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Thanks, Everyone. Heatwrap is made from strips of Band-aid Grafix on the flat black body were hand painted

That's heat wrap. Mostly cosmetic. No particular function that I know of other than to disguise raggedy/rusty exhausts. You will see it a lot on newer breed of choppers, bobbers. and rat bikes.

Great model. Nice work.

Here 'tis. WIP fotos: http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/1/clay_gratz/kustoms/50-ford-pickup/

Pretty sure I didn't modify the oil pans. No major surgery on blocks other than joining them. Thanks for the interest

Man, that's looking choice. Nice engine work. That paint looks delicious. Nice shine !!!

Thanks for the comps,everyone. I DO enjoy buggering stuff up!

Wow, I dunno for sure, Chuck. I thought they might be the small blocks that come with the older 32 three window coupes. Mostly because I had two of them in virgin condition. Maybe some one more knowledgeable can tell from these early in the build fotos of the blocks before I cobbled them up.

Yes, That bottle is an overflow. It's from the '28 Lincoln "Gangbusters" kit. There's a whole sprue of them. Oil....... c'mon, this is imagineering at work !!!! I did not recast or re-machine any of the inside of the plastic engine halves. This is merely a piece of copper wire to show a little continuity. I can imagine that both of the engines share a common oil filter. Anal accuracy is not my forte'. I really don't care if I insult the laws of physics either. This constitutes the 'fun' in my modeling.

FWIW: Jody wants to swap his. http://kustomcarz.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=trade&action=display&thread=2075&page=1

Fun build I did about a year ago;

I'm just now catching this build. Beautiful model !!! ConGratz on a well deserved win! Detailing and workmanship is top notch

That's cool. A full custom prostreeted. Great looking engine !!!!!! Thanx for sharing.

I got called out on the pipes I picked out of my salvage junkyard. So I googled, and sure enuff, Nailhead exhaust ports are paired up with a gap between the front two and the rears. No matter to me. probably would have been easier to wrap them as pairs tho.

Hi, Cranky. Thanks. Artemis. Check out this link. It also contains a link to The Model Builders' Dave-in-the-hat great article on rusting/ageing. http://therustbucketbrigade.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=how1&action=display&thread=85&page=1

Interior and paint look great !

Not quite finished, George. Bandaid treatment is next....if I can pull it off halfway decently.

Now I had to make some pipes that were worthy of this thing. I liked these, but they were too short. So I gathered up some stuff to rework them. I like them now, but they're threatening the cowl, so the cowl will just have to adapt.

While I was off the board, I wanted to build a prostreet with a 40 coupe that was sent to me in a box of junk. I actually went out and bought a kit! A late model Mustang, just to get a 4.6 litre engine for this.! Had to can the modern intake tho. This is why I named it "Roadkill"

Have to agree, Hans. It's a sore point with me also. Door lines were hand scribed (I hate that! Even cleaning up existing ones ) But I usually don't return to a finished model unless I'm tearing it apart. So, it's in the case along with it's NSRA '09 award.

Nice. Those wheels look pretty good !!

I know there are a lot of 'serious' modelers on this forum and I hope I don't offend them too much with my silly 'imagineering', but it's what I do! My 'imagineered' plumbing for the NOS to the engine : Seem like Revell's prototypers weren't too concerned over the backside of the grill piece, as it's normally buried inside the model. But for my purposes it needed a bit of detail.

One thing I didn't see mentioned in this discussion that may give another plus to using BMF. BMF is so thin, you won't have as much paint buildup on the edges. I paint my models with One Shot and the heavier enamels like this do leave a thicker edge to deal with. Just my opinion. I don't mask. What little graphics I do is freehand airbrush or paint brush.

That's some nice work, everyone !!!

Here is a beater that some kid is just starting to 'fix up'.(repaired L front fender, custom tail lights, chopped windshield posts).