curt raitz

Hey it worked once and I felt so happy, but hasn't worked since...sorry!

What a nice clean bench you have there Chris

Oh-h-h Boy...StageCoaches and Big Horsey Power, love it guyz

Hey Art, Next year you and Mrs Art Laski are welcome to stay at our house and join my wife and I for a day or two at the Monterey Historic Reunion races. The F5000 cars are there every year and are one of the largest groups there. We only live 40 minutes from Laguna Seca

Art lookin' fantastic I really like the F5000 cars...saw them at the Historic Reunion at Laguna Seca, there must've been 40 of them there I don't recall if this car was there or not keep up the good work, sir...catch ya later give John a hug, OK

Borrowed a method for using earth-magnets for displaying the hood opened and closed from my buddy Raul Perez. His method does not involve using a movable hinge, but steel wires fastened to the hinge that snap to earth-magnets mounted behind the firewall. Here's the hood with kit hinges and steel wires attached. Earth-magnets superglued to back of firewall... Steel wires from hood in contact with magnets... Hood closed... Hood opened... Scratch-built tail light assemblies... Everything primed and ready for some color.... Thanks for lookin'

Excellent kit, I 've built a few of these. Nice photos of Mr. Hailwood and especially his "mechanic" have fun...

"Not the sharpest knife in the drawer", either... Looks like your having fun John c'ya dude

I was wondering what your next project would be...dueling stages with Chris, heh! 1/16th scale to boot, must be a biggin'... Looking great so far dude c'ya

Attended the Monterey Historic Reunion at Laguna Seca on Friday with "She Who Must Be Obeyed". I brought the model and a copy of the Model Car Magazine with my article on building the model to give to Tony Adamwoicz. I found the the car in the F5000 compound at Laguna Seca. Tony wasn't there, but talked to Bill from the Riverside International Automobile Museum about my plans to give him the model and magazine. Bill said Tony would be there later in the afternoon and due to his failing health would not be driving the car this weekend. I asked who would be driving the car and he stated nobody would be driving it, because Tony was the only one to have ever driven the car and the museum planned on keeping it that way. He also said this would be the last year it would be at Laguna Seca. He said Tony would love receiving the model and invited my wife and I to join him and the other F5000 competitors for a brief ceremony honoring Tony later that afternoon. I met and presented the model and magazine to Tony that evening. It's moments like this which makes me enjoy being a modeler and with it the ability to add to another persons well being. Here are a few photos of Tony...

Time to focus on the Fleetside pick up bed, sidewalls and tailgate. This is what I need to duplicate, too bad they didn't throw a tonneaux cover on the bed... First I cut out patterns in .010 plastic sheet for the front, sides and rear of the bed. Then glued them in place with CA glue, being careful not to glue my fingers to the model... Got'em in place and shot a primer coat over them. Just need to go in and clean up and finish it. Now onto the bonnet and engine compartment. thanx for looking'...

A "rolling chassis" complete, well not really...I never build a model with wheels that roll! The AMT '50 Chevy PickUp cab mated to the resin panel behind. I used Miliput to fill in the side and rear of the fleet side bed. Here's the body sitting on the chassis, so far it's looking' good. Thanx for lookin'...

Update on the Phantom Fleetside; Finished the chassis ready for engine, exhaust, etc. While looking closer at photos of the truck, I noticed the disc brakes were smaller plus the calipers were black. I replaced them and mounted the engine, exhaust and fuel tank to the chassis. Now onto the fun part...finishing the body.

Yes, same for me. I was able to load photos from Fotki until yesterday. Now I can't unless I use the method AZTom uses.

Thanx for the positive comments so far... I'm gonna try and update the build, hopefully the photos will load this time! I was afraid I would need to get the wheels 3-D printed. But by pure accident I found a set of wheels in a kit that are almost exact replicas of the Billet Specialties Legacy wheels used on this truck. I picked up this kit on ebay for a future diorama project. I wasn't keen on the custom wheels until I looked at them really close. Dang, it looks like they used the Billet Specialties Legacy wheels as a pattern for these. And another bonus - they spec out to be 19" and 20" in 1/25 scale. Photo of the wheels/tires showing contrast between the finished wheels/tires and unfinished: Sometimes..."even a blind squirrel will find the nut" Back to the bench I don't know about this new version, now all of my text decides to underline itself...and I can't change it????

Nice build that looks like the url instead of the "code for forums" link So what happened? Do I change my settings in fotki or on the forum. I really like the "Share" button in fotki and the "attach photo" button in the old version. worked beautifully!!!

Far as I know Curt, you have to manually change the color/font size/style each time you make a post. I use the one you see here simply because the default one I have a tough time seeing. The eyes aren't what they used to be, and this "dresses" things up a bit than the too faint black font. Thank you, that's too bad...I have the same problem with the itty-bitty default font!

