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My son gave me 3 gluebombs for Xmas that he got off of Ebay and challenged me to build a model out of all three. They were a 1929 Ford Woodys a 1960 Corvette and a 1975 Mustang. The Mustang was in the worst condition. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of when I got them. I didn’t have the heart to cut up the Woodys so I made it into the tow car with a surfing theme. The Corvette I am making into a speed boat and the Mustang I am making in to the trailer. So far this project is a 90 hour investment. Its not my best work but I’m still adjusting to my new location and I don’t have a spray booth as of yet. The Woodys didn’t come with doors so I left them out. I added wheels, tires and an engine from the parts box. I had some old mahogany veneer so I incorporated it into the side panels and grained the light wood frames. I hand made the anchor (which took two hours) and chromed it then placed it in the spare tire holder on the fender. The surf boards are both scratched built. I wanted a different look for the interior so I hand painted the seats in a Zebra pattern. The Vette will be the speed boat. I narrowed it about 1/4 “ and added the rear fin. I also scratch built the points on the front and the pontoons. Then I cut off the windshield and filled in the wheel wells. I reformed and added a hood from a 1967 Vette. For the interior I used parts of the seating from the Predicta, the dash from a ’55 Porsche and scratch built the rest. The seats will be in the zebra pattern to match the Woodys seats. The Stang has been a challenge. It was covered in heavy hand painted black on top of a couple other colors and also heavily glued. I cut off the roof and cut off the sides. I added an inner wall to the sides and used the bottom curved piece of rear chassis from the Garbage Truck for the front end. I had to widen the body in order to fit the Vetteboat in. I also hinged the rear for the tailgate. I needed to keep the indentation on the side panel to show it is from a Mustang, but also extended it to insert some of the mahogany wood veneer, I added old fenders and scratch built running boards to bring it together with the Woodys. I then built the frame and inside spot for the boat to sit. I am almost finished with this project. I will post completion pics in the Under Glass section soon. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

I found color shot also.

Could it have been this? I did a quick search. The Chief Freight Lines trucks circa 1930s Kansas City, MO Dave

Thanks for the pics! This was my first time at the show and definitely not the last. Next year I will bring some of my builds.

What a great thread! Well there are probably two releases that changed me. The first was Kenny Rogers "Just Dropped In". But the second really did it for me - Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Cosmos Factory". To this day it is still my favorite album. The other highly influential albums would be - Ten Years After "Rock and Roll Music To The World", "Johnny Winter And Live" and Pete Townshend "Who Came First".

Great idea! I like the stance. You are inspiring me to pull out my '50 Chevy pickup!

Nice thread!! I saw these in the past week.

Once again thank you for all your comments. I really appreciate them.

Thanks again for all the kind comments!

Thanks again for all your kind comments! I really appreciate them.

WOW! This is beautiful! Very nice work. I love that color. Why the New Jersey plate? I'm an ex-New Jersian.

Nice work! I love these MGs. I also forget how small they were. Beautiful cars.

Very nice work!! That color looks great! This brings back memories. I got my license on a '71 Pinto. How could anyone fail taking the test in that little car, it was a breeze!

Thanks guys for all your kind comments!

bisc63 - thank you for the really nice comment! The paint (after many other colors tested) ended up being Testors Extreme Lacquer rattle can Flaming Orange over a white base.

Nice work! I can't imagine how long this 1:1 car is!

I started with a ’48 Lincoln glue bomb. This must have been build (very poorly) about 50 years ago. I had to take apart every piece including all the body parts. I decided to remove the single headlights and put in double headlights and remove some of the front bumper to view the cool grill better. I added a ’36 Mercedes straight eight engine (from Rommels Rod), as it fit perfectly. I put some holes in the rear fenders for the exhaust tips, added spoke wheels into the lowered body. I also shortened the windshield and the ragtop roof. The interior is a mix match of seats and door panels from a ’61 Chevy. The console is from the Red Baron altered to fit between the Impala seats. The speakers and rear panel are scratch-built. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

So many awesome mock-ups here! I did finish this one but here is the mock-up. I started with a Dish network remote.

Nice thread! I started this one using an old garden cylinder sprinkler, the cab from the Garbage Truck, the front of a GTO and the rear from a '58 T-Bird. I have since done some more work but its not finished yet. It's sort of a cartoonish model.

I am soooo looking forward to going to this!! I recently moved here from NJ and I really miss NNL East.

You can see the finished build here -

Thanks guys for all the nice comments. This build is on hold right now as I need to come up with a paint scheme.

I love the colors Pat. What a nice build!

Thanks for all your nice comments. I know that this vehicle may not be able to be a real car as I had to alter some features to make it look good. The front tires are tight and if it were a real vehicle it wouldn't turn without hitting the body but I used my artistic license on it. I had fun building it. As far as the color goes it was a happy accident. I started with one color that looked blue in the container but it didn't come out the same blue so I went on to a couple other colors. Somehow it became color changing. I would have preferred a lighter blue but I do like the color change so I decided to keep it.

This is my first complete build since moving to Arizona 4 months ago. I'm looking forward to more! A frankenstein build combining a Jeep and monster tires and wheels. I added the beach-surf scene and flowered the seats, cooler and surfboard. I had this in the WIP but finished it.