Dr. Cranky

R.I.P.

Keep it going, making good progress.

Some beautiful work, folks, keep it coming.

Thanks, folks. I am taking a couple of more pictures with it next to a couple of other 50 Chevy trucks I've built just to see what they all look like.

Beautiful color and model, Jim, congrats.

Dave, any more progress or are you lost to the land of the new airbrush? LOL.

Ooh, I liking that modification. Keep going.

Thanks, everyone. Derrick, I will most certainly do that as soon as I get a chance. I have not forgotten.

Like most folks coming back to the hobby, I started with enamels thinned with mineral spirits and then it would be forever to wait for the stuff to cure, and 15 days later . . . disaster time and again, so I moved on to other paints and systems, and then I got back into the enamels after getting Donn's DVD, watching it a dozen or more times, and then I followed the system described in the DVD and started getting great results right away, so much so that I am an enamel (cut with cheap lacquer) convert. I love the finish it produces and having to wait the 3 days to see the stuff lay down tight on the body with an amazing gloss was good enough for me. Is good enough for me.

Beautiful way of showcasing your model. Great job. I love it.

I like the progress, and I also like that engine stand. Very cool.

Eye candy? Eye candy? Eye candy?

What a beauty. Love it. LONG LIVE DUSTY!

Thanks, Daffydd!

Thank you, Rob.

Looking forward to more.

There will be more pictures along the way. Thank you for all the help, inspiration, comments, and support. It's always fun to build models for and show them on this forum. Here's the sound track you should be listening to in the background while you look at these pictures: http://images16.fotki.com/v377/photos/4/684514/11038171/IMG_0018-vi.jpg

All right, all you CRANKYHEADS out there. Just a quick update to let you know that this one is finished and the final photographs are posted over in the UNDER GLASS section of Pickups . . . again, thank you for all the support, comments, and kind words. Best, DC

Thank you, everyone. Thanks, Luis. I am almost done with this one. It's at the stage now where it is all about the little details.

Working on all the smaller details now . . . including two options for the bed, one wood, and one diamond plate:

It's coming together. I should have this one finally wrapped up by this weekend:

Making progress on the interior: Using my usual methods of upholstery with printed graphics paper . . . and white glue