Chuck Most

Love it! That Volksrod is a thing of pure beauty.

And here's a quick glimpse of the now mostly-completed interior, inside the primed-and-ready-for-paint cab shell. Will I have the cab and hood painted today? I'm hoping its a possiblility.

The driving lights (now the headlights) are in place, and the front fender pieces were painted in the same sprayed-bedliner textured paint as the bottom of the bumper. I'm thinking of stripping the chrome off the mirrors and air cleaner housings to match, but I guess we'll see.

I'll be keeping an eye on this for sure. My great uncle had a couple of W-series Fords. They were newer-style than this one, but they still left quite an impression on me!

Never thought I'd say this, but seeing the completed interior is making me miss my '83 Mini Ram 8-passenger.

I don't see how the Deora could have been feasible if it had made it to production... anyone spot all the Ford parts used on this potential Dodge product? The Mircrobus would be awesome- it has just enough traits from the old ones to be recognizable as such, without being blatantly retro. Some elements of the Continental did make it to productions- look at the grille design and the lines and you'll see quite a few of them are on current Lincolns. The GR-1 looks fantastic... except for that front end. Is there some unwritten rule that says the nose of a supercar must resemble a Dust Buster? The Toyota Bat seems interesting- if Toyota ever introduced a 3/4-1-ton line to sell alongside the Tundra, and it shared styling traits with that, I wouldn't complain. The Sixteen never would have sold- sorry, people don't equate 'Cadillac' with 'ultra-luxury' anymore. The '30's were over a long time ago, and they aren't coming back. Please GM, leave that market to Rolls and Bentley. Sad thing is that car seemed to be the styling bogey for the current spate of oragami-styled Cadillacs.

I checked the rules and there doesn't seem to be anything in there that would prohibit that.

My local hobby shop just sold out his second order of these- looks like there's quite a bit of demand! Ten model kits sold out over a period of a couple weeks in an area where model kits aren't exactly the hottest sellers. I've already reserved one from the next shipment he gets.

I just taped off the top part and scuffed the rest with sandpaper.

One more update... Decided to tone down the bumper- I saw an International brochure image of a LoneStar, and I liked the way the pavement reflected off the bumper. The LoneStar in that picture was a dark gray, graphite color, so it looked like the bottom of the bumper was painted to match the truck, while the top was left plated. So, I stripped the bottom 2/3 or so of the bumper, and went over it with a few mist coats of black primer, then one thin coat of Tamiya semi gloss black. I was going for a sprayed-on-bedliner look/texture.

A thin coat or two of Testors Dullcote should kill off any remaining shine. Looks great, Chad!

Slight deviation from original plan- I decided to go with DupliColor School Bus Yellow instead of CAT Yellow, it is brigher and just 'pops' a bit more than Cat Yellow. This is the third vehicle I've painted with this color, and they're all Internationals. And not a single one of them is a bus. Anyway- engine is in, as are the turbo and all that underhood plumbing. Still need to detail paint a few things here and there, but so far so good. I've found that if you install the engine, then the radiator, THEN install the turbo and intake plumbing (as opposed to installing it all at once as a unit per the instructions) things go in a bit easier.

Awesome!

But there is something connecting the plow to the lift...the incredible power of magic!

Didn't even know I wanted one of these until I saw it!

2002- year of car. P51 was a Mustang. Makes perfect sense now. I have to ask... did the name of the dealership influence your decision to buy the car there?

Really cool! What kit is that?

Really cool! Used to be a local wrecking yard with a '55 International 1-ton 4x4 set up similar to this.

Really cool- looks like the kind of stuff my neigbor Bill used to have stacked up out behind his workshop.

All I know about Woodstock is this- if you claim to remember it, you weren't really there.

I think he did... he just made that post.

Not a Corvette guy by any stretch, but I think I might have found inspiration for a future project today at the junkyard.

Seeing that engine and rubbing my hands. Yes, yes.... This one will be sweet!

Andy- forget the Chevy guys- start hanging out with Buick guys. They'd have set you straight!

I've had these on my hard drive for a couple of years- just got around now to upload them. I snapped these three pictures on my way to an appointment, and had every intent of getting some more detailed shots on my way back, but the truck was long gone after my one-hour appointment, and hasn't been seen since. Apparently somebody really wanted it! I think it was on the lot less than a day and a half. Oh, that reminds me- anyone know where a guy might be able to find some 1:25 scale front wheels like this truck has?