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Thanks again guys! Dave

It does remind one of Gilligans Island. How did you make the water? Dave

no cops around

This is looking good! I love your use of other items like the pill bottles. Dave

Hi Pat, Thanks again! I too, am retired and on a fixed income. I don't know what swap meets for models you have on the other side of the pond but I have gone to military model swap meets and picked up tank parts there for very reasonable prices. Also I mostly buy bagged parts from other model swap meets. Being that I like to scratch build I can use all the bagged parts. As for the tank treads I shortened them for this build. I actually stapled the cut ends together and hid the seam under the fender I fabricated. Dave

Pat, thank you for your comment! The tank parts are from a 1/30th scale tank model. The WIP is here - I titled it like that because I didn't have a name for it at that time.

Thanks again all of you for all your nice comments! Dave

Thanks Steve! This whole build was really fun! I looked online for seat weathering. Dave

Thanks again guys! I so appreciate your comments. Dave

Nice! I love those VW vans! Dave

Beautiful work! A very nice VW gasser. Dave

Thank you guys for your kind comments. This was a really fun build and I learned a lot. Dave

I like what you have done. Your previous dioramas are really nice. I would like to do a diorama but I don't have the room. Dave

I have completed The Beast. A total of 22 hours from start to finish. I watched a few videos on weathering and did my best. It was a lot of fun and I will do it again. The seat took about 2 hours. I ground the seat for the holes. I then used aluminum wire for the springs and rusted them. I put painters tape over the seat and made the cuts. Then painted the exposed “seat foam” and finish painted the blue seat cover then added the oil stains. I used the salt method, paint and rust inhibitors on the body and finished it with a light yellow color that was close to the 1953 Ford F100 original color. I added the rusted Ibeam for the bumper...you never know when you will need to take a tree down! Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

This diorama is amazing! I love all the attention to detail! Dave

Beautifully done! The color is really nice. Dave

This is coming along very nicely! I like all the detail on the 3D printed parts! Dave

Wow! Some really fine craftmanship going on here! I love the tires and all the work you have done on the chassis. Dave

In the Walmart parking lot.

Thanks for your comments! I appreciate them. Dave

This will be the last entry in this WIP thread for this vehicle. I am in the final assembly stage. The thread will be in the Under Glass section. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave I finished weathering the seat and put a star crack in the windshield.

I bought a box of 1000 wooden coffee stirrers, sand, stain and seal them. the box will last forever.

I go to thrift shops and find these toys with cool wheels and tires. The toys are about $2 with senior discount. Cut the axles and re-purpose.

I picked this up at Goodwill. Its still bagged and came with glue. I also got 25% off the sticker for seniors.

Beautiful! Excellent paint job too! Dave