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I won't be needing a heater, so I made a blank-off plate and modified the firewall accordingly: And the rad, well I do need that rad wall, just not the actual rad: Let's cut away some of the inner fenders, for headers: For the front Willys kit rims, I wanted taller tires, the stock ones from the '57 Ford kit, but I had to remove the ridges from both first: Kit rims have a ridge on the left pic, kit tires also have a ridge, right pic shows both modified to fit together (above)

Okay, this thread should be, I am BUILDING a '57 Ford gasser, sorry can't edit it, or can I? Could a moderator change the title for me?

The tie rod was also too narrow, so I found a longer piece and fitted it to the Willys kit ends" Here it is installed: And I needed some brakes, so the AMT Camaro tree was raided: I cut the backing plates out using the typical method of scribing with the back side of an X-acto blade: I did all four and painted them with metalizer and glued to the Willys kit rims:

The frame, it has to be modified for a straight axle, so let's do that, here's the stock frame set up for coil springs up front: and here's the front rails straightened: I took the straight axle from a Willys kit and since it was too narrow, cut it at the U bolts, and added a piece of tubing the proper size:

I built this old kit and think it turned out pretty good, is it a cool picture? I think so....

I've been dreaming of doing something like that for years, now you've really done it up right, so I don't have to, I can just look at yours and say............WOW!

Wow, very sharp, I like!

Very nice overall, and extremely nicely detailed and very clean pictures of the clean chassis with lots of extra details! Did I mention that I really like it! NICE!

That's true, a cool model PICTURE, has to have a cool MODEL too!

I think this thread is for cool model PICTURES, and most of them sure do work, those trucks look so real! And those rusted out hulks, and so many great pictures here, this is my favorite thread, well I still LOVE the works in progress of course!

I built the Modelhaus '49 Caddy and the Revell '56 Del Rey, both stock:

Just perfect!

Wow that's gorgeous, what a fantastic build of a beautiful car, nice!

Very cool indeed, nice!

Thanks Bernard.

The fabulous Tamiya Aston Martin, I hinged the doors, built the jambs and added some aftermarket stuff.

Beautiful, I want it!! 24 times larger please!

Wow, I love the stance!

Okay, so I am a paid premium member on Fotki but for a few months now I cannot upload any photos, when I try I simply get...........nothing! I've asked on Fotki's help line but there is NO help there, what's up? For years I clicked on "add photos" then a Java message would ask me to "run" and I'd hit yes, then drag and drop, now when I try to "add photos" I get nothing, I drag and drop but nothing happens, frustrating especially since I paid for the most expensive membership! So I can't post pictures on this forum which I'd really like to do, any suggestions???

I'm lovin' it!

Wow what a clean build, looks awesome!

Excellent job, nice!

Man I love that thing, perfect look!

Man that's just sick! I had the pleasure of meeting John in Salt Lake a few years back, very nice man and as you can see incredible builder, unbelievable! The amount of detail is mind boggling! Excellent model John!!!!