Raul_Perez

Geez, Nice work getting that phonebooth down on the ground!! How about a picture of the front axle? Later,

Now I'm sure that for all that went into this marvelous build that everything is accurate, but I've never seen an engine with the distributor or magneto coming out of the front of the intake manifold. What kind of engine is it? Inquiring minds would like to know... GREAT work!! Later,

Classic!! The only thing better for this build would have been a picture of the F-Troop cast!! Thanks for sharing,

But...with a little help from dad, there's no stopping him!!

Very cool!! I like what you've done so far!! Keep up the GREAT work!! Later,

Oh Kevin...It's actually kind of cool, in a weird and twisted sort of way...

It looks like David is just about ready to give it a try, too!! I'll have to see if I can find a snap kit that's about his speed for you to help him build! Later,

Excellent weathering!! Very realistic!! Thanks for sharing,

Yeah...I'm pretty sure it was the Italeri kit. I got tired of building box stock models and gave a bunch of them away to a couple of my good friends, Hossain and Curt. I knew that they would build them well, and I wasn't wrong. Later,

You got that one, too!!?? OMG!! What was I thinking??

Sure...what are friends for???

So that's what I did with that old kit! The older I get, the less I seem to remember where I put/left things! I'm glad to see that it got finished!! It sure looks a lot better than I thought it would!! Keep up the GREAT work!! Later,

Very nice, my old friend!! I'll have to bring mine to the NNL West to keep yours company!! Later,

Clay, I'm glad to hear that she's doing better! Take care,

I'll second that, my friend. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help. You have my number if you need to talk to a friend. Regards,

Thanks for the info, Mark!!

Those funky old show cars are too cool!! I really like when someone shows up at a contest with a set of them!! Thanks for sharing,

Maybe with all that chrome and the large scale, the judges thought it was a toy? I'd have left it alone!! It looks GREAT the way it was!! Later,

Yeah, I gotta agree with Neal on this one!!

Oh yeah...I really like the '29 roadster!! Later,

The detail work in the engine compartment is EXCELLENT!! Thanks for sharing,

Very nicely done, Scott!! And, I like your choice of magazines!! Later,

Here are a couple of pics of the modified dash, frame and the door panels. Here's the insert from the Revell F-150 Lightning grafted onto the stock '53 truck dash. I still need to take off a bit of the texture in a few areas with a scuff pad. Here's a picture of the backside of the dash. I had to remove a fair amount of material from the stock dash so that the insert would sit down as flush as possible. I also glued in a small piece of aluminum tubing to hold the part while it got painted and detailed. Here are a couple of pics of the modified frame. I cut off the stock front end of the frame right in front of the crossmember that supports the tranny. To get the ride height I wanted, the frame section from the F-150 Lightning kit is actually Z'd lower than the stock frame. The other cool thing about using the front frame clip from the Lightning is that you can then easily use the supercharged 5.4L V8 with very little modification. The hole in the floor that the toothpick is protruding through is actually where the brass bolt that I glued to the bottom of the seat will go through to hold the seat in place once everything is done. With the way that I modified the frame to slide into the body, I can't fasten the seat in place until after the body is mounted onto the frame. Here are a couple of pics of the door panels. The stock kit only has minor door and window crank detail molded to the inside of the door. I added a piece of flat Plastruct to establish the correct depth of the panel, then added sections of the door panels from the Lightning kit. Once all of the paint work on the body is complete I'll paint the interior tan to match the dash and the seat. With flash: Without flash: Later,

I cut off the stock front end right in front of the crossmember that supports the tranny. To get the ride height I wanted, the frame section from the F-150 Lightning kit is actually Z'd lower than the stock frame. Here's how it looks with 23" Pegasus wheels. The other cool thing about using the front frame clip from the Lightning is that you can then easily use the supercharged 5.4L V8 with very little modification. Here's a picture of the '55 Cameo ProStreet build that I did last year. In this one, I tubbed and raised the floor about 1/4" to clear the suspension. I hope that all of this helps!! Later,

I like the color!! It looks like the same color that I used on my custom '49 Merc earlier this year. At this point, I'd cut the floor of the bed all of the way across and insert a one piece tub. The way I got the front down on my '53 Ford was to graft on the front suspension from the Revell '99 F-150 Lightning. That got it down low and gave it modern suspension. I can send you a picture of the frame if you're interested. I won't be gluing the body to the frame for another couple of weeks. Later,