1\8 Bobtail T

[sam]

While people like Ismael seem to build smaller and yet smaller subjects, I on the other hand am planning for the future. I have been collecting a number of 1/8 kits over the last 12-15 years and decided I needed to get my feet wet. I chose the Lindberg kit because I had acquired two falling apart original issue build ups, so am not out very much if I mess up. I am pleased with my first endeavor.

20201123_111100 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

20201123_111043 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

20201123_111110 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

20201123_111121 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

20201123_111139 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

20201211_115656 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

[2whl]

Great build, Sam. It's good to see you back at the bench

[tatocorvette]

Very nice!  What a giant! 
I wonder what details I can add to a 1/8 model and how it may look next to my 1/32 T 
Is that a 283 Chevy engine?  Those rear tires would mostly be street crayons.

Thanks,
Ismael

[sam]

Thanks Paul. You told me to start posting, so here are some I've built over the last couple years. 😃

Ismael!! A Chevy in a Ford ?!?! How sacrilege! It is a 312 Thunderbird. 🤣

This kit is actually based on a real hot rod from the '60s that made the circuit back in the day. The original issue actually had gold chrome and not just plain chrome.

The title of this article is correct, it was a Y block Ford engine. I do not know why the author then calls it a Cadillac engine later on.

yblock.blogspot.com/2008/01/marty-hollmanns-1915-bobtail-t.html

[tatocorvette]

So Ford DID know where to properly put the distributor at some point  

[sam]

🤣

[sam]

Ismael, I have been tempted to send you a 1/8 kit just to see what you could do with one. 😃

[tatocorvette]

You can build a 1/32nd scale Model T and put it in the seat as a 1/4 scale model.  

Not that I've ever done that.... race-car-models.proboards.com/thread/2102/1-3-scale-ferrari-wait

[sam]

Maybe a 1/43, but then you would have to build it. 🤣

[kyledehart5]

Awesome job! This is sweet.

[sam]

This kind of puts things in perspective. 1\25, 1\32, and 1\43...in relation to a 1\8.

20230621_201006 by Sam Grabenhorst, on Flickr

[tatocorvette]

Don't know why but 1/24 is as big I can go!
My 1/700 helicopter will look HO scale in your 1/8  

[sam]

I was thinking maybe a 1/87 scale car on the seat. 😃