Dr. Cranky

Chuck, your work never ceases to amaze me. Another great addition to your garage. Keep 'em coming!

Clean and classy look all around. Beautiful model. Great job!

Love the changes, although I loved the original too. Keep on building, Mr. Most!

Beautiful. Doctor Cranky and EYEGORE love this one. LONG LIVE RUST!

Love the colors and the interior details. Nice build, buddy.

Very interesting. Looks like there's lots of potential there. Very interesting. Looks like there's lots of potential there.

Very cool indeed.

Wonderful subject matter, and I love the color and the details in this one.

Thanks for sharing this in the spirit of thinking outside of the box!

Beautiful model, congrats.

Live the day and enjoy it to the fullest. Tomorrow, well, nobody knows . . . then again it doesn't hurt to be wise when it comes to keeping good health. A little scrapple sandwich once in a while, or hogsheadcheese, won't hurt you.

That is indeed a great little truck. Love the progress you are making. Keep it going.

I think Ford and Chevrolet can bypass all the madness awaiting them in the next 20 years and just simply start building motorcycles and horse-drawn buggies, the type the Amish drive around. Back to where they started!

I love the bling on the paint!

Nice model, buddy. Congrats.

Joe, Welcome aboard, and I hope you will stick around to enjoy the sights but also to share you work in progress. Harry answered your basic questions, but I would add that you will save yourself time and heartache by simply starting out with either the Tamiya rattle cans or (if you are comfortable with the airbrush) then I would suggest Vallejo Model Air acrylics are perfect. Happy styrene journeys!

I'm anxious to see how this one turns out.

Love the picture on the left!

Concerning climate change, I grew up in both California and in Florida and I used to go to the beach quite a bit and fished and saw lots of little fish everywhere. No fish on the beach now. You have to go in fairly deep to find something, and sometimes what you find is a car tire and or a school bus! If the ocean is polluted, imagine how the rivers and lakes are holding up. And whether you believe in climate change or not (what do scientist know anyway?) something's got to be going on! Read your Kurt Vonnegut. He sets the record straight in terms of what we are doing to the planet. And if you want to see some horrible visuals, rent THE ROAD and watch it! That will cheer you up!

The conversation is excellent, and I hope it continues. Bill, I brought up the smell of gasoline because THEY ARE putting all sorts of stuff in it. I would imagine they are cutting it and now the actual percentage of crude has to be very small to stretch it.

Here's a quick observation. I don't know when was the last time most of you took a whiff of so-called gasoline last time you were at the pump, but the stuff doesn't smell like gasoline anymore. I think they are putting the blood of elves into it now. And yes, I do believe we will run out of oil, here there and everywhere!

Wow, maybe this thread can fuel a few cars!

I agree with Jairus. I think we'll be lucky if we don't end up with triple-seater bicycles with wooden wheels, and a brain. Here's a formula for disaster: NO JOBS + EXPENSIVE ###### (from cheap labor camps) = NO PROGRESS = NO FUN = ZOMBIFICATION!

Great interior modifications . . . keep it going. Take more CRANKY VITAMINS and keep it going. Great interior modifications . . . keep it going. Take more CRANKY VITAMINS and keep it going.

A very cool wagon indeed. I also like the Caddy in the background.