Karl LaFong

All done! Completed pictures in the Under Glass section.

In the homestretch (I hope). The front looked naked without a grill, so I used the grill from the '50 F1, and added an alternator and other details , including a Replicas and Miniatures oil cooler mounted behind the grill. When my dad was stationed in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, he took several pictures of plane nose art, including the B-24 "Hangover Haven II". I had planned to build a model of it, but lost interest, so I used the decal (minus the "II") on the truck.

Got mine at the LHS in beautiful downtown Broomall.

I have the interior completed and installed. The steering wheel is a Model Car Garage banjo steering wheel item with an AMT 1936 Ford rim. I didn't like the looks of the dashboard switches; they were replaced with MCG dashboard details. Since there's no transmission, there's no need for a shift lever. The bed contains a fuel cell from a MPC stock car kit, painted Tamiya NATO green. I'll install the filler later. O gauge diamond plate sheet painted Testor's magnesium replaces the original wood grain floor. Various wires, bits, and bobs have been added to the engine. I hope to wrap this up in the next week or so.

Good job, looks great!

Yup, it's a golden oldie - if you check out '63-65 era Model Car Science or Car Modeler, there were plenty of cars featured with this engine. The one thing about this mill, which was pointed out elsewhere in the Forum, is that it isn't based on an actual turbine engine, so you could call it a steam, atomic, matter/antimatter, or what have you, and you would still have a completely accurate engine ?. (Somewhere a rivet-counter is gnashing his/her teeth...). I hope I can find anther one at a reasonable price, I have a steam powered vehicle in mind.

I sent a Facebook message to AAA Hobbies & Crafts (the retail store for Megahobby) asking if they have the issue in stock or would they be getting it in stock, the reply I received was "Sorry but we do not carry that publication". Hopefully, that just means that AAA Hobbies doesn't/won't have this issue, but Megahobby will be selling it. I also checked my LHS, Nicholas Smith Trains & Toys, which used to carry Model Cars, they currently don't have it.

I finally have the vehicle up on 4 tires, and it received a Tamiya Gloss Aluminum paint job.

I got some work done on the interior of the truck. I wanted aircraft-type seats, so I started with the custom seats from the AMT '66 Thunderbird: I filed off the sides, added drilled side pieces from .02 Evergreen styrene and channel stock to the bottom of the seat. I also needed to make a shelf for these seats; I used Evergreen channel and styrene sheet: The seats were painted with Testor's Aluminum Plate metalizer, with the cushions painted with Testor's Acrylic Leather. The floor and interior of the cab was painted Testor's Flat Medium Green: The dashboard has Model Car Garage gauges and switches made from solder and photoetched washers: That's it for tonight!

I'm using the turbine "torque reducer" - I had to shim the rear engine support to raise it to the level of the drive shaft. I don't see the need for the turbine "drive line" part.

Shades of Model Car Science, circa 1963! And that is a good thing. One thing about the engine is that it's fairly wide (1.18"), so shoe horning it into a passenger car engine compartment will be a challenge. The combustion chamber makes for a very asymmetrical unit.

I recently picked up a Revell Experimental Turbine engine - I found that it fit well on the Revell '40 Ford frame and that the Revell '50 Ford F1 looked good on that frame. So far, I've shortened the bed to fit the frame, dechromed some AMT Phantom Vicky wheels and painted them Tamiya gunmetal, and modified the rear axle to fit the wheels. The engine was dechromed and painted with various shades of Testor's Metalizer paints. I only used the {ambiguous} instructions as a guide for assembling the engine. I hope Atlantis finds the molds for this mill; while it doesn't represent an actual gas turbine engine, it's still a cool sci-fi/diesel punk engine.

"And Keith, Looks like we both made out with our pickups today. " So between the two of us, we have a complete kit! Nice score!

I picked up this '68 (MPC?) Chevy truck at a house sale today. It set me back a total of 5 bucks. It's brush painted and missing the rear bumper/taillight and tailgate, and the front of the bed is for the wrecker version, rather than the pickup version. Luckily, I have the wrecker sides, so I see a tow truck in this baby's future.

In theory, a cool idea - in practice, not so good. Since inside of the bodies have various bits & bobs (e.g. hood hinges, mounting posts, etc.) painting them from the inside doesn't yield a uniform base coat.

Old trick from the 60's - if I want a "warm" look, shoot it over Tamiya Gold, for a "cool" look, shoot it over silver. I don't have any pictures, but I've been pleased with both undercoats.

Great idea and nice save of an acetate promo.

Lincoln Continental Mk II

Waaayyyy back in the day one of the model car magazines ran an article on using the chassis and engine parts from the Dragula to create something called "The Surf Slab" with that surfboard.

Sweet!!

Drop. Dead. Gorgeous! I like the 289 mill, a welcome change from the usual 427's.

Nice job of bringing Raymond Lowey's design into the 21st century!

Great fabrication work!

Thank you Richard and everyone else. I'm laying off the glue bombs for a while - there's a good reason it's named "Bad Trip".

In progress details can be found here: Long story short - picked up a glue bomb at the Philly NNL and here's the final result: