Steve Geer

Thanks Tom . . . Appreciate the compliment. Always fun to look at pieces from disparate sources and say " . . . what if . . ."?

Thanks, Mike . . . glad you liked my little endeavor using leftover parts -- it was fun and I think that's the point. Whether its a Willys or a Ford pickup is kinda like the old story about whether zebras are white with black stripes or black with white stripes.

Thanks, Claude . . . coming from one of the most creative and inspiring modelers around, I really appreciate the kind words.

Thank you for all the welcoming greetings, guys -- and notably from my brothers-in-styrene located here in 'the mitten'. Love the notion of this being a "plastic playground" and I know I'm gonna like playing here!

New member/first time post, although I’ve been looking in on the forums for quite some time. Anyway, a while back I built an AMT '40 Willys gasser as a coupe, which left that kit’s pickup cab and bed with no apparent use . . . until I found the remnants of a trashed AMT '40 Ford sedan in a scrap box. Some styrene surgery mated the cowl and front clip of the Ford (plus the rear fenders after I widened them) to the cab/bed of the Willys. This one is a curbside build with only minimal details although it still took some finessing to marry the two bodies and make it all fit the '40 Ford chassis. Paint is from an ancient can of Rustoleum called 'light sage' with a couple coats of Model Master Clear. The grill, headlights and bumper were re-done with Alclad. Interior came from the Ford – stock, but shortened, narrowed and painted with Testor’s Root Beer. The wheels, tires and suspension all came from spare parts bins. A fairly quick build and it’s only a shelf model, but I’ve done far worse things with my bench time. Thanks for taking a look – hope you enjoy. Questions and comments welcome.

Greetings all! I'm Steve — another old coot that started building car models in the late 1950’s and continued to build sporadically through the mid 1980’s but put modeling aside as career and family and other life demands took precedence for 25 years before I resumed the hobby again in 2011. Began following this forum 6 or 7 years ago and I am still constantly impressed with the jaw-dropping level of skills and amazing creations that the members here post, as well as picking up tons of valuable tips, tricks and ideas for my own creations. This is one terrific on-line community and I really don’t know why I waited this long to join.