TopherMcGinnis

W O W!!!!! SUPERB CRAFTSMANSHIP!

Awesome build! That car was in Carlisle 10 or so years ago. What a sight!

Beautiful work Dude!

Do you have an airbrush? It'd be easier to accomplish with one. Some of the best advice I've ever received was PRACTICE PRACTICE AND PRACTICE MORE! A good friend of mine does airbrushes graphics, draws and pinstriping, I've watched him for hours. I would LOVE to be half that talented! One day I'm watching him pin stripe a truck and we're talking, and he says "Do you know the FIRST thing I learned about striping?" I said "no" he looked at me dead in the eye and said "How to wipe it off" Point being, it takes practice to achieve a goal on a regular basis. This is a picture he drew of a picture of my car for me.

I like the pearl white with a Winfield type fade in either pearl orange or purple from the sketches. White pleats and color matched carpet/accents inside.

I dig it! I always loved his sketches! I couldn't wait to open the magazine at the mailbox to see his latest rendering.

Put some grease on the 5th wheel, there's a load in the yard that needs to roll. Awesome build!

Beautiful details! You must have the patience of a saint.

Ditto

Since I'm in "wait on parts" mode, I think i need to bring Mr. Hudson back down off the shelf. I'm going to shoot for a pearl purple in the sheen of the '49. I ordered this book off Amazon. I'm going to read through it and see what I can put into practice ?

Those actually look right at home just like that.

All that's left is the air cleaner and side marker light details and Stitches is finished.

Waiting for the glass to cure in the cab. The engine is in permanently.

Between chasing "bench squirrels" as @Bullybeef calls them, and work, Stitches was pushed aside. Driveshaft has been fabbed as well as a new steering shaft. Ill get these painted and then the engine can be installed permanently.

Mostly done. I need to make upper/lower hoses and re do the tail lights.

That's sharp!

The one I built back in the '80s took a dive a while back. I'll be watching you rebuild this one ??

This is a seriously cool project! R E S P E C T

BEAUTIFUL

There are some very nice resin suppliers out there. I've bought a bunch of Jay's wheels off Ebay. Super nice quality. Ice Man has killer engines. Are you thinking Black everything, or maybe black-cherry, or black with a blue hue?

Thank you for the detailed explanation. I'm not a painter by profession, and did not realize the 2k clears are safe for the acrylics. I tried it on a whim and it turned out great.

This is PPG 2k over Createx Blood Red Candy over Createx Cosmic Copper base. No issues.

I painted one with Createx, cleared with Tamiya and it reacted. I dunked it in purple stuff, the paint would all come off. I used brake fluid and it took all of the paint off. Cleaned it with Dawn dish soap and have it primered with MCW lacquer primer. I need to sand it one more time to make smooth for for paint.

My big fingers say......