OldNYJim

So many amazing builds in this thread! Just finished this gluebomb “rescue”:

I’d been wanted to build an AMT/Lindberg 34 Ford for a while, and also on my list of to-builds this year was something patina’d and some sort of hot rod shop truck. So, killed three birds at once and built this! ? Used a eBay gluebomber as a starting point, and tried to stick mostly to the stock variation of the kit’s building options, but with some little extras for my own amusement. Did a bunch of weathering with pastels and watercolors along with the salt technique for almost all the painted bits, built some better detailed interior parts, made a replacement bed from NYPD traffic barriers (an easy to find source of ‘free’ wood in NYC) and did a couple of little tweaks to the overall look to get what I had in mind for this one. Super fun build - just thinking of starting another variation on this kit, in fact...but man was my bench a mess after this was finished ? Thanks for looking!

Thank you!!! Aww man, that’s gorgeous! Some lovely little details on that one! ? I can’t claim to be a master, but I appreciate the kind words as always! Thank you! A little more benchtime on this one this weekend...actually had less to do than I thought I did ? Painted some wheels and tried fitting the chrome hubcaps as AMT intended (which didn’t work - anyone building one of these, I recommend just snipping the backs off and lining them up yourself) Picked up some of this nice rubber hose from Hobby Lobby for my radiator hoses (thanks to whoever it was on here who suggested this stuff) Works great, and looks good to my eye And then most of what was left to do was getting the body and bed finished off and in-place...finished pics Under Glass shortly. Thanks for all the kind words on this one everybody! This one was a blast to build! EDIT: finished pics here:

I never met Ted but I admired his work and always enjoyed seeing it - and I’d love to see more if anyone has a good collection of photos of his builds

Thanks buddy! I’m just learning this stuff, but it’s fun! A little more progress today - got the headlamps all weathered (ruined) and ready to install... Couldn’t find a matching pair in the shop I guess, had to put a white one on the one side ? Weathered the chrome bits separately to help the pieced-together look: Used some washes on the lenses too to age the glass a little: Excited to see them on there once the Future I used for the clear parts dries... Did a little work on the frame too, starting to piece that together: You can see the nice clean newly-refurbished Flattie in the background there ready to drop in once I’ve painted the last few parts for that...it’s starting to look like a thing though! ? More soon!

Did a little shopping at Hobby Lobby - was hoping to find another Revell 29 but they’re out of stock in all my local stores AND online apparently...a 34 pickup made its way home with me instead tho. Also, some cords and wires for detailing, a bunch of cheap Washi tape for masking and their wall art was 50% off so I got a little sign too. Oh, and some Letraset!

Ohh, that’s really cool! Thanks for the pics - going to check out the other stuff you have for sale now!

Been messing for a few days with a trick to get a realistic aged, cracked paint finish - think I got it to work today! Took a few experiments but I’m pleased with that super-fine crackle type pattern ?.

I don’t think I saw that before - can we see? ?

A little more aging and weathering - have been prepping and priming a bunch of parts that I hadn’t handled yet, so haven’t had much interesting progress... Grill shell and insert: Gave the insert some subtle weathering over a bright silver base, and the shell itself is same tricks I’ve done on some of the other parts Starting to look like a truck! I’d been thinking of a way to achieve a cracked, almost blistered look to a paintjob and did some experimenting this week. I was trying to get a real fine cracked look, like when paint is ABOUT to fall off but isn’t quite there yet. I shot the underside of the floor on the truck with the usual brown base, added salt and then added a very thin coat of an enamel matt clear. Knowing that enamels and lacquers don’t play nice together I then shot a bunch of light mist coats of black over the whole thing, and got a real fine cracking of the top coat that I could then weather over: Really pleased with the extra texture this added - will definitely be developing that trick for future projects. And, seeing as this thing won’t be a complete pile I’ve been slowly detail painting some of the moulded-in bits on the engine, along with some nice clean seats - because I don’t like sitting in dirty old seats, even when I’ve had dirty old cars ? More soon!

Pfft, next you’ll be saying to read the assembly instructions ?

Ohh where? Or is that it, above?

Oh, that’s interesting to know - I almost picked up a couple to steal motors and suspension parts from!

One of my two local stores is pretty well stocked, except for the Revell 29 that I was actually after yesterday, but the other store has had half-empty shelves for a while. They had one of the AMT 34 truck a couple of weeks back, which I brought home - and behind it on the shelf were 3 of the same kit but in the Lindberg box. They’ve since gone too - so it seems like they could use some more hot-rod-type kits in their range if those spots keep getting cleared fairly quickly. Neither of the stores by me seems to be able to keep those 29s in particular on the shelves for very long...that said, I DO keep buying them when I see one, so...

