Chuck Most

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The flares are separate on every D50 kit I've ever gotten my hands on.

I'm literally just starting my first one, still in the 'parts gathering' stage at this point...

You know... I have a good mind to go out and do exactly that!

I know for a fact the AMT '63 Galaxie kits have those.

It's curved for some odd reason.

Not faster. Quicker, maybe- but once a Ford was up to speed, ain't no way a Chev is touching it. (And we aren't even gonna get into gear ratio differences, etc.) Stovebolts were pretty good marine engines, though. My uncle had one in his boat. Says it was the best anchor he ever had.

You can tell it's a rerun... Charlie Harper isn't dead yet.

I was going to crack wise about that back window, but somebody always has to beat me to it...

The white toolchest, the two white air wrenches, and the jack.

It's a mix of Monogram and Fujimi, with a little bit of AMT stuff tossed in. The Monogram stuff came with a tandem-axle car hauler.

Sad that this is practically in my backyard and I have yet to attend. Guess I'll be checking out that link!

Just out of my head ideas. The hood was sort of inspired by late '50's Ford and Minneapolis-Moline pieces, as far as the shape goes. The color scheme is stolen from an old Scott lawn seeder- I always liked the look of the dark green with orange trim Progress report for today... I added a decal ammeter, and used a photoetched surround. I also used some scrap photoetch pieces to make an ignition key and a throttle lever. The 'Caution' decal is from a Moebius Hudson Hornet. For the engine... I used one from a glue-bomb MPC Wheel Horse, and converted it to a vertical shaft type. The muffler is about the only unmodified kit part on the engine. I still need to add a starter/generator, and yes, that's another Caution label from a Moebius Hornet on the left side of the block! Waste not, want not, right? And finally... Filled in the grille opening with mesh... possibly a scrap of NASCAR window net, but I'm not totally sure what it was 'supposed' to be- I just used it.

That's what I thought.

Tools and garage items have been the name of the game of late for me, and the saga of the junk-box lawn tractor continues....

One question... what did it eat????

Liking it already!

Maybe they consider the Revell AG version to be collectible? It will certainly be more of a rarity than the Moebius kit.

The last 24 hours of efforts... Cut open the grille area on the hood, and used a hole punch to make up some hub caps. The caps were then painted and attached, and I made up a pressed-steel style tractor seat, and set it up on a spring made from a short lenght of brass scrap.

Very cool! Love those Model A front wheels.

That's exactly what it is. Well, might be a Mercury.

Yeah... think I saw the turtle... Wonder if that old Caddy ended up there because the owner got 'rubbed off'...?

That did cross my mind, but I quickly grew fond of the 'oversized' (for this particular application anyway) front tires. I am planning a couple more of these, and I found a set of front tires from an MPC Zinger I think might work.

YES!!!! Somebody modeled Geoff!!!! Or the Hammerhead Eaglethrust i, if you prefer, right down to the mustache. Love the rest of them too.

Well... the paint is dry from this morning- so here is the chassis painted and built up. I also began work on the hood, which is made from pieces of .020" styrene sheet.