Mr. Metallic

Great hot rod woody. People want to bag on this kit because of the molded in stuff, but you've shown that with a little effort this kit can be a gem.

Wow, glad you're resuscitating this project because i missed it a year ago. you're showing a lot of dedication to improving something so rough to start with. But you appear to be whipping it into shape.

Jason, it's good to have a name to go with your products now when I recommend them to people. Guys, Louverworks quality is high, and customer service is great. Buy with confidence.

This one is like a late 80's time capsule with the tinted chrome and BBS wheels. I like the way you shoehorned the fuel tanks in between the suspension, exhaust and driveshaft too.

Really like the technique youu used for chopping this. I'll have to keep that in my "back pocket"

Those fades are really well done. And nice job articulating the bubble top to open. Most people (me included) just rest the bubble on the body.

Digging this project. Your mods are well executed. With regards to the Tamiya filler, you should be fine, but you may find after primer that you need another small application. I use 2 part filler for all my bodywork, and then use Tamiya filler for any tiny imperfection after primer. I've found no matter how long I wait the Tamiya always shrinks a little except for minor scratches and very shallow depressions.

You're back on this? HooRAY!!!

I really hope someone steps up and does the short bed conversion for this. I know there were a couple floating around in the past, anyone remember who did them?

@tim boyd back when the go-kart made it's reappearance a few years ago, (albeit in the 60 Chevy pickup instead of the 61-63 Ford) I think you posited that the streamliner parts could make a reappearance down the line as well. I would have though the 63 pickup coming back would be the opportunity to bring the streamliner back. But it looks like it is getting the camper top. Maybe someday down the line? ?

Looking good. One thing you may want to look at is since you are detailing the underside, there is a big gap between the cab and interior floor once they are assembled to the frame. Many builders have added a simple U-shaped piece of sheet plastic that goes down the sides and around the back of the interior so it fills in the gap. When this kit was brand new I believe Scale Auto even included a template in their article on the kit for the piece I'm talking about.

That body was a little rough. you're doing a good job of brining it back

I agree. But sadly it would probably be a ground up recreation ala the 63 Nova wagon because they modified this tooling into the 69 Mod Stocker kit.

Dang, you could almost build his car straight out of the Revell Monogram box. You're off to a good start.

very interesting. It will be easier to critique the design once everything is one color. However, you may want to strip the old paint before moving on to primer.

There was definitely a kit. I just purchased the custom parts from this kit on ebay a couple weeks ago.

The point of the community build on TRaK is to kickstart some of those old builds of the original kit to get completed before the new Round2 version hits the shelves and the originals become "less unique" (in the instigator, Bob Black's words)

Sweet little rail.

Man you did such a great job making the kit match the movie car. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

Very cool. How about your technique for the redlines?

Cool little hot rod. Would be a handful to drive in real life. Wheel stands galore ?

Nothing ratty here. Nice looking hot rod.

You and me both ?

Pulled this pic from Tim Boyds post over in the "car" section

Well what you read doesn't appear to be incorrect. The molds probably were damaged and/or lost. This new release appears to be a clone (with improvements) of the original. Please note the cab is separate from the bed, the improved engine compartment, that the grille and front bumper are now separate from each other, and if Round2 follows precedent, the headlights will probably be separate clear pieces now. Looking forward to further details now that the kat is officially out of the bag.