Model Car Garage -  Lindberg 1/32 Scale 1925 Ford Model T Street Rod - A Model Car Unboxing Video
Channel: Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage
Date: 2012-10-17

Hot rods are typically old, classic, or modern American cars that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines enhanced for more speed and acceleration.

Today on the Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we will be looking at the Lindberg 1/32 Scale 1925 Ford Model T Street Rod. This is a model car unboxing video. 

This 1925 Ford Model T Street Rod model kit was originally manufactured as "The Rebel" by Pyro back in 1963. Many of these model cars were converted into slot car racers using brass sheet, rubber tires and electric motors. The Lindberg 1/32 Scale 1925 Ford Model T Street Rod has also appeared under the Life - Like label, best known as a model railroad manufacturer. 

In the '50s and '60s, many hot rodders would upgrade their brakes from mechanical to hydraulic ("juice") and headlights from bulb to sealed-beam. A typical mid-1950s to early 1960s custom T-Bucket was fenderless and steeply chopped, powered by a Ford or Mercury flathead, with an Edelbrock intake manifold, Harman and Collins magneto, and Halibrand quick-change differential. Front suspension hairpins were adapted from sprint cars, such as the Kurtis Krafts.

As hot rodding became more popular, magazines and associations catering to hot rodders were started, such as the magazine Hot Rod, founded in 1948.

The Lindberg 1/32 Scale 1925 Ford Model T Street Rod model car kit was intended for moderate model builders. The model contains 38 parts, has 2-piece wheels and tires, and is molded in white plastic with clear parts. Sadly, there is no chrome included with this model, so you will have to paint the grille, engine pieces, headlights and hubcaps with a chrome pen or chrome paint and use a product like Bare Metal Foil for the body moldings. 

The Lindberg 1/32 Scale 1925 Ford Model T Street Rod model car kit includes a fully developed engine with tri-carbs, fan / fan belt / pulleys / generator molded as one piece, and exhaust headers and it mounts to the bottom of the oil pan molded to the Z-ed frame. There is also a chopped Model T radiator with clear headlights as well.

The frame holds the T-Bucket body assembly, interior assembly, front and rear suspension and engine. The rear axle, rear spring, torque tube and wishbone and the front axle with spring and radius rods are all prototypical 1940 Ford style components which would be accurate for this era of Hot rod. The two piece solid plastic wheels and tires glue together easily and use a plastic axle that passes through the suspension components. Tires are generic but include a depression for painting white walls and the Oldsmobile spinner  hubcaps look good for the scale.  

The interior is a multi-piece affair that is made up of an interior bucket which includes the floor pan with the seat molded in, a dashboard molded to the windshield frame, floor mounted gear stick and brake lever, steering column and a steering wheel. The windshield windows and rear glass are separate pieces that you can glue into the inner surface of the roof and windshield frame for a more realistic look. 

The body fits on the frame tightly, but you will have to spread it apart in order for this to happen. Fit and finish of these pieces is excellent, but you need to take care in their alignment. The body is molded in two pieces - main body and cowl. These parts are not hard to glue together at all. 

There are some mold marks throughout the model that you will need to remove for a tighter fit between panels. You can remove them easily enough with a number 16 hobby knife and some sandpaper.

No decals are included with this model car, but we do have some 1/32 scale slot car decals on our web site located here :  https://www.monster-hobbies.ca/Hobby_Products/c104-132-model-cars/

This model is easy to assemble and it does go together quite well. It will look good on your shelf, or you could use the body/interior in a slot car. Either way, you will have fun building it.

FEATURES:
1/32 scale, skill 2 for ages 13+ 
Length - 4 - 3/4"
30+ Pieces
Multi-piece interior 
Molded in white with 2-piece wheels and tires
Clear "Glass" parts
No chrome plated parts
No Detailing Decals
Paint and cement required, but not included.

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