Herb Grasse

Photo Gallery
To the left, you'll find pages that will take you to photos of all my products:  Bricklin air cleaner labels, 1/48 scale Bricklin models called `Baby Bricks' and 1/25 scale Bricklin models in my 2nd series (the 1st series has been retired).  The photos of the 1/25 scale models can be found on the five pages labeled by their safety color. I offer my model Bricklins in each of the original `safety colors' as produced by General Vehicle, Inc. back in 1974 and 1975, or I can create a custom model Bricklin to match your car!   

Model Bricklin Sizes
1/25 scale for my 2nd series models - those are the models with the opening hood and doors - they're a little bit more than seven inches long - 1/25 scale is one of the most popular scales in car modeling.  The `Baby Bricks' are approximately 1/48 scale.  Being as they are a caricature more than a scale model, an exact scale is hard to define!  They're about three and a half inches long.  

The 2nd Series Prototype
I made the original out of bass wood back in 1982. I spent hundreds of hours looking at pictures and getting each curve and line just right (or as close to it as my eyes could discern). When I finished it originally, I painted it red - not Bricklin safety red - more of a fire engine red. That's the way it remained until the winter of 2001/2002. That's when I decided to start making copies of it. I chose to first revise a major inaccuracy on it that had bugged me for years. The headlight doors were too big and too far up into the body of the car to accurately reflect an actual Bricklin. So I filled in the lines that represented the hood and headlight doors, and recut them. Having done this, I obviously needed to repaint it. Today it's a respectable Bricklin safety white!

2nd Series Production Process

The photo to the right is a raw body, chassis and doors straight out of the mold before any work is done to them.  Note excess resin at the back bumper that still needs to be grinded off (that's the top of the mold, where the resin gets poured in)  You'll also see excess resin around the wheelwells, door openings, hood opening and where the rear window will go.  The mold was deliberately designed that way to allow the resin to flow freely through the mold so that it would fill all the necessary areas. 

The second photo shows a body after the doors have been fitted and the chassis almost ready to receive its seats and dashboard.  

Each model takes over thirty hours to complete!  Each piece must be cast and painted by hand.  Doors must be fitted.  Windows must be glued into place.  For tires and wheels, I'm now using real rubber tires on nice chrome rims that faithfully mimic the original Bricklin turbines.  You'll find a nice chrome `BRICKLIN' plate at the back of the car over the taillight, and elongated `B' logos on the front fenders and hood extension - just like the real thing.  Inside, I've fully detailed the dashboard, you'll see gas pedal and brake, even a gear shift!  The production line moves along at a pace of about one model a month.

To Purchase a 2nd series model Bricklin, a Baby Brick, a Bricklin air cleaner label or a Bricklin bumpersticker....

......click here to e-mail me: tdpalmer@gci.net