Geezerman

Started on the front end a bit. Just realized I have nothin to hang a radiator on. Will have to jeerry rig something I'll be starting to wet sand the 1st clears on the Rodent today... it may not look too bad after all.

Thanks, All. A little bit of molding and the cab don't look too bad at all.

Ambitious project. Good luck with it. Those old cars are sleek and beautiful. Unlike the Zamboni School of design that saturates the modern auto scene today.

While I was building the Twofer, I wanted to try scratching a cowl while I had one to compare to. Here's the start. I made cardstock patterns for the front and back, and transfered them to sheet styrene Spacing the two ends: Filled in all around with plastic pieces; Here it is roughed in: All filled in with a firewall of unknown vintage from the salvage yard, and waiting for something to use it with. Rockin Rodnet Rat sent me most of this engine a while back. I had to improvise some, and had it as an accessory in the back of the garage. And now, to Tintail A frame (model T ?), my cowl, an interior tub off of something from the scrapyard, and an old rear end from the same scrapyard. This tub will be the body for Tintail. I sectioned it widthwise about 1/2 inch. Stay tuned, I may have to pull off of this for a bit when the Rodent gasses out and I can clear it.

NIce build. Don't get to see this model very often.

Plasfreak, jody started a model of that, but i wouldn't hold my breath., He starts 20 builds for every one he actually finishes.

Sweet build, Raisin.

This is way cool !!!!

Holy Cow, I have to come back from page 3 !! I guess i neglected to post that I had a prob with the body paint. I know better, but I keep trying to use rattle can primers. I used some Duplicolor sandable primer. Nice stuff, but here in humid Florida it takes MONTHS to dry. Clogs up sandpaper almost with the first stroke. Have to wet sand it. But I shouldn't have tried to paint over it. Initial primer was Duplicolor self etching. That's great stuff, so the new paint (1 Shot sign enamel, again) is going right directly on a new coat of that. But here is the hood in the paint booth, waiting for the repainted body to catch up. I have a bit more to do on the body, but this is waiting for clear. Notice that the teeth are gone? One of them vibrated out while I was grinding on the rear of the skull. I removed the other one until final assembly. Weird. They are long and curved, arching up into the skull almost to the eye sockets. About 3/4" long. Only about 3/16" are visible at the jaw bone. Which is kinda neat. When I einstall them, I can leave them protrude as far as I want. Side project while I was in wait mode was to scratch out a club plaque for this piece of vermin.

great work, Crank !!! Rust is beautiful !

Super clean workmanship. Sits way KOOL !!!

Nice model, Crank. Engine and castings look extra crisp !

This is good. man. I love to see them stretched out in front !!! hadn't seen Cranky's "Groucho" before. SWEET !. I'll have to look thru the rest of his stuff.

Sorry to hear about your employment situation. These are hard times !!! Your choice of bed material bout took me off my chair. SWEET ! Model looks promising. Waiting for the rest. Cheers

Thanks again, everyone. Almost everything is ready for final assembly, and the painting has begun. Plan is to leave the formost part of the skul natural and blend in to the body color, which will be basically white.

us dirty old men are alive and well. SS sponsors most of mine

Couldn't understand a word of the French,. Your modifications are killer, but your airbrush graphics are truely inspiratonal !!!

After shaping my homemade headlites, I painted them with Duplicolor white. Florida humidity hazed them flat. I then tried Rustoleum gloss clear and that hazed. I had forgotten to recover the lens' and they hazed. Not having any more lens' that size, I had to start looking for alternatives. Paper punch was the exact size and now I can get all I want of that size. Just not convex, bit I can live with that Couldn't find a dash in the salvage yard that I liked for this build, so I cobbled a simple one from soda can material. Kind of a competition look.

Super job, Crank. Great model.

Beautiful work ! That's going to be a stellar combo !

Way KOOL !!!

Thanks, Everyone, for your nice comments. Geezer and Igor have gotten the chassis up on its wheels out in the garage. Working on the interior, which will be built right on the chassis. The Geezer seldom uses a 'tub'. The 'billit' piece on the front of the engine was fabricated from a soda can, several years ago when this engine was first built for a 32 3 window.

Sweet !!!

It's frustrating to find stuff like this now. In 2005, I wanted to make a replica of my son-in-laws Cobra II to give him that xmas. All I could find was on eBay and was something that had HOT ROD on the box in big letters. I guess it was supposed to be a 77 Cobra concept car. Lotta work to bash that into what I wanted. Shortly after that, I discovered the Firefighter. These graphix are hand painted. If I ever do another, I'll know where to look

Been doing a lot of the mundane, uninteresting things, gathering wheel parts, painting acessories, etc. Here's a teaser shot. I have melded the skul and hood some, and am fooling with the lights. I'll have to figure mounting them a little different. Get them more in the eye socket area. Light shells will be painted. I had to make them from a pair of headlight rings and a pair of baby moon hubcaps. :