HAHA! That’s VERY possible ? It’s Styrene Rustin’ Good! ?? I’d better worsh up! ?? Thank you sir! A little progress so far this weekend - getting to some of the mechanical bits now so I can get the frame together. The built-up kit I’m using as a basis for this build had a rear axle, so I cleaned that up, added some rural looking welds where it had been repaired at some point and got it in a semigloss black as a starting point for some weathering: I reasoned that, being as this is meant to be a working hot-rod-shop-truck it’s cool to have those patina’d body panels and some running repairs but mechanically it needs to be pretty sound...weathered, but not looking like it would break down all the time. Who’s gonna trust a rod shop with a broken down truck? ?. So, no rust on these parts but maybe a little dust and dirt from being out on the mean streets of Brooklyn... Used some brown and grey pastels to add some weathering and added a little leak from the drain plug that will need some attention next time this thing is on a ramp. Hey, it’s an old car - they like leaving some little drips everywhere, right? Next up, added cables for the parking brake and some rubber brake lines, plus some nice new shiny bolts where they’ve had to drill the old ones out to do some maintainance: Looks in-keeping with the rest of the frame I think: Got some detail painting to do on the engine, but in the meantime I’ll probably tackle the front axle...more soon!

Interesting, thank you! There’s some pretty cool old junk around here!

AMT Gremlin, because I’ve always wanted to build one and they’re $10 at Ollie’s right now (actually, $8.50 if you’re a loyalty member and you use your coupon), some $2 paint from Ollie’s too and a couple of bits from Hobby Lobby. I love Saturday shopping day!

Not ON the road, but next to it - I wanna stop and get a better look at this thing next time I’m passing...not really a truck guy but I’d be interested to know what that firetruck is if anyone knows?

Pretty good stock at my local store! Picked up the Gremmy I wanted, and some of the more useful paint colors they had Seemed like they had about everything everyone has mentioned so far in the thread, and probably 5-10 of each, so no shortage or hunting to be done this time around. Got lucky, finally!

Heading to that one today to try and pick up a Gremmy too! Fingers crossed they have one still

I absolutely love this build - looks amazing! And it’s cool to still get to see your projects come together now that the other mag is gone...I always enjoyed your SA articles Tim! Ill be continuing to follow along!

I like Future over my Createx when I’m going to be masking and adding more layers too. It’s super thin so it doesn’t build up a bunch of depth and obscure details, but it’s tough enough to mask over and I’ve never had ANY tape I’ve used pull it up. But if tape WERE to pull up something, I’d rather it was clear than something nice that I’d painted...

Weathered and detailed a toolbox for a simple evening project... ...then realised I can’t just have an empty toolbox and now I gotta make/modify/weather a bunch of tools. So much for a simple little project ??

Thank you sir! Haha! Thanks buddy! Funny you say that - I had to run to the Dollar Tree to get more salt because my wife was sick of wondering where the salt was. Got some of my own, and some other model-related junk whilst I was there...and some weird bootleg stickers ? Should have enough salt for a few more weeks of weathering now anyway...won’t be needing those polishing clothes for this one though, I don’t think... Thanks buddy! I’ll detail the frame up some more when I start adding parts to it, but it’s a start anyway... Thank you! ❤️ Ohh, that’s a cool idea! I should try and think of where to utilise that somehow on this (or stash the idea away for the next one...) Having a busy week but trying to keep rolling on this one...shot the engine parts with a loose approximation of an early Ford green, mixed with Testors enamels: I figure if ONE PART on this old hot-rod shop truck should look like it didn’t sit in a field for the last 40 years it should be the engine, so this will be slightly better looking than some of the other parts...more on that once the paint has dried and I’ve found some good Flathead reference pics... Back to the world of dirt and grime, worked on a toolbox for the bed the last couple of nights - used a mix of salt and some Italian herbs for the rust pattern on this one, for some variety... Same tricks as before on the box - shot it with some thinned red this time, then added some decals and made a little metal latch from some photoetched bits: Of course, this seemingly simple mini-project means I need to fill it with a bunch of tools and junk now ?? Some of the decals I used looked too new, so to get that weathered yellowing sticker look I brushed them with some yellow watercolor paint...looks cool in the bed anyway! And yes, I put an out-of-scale fingerprint in the pastels I’d just laid down when I was photographing this - guess I’ll be giving that some more attention tomorrow. Good thing this is fun! More soon!!

Haha! I wonder if it’s been done before? Would be cool if it has! I’d have a bunch of those planks as shelves if my wife wasn’t around to keep me out of trouble ?? That’s good advice generally, I’d say. Take the subway, it’s usually faster ? Thanks bud!!! That means a lot coming from you! Funny thing with the styrene planks - when I was thinking which glue to use my brain tricked me into thinking I shouldn’t use anything that could potentially soak through the porous wood and ruin the paint on the top surface. Eventually I remembered it was plastic ?. Just used some Createx transparent brown for the grain - I probably should’ve gone for a lighter color to make them realistic compared to the actual wood they likely use for those boards, but I’m happy with the effect...might use this trick on a woody build before too long! Thanks for watching! ❤️ Had a busy couple of days, but got a little done. Wanted to do some kind of skull design on the little gas can that comes in the kit so I cut a little airbrush mask... ...and just shot some black Createx sealer right over the plastic: Just a fun little accessory to throw in the bed - once I’ve clear coated it I’ll add a little metal cap...have something not-ruined in the back there for a little contrast: Next big part to weather was the frame, so here goes again with the Createx brown first... ...then another unhealthy amount of salt: And some airbrushing, pastel-ing, Rub ‘n’ Buff-ing and watercoloring later: I reasoned there would be at least a couple of spots where the metal is showing through, or in the case of the trans mount in the center there they maybe ground the paint down to bare metal to do some maintainence welding and never quite bothered to repaint it. Just a little update - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!