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02/01/2022 8:15 am
Ok, if you'll permit me to bore you guys a bit more....PART 3 was basically "right angles & curves." Using small round-stock and tiny flat stock (laid flat and on the side) I created all the "piping" or all exterior rolled edges of the "stamped metal" ...AND...all the inner trunk border edging (side glued) and bracing (flat glued).
PART 4 will show how I created mounting tabs and rear chassis shortening. 1923 Ford Model T Runabout (Roadster) photos all indicate the rear frame ends directly underneath the rear of the trunk.
Stay tuned.....
PART 3:
02/01/2022 3:49 pm
Superb work on modding this replica ! A real one-of-a-kind 1/18 of this Model T runabout.
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Topic starter
02/01/2022 11:22 pm
Superb work on modding this replica ! A real one-of-a-kind 1/18 of this Model T runabout.
Yeah thanks. A model I just had to replicate.... surprisingly, NO manufacture has produced a Runabout in 1/18. Conceivably, I could alter these "Snap On Ts" into dozens of other configurations: A pick-up, tow truck, Doctor's coupe, etc...
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03/01/2022 11:54 pm
I guess that Ertl's Precision 100 Model T was a 1913 Speedster version, but you think that would have led to a variety of Ford Model T's from them,including a Runabout, etc.
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04/01/2022 3:08 am
I guess that Ertl's Precision 100 Model T was a 1913 Speedster version, but you think that would have led to a variety of Ford Model T's from them,including a Runabout, etc.
Exactly, the "hard tooling" was completed. All that was needed was "side tooling" but it never materialized. One has to believe, however, that it was at least discussed. 🙄