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Tad Dowdy

@taddowdy

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Professional model builder and master craftsman in DFW area
Commissioning models since the 70s
Slot cars
Railroads
Movies
Military
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@taddowdy recently did this custom little guy. Based on a photo, I'd say that it's spot on. From the fenders to the channeled style over the frame, to the regular height chrome windshield. The color is a medium, satin blue...kinda sky blue. There are custom touches all over this guy. The trunk was opened and details are within. A gas ⛽ tank, and perhaps a battery. The floor is a silver tread plate. The rear features a set of chrome mini bumperettes, a custom, centered license plate, and rectangular taillights amid a sea of smooth blue. Opposite, the front offers a chrome radiator shell and Black-ish radiator insert, a black frame, shiny chrome suspension parts and steering pieces, chrome bucketed headlights, and chrome shocks. Inside the cabin, there is a chromeish, custom dashboard with custom gauges, a black speedometer, and other gauges. There's a black bench seat, floor, and door cards, while a pin represents the mid-height shifter. There's a black steering wheel with a 3 banjo 🪕 style spokes. An awesome interior. For the rolling stock, there are black steelies and chrome caps. The street tires on all 4 corners are black walls. There's a
SBC Chevy engine in the engine with three shiny Bell 🔔 shaped air cleaners, 3 silvery carbs, 2 chromed finned, valve covers, and 1 aluminum intake manifold...along with a black radiator hose, a silvery fan, a black alternator, and a set of chrome lake pipes. Underneath, there is a detailed underside with silvery detail items, differential, and radius rods, a chrome tranny pan and oil pan, and the blue engine block, amid plenty of black. Finally, I've included some WIP photos of the work that was done 👍✅. Awesome, Thx tons Tad. Love it. Thx for an awesome build. 👍🏆🥇👌. T4'Z 👊✌️.
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#29fordroadster #rodzandrats #rodz #fenders #125scalemodels #scalekit #plastichotrodz #plasticmodelcars #hobbylife #hobby
#scaleautomodel #roadster #mediumblue #satinfinish
#sbcengine #3carbs #modelcarparts #gotown

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@taddowdy did this 🧁 Sweet little dry lakes Rodz with what could be a '27 altered kit perhaps from #amtmodels or #revellmodels. Anyways, Tad made a start a while back, and it turned out perfectly 😃. He scratch-built the frame, cut clearance for the axle/ differential, found an engine, and did a few modifications; including making a distributor and straight exhaust pipes. The interior is made up of a scratch-built bomber seat, a scratched floorboard, and a transmission tunnel.
It's painted in a dark color; could be bronze or even Root beer paint, not too sure. In either case, it's got #smoothpaint. There are natural hues on the heads, velocity stacks, intake manifold, carbs, distributor, headers, fan, and generator. The block itself is black. It's soooooooo kewel and different. Just to see a centered seat and steering wheel. Well, it's a race car, 🙄 duh. There are no headlights or taillights after all. There is a smoothie turtle deck that resides in the rear. Finally, the bucket 🪣 is covered by a tan covering. So neat to piece together a Hot Rodz. The last photo is of the dry lake's Roadster with the tow truck. Awesome build my friend. Peace ☮️ T4'Z 🤜🤛✌️👀 awesomeness.
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#modeltrodz #rodzandrats #justplainkewel #27 #drylakescar
#piecesparts #bucket #turledeck #smoothassilk #rootbeerpaint #125scalemodels #scalemodels #modelT #modelcarsofinstagram #feature #towtruck #34 #scaleart #scalehotrods

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@taddowdy & Tad did this tow boy '34 Ford pick-up truck from #amtmodels & #round2models about 2 yrs ago. It was built for his dry lakes car (last photo.) The paint is not all that shiny, kinda flat in areas also, kinda representative of a work truck though. It is a mostly showroom stock truck build, as the cab looks unchopped. There's also the signature running boards, classic chrome step, and always sweet 🧁 flathead engine. A chrome front bumper, custom chrome grill insert with a body-colored radiator shell, original fender height, and flat body-colored headlights on a bar finish out the front. A bumper-less rear, a chrome fuel ⛽ cap, a taillight assembly with a license plate, and a dark tailgate finish the rear of this boy, Since the interior is dark, I'll just speculate about the inside. There's probably a black bench seat and flooring, dark door cards, a black dashboard with a silver spoke and a black steering wheel, while the taller shifter might have a red ball. Not sure, though.Moving to the wheels, the chrome steelies look great inside those wide whitewall Firestone tires. Just enough of a custom touch. Finally, the engine is a flatty-flathead engine without an engine cover, but it does have a black air cleaner with a single carb, shiny chrome heads, two black radiator hoses, and single radiator support. Not much chrome to speak of; shiny tailgate ⛓️ chains, chrome steelies, and fantastic shiny heads, bumper, and chrome ribs on the radiator grill. Awesome build, for a 🆒 dry lakes car. Thx, My friend 😊. Peace ☮️🕊️ T4z 🤜🤛🦾.
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