The Modeling Hermit

From what I can find, Ford's L series trucks were gas powered, yet I can remember a local lumber yard having one that was gas powered back in the early to mid seventies. It didn't have the filter on the right side of the hood, and there was no stack. Other than that, it looked just like the diesel units. Is my memory wacky, or did some L series escape with gas engines?

Congratulations to both you and your wife.

We need some new trailers such as 53 foot vans, bottom dump trailers, grain haulers, and some new livestock trailers. I naturally want some new trucks, but they're a lot more enjoyable when there are trailers to go with them, and some people don't have the scratchbuilding skills to build unavailable trailers.

I have a next door neighbor that has been working on a 1992 Chevy stepside 4X4 for several years. He raised the body 3 inches and the chassis the same. He's got 35 X 12.5 swampers on it and a set of studded tires of the same size for winter. It's got a GM performance small block with several hundred dollars in upgrades added to it, and the chassis has been professionally rebuilt both front and rear. He's got to have close to $10,000.00 in this truck. He's now bought a new truck and a boat, plus he has a new wife, and has lost interest in it, so what does he do with this fine truck?... He sells it to me for $3,000.00

I thought that I was the one who was lost.

If you hadn't displayed it as you did, and if you hadn't said it was a kit, I wouldn't have been able to tell it from an actual truck. That's some excellent modeling.

Welcome to the forum. I'm one of those with lesser talents that Robert was talking about, but I've learned a lot from these fine modelers, and you will too. Be sure to share your builds. That's what the forum is here for.

Nothing says class like spinner hubcaps, whitewall tires, fender skirts, and continental kits. Modelhaus has a selection of spinner hubcaps, also the stock version of early 60s Chevrolet kits, and Revell's 59 Ford retractable convertible comes with mid fifties "Olds" spinners.

With a little work it would make a fun car for a futuristic movie; hopefully far enough into the future that I'd be loooooooooooooooong gone.

I want to offer my thanks to Round2 for remembering us truck modelers, and going through the work to re-release these trucks from our past. I wonder how offering just some of the truck "bodies"would sell? I'm referring to offering just the cement mixer, or a dump truck body, flat bed body, etc. That way we could be free to place them on whatever truck we wanted. I also wish that they'd release some of their original artwork as pictures that we could hang on our walls.. What would be my 5 trucks? White Western Star Pete 352 in the original box. This one might actually appear as it was done as a limited release along with a White Freightliner SD a few years ago. I.H. S series tractor I.H. S series dump truck Ford L series race car hauler

I got sofed up with losing parts that I removed the carpet in my model room, and installed hardwood floors, with a very fine grain and narrow joints. It hasn't helped any with how many parts I drop, but it has made a difference in the amount that I find after they're dropped.

I finished another one. My wife got me this one for Father's Day, and I just got it done. I did some chrome trim around the wheelwells and some one the wrecker side tops, just to decorate it a little.

I can't fand anything that shows the Dodge as a tandem, and I don't think it was made that way. If you wanted to build one, you could stretch the frame behind the rear axle, and add a non-powered tag axle. By insuring that it has all the appearances of being added at a later date, you'll add character to the truck. I can't picture anybody ever doing anything like this in real life, but anything is possible. If you do build it, I want to see pictures as I'm sure that would be one cool looking truck.

That's some beautiful detail.

This is well done, and the hood issue is one that I've run into with many of the old MPC era models. I've had some success with placing the hood in warm water for a few minutes, bending it closer to the shape I want, and quickly running it under cold water to "set" it.

The relief episode was really rather well done. I was impressed with his restraint on it, and hope he continues to keep himself a little calmer.

That's a beautiful build, and I really like the stacks.

I know that the AMT 39/40 Ford sedan, the original AMT 36 Ford coupe, and I think the original AMT 40 Ford coupe had them. Revell's 55 Chevy convertible and both 59 Chevrolet kits contains skirts, as does the AMT 49/50 Fords and 51 and 58 Chevrolets. Most of the AMT annuals from 58-64 also would have fender skirts. If you give a shout out on the trade forum, there should be some modelers with them in their stash, that might fix you up. Having a picture of the opening that needs to be skirted would be helpful when asking. What Mark said is true. I generally make my own from .030 Plastruct/Evergreen sheet.

Dirt rules, and that Chevy looks like it does a little ruling too.

I don't get angry, but I do sometimes get quite frustrated. That's when I get up, go into the music room, grab a guitar, and play some blues. Instead of looking at a problem as being a problem, look at it as a challenge to raise your modeling skills.

My wife sometimes says that about me.

I hope you post some pictures of them.

I promised some outside pictures of this truck, and I finally got a nice sunny day, so I took pictures of several of my trucks. The wind messed with my base some, but I took what I could get.

I've never ordered an actual kit, but I've ordered parts from Modelhaus and have always been extremely pleased, not only with the parts, but with the service.

I hear you on this one, and it catches me way too often. I'll spend hours making sure that all the seams are nice and clean, only to start buffing out a "perfect" paint job only to discover that where the top and windshield meet the body, I missed sanding the mold lines. How can I miss anything so blatant as those?