spencer1984

Nice clean work, you don't see enough of these!

Looks good, nicely done!

Thanks, guys! Got a bit more done, with the inside of the cab now painted and some door handles added from Don Mills Models:

Nice, I always liked the Ectomobiles!

Looks good, nice job!

Nicely done!

Nicely done! I always kind of liked the Revell kits, they look good even if they have some problems

Wow, beautiful job bringing this back to life!

Wow, awesome job on this!

Thanks, guys! Got some more detailing done on the cab today, so I decided to throw some paint on it:

As some of you may know, one of my ongoing projects is realizing all of the original 1984 Autobots from Transformers figures as 1/24(ish) scale models. One of the last few remaining is Huffer, the orange truck that was either a superdeformed semi or a yard tractor: I decided to consider it the latter, and am making a yard mule using Lindberg's Dodge L-700 as a base. I cut the chassis at the ends of the spring shackles to reduce the overhang, but otherwise built the frame box stock: Nothing really close to the cab design exists, so I' scratch building that from styrene It's a bit of a weird project, but this little hobgoblin of a truck has been fun to work on so far. I'm hoping to get the final details on the cab and get some paint on it this weekend. Any comments/criticisms are welcome!

Beautiful work, that looks great!

Nicely done, that color looks great on it!

Incredible, the mods and weathering are fantastic!

Excellent job on this, it's a great no-nonsense rod!

It was somehow both better and worse than I expected. Nowhere near as bad as the MPC '67 GTO, which is my current high water mark for "why did I attempt this?" The interior was all sprayed with Duplicolor black primer in an attempt to look like faded black. The dash got a couple more light mist coats to give the plain surface some texture, then it was buffed with a dry paper towel to both shine and wear it a bit.

Beautiful work across the board, I especially like that Daytona Spider!

Thanks, guys! Yeah, the front fenders didn't necessarily want to go on straight, but using the hood for a guide was a big help: I taped that down, taped the fenders to it, and glued everything together from the inside. After about a week of letting it set, I went back and filled in the worst of the door seams, cut new ones that followed the lines better, and block sanded everything to level it out. Sure, which part?

I always liked the look of these, nicely done!

Nicely done, that looks great!

But as for King's car literacy...yeah, not his strong suit. I almost think he was giving a nod to that in From a Buick 8, where he was intentionally describing the car as an impossible prop.

That was one place I missed...I painted the shocks Monroe yellow, but should have done them Gabriel white!

Excellent work, the weathering and rot look absolutely authentic!

Thanks!

Nice clean work, that looks great!