dino246gt

Nice! In some pictures it looks so real! I love it!!

Wow, that is cool! Nice "imagination" cool concept.

Beautiful and it does look real, nice!

Wow! That is gorgeous, fantastic finish and such a tasty truck, perfection!

Very nicely built and finished, looks real, cool!

Beautiful build of the Baja Bronco!

Wow, that looks great!

Thanks man, no need to steal, I love helping, so it's a great compliment from you to mention education, I love it!

Amazing project! I love it! So awesome!!

You can barely see it but on the left rear fender there's a bump for the gas filler. I don't want that! I added .015X.040 strips around the rear fenders then sanded them down to nothing, creating a wedge spacer so that they don't flare out at the bottom when glued to the bed sides.

I don't want the kit's interior as it is, so I'll remove the door cards and make my own. A lot of holes need to be drilled, then it's pretty simple. I added some mounting pieces for my new door cards after paint. So far I'm liking it!

I tweaked the hinges today. might "tweak" again tomorrow. Making progress and having a blast! Cheers!

It's okay, scratch building was pretty easy, just need to make inner doors fit now. Will need tiny magnets to keep doors closed.

Thanks Jason, I'll try to scratch build them.

Wow man, that's so cool!

Onto the engine! That chrome fan belt had to to thinned, AND de-chromed! I foiled the heads, wasn't sure it it'd work because I still wanted it mostly red, but it turned out! I wasn't going to use that chrome distributor either, so I cut it off and drilled and pinned it for a pre-wired one. Wired the simple starter too for a bit more detail. With the engine now wired, I needed a generator, no I'm using an alternator, 12v system, more driveable, so I made it down low, out of sight from above. Needed an extra pulley and belt! Checking the fit in the frame, all good!

Front suspension is "under construction" This is where I'm lengthening the wheelbase to fit the body. Wagon Rod chassis has a shorter wheelbase. I'm using the '40 front axle as it's severely dropped but I will bag it so I won't need that leaf spring. Some cut up A-arms and parts box scraps and I'm getting there!

It all started with the built up Wagon Rod missing a few pieces, bought just for parts, so I thought I'd use some parts! The pickup kit is missing parts of the hinges for the doors though. Not sure what I'll do there yet.

I'll be using these cool wheels and hard tires. The kit wheel backs are going on as well, drum brakes all around! 3D printed rims need to be flat for the wheel backs to fit, Dremel to the rescue! I'm not diggn' those holes in the wheel backs though! Styrene rod glued in then sanded flat makes them almost disappear! I painted the wheels magnesium and the drum brakes titanium.

I'm going to make the engine from the '41 Woody kit fit because I want fuel injection and a flathead. Plus it just looks cool! I made the front motor mounts from a single piece drilled to fit the custom motor mount plate from the '41 kit. I added tiny triangle supports, 2 each side then cut out the middle. Then I made a crossmember from the parts box fit as a transmission mounting point. (Making the motor mounts as one piece keeps them properly spaced and even before cutting out the middle)

I wasn't happy with the firewall, so I put the kit hinge on and made the opening smaller around it using scraps and styrene strips. The hood was a bit wide at the cowl, so I did small pie cuts on both rear corners, super glued, puttied, sanded and now it fits better!

Once I dis-assembled the rear suspension, I removed bits that prevented me from lowering it as much as I want. The 4-link pieces needed to be cleaned up, and under the bed needed more clearance! Now I think it'll sit lower! It's bagged!

Since I just love kit bashing and scratch building, I had to change the frame! I had a built but not painted "Wagonrod" chassis, so I decided to use it, even though the wheelbase is too short. First off, the fuel tank is too tall, so that got easily sectioned, just a blade width was enough! But the pickup box had a piece under the floor that needed cutting down, again, a simple mod.

First thing is really one of the first things that should be done to any model, removing the "lettering" from the underside!

I'm starting this '40 Ford pickup, will hopefully be an imaginary build, done in 2023/24 made to LOOK like a vintage hot rod pickup!