OK a couple of issues 1. I finally figured out how to load photos from Fotki, it was working fine until today. The file shows up on the post, but the image will not open as it has always done in the past. 2. Can I change the default font/size in the reply box? I like this one. other than these two issues, I'm liking it so far

Ah yes the paint... Kudos to Jameston from ScaleFinishes! I had the pleasure of meeting him at the GSLXV in April. I discussed with him of my idea of building the Phantom Fleetside. He resides in Salt Lake City and took the time to visit Kingdig-iT Designs to get information on the Fleetside. He was able to identify the paint they used and he made up a "Phantom Fleetside" batch of paint. Red is Audi 4Y4Y Salsa Red; White is Chrysler PWG Cool White http://media.fotki.com/1_p,rrdtwktrrwksddsxgwkgsrskgfgd,vi/fwqtkwgdbxrtqgrtqkxsqbddwtwt/3/1265603/13748826/DSCN1253-vi.jpg For some reason I'm no longer able to load photos from fotki, was working fine a couple days ago - what happened? the file is there, but no image... Didn't work..at least I thought it didn't until I saved the post - wella! photo showed up

More progress photos... I used the LS3 engine/transmission from the Camaro kit. I was not able to find a scale Magnuson rear-drive supercharger for this engine. So, I built my own. I made a mold of it and resin cast a bunch of 'em - so if any of you need a Magnuson rear drive supercharger... Engine coming together: Also did the same with the valve covers: Well,I got caught up in the moment and finished the engine, made decals for the "Fleetside" on the valve covers. Thanx for lookin' more to come...

Just enjoyed 3 days on the workbench working on the model. I was able to finish the interior, chassis and engine. I couldn't find decent coil-over shocks in the parts bin, so decided to build my own. Used aluminum tubing, rod and wire. Built the springs by wrapping wire over a screw: All the pieces for a few coil-over springs: IFS found in the parts bin, no idea what kit they came in... The modified Ford 9-inch rear end is from the Revell '32 Ford kit: All the chassis and suspension parts painted and ready for assembly: More to come... Dave Kindig was quite pleased when the belt-lines actually matched between the suburban and chevy cab. Running Board Brackets...bulky - yes...I did consider modifying, but left alone - afraid to mess up the brackets for the running boards.

First, I need to build the Art Morrison chassis. Found a photo of an Art Morrison chassis for early Chevy trucks: Using the stock chassis as a guide, I modified the AMT '50 Chevy chassis to replicate a Morrison chassis: While looking for an IFS and rear end for the build, I moved to fabricating the interior. First were the seats, my friend Steve found a couple that were close. I built one up using miliput to get the shape just right. I then made a mold of it and resin cast them: Next were the door panels and center console/armrest: I then modified the dash to match: Body modifications included filing in all the vents and modifying the rear quarter windows. The rear quarter windows are shorter than stock and raised from the belt line: I resin cast the stock rear quarter windows from the AMT Chevy kit: I then glued the resin cast windows in place, then filed and sanded the opening to get the desired result: After cutting the front/top from the resin Chevy panel truck, found a couple of inner bed wheel coverings from a discarded trailer kit in the parts bin and mated up to the AMT Chevy cab. I will be joining the resin bed to the cab along the door line. More to come... thanx for lookin'

Ok I figured it out...

I figured it out...

Having owned a 1955 Chevrolet 1st Series pick up, I was blown away when I saw this truck being built by Kindig-it Design on the Velocity Network TV show "Bitchin'Rides". A 1950 Chevrolet Phantom Fleetside Pick'em Up Truck. I became very interested in building a model of this truck. I contacted Kindig-it Design about my desire to build a replica of this vehicle. They have been very supportive by providing a number of photographs and information on the build. Dave Kindig, himself wants me to keep him updated on the build as it progresses. I plan on taking the completed model to Salt Lake City for the 2017 GSL and also take it by Kindig-it Designs for a looky-loo. The Phantom Fleetside has a GM LS3 6.2L V-8 engine with a Magnuson rear-drive supercharger. A Tremec T56 magnum 6 speed manual transmission. K&N air cleaner. A Ford 9-inch rear end. The chassis and suspension are from Art Morrison. Wheels are 19x8 front and 20x10 rear from Billet Specialties Legacy II G with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires. The base model is the excellent AMT '50 Chevy Stepside: I found a resin 1950 Chevy Panel truck from Star Models: I found a nice engine/transmission in the following kit: I made a mold of and resin casted the disc brakes from this kit also: Now on to building an Art Morrison chassis and finding a Magnuson supercharger, Legacy II G wheels, etc. thanx for looking'...