Smoke Wagon

Best of luck with the wheels and tires

Is it too late to enter yet?

Thank you gentlemen. These are good looking trucks (except when they’re weathered into swiss cheese). Dodge’s Adult Toys were pretty cool as well. That makes me wonder if Round2 is able to reissue the Warlock; that one’s my favorite from the Adult Toy lineup.

Small update, but more to come. Blew the dust off the box and woke this KW up from hibernation. Decided to go a different route with color, frame and bunks will be medium blue, cab and hood will be done up in Tamiya Racing White.

Thanks guys. This one’s done and posted under glass. Thanks for following along.

Built box stock except for the turn signal lever and ladder rack. This is my first heavily weathered build, so any criticisms and tips are welcomed. Paint is (was) Rustoleum 2X gloss white. Fender is in satin gray, and the hood’s finish was a happy little accident. Rust holes and dents were made with hot needles and a hobby knife. Anyways, here it is, your average 2-year-old Dodge from the UP: Thanks for looking.

Nice to see that Beavis and Butthead really turned their lives around, becoming small business owners.

Man, that 40 Ford box top is sweet. Too bad that’s not the reissue we’re getting this year instead of another Coke version.

Came close to owning one of my dream vehicles, it was a two tone blue and silver ‘82 Bronco. I’d still like to own one someday. Other dream cars include the ‘48-‘53 (don’t like the 54 front end) Chevy Suburban as well.

Nice!

Don’t worry, maybe when all the hype has died down completely, Revell might roll out a Snaptite Build-and-play kit of it. I’m talking about 15 parts and some stickers.

I’m shocked! Where is all of the exquisitely stunning AMT/ERTL 1990’s box art on this thread? Back on topic, most of AMT’s Street Rods boxes looked pretty nice. I have the 70’s issue of the ‘49 Mercury with the green custom version on the box top. This is just a photo of it from online, but same box top:

If some guys somehow come knocking on my door all the way from Russia because I put a $5 offer for something on ebay, then I’d be laughing even after the cement shoes go on.

Alright, I can get past those bumper stickers and appreciate a nice build. I really dig the scratch built canopy and that you made it into a 3 window truck. (AMT always should’ve included flush opaque plastic inserts for that). Nice job on the trailer too, those matching fenders set it apart.

Negative, Ghost Rider. Carpenter pencils are exempt of that ruling:

Not sure if this counts as collecting; I’ve got not only Home Depot pencils in my nail bags, but Lowes pencils as well.

Got the cab glued down and front end glued in place. Look at that purdy mouth.

Got the interior and tailgate finished.

Thank you. Funny thing is, in real life on the job site last week, a mixer driver came within inches of his tag axle crunching in the driver side door of my 1:1 Dodge. Hope this 1:25 Dodge isn’t like a voodoo doll or something.

No warp on mine, the hood went on perfectly. Although I didn’t use the bed cover, it looked pretty straight on the tree.

Thanks guys!

Heated up the blade on my hobby knife and pressed it into the door to make that crease. Then painted silver and brown lines in front of it. I was thinking that new guy was driving it and nestled the truck up against a street sign.

Thanks for the kind words. As for your question, the bed floor was painted with a mixture of flat and gloss craft paint (just some generic $0.89 bottles of it that I found at Michael’s). A darker tone was then dry brushed over the base color. The trim in the bed floor was done with silver sharpie masked with tamiya masking tape, and the body color was Rustoleum 2X Colonial Red over Rustoleum red primer. Nothing fancy.

Howdy. Started this one months ago, and it sat in a drawer, neglected, dusty, and without food and water. It’s about time I push this one across the finish line. It’s my first heavily weathered build, and this kit makes a great canvas for trying out different techniques and ideas. Rust holes were done with a hot needle, I forgot how I made the dent in the door. Making a ladder rack out of Evergreen to go with it. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

I don’t recall the exact sales records, but I do know that the Sport Trac spanned two different body styles, and was on the market for a total of 9 years. If the Sport Trac was a flop throughout production, then Ford tried harder to resuscitate it than Chevy did with the C1 Corvette. Although when the Sport Trac was in production, the Ranger wasn’t available in a crew cab configuration. Now that the Ranger is back and is available with a crew cab, and that Ford has a myriad of crossovers and SUVs, I predict it’ll either see low production numbers, or most likely, cannibalize sales from other Ford vehicles.