Pat Minarick Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Thanks guys !This has been fun so far and I might get something else done this year I might have to do another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) Progress on the Mack so far... I like what you started with ,The chain drive is cool Edited December 22, 2012 by Road Runner 79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Unusually for me I watched some TV last night. TV is always good for my model building. Looking good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrecker388 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Hey Doc, how would you feel about a early 50's doodlebug?I have a 53 Bel-Air that would be about perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) Got a little more done ! Edited March 24, 2013 by Road Runner 79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Jim Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 It's beautiful Pat !! . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Pat, that is just outstanding. Fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 It's beautiful Pat !! . . . Thanks Jim ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Pat, that is just outstanding. Fantastic work. Thanks Rob ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Beautiful work, and the weathering is excellent. Wonderful model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Good stuff going on here! Great build, Pat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherunicorn Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Still needs details at the rear. It looks too much like a little truck at the moment. True to form, it has no suspension on the rear at all. Every part has been salvaged from behind the barn (the junk box). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Okay I just came across this thread for the first time. So I'll play. I've had this one started for a long time. It's been screaming to get off the unfinished project shelf for a while now... I'll get going on it as soon as I get the '34 Ford rat rod and Dodge Van Camper off the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Looks like everyone's off to a good start ! I haven't had any time to work on anything so I'm still not finished Going to try to do a little tonight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhs856 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I hesitated to post progress shots of this, because it's my first model in 6 months (rebuilt a moped engine) and I wanted to be sure I was going to finish it. Anyways, here it is: I started with AMT's 1951 Chevy Fleetline and reduced the length of the frame by about a scale foot and a half. I know it's a little "new" for the Doodlebug era, but I wanted to build something different. My hope was to make it more of a side-by-side type of utility vehicle; something that Dad built from that old car out behind the barn that would putter around the family farm, moving feed, hay, and the little 'uns. Most of the body was cut away and, in doing this, I had to come up with a couple of creative ways of holding the front together. The back box is styrene sheet and angle, the welds are made from putty. I found the rear tires on a toy tractor from Quality Farm and Fleet. Thanks for this unique CB, Doc! I had a lot of fun and ended up with a model I never would have thought of building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Hmmmmm. You are all quite strange. Well done. Here's something i've been working on for 4 1/2 years (it sits next to my bench and gets picked up & worked on intermittently). It's Pigbog the Fodebalet (FOrd + stuDEBAker + chevroLET) and since this pic has grown more rust & lost the big front tyres. I might finish it one day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) I hesitated to post progress shots of this, because it's my first model in 6 months (rebuilt a moped engine) and I wanted to be sure I was going to finish it. Anyways, here it is: I started with AMT's 1951 Chevy Fleetline and reduced the length of the frame by about a scale foot and a half. I know it's a little "new" for the Doodlebug era, but I wanted to build something different. My hope was to make it more of a side-by-side type of utility vehicle; something that Dad built from that old car out behind the barn that would putter around the family farm, moving feed, hay, and the little 'uns. Most of the body was cut away and, in doing this, I had to come up with a couple of creative ways of holding the front together. The back box is styrene sheet and angle, the welds are made from putty. I found the rear tires on a toy tractor from Quality Farm and Fleet. Very cool! It sorta reminds me of a specific vehicle. When my family moved to NJ in 1973, I remember seeing a 1958 Plymouth two door offered for sale at a local farm. It didn't get sold so it eventually got cut off like your car as a field truck. I remember seeing it there with the nose on it, windshield intact, but the rest of the body gone. It eventually got retired and wound up in the adjacent woods. In 1977, once we were of driving age, my buddy bought a '59 Plymouth and in due time blew the engine. I remembered the field car Plymouth and we went to take a look. The farmer was delighted to sell it to us for $100 and the flathead 6 went right into my friend's '59! Edited January 18, 2013 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I like it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Well mine is done ,but I have no way to post any pictures till our lap top gets fixed ! Hopefully soon ! I may try another one ,they are kind of fun to build . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Got a little more done ! That looks great, Pat. Very nice work so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Randall, I love this model. Great job. Folks are working on some very cool models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 That looks great, Pat. Very nice work so far. Thanks Casey ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Ok I can post pictures again ,so here are some finished pic's. This was a fun build ,hope you all like it . Edited March 24, 2013 by Road Runner 79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Very nice work Pat! Where did you get the rear tires / wheels? They're perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Most excellent!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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