Ramfins59 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) After a week of family functions and other issues I was finally able to get back to some uninterrupted workbench time and I finished up this little 1/48 scale Tamiya kit of a 1942 Ford Army Staff Car which I made into a little Street Rod. At only 5 inches long this is a tiny little car compared to the 1/25 scale cars that I'm used to working on. I did the best I could in painting the plastic tires/wheels. First I painted them flat black and then did the neatest job I could with these old eyes of mine to paint wide whitewalls with flat white paint. Then I glued on polished aluminum baby moon caps from MCG which made perfectly sized full Moon hubcaps for this little guy. I painted the body with Pactra RC car yellow paint, added a couple of small flame decals (from the chopped '49 Merc) and a black pinstripe decal to the trunk. Putting the BMF trim on this little body was a real beeyotch as the molded trim was so thin that the foil didn't want to stick. I finally got it down right and then clearcoated the whole body to lock in the foil. The bumpers, grille and headlight bezels are painted chrome silver. This was a fun project and a good good break from other builds. Thanks for looking in on it. The front turn signals and taillights are MV lenses which I glued into small drilled depressions in the body. Edited January 17, 2013 by Ramfins59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Wondered how that little car would look built up, good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Cool and great idea. Nice work on that little Ford - little as in scale smallness. I like the custom touches. I have a small collection of "off-scale" kits that are fun to build and offer something different. In the military section, there are numerous kits in 1/35 and 1/42 - even some with full engine detail. People are missing out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Looks good ! Me thinks your old eyes are better than my old eyes. Nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thats really cool Rich, thats a nice hotrod. really cool color for a street rod.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 that's a "box art" hot rod if there ever was one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Stunner.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 That's awesome! I sure wish they made this one in 1/25. Looks period perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Thanks to everyone for their great and positive feedback on this build. As I said above, it was a fun build in a scale I've never done before and was a good diversion from my other builds. I'm glad I picked this kit up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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