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I was thinking the same thing concerning the Cad lights.That is gonna be a killer rear end.The whole thing works togeather to lead your eye forward along the side panels,then you see the forward leaning door pillar and your brain says"This is really working nicely".Then you see the front end and(IMHO)wait.....is that a snow plow(?).There is so much really cool styling work done to this car that(again IMHO)the lower front pan seems too flat by comparison.Possibly adding a thin sideways piece such as a those on early Corvettes would slim that panel somewhat and restore the foward lean look. Again these are only my opinions on the design path based on what I might do in the same situation.This is a great Merc and going to be fun to follow to completition.

Great job !

Another great looking custom creation!

I would be very interested in most of tbe kits you plan on making available especially the Ford TT series.I have a tutorial right now in the light commercial under construction heading.It has a scratch built wooden cab and will feature a Weaver model G3 three ton auto crane wrecker boom.Having a kit if this would be a real benifit to a lot of builders.I know I would buy several for projects like gas tankers,dumpers,farm trucks,and on and on and on!

I really like what you've done here.There are almost endless possibilities for light commercial conversions with kits like these.It's a shame there aren't more basic starting point kits like these.Probably not enough intrest to make tooling costs practical.

This is looking very cool my friend.I would make a wooden crate as an engine cover officially makin it a "crate motor".The weathering is working very well and I particularly like the extra rivert detail on the bed sides.Those break up the long flat expanse of the slab sides of the bed.I can't wait to see it finished.

Blair,you will love being retired.I know I certainly do.I retired three and a half years ago at age 68 and am having the time of my life building models again full time.Be sure to post the new one with the '50 chevy front end.If you PM me your email addres I will send you a couple pictures I took of a van at the Goodguys Nationals in Columbus,Ohio a couple weeks ago with a really kool paint patina paint job,

I once heard a man say that too low is almost never quite low enough.Oh wait.....that was me I'm pretty sure.The ony way to make this one any lower is to dig a ditch for it to run in!

Actually there are some examples of the 1/25th scale 1911/12 chevrolet around.I have three in my collection.One original unbuilt molded in AMT black styrene with the original instruction sheet.I can't lay my hands on it at this moment but I know it's here somewhere.Another inside a Chevy dealer display oval bubble along with a gold 1962 Impala hardtop,and I also have one of Mike's resin cast ones.

Blair,did you make scale drawings of the larger panels of your truck when you were building it?I would like to see you post photos of them if you did.If we had the panel drawings for the cowl/windshield,side panel,doors,roof and rear section panel that we could enlarge to the size we needed we could use those to create our own versions of your bread truck. Thanks...Tom

Blair,if you ever decide to attend of of our Toledo evnts please be sure to bring your whole fleet of these trucks along.I'm sure everyone would really enjoy seeing them.Seeing this one makes me want to go back to a couple of the Divco projects I have in process.So many models.......so little time !!

Congratulations on a stuuningly baeutiful model T wrecker.I have the greatest admiration for builders with your level of detailing and scratch building skills.Thanks for taking the time necessary to stage,photograph and post these wonderful photos.I can't think of any other brand or model run of vehicles that have been made into so many useful things as the Ford model T.

Great model Blair.These old square boxy delivery trucks make very cool models.All of the ones you have built are very neat.Thanks for also posting the pictures of the older builds for all us us to drool over!

You've picked the perfect paint for this build.I love the"parked ouside for 50 years"streaked look to it.Very cool!!

I hope all the followers of this build can appreciate the excitement obvious here between Bernard and Tim conversing and trading details and ideas.I was standing next to Tim when he took the photos he's posting and trust me when I say he was very impressed with this car we saw at Columbus last weekend including the"Ford in a Ford"part. Great and very interseting build Bernard.I believe a lot of younger builders should gain some insight following this thread and seeing a period correct sttreet rod develop in your very capable hands.I know I'll be following along. I'm trying to tell myself that I really don't need to buy one of these '27 roadster bodies.I told Mr.Boyd I already have more projects on tap than I have life left to build them.

This is looking really neat.Isn't it amazing what some weathering adds?I'll be watching closely.

Congratulations on a great build!Completely unique vehicle type and extremely well done.

Very neat project with some great scratch built parts.You do great lathe work.This will fun to watch.Thanks for sharing with us!

Blair,I found the link to the Emhar 1/24 kit on-line for Hobby Link Japan.The stock kit makes what you're doing even more impressive!

This is very kool.The top chop is just right and the dual wheels peeking out through the bed are just plain outrageous.As for using the pennys....I had heard that some guys in Pa.were still using them to determine ride height and now I see that is true.Here in Ohio we stopped using pennys in the 1960's as they are simply too thick.Even a single one is too much.We tried dimes....but again too thick.Then we tried .020"sheet styrene.....nope...too high.Finally we settled on sheets of paper.....The thickest we ever use is poster board and work down from there to onion skin paper.You might want to consider switching while this truck is still in the planning stages. Seriously this is going to be an outrageous build and a lot of fun to follow. Where did the body come from?I really like the 1940-ish look to it.

I love the smell of rust in the morning.Thanks for sharing this interesting build with us.

I like your take no prisoners attitude with this build.No kit....No problem....Grab a stack of styrene and and scratch build what you need.I would like to see you do a tutorial on the riveted aluminum transmission tunnel feature and those belly panels as well.What material did you use?It looks like aluminum drink can thickness. Thanks for posting such an interesting build!

Do you remember who the resin caster was that made the '54 cab you bought?I'd like to have one to work with.

Very impressive build.I know from personal experience that rigging that complicated takes a lot of patience and extremely close measurements and cuts.I was going to suggest using twisted wire I just picked up at Hobby Lobby.I found it in their jewelry dept.sold as"German style"wire it comes in several colors and closely resembles twisted wire cable.

OUCH!!That's gonna take a lot putty to fill in!