Chuck Most

I wouldn't change a thing about it.

I think this is already my favorite buildup of this kit.

Quite a bit of it is still out there, but they're only open sporadically now. I don't get it... they paid Irv a ton of money for the property and contents, crushed everything to the tree line, tore down the old body shop, put up a new building and fence... and now they just let it sit.

Artwork by Jesse Garland.

I paid zero attention to this kit when it came out, and I'm not even sure why I went into this thread or clicked on Tim's link, but I did and.... twin-turbo Corvair power????! Know what? I just might need to nab a couple of these kits. I really hate this place sometimes...

I like it. Yes, it may be true that your bodywork needs a little... well, work... but I do think that you're on the right track with the body modifications- I really like how the ground effects kit looks blended into the rockers rather than just glued on. That also makes the custom front bumper look better- everything just looks more integrated. If I'd have built it, I'd have left off the tailgate trim, but that's just me. All in all I think it's a pretty cool model- and you don't see a ton of ninth-gen F-150s done as customized models, so overall I'd say it's a winner.

The Monogram ('60's-tool 1:24 kit) has some, but IIRC only a pair (not four) are included. On the most recent reissues they're still on the chrome sprue but not called out for use on the instruction sheet. I'm certain you or someone you know might have a couple of those kits laying around someplace.

I'll be keeping an eye on this one for sure. I've had a mind to build a Hornet as a lowrider since even before the kits were available, but so far haven't done much other than think about it. Is that yarn used as pleating on the seats? If so, that's something else I've always thought about trying.

Basically- I took an incomplete Polar Lights '59 Cadillac Miller-Meteor combination and threw various odds and ends from the spares box and scratchbuilt parts at it to fill in the blanks. The car is fitted with auxiliary lighting, a winch, siren, and, oh yeah... a 105mm recoilless rifle. That should be more than enough firepower to give pause to any marauder who isn't put off by the vehicle's appearance alone. There's also a stripped-down-and-armed-to-the-teeth Yamaha DT-1 250 Enduro strapped to the back, for those times when a 22' long vehicle would be just too damned... you know... impractical. The cargo area is cluttered with a few bare wasteland essentials... extra fuel, oil, and coolant, some spare tires, etc.. Next week, who knows, it might be hauling barrels of radioactive waste, or fuel for barter, or maybe some cute pink flower pots. Whatever your dystopian spending habits would demand.

I think Tom just gave it a name. Very cool project going on here! I especially like it because I'm just getting ready to wrap up a post-apoc '59 Cattle-Ack of my own.

You can't do it yourself. Send Harry a PM and he should be able to take care of it.

Ditto.

Yep... no more overriders. Weird you mention a 392 Hemi, as that's what I plan to put in mine. The one I'm using is from the '41 Willys, though.

If I hadn't just glued the little mounting pads for the front leaf springs to the kit chassis (just before re-reading this thrread), I could have dug out an AMT '56 and done a quick test-fit for you. Just eyeballing things as they sit, however, I think that idea might have merit. I know, it's just that calling it a gasser with the engine in the stock location seems kind of "blah", ya know?

No option for 10% engine setback. So it's not even a gasser. Sigh...

Nice kit of a seldom-seen subject. You'd have to go back in time to about late '85 to see a 1:1 '84 Daytona that clean. Wow... Black Moon Rising. I remember it being a pretty terrible movie by John Carpenter standards. I also remember the scene right at the beginning where Tommy Lee Jones tries to buy a cup of coffee at a gas station, but before he can do that, it is robbed. All I'll say is don't make TLJ angry before he's had his morning cup of Joe.

I've never had much luck with finishing stuff in community builds, and I haven't built a full-blown rat rod in quite a while. That being said... ... count me in. I'll come up with something.

Everybody can relax, Bill found the car. Needs some suspension work and shocks. Brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end... Only $4800. Also new rings, mufflers, a little wiring.

This, as you probably already guessed, is the new Revell kit. I modified the frame and suspension, reworked an AMT '29 Model A grille shell, made a tall piston shifter, added some military jeep seats, and powered it with a Ford 300 straight six fitted with a junkyard turbo setup. I left it in my rust-colored base coat, after just being smitten with how it looked on a '48 Ford truck I recently finished, and was working on alongside this.

This was a '50 F-1 kit that I got from a fellow modeler years ago. It sat for a bit, until I decided to do it as an old farm truck. I'd originally planned to build it up as something of a junkyard-parts cobble job, so I decided to keep with that theme as well. Close proximity of a Schieber goat on the workbench led me to make it a livestock hauler. The truck as a coil-spring 4x4 front axle and transfer case from a '78 F-150, engine, transmission, and radiator from a '69 F-100, a '57 Ford hood ornament, '83 T-Bird grille, '65 Mustang tail lamps, and other assorted cast-off doodads. The rear body was scratchbuilt from basswood, plastic, and metal rod. The baby goat and sheep are Schieber pieces. I'd originally planned to weather the hood and cab to match the fenders, but I liked the way the rust base came out so well that I decided to just make that the overall color for those parts... and repeat it on a '30 Model A body.

Finished up two Ford six powered models today. You've already seen an early form of the Model A... And then there's the '48 Ford farm truck... I'll do full Under Glass postings for each when I feel like it.

Feel free. This isn't a build-off, just a place for like-minded modelers to post their stuff.

Thanks, guys.

Thanks guys. The engine came from Trailer Trash Kustomz. https://www.facebook.com/trailertrash.kustomzresins/

Thanks, guys. The hoses are just vinyl tubing I had laying around. The stuff that comes with most AMT semi tractor kits is the same material, and even the same diameter, as what I used. I inserted some thin wire into them so they'd hold their shape better.