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I've used very thin foam plates from the Dollar store they seem to work fine. The plate bottom is very thin and you can do a tuck and roll, diamond pleat or any other design. If you think foam is too thick you can grind some of the seat down smooth and add the foam. Paint with acrylic paints as any oil paint will melt the foam. Dave

This is my daily ride.

Thanks for your comments! Dave

I had bought most of an AMT School Bus that was a total mess of a glue bomb at NNL East about 15 years ago and it sat in my parts box since then. Quite a bit of it was unsalvageable due to a huge amount of glue someone used. Much of the plastic had melt marks from the old glue. I took apart as much as I could but the plastic was very brittle so I was only able to save parts of it. Since I retired four years ago and moved to Arizona I have been going to coffee with a bunch of other retirees. Most are car guys and they love my model creations. We call ourselves the OGCC (old guy coffee club). I decided to build a courtesy bus model to honor the members. I took what I could salvage from the School Bus and altered it quite a bit. I added part of the roof from the Tom Daniels Street Fighter and the front from his Paddy Wagon. The headers, rear tires and wheels are from the 1/12th scale Popcorn Wagon they seemed to work. The engine needed to be large so I used a Ford 426 and the criss-cross carb set up from the Paddy Wagon. The pics are an early mock-up and I’m not using the top of the engine and headers shown. I also made some rear fenders that aren’t shown. The front fenders (also not shown) will be widened front fenders from the Paddy Wagon. All I have left to do is everything else! Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. I am always open for constructive criticism. Dave

Beautiful work! Great patina and design. Dave

I'll bite. The roadster is way cool, but what the heck is that big tired beast? Dave

Beautiful job! It is perfect I love the phone number reference to the song Jenny by Tommy Tutone. Dave

Absolutely beautiful! I love cars turned into boats! Keep up the great work! Dave

Thanks again for all your nice comments. Dave

Thanks for the nice comments! It was a fun build. Dave

This started out as a 1940 delivery but I used the rear body for another build. After studying ice cream trucks I removed the roof. I also scratch built the box out of tubing and sheet plastic. I worked on the logo for a few hours and came up with Brain Freeze with the pink brain ice cream cone. This needed to be a hot rod ice cream truck so I used some wheels from the parts box along with the sidepipes and engine. I found the ice cream cone steering wheel from the Ice Cream Truck model and scratch built the Milk bottle shifter and bell. I also needed to come up with a color scheme and the typical white wasn’t in the cards. I remembered all the farms growing up and the Holstein cow colors so I used that pattern. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

Very nice sedan deliveries! I cant get enough of them. Dave

Absolutely perfect! Nice work! Dave

Thanks for your comments! Dave

I got this at the Desert Scale Classic model show in Phoenix this year. Its a snap together so there is no engine. I didnt like the tail light set up so I scratch built a new pair. This is the first "out of the box" build I've done in about 16 years. Normally I do customs, but being a Mustang GT convertible owner I couldn't resist. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

Beautiful work! Dave

Thanks for the nice comments. Dave

I had an urge to build something that crawls thru the sand. I started with Tom Daniel’s Ice Tee. I like this body style and thought it would make a great dune-type buggy. I rounded the cab to a C cab and cleaned up some of the angles on the body. I then cut out the body where the engine would go and put in some styrene. I found an airplane cockpit glass and carved it for the fuel tank (not shown). I also scratched built all the suspension including winding the front springs. The rear springs came from an old computer CPU. I will be using a Corvair 6 cylinder for the power train. I found these giant tires on a toy I got from a thrift shop. The front tires and wheels came from a mini bike with a larger scale but I thought they looked good on the vehicle. The seat section of the interior came from the Lincoln Futura. I made a hinged rear gate. Inside the back I put a tool box, fire extinguisher, a shovel and a cooler. The dash is from a Corvair. I found a winch for the front and used a fine picture hanging wire for the cable. Also added Diamond plating in the interior. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave.

I found these at the Goodwill in Prescott Valley yesterday. With senior discount I paid $8.25. The Porsche is still in the plastic bags. Dave

You can definitely save this one. As the others stated, strip it and start from there. Gather reference pics and lots of putty. Also if you get into a jam there is this forum with many many years of model building experience at your fingertips. I was able to save this Lincoln. From this - To this!

Thanks for your nice comments. I have finished the build and need to take pics. Dave

This was a great show! I always look forward to attending this one. Dave

Beautiful work and fantastic detail! Dave

I started with the Ford F100 kit with trailer. This is a really nice kit with lots of chrome. I was originally going to build it all stock but that didn’t last long. I ended up shortening the bed, chassis and the trailer. I also altered the trailer. I am going to two tone it burnt orange and silver. I couldn’t just have an empty trailer so I decided to build a trike for it. I’m not sure where the trike body came from but I think it’s some toy I got many years ago. It was originally a car. I narrowed it and cut off the front, then I built a frame. I used a shortened fork from the Tiki trike and a scratch built seat frame along with some wheels and tires from the parts box. I’m keeping the Honda 4 engine. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

Very nice weathering! Both trucks have the perfect look. I especially like the leaves in the bed of the plow truck, nice detail! Dave