Sam I Am

Getting there Tom. Tom, I have the same booth. lol So the bench got cleaned up and everything layed out for the first. My goal is to be more productive at the bench as well as getting some stalled builds finished up. I have joined two CBs on the site which are eight months long, and have something else on the side. Bench is definitely big enough. ?

The goal this next year is to finish up some of my stalled builds. I have to be working on one or I can't start another new build. This is self induced, and we will see how long it lasts. ? I have a friend in Canada that does these great flame jobs and he painted this up for me....about 12-13 years ago. The amount of foil work on this car is what stalled the build. He also made the big wheel thing work. So this is going to be built his way. Here is where I was at when it sputtered out.

Gorgeous '59 ! I will be building a few myself. '59 Chevs kinda run in the family. My grandfather started it by bringing home a new BelAir sedan which outlasted him, my dad, and my sister. My dad also had an Impala convertible, my brother had an Impala hardtop, and I had a Biscayne.

Looking forward to seeing more pics under glass.

Looking great Tom !

From the looks of your air cleaner this must not be your first gin and tonic. ?

Tell me about it! I have been organizing my new hobby room and the ideas are bouncing around so bad it hurts. ? My son wants me to focus on my unfinished builds before starting something new. I told him he was too late, I already committed to the Cannonball cb. ? Here is my dilemma... 1- Finish my Watkins trailer to go behind the restored tractor. 2- Finish the International rebuild of truck and trailer, adding the load. (I know, that's a lot of yellow) 3- Start a very ambitious and stretched everything completely parts built 352 that is waaaaay over my head. 4- Go fresh with a wrecker body I have been hoarding. I can come up with more if these are not enough...?

I vote for yellow cab with dark green frame.

Looking sharp, and the modern upgrades are really flowing well. ?

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I did have an instruction sheet for the basic tractor so I went through and matched up everything that I could. I also found that the two sealed bags are for a White Freightliner cabover. Process of elimination.

So I finally went through the contents of the Kenworth Challenge Mixer box and it looks like not much of it was actually there. The bagged sprue appear to be for a cab over of some kind, and the mixer parts don't appear to match the box art. I need to come up with any instruction sheets to see if any of the bits and pieces are for the mixer.

So it's starting to look like a model room now. It feels good to be able to sort out and organize things. Still no corkboard or paint rack yet, but I won't let that stop me from starting a model on the 1st. ?

Looks like the same wheel, only yours are detail painted and Snake's are not.

What a great year for you, and such beautiful builds. The 40, 55, and 57 are among my favorites.

Snake, I definitely like the Welly better. The only thing I probably would change is the ride height, just a smidge to high for me.

That turned out awesome Tom. Maybe you can build the 57 Ford in the same scheme for booked builds. ?

Awesome updates...duuuude! ?

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Anything to cover up that green... ?

Jeff, the yellow international is a fallback plan. I have a little more ambitious parts box build planned...if I can pull it off. ?

"Other than that it is right out of the box" ?

Here is a 'cuda dirt track car and it seems to fit ok. I could always fab up a couple raised ramp sections like on the race car hauler bed, add a short section to the dovetail.... That might just work for a budget backyard racer. Add a tire rack over the front and call it good.

I was thinking if I extended the dovetail further it would lengthen the bed which should allow most any car to fit.

Has anyone modified a Peterbilt wrecker body into a car hauler. I have this and went hmmm....