curt raitz

I have always wanted to build a "Sketch Pad" vehicle when the "Truckster Sketch Pad" showed up in a current issue of Model Cars magazine...I found my subject Found the Revell 37 Ford Pickup model and started cutting & sectioning using sketh pad as a guide The modifications to the body went extremly smooth...so i thought shortening & narrowing the pickup box would be really easy...wrong The chassis, drive train, seats and engine are from Revell's 32 Ford kit and fit nicely to the modifed body parts. I added fuel tank, 6 dueces came out of parts box and exhaust tips are paint brush ferrels. The flame decals were robbed from the Revell's new 49 Mercury kit and the paint is Tamiya's Purple out of a rattle can clearcoted with Testors Ultra Clearcoat. all-in-all i had a lot of fun building this model.

Raul's right...you are nuts the Merc' definitly looks better than how he described it i like it...can't wait to see the car upclose and personal curt

Always looking forward to this show...I'll be bringing a few theme cars Gassers:"Chevy 2 Much" Nova; 65' Dick Brennan Mustang; Stone,Wood & Cook Willys (metallic blue). Modern Muscle: presently building a Chevy SSR (box stock) Also bringing a '58 Thunderbird Pro Street; '37 Ford Truckster (sketch pad); '37 Ford Pick-up w/modern chassis & engine; '37 Chevy Convertable w/modern chassis & engine; and a few others in progress. As soon as i can figure out how to post photos will do...this forum stuff is all new to me Raul says it's easier than working with resin, so stay tuned cr

Really nice Willys, Jerry hinges, rivets, etc...when I grow up, i can only hope to build model cars as nice as this c'ya at NNL West, if not before Curt

Well...I joined the forum, the 55 gasser looks great...even after all your grumbling about working with resin now i'll see if i can figure out how to load photos of some of the stuff i got on the bench