Phildaupho

Fantastically good looking little model and great to see current posts appearing under this new category.

You are a master slicer dicer converter. I like it. Very well done and good looking.

Super nice in all respects. Very well built and photographed. I especially like the full Moon discs and wide whites.

You are a very fortunate man. I envy you !! Thanks Bob

Dave - This is how I described in my On The Workbench post - I used a technique of painting plastic to look like wood on the ’32 Ford Woody I built last year and was pleased with the results so decided to try the same with the ’48 Woody. The plastic Woody parts were first painted light yellow. The “wood” around the windows was brush painted with Light Yellow Testors enamel while the body was sprayed with Model Master Daytona Yellow lacquer. All the “wood” parts were then dry brushed with Testors light brown enamel in an attempt to give some grain affect to the “wood”. The previous time I employed this technique I used Tamiya clear yellow acrylic for the final coats but all I found on my paint rack was orange clear so went with that. The “wood” around the windows was brush painted with the orange while the headliner and body were airbrushed. It took some time for me to adjust to the results that are so different than the ‘32 Woody. The brush painted pieces look more like wood than those airbrushed which are definitely way more orange than I would have liked and the grain affect has virtually disappeared.

Thanks everyone. Your comments are much appreciated.

Very well built and photographed Cobra. I really like the features you added. I am impressed that you added the inner fender panels, something sorely missed in the Revell kit and not added by many builders. The Fujimi kit and the old AMT 289 has inner fender panels but I am not sure if there are any after market versions available.

Delightful model. It brought a smile to my face.

Very impressive. I really like what you did with the rear deck.

I love the look of your 41 Coupe. Very well done conversion. A real classic custom.

Very striking color. Good looking mild custom. This really was a great kit with the button tufted interior, very attractive chrome wheels, white walls, tube grill etc.

Hey Mike - That Lt-1 is not going to work so I am back to a Ford in aFord Thanks Larry Thanks Russ - Agree that the Wagonrod has a great chassis. It was mastered when AMT was at the top of its game. The Phantom Vickie has another great chassis and many of their mid-century era kits had very good chassis and engines like the 57 Chrysler, 60 Ford and 62 Thunderbird.

Thanks Mike for the compliments. In regard to the LS at least I tried to disguise it !! In my next Ford build I am using an LT-1.

Thanks Roger Thanks Bill

Thanks Al Thanks David

After just completing a 1948 Ford Woody and seeing the old Longroof thread make a reappearance I thought it would be cool to have a thread dedicated to Woodies. Sort of like a scale on-line version of Wavecrest, the huge Woody show in Encinitas California usually in late September. I will get the ball rolling. First a fuzzy group shot My just completed 48 Ford Resto-Mod Woody 32 Ford Woody built for Deuce Days in Scale 2019 1950 Ford F-1 truck combined with a '41 Woody Speedwagon converted from Deuce to '34 Wagon and I call it a Woody 1949 Ford Woody which was maybe my first serious model car build since I was a kid constructed in the early 1990's

Alternomad with Chezoom front and chopped top Jo-Han Rambler Resin 57 Olds