redneckrigger

That looks very nice........................and on top of a tempermental fiberglass cab????? VERY well done!!!

Super work so far! I am watching closely to see how you do the emblems..............sounds like it MAY be something that I might try, as long as the magnification is high enough to see it! This build is very instructional in the ways that you get a piece made with ZERO kit parts available.Thank you!

Life interferes, unfortunately! But, the build will still be there when you are ready......................and it looks super so far!

Very nice replication of a 1:1 truck! The paint is spot on, and the truck just the look! Awesome!

Great idea.................and so far, great building too! A Pontiac V-12................who woulda thunk???!!!

Nice siren, but does it work? It sure LOOKS like it should! The entire truck looks like you could drive it away, Charles, and is just more proof of your awesome skills! Second to none for sure!

Nice Poncho! Love the color combo you have and the paint looks glass smooth! NICE!

Very nice Chevy! I have one still in progress after about 30 years................made it from a '62 convertible and a '61 hardtop roof. Never finished it, and it sure would be quicker to build one from the box! Love that color too!

That is a very nicely done TA! I have a friend that just finished a complete resto of his 1:1 70 last year. It looks virtually identical to yours, right down to the stance it has. Very cool!

I have always loved the sound of a hot Mopar engine.................nothing quite like it, and recognizable across town. When I was growing up, they were the hottest cars around.........69 Road Runners, GTX's, 70 'Cudas and Challengers, Dusters, Chargers etc.........awesome. My only foray into Chrysler products in the 1:1 world though has been trucks, and a couple jeeps. I had a two year old former Forest Service 74 Dodge W100 that was on death's door when I got it, and it never failed me as I wrung another several more years out of it. I then traded it in on a new '80 W200 and rode her hard and put her away wet, and even rolled it on it's roof before it was a year old. I fixed it and kept that one for about 5 years until I traded it in on a GMC K3500. I ran a garage, and several years later took an '89 Cherokee in lieu of payment on a bill. That old girl ran well, but the electrical gremlins in her were epic. I finally sent that one to the next owner VERY happily. After having two almost bulletproof Dodge trucks, I decided to try a new one in 2006, with an '06 Ram 2500. Wow, power out the ears with the Hemi, but the rest of the truck was like the Cherokee times 100 and then some. Electrical issues, smog system failures, rusting EVERYTHING, exhaust manifolds rusted and fell off three times, two A/C blend controls at $900 each, a rear end, 10 u-joints, all calipers and rotors, fuel pump, injectors, coils, entire lighting system, tailgate latch, rot through both 1/4 panels, and finally the oil pan rusted out from the inside...................was removing the drain plug and the entire bottom of the oil pan ripped out. Sure drained that oil fast though! Dumped that POS at 62000 miles, and just 6 years old, and the brake system failed the day I traded it in! She cost me $8500 in out of pocket, non warranty repairs the last 12 months I had her. Won't EVER own a Chrysler product again. But the memories of those screaming Mopars, (especially those $%@^!&@#**! 340 Dusters that seemed to always beat our '67 GTO in the Sunday drags!!), will always make the grief I've had as an owner of Mopars be a little less painful!

Very cool Mike! Very cool!

I built a booth at my gun shop where we do custom firearm coloring with 2k products, as well as a bake on product. Both are very toxic to breathe. I used a 12 volt bilge blower which is explosion proof as it is designed to exhaust gasoline fumes. It also gives 270 CFM flow. I power it with a 12 volt power supply. It does a great job in exhausting the fumes out a 4" dryer vent. I am in the process of building a similar booth at my home for my models, which will have about 36" of inside width, top and side lighting, and it will be vented by two of the bilge blowers, with HEPA filters to filter the exhaust air. I intend to exhaust it out one of the basement casement windows. Hope to have it done soon, and will post photos.

meditrans65 is still selling carbs on eBay.................just saw a few, and reported them to the site. Joseph, ANYONE who has seen your items will know in a blink of an eye that these gutter quality parts were not made by you!

This build is fantastic! I am learning new techniques every time I check it out!

Very nice progress! Loving it!

Love those '59 El Caminos......................have a couple in the stash. Had a local garage with one in the field behind it. It had a tree sharing the engine bay with a 348. I tried to buy that thing once a month for what seemed like years. No go. The owner died, and the entire field of about 150 cars was gone in under a week...............tin cans. Dang!

Seems as though there were some MAJOR improvements made to the site regarding the way photos can be posted. WOW! Even I can do it! The post above shows my displays cases, such as they are. They contain builds from 30+ years ago as well as diecast First Gear, Danbury Mint, and Franklin Mint stuff in 1/25th scale. Still have a very nice oak gun cabinet that will be undergoing a conversion to a display case, by adding glass shelves.

Interesting.................................just tried posting photos without using Photobucket. Worked GREAT! Does this mean that PB is no longer needed, and will doing photos this way NOT overload the servers? Works great, whatever was done! THANK YOU!!!!

Looks like it's going to be a combination of both issues. Can't wait!!!!!

VERY nice detailing and a nice kitbash to come up with what was a very popular truck! NICE!

Yeah, the whole idea was to make clean discharge air. It did work very well too, but it was absolutely amazing how much sludge would be found in the sump. My shop help hated cleaning that out, and it was hazardous waste for sure. The activated carbon/charcoal filter masks worked well for isocyanates but of course, filtered positive pressure breathing air was preferred, and is what we used in the booth. We closed the shop just as water borne systems were becoming popular. I never once did, or have since then, used any water borne paints.

Back in the early 90's when I owned a body shop, we put in a Spraybake spray booth. It was a full downdraft, heated, baking booth with water wash filtration for the exhaust air. It worked well, releasing very clean air to the environment. The intake air was heated with a 200 degree rise and filtered, and the exhaust air was scrubbed clean as well, with all makeup air coming from outside, and zero infiltration of shop air, made possible by independent intake and exhaust fans providing positive booth pressure. But, on a tiny, almost microscopic scale in comparison, I think Ace-Garageguy has the right suggestion. I am hoping to do something very similar very soon. I will be using a 12 volt, explosion proof bilge blower exhaust fan, from a boat, that puts out 250 CFM and will be powered by a transformer. It will be filtered as well, much along the lines suggested above. I do think that the exhaust filtering by water is a great idea, but on this scale not practical.

Absolutely a great soldier. Godspeed Colonel!

Very cool modification of a toy into a replica!