and detailing on some of the blocks - so a couple will be going back for a repaint. 🥴

My usual manic frenzy of model building has somewhat waned and come to a halt, for various reasons.
The rear fenders of the build are not what I want, and I’m still looking for a better idea that would work - and now that the fenders are on the front, the lightweight cycle wheels which I was proposing to use no longer look appropriate. I’m sure it will sort itself out in the .....and there isn’t any progress either, on both 1/8th and 1/16th Jeeps.
.....it’s back to Crossword puzzles and writing my memoirs for now then.

Ron, the rear fenders look more proportional if you turned the boot into a boat tail? Just a thought.

Well, that’s thinking outside the box - never thought about altering the body - nice idea.
.....but I think you have inadvertently given me the answer...
This started as another hot rod/custom, but by adding the wings it became a retro speedster - and those rear wings are too high.
.......If I bin the slicks and add a decent set of wheels and tyres with lower rear fenders it might work a whole lot better.

Well, what I thought was my eureka moment, was anything but.
After trying out a couple of different sets of wheels and tyres, it created more problems than answers.
I had one more feeble attempt to make rear wings, before scrapping that idea too.
Sam’s idea to change the back of the body, now sounds more sense.
I decided that the rear wings must match the fronts, so tried that by attaching them to the chassis instead of the body, and shortening the running boards to give a less acute angle. Only now, the body doesn’t fit......but a smaller Model T bucket body does. Cheating ? I know, but it’s still a Lindberg kit - and then I created a rear fuel tank shaped like a turtle deck.....and binned the V6, in favour of a Flathead V8 !
....at last, I have satisfactory progress, and still looking like a 1950’s show car, if you squint !

Hmmm, I like the black body better I think.
Can you build the splash aprons to fill the gap between the running board and body? Then use the flat rear fenders.

I’m torn between the two to be truthful Sam, and feel I’ve chickened out on the original plan, though I have to admit the bucket version is working out better and isn’t blocking my progress.
I had intended to make the bucket into a shortie ‘Tweedy Pie’ style rod, but the larger black body won’t be scrapped and I’m already trying to work it onto another chassis - as another show-car build.
Yep, everything was going fine until I added the fenders into the mix. Doh !