Chuck Most

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.

I think I can say, with complete confidence, that this is the most extreme Datsun 510 ever conceived in 1:25 scale. I'm also digging the Ford power! I have one of Scott's 9" axles- I'm still waiting to start a project worthy enough to showcase it.

Nice work, guys.

Just something I've been screwing with for the last couple of evenings...

The short story is I saw a '57 International welding truck on Bangshift.com, and wanted to try something similar in scale. Since I went a little beyond box-stock, here's a rundown of what's what- The engine is a Perkins 354 I6 diesel, scratchbuilt from plastic stock and cast-off kit parts. This engine was available in Dodge trucks as a factory option in the '60's and was swapped into other vehicles later on as well. I'm not thrilled with my fuel lines, as they look more like plug wires, but I'll know how not to do it next time. I also added some underhood bracing, heater hoses, and an ether canister to the engine bay. The chassis was stretched to match the F-350 wheelbase and 9' bed, and I also modified the suspension for increased ground clearance. The wheels are the 8-bolt Dually units from Scenes Unlimited, I modified them to a six-bolt version. I used no-name Monogram radials because I'm pretty sure the '53 bias-ply tires would have dry-rotted by now. I left the interior alone, though there is a white baseball cap with "Noah's" painted on it in red and an auction flyer on the seat. The 9' Express bed was completely scratch built from various bits of Plastruct materials, as was the headache rack, which was basically a direct copy of the '57 IH that inspired the project. The running boards were extended to match the bed length and "pockets" for the torch tanks were added to the after ends. I also made a platform for the front bumper, extending it forward, and the factory-style grille guard. A late '20's Lincoln "Greyhound" mascot was taken from a Monogram '32 Ford Roadster. The rear bumper/work platform was also scratchbuilt, and is fitted with an old R&D bench grinder and a vice from the AMT Racer's Wedge (I think). The Hobart welder was also scratchbuilt around the engine from an MPC Hogan's Heroes jeep. Oxy/Acetylene tanks from two kits were used- one set for each side. I may or may not secure them with some smaller chain or perhaps some straps later on- the chains on there now look a tad on the large side to me. The various lights were coughed up by the spares box, and since a vehicle like this is a rolling fire hazard, an old brass extinguisher adorns each flank. The "Noah's Arc Welding" decals are in the most recent reissue of the AMT kit, so I used them. The truck was done in a simple white paint job, with the fenders and bumpers done in red to tie in the lettering. Aaand... that's about it, Vern. This model sat unfinished for almost exactly a year, and then I basically wrapped it up in a coupe of evenings. Motivation... sometimes it's there and all too often it's not.

The reflection in the trailer components... (In my best hippie stoner voice)... "Colors, maaaaaaaannnn...."

Here's how it all started. I wanted to build a longbed F-100 beater, painted to match the box art to one of the kits. But I couldn't decide on the red-over-white of the '71 Ranger, the black and white of the '72, or the two-tone green of the '70. So... I decided to use all three on the same truck, along with a light blue hood and a chrome yellow/oxford white XLT tailgate. The '71 Ranger XLT was the base kit, but it was turned into a '72 SC using the grille, inner door panels, and seat from the '72 kit. Though it is an SC, the front fends and the tailgate are meant to have been from two different XLT-Rangers. The '72's step bumper was also used. The scrap in the back is a mis-mash of various aftermarket and kit-sourced pieces. I butchered the rear suspension a bit to get it to sit nice and low, as a half-ton with this much weight on the back would sit.

Step 1- Dig that '71 F-250 out of the scrap pile. Step 2- Throw in a Mustang II front suspension and a 4-link rear, with airbags at both ends. Step 3- Plug in a Cummins turbo diesel. Step 4- Swap in some cozy leather buckets from a Lexus LS400. Step 5- Chop and hack judiciously where needed. Step 6- Cruise it 'til the wheels fall off.

Yikes! No kidding...

Love it.

Didn't the Blueprinter reissue of this kit come with those tires as an option? Or am I thinking of the Buyer's Choice Opel GT? I seem to remember seeing those tires boxed with one of AMT's European car kits.

Meh. Let's face it- people in the US aren't really buying Chrysler cars anymore. No sense building something here (or anywhere, really) if it has no market. Dodge has, what, four cars in it's lineup? Two of them are "specialty" type vehicles, and nobody's buying the Dart. I've actually seen about as many Fiat 500s on the road as Darts, and I live an area with lots of UAW mooks who like to preach "Buy 'Murican" even if that means buying something laughably inferior to the competition. At any rate, the Dart is dead at the end of next year and no replacement has been announced. Same goes for the 200, so that will leave Chrysler with a whopping total of one passenger car in it's lineup. Honestly, I'm convinced I'll live to see the day that the Dodge and Chrysler nameplates are discontinued altogether.