Russell C
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Ah, I found you!
It was great chatting with you at DSC on Saturday. I look foreword to seeing more of your work here on the boards.
David G.
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Likewise! Been bogged down with 1:1 scale home improvements where I'd been disorganized ever since the middle of last summer when I moved out of one place and into a much smaller one. Hope to get enough free time carved into my schedule soon to get back into model building, maybe the first among the projects will be a slight restoration / improvement of the old roadster buildup I show in my Wanted post here. One of the other guys here at MCM answered my ad and plans to snail mail the blue flame decals he doesn't have any use for. And perhaps I can do another simple WIP thread on a different little roadster project that would clear out various scrap parts I've had since forever. My other projects, like my mod/rebuild of an old Quicksilver, take on levels of complexity that invite building burn-out. Counted 'em up one time for somebody's MCM thread of "how many projects have you started?" -- got 18 of 'em. If only I had more time ......
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Way back in olden times, Russell C achieved a degree of fame with a certain GSL entry that was a yellow 3-wheeled Ford. I followed in his footsteps by building and entering my own yellow 3-wheeled Ford at the 2017 GSL* . Now I'm working on another for the 2023 final GSL. It's just too goofy an idea to not continue.
Here's where I am in the project: it's an AMT '49 Ford that's had the roof deleted, the body pie-cut to make the rear wider and the cowl narrower, shortened about 3/4" and the front fenders/hood replaced with a '36 Ford hood and a '39 Ford grille. The drive train is from a Jo-Han Toronado mounted in the trunk. I'm expecting to put a belly pan underneath, perhaps with a "Nothing to see here" message on it like Russell did on his.
Thanks, Russell, for starting a wacky idea.
* https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/122764-3-wheeled-ford-for-2017-gsl
