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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

I used other scale tank parts, maybe 1/35th, not quite sure of the scale. I sectioned the main chassis and eliminated a few of the wheels. I find tank parts at military model swap meets and flea markets.

I have lots of models and never build one out of the box. I use everything for parts. I buy these bins at thrift stores for about $5 each and put bodies in one, tires in another, etc.

Progressing along here. I am attempting to weather the bench seat. I've never tried this before. I made the springs. Lots more to do on the seat. Also going to put some rust on the truck body. I have some primer on it in the weathered areas. I will try the salt method. The bed floor still needs some work. Thanks for looking! Dave

Excellent work! I love these type of creative boats! Dave

I'm not sure. I had a bunch of tracks I got from a model show. Dave

Thanks guys for your nice comments! I'm looking to make this somewhat rusty. Dave

WOW! This looks like the real thing! Fantastic workmanship! Dave

What a beauty! I love the orange color. Dave

I did a bit more work on the build. I hope this Ford 427 will be enough power to haul this beast around.

Wow lots of beautiful builds here! Here are mine for 2022. 1948 Lincoln low rider 1937 Ford tow truck The Blue Crab Blue Dream 1929 Ford Woodys and Mustang Trailer with Vette Boat VW Vancampin'

Thank you guys for all your nice comments! I really appreciate them. Dave

Thanks for your comments. It was a fun and challenging build even though I had a lot of issues with the paint as you can see. Dave

I had two VW vans in a box for years and was saving them for a future project that I hoped I would think of building. A friend of mine had sent me a picture of a VW pulling a VW camper a few months ago and BAM! I found my “excuse” to build these VW vans. I had this in the WIP section and recently finished it. I cut the vans so they would fit in a towing position. For the VW tow vehicle I used Tom Daniels Baja Beast and the camper was a gluebomb I got one year at NNL East. For the tow VW I redesigned the interior. Seats from the parts box, dash (unfortunately cant be seen) was scratchbuilt from parts. I used oak veneer for the floor, made the VW picture and scratch built the fold down TV. The TV is hard to photograph as it is in a difficult angle. Being that the rear was altered I couldn’t fit in the VW engine so I used a Corvair engine. On that engine I made the dual carb setup. I used the same surfboard that came with the kit but altered it to reflect a more design – split tail and triple fins. For the camper I used the front part for the bed. All the seat and bed “fabric” was taken from pics on the internet and shrunk then printed on decal paper then applied with a matte coat over them. The interior was completely scratchbuilt with cabinets, handles, knobs, microwave, stovetop and the table. The biggest issue besides fitment was the color. I’m not happy with the color buy I had tried several turquoises and couldn’t get the color I had in mind. This paint didn’t go on well. It crinkled in some spots but I didn’t have the patience to mess with it any more. I recently started logging in my time spent on my builds. This one came out to 60 hours. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave Here is the pic my friend sent me.

That came out great! I love the color. Dave

This isnt from the '50's but I built this Sanford and Son Ford pickup.

I hope this helps. https://modelcar.show/articles/replicasandminiaturesofmaryland

Thanks guys! Its still all in the making. Dave