TarheelRick

Very beautiful, well-detailed build even has the keys laying on the passenger seat. Hard to believe a build this beautiful could come from that mediocre kit. You are a true craftsman builder.

I've been a bug fan for many years. First one was a 67, if you moved the floor mat the highway was visible. Moved up to a 72 Westphalia, then a 78 Rabbit. The only VW kit I have ever built was the "Flower Power" Revell kit, enough flash to mold another kit. This looks like a very clean, well molded kit. Looking forward to your build and the red really sets this one off. Keep those updates coming.

I have been driving for 60 years and have driven some fairly large vehicles, of late primarily school buses. I have put them in places that I wonder how I got it in, but worse how am I going to get it out again. So far there have been no extra scratches on any of them. That being said my daily driver is a 2022 F-150 4X4 Crew Cab and I thoroughly despise parking garages. Open lots are no real picnic, but garages were not built for vehicles this long. It never fails I have to see-saw back and forth to get centered in the spot, even then the other cars are so close I can barely get my door open. Once I do get it in place the rear-end sticks out enough to make other cars have to drive around it, of course it might help if I were to remove my bumper hitch. Bigger, longer vehicles ride much better because of the length, tight handling is the trade-off.

Really love those old style modifieds.

Ditto! Double Ditto!!

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Beautiful little pickup, that red really sets it off.

Good looking pickup, really like the roof paint detail.

As popular as the 32 Ford chassis is for building hot rods I am surprised no one has begun 3D printing them. The distinctive side rails and K crossmember should be fairly simple to build. Some possible issues would be warpage and enough difference in scale between 1/24 and 1/25 to make maintaining inventory a problem. But I believe the market would sustain such an endeavor, what say you hot rod builders?

Really like the direction you are going with this build. It's different, a bit quirky, and just overall a wicked drag racer.

Mighty fine looking long-roof. Going to be a fun project to watch come together.

Couple of very nice looking rigs. A man had to have Popeye forearms to hog one of these through those mountains depicted in the photos. Beautiful paint work.

Love parts box cars, they give your creativity a good boost. Really like the looks of this one. Are you going to remove that mold-line across the front fender?

First car I ever owned was a '56 Chevy 150 6X3. I paid $100 for it. Body was solid, interior looked like it had been the arena for a catfight. Another one I let get away.

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But be prepared to skin your knees a couple of times.

Coming back from town saw a trailered 48-50 Plymouth station wagon. Two tone paint green and gold. They were going in the opposite direction so didn't get a really good look. Found a picture from the auction:

You are making me want to get my '51 Convert back on the table. It is sectioned, would have been a piece of cake if I could cut straight. Anyway a thought for taillights, maybe use the custom units from the '57 Chevy truck fenders in the '53 Ford Pickup kit.

That is an excellent solution to a problem I experienced several months ago and will probably experience again in the future. Only issue I see is how do you keep from losing the pin, the spring, or for that matter the whole assembly. Anyway, thanks for the idea I will probably try to assemble a couple of them using brass.

Rummage through the Jewelry aisle of Hobby Lobby, they have quite a selection of different styles and sizes of wire and some tubing.

Just tried it again and everything worked as advertised. Of course, I used my laptop this time and not my normal desktop, maybe that could be part of the issue.

I have a pegboard wall above my workbench. When I built it I attached some 1'X1' wood strips to the wall so I would have clearance behind the pegboard for the hangers. Harbor Freight has a package with several different selections of hangers. I have my evergreen still in the packages hanging on the board along with different styles and colors of wire, resin parts, and many other items. My board is about a 4"X6" foot section.

Nice pictures, really like that gray Charger.