MarkJ

Motor Trend usually picks the highest bidder to be their truck of the year. U.S. News and World Report gave compact truck of the year to the Ford Maverick and the Hyundai Santa Cruz in a virtual tie. I don't consider The Chevy Colorado to be a compact pickup. It is less than a foot shorter than the Silverado. Thats not compact.

Chas, I thought about Mavericks too, but I just can't bring myself to buying a Ford. Plus, the Maverick looks just like a pickup and we wanted something more swoopy looking. Too bad they don't offer a front bench on the Maverick, but the doggy comes first in our family too, but she likes the back seat just fine.

Wow, what an awesome job he did. They look like the real thing in 1:1.

Thanks, Pierre. I know when Hyundais first came out they weren't that great, but man have they improved over the years. I almost look forward to driving it, it's so much fun. And there is a lot of warning features to let you know if you're fixing to hit somebody or they you. Plus, its built solid as a rock. No wind noise or rattles at all. We have no reason to ever tow big loads or carry anything but gardening supplies so it's perfect for us.

Finally found the pics of both vehicles. I added black running boards to the big one to try to make it more accessible, but all I did was hurt my back installing them, and it was still hard getting in and out of the big truck. We are very happy about our decision to make the change.

We had to settle the estates of our two mothers back in 2020. They passed between 6 months of each other and both houses were 4 hours away in opposite directions from each other in this huge state we live in. We knew our old pickup was not up to the task so we bought a new 2020 Silverado Custom crew cab. It served us well for both of the jobs we had to accomplish that seemed to take years off of the few years we have left. Well, any hoo since then the truck has mostly been sitting in the driveway hardly ever driven unless we needed to get some gardening supplies. We had only put 7878 miles on it, and it seemed like, why do we still have this vehicle? But we did not want to put mulch in our smallish cx-5 Mazda that we had to purchase last June because our 2008 equinox had gone through two transmissions and the engine leaked oil and it was going to need a new cat convertor. Lately we were watching the Mark and Kelly show in the morning and they were having a segment everyday about the New York auto show. One vehicle that struck our fancy was the Hyundai Santa Cruz. We started to find that we both were thinking about that vehicle and my wife finally said what do you think about trading the Silverado for one. I said well lets go look at one and maybe drive one and see how we like it. Well last Monday we did just that and fell in love with the baby truck. Which is what we call it. Bought one that same day. It is so much more fun to drive than the big hulking Silverado and now somebody who actually needs a full size pickup will be getting a very fine one.

Ken, this should be an excellent adventure. If it's a long ride, I don't care. I Love to watch a highly skilled model builder at work. Great ref pictures. It's weird seeing basically a Nascar engine sitting in the engine bay of a prototype sports racing car of the highest level for the time it was competing. A simple push rod engine competing against Europe's finest racing engines and cars of that time. Hard to believe but true.

Thanks for stopping by Jason and Ken . I really appreciate the kind words.

Sorry . The above post was posted after you had already answered the question.

Thanks , Pierre. Thats some awesome information. I kind of figured they must have been Ferraris. You might not have seen my request about the Porsche you have pictured in your build above because it was a late edit to the thread. But what is the Porsche and what kit is that?

I think the fab on the oil filter and mounting bracket is through. Just need to install the bracket to the model and paint the oil filter. Still need to prime the chassis and paint it a very light gray.

I like what you did to the updated weathering. All you need now is those great wheels you have on order. Really looking forward to final photos. The orange Porsche in the background. What kit is that and where did you get it?

I watched the whole movie this morning. Can you tell what kind of cars they used? Of course, they had to put fake logos on them for the movie. For a 1955 movie it holds up pretty well with no cgi whatsoever. Of course, all the racing scenes were on a sound stage but still very entertaining.

Pierre, the Mille Miglia is in the first 20 minutes of the movie which is about 1 hour and 23 minutes long. It's really worth a look at. Pretty cool for a movie made back in 1955. The cars in the movie get very weathered so they tryed to get it right.

the movie was called "The Racers" and it was made in 1955. Below is the link https://www.google.com/search?q=Kirk+Douglas+movie+about+the+Italian+race+Mille+Miglia&sca_esv=82662e44566a7af0&sca_upv=1&source=hp&ei=zdENZuOKEKnFkPIP9OmZ-AM&iflsig=ANes7DEAAAAAZg3f3cmUq1iY6rp5S_oAqauNvp7Y6dTr&ved=0ahUKEwijpcn0haeFAxWpIkQIHfR0Bj8Q4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=Kirk+Douglas+movie+about+the+Italian+race+Mille+Miglia&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5a9f8fb1,vid:c9yeKLeqep4,st:0

It looks astonishingly real to me. Looks like it's been through the ringer on the tour of Italy it has just taken. How many total miles did that race cover and how many days were they at it? I remember watching a movie back in the sixtys that had Kirk Douglas in it and part of the movie was about the Mille Miglia. Can't remember the name of it.

Thanks, Pierre and Edgar for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Yes, I will be glad when this part is finished.

Got some work done on the tiny Oberg filter. Slow going because of the size. My fingers and eyes don't want to work that small. The pics are in the wrong order.

Joe, another great build in the making. Never seen this car before. The red and white pops very nicely. Thanks for another build to follow.

Great job. Looking forward to more. Thanks for the wip. Wish more people would wip their builds. Love to watch the creation process. You can pick up ideas for your own builds.

Still looks great. Excellent build, Donato.

Okay, I have to thank Edgar again for the info about the Oberg tattle tale oil filter. I did some research on it, and it is not mounted on the tank. It is just mounted in the trunk, up high by itself, for easy access so the micron screen in it, that is easy to replace and because of its design, it does a much better job of filtration then a common automotive oil filter. I don't have to worry about the tank because it apparently is hidden from view between floor panels and the lower body panels in the back. Probably the only thing you might see is a drain plug for it. Not even sure what it looks like or how big it is. Doesn't really matter. Below is the bottom and side view of the filter. I just have to make a 1/25 scale version of it. I believe it is a little bigger than 8 inches by 8 inches which becomes a little bigger than 5/16 of an inch by 5/16 of an inch.

Thanks, Jason for the kind words.

Thanks for that Edgar. It must sit on top of the oil tank. Why else have it in the trunk. I need to read up on these things and see how they work.

I haven't got a clue how to weather, so I can't help on that at all.