Doug 1061

Yep, I was experimenting. The marks on rear half were done with the punch the body is leaning on, smaller dings were made with a center punch. Will try a few more techniques over the weekend if I have a chance.

Beautiful work and photography. I had forgotten all about these cars. Haven't seen one of these on the road since the 70s.

Thanks Brian. Color is a Ford truck color from the late 70s. Code D Blue

Very nice. That is a difficult kit.

Thanks guys for all the replies. A lot of good ideas here and something to experiment with. I tried a bit myself this afternoon on a scrap body and a sizeable punch that had the end ground off sorta round. Wish I had a set of roll pin punches. Anyway the bigger "dents" were made with that long punch just hitting it by hand, the smaller dents were made with a center punch. I taped a piece of cardboard under the roof panel to soften the blow a bit and hopefully not crack the panel. To me, something looks a bit off. Like it doesn't "stretch" the panel like it does on a piece of steel. I'm gonna have to employ some of these ideas on here and see what I can come up with. The build I'm doing is an AMT 57 Ford, the one with the blue/yellow FLASHBACK drag car on the boxtop. I want to try my hand at weathering, a long forgotten racer that was put out behind the shop and left to the elements. Thanks again for all the ideas guys, I knew I could count on all of you. I just hope I have the talent to pull off what I am envisioning?

Very nice. Whenever I see model T on here I was expecting to see a hot rod.

Nice job on a nice kit. Always loved those crazy colors back then.

You batted that one right outta the park. Beautiful work all around.

Has anyone here ever tried to replicate hail damage on a model car. Just trying to think of this for a build I am working on. It's not uncommon around these parts for it to rain baseballs in the summertime. I thought about warming it up with a heat gun and pouring bb's over it, but I think by the time you get it warm enough it would be warped to the point of being unworkable. I have tried a search here and on the net and come up empty handed. Just looking for ideas.

Great job. I have 2 or 3 of these in the pile that I'll get around to eventually.

Great restorations you have been doing. Beautiful work.

WOW! That is a real show stopper there.

Nice restoration. It just needs 2 or three young'uns up against the rear window making faces at everyone behind them?

It was my understanding that they only dropped the Model Master line.

Very nice.

Stopped at my local Hobbytown to get a bottle of decal set and they had that Chevy Racers wedge kit, so had to drag that home with me. I gotta stop going in there with money in my pocket.

Looks like your skills didn't leave you. That turned out nice. Don't know if that is a factory color on that car but it shoulda been.

These are getting popular on this board I see. So here is my rendition of this wonderful kit. Paint is PPG Delstar, Alcoas on drive axles from Moebius tire/wheel set, added CB and am/fm antennas and convex mirrors. Otherwise built out of box. Very nice kit overall, kinda nice to just assemble an AMT truck kit rather than having to "build" it. Enough babbling about it, hope you like it. As always comments/critiques welcome. Thanks for lookin'

That's pretty cool. The best tools are the ones you make.

Very nice. I have thought about building a rolloff truck but that is as far as its got.

Very nice. Love the backdrop also. Only trouble is that truck is too pretty to take off roading.

Looks good from where I sit. More pics please.

Excellent work. it was worth the wait.

Beautiful. Some outdoor pics with the right camera angle it could pass for the real thing.

Nice. my first car was a 72 Pinto. Paid $500 for it. Got rear ended and it didn't go ka blooie. Insurance gave me $500 for it and I sold it for $300. I did alright on that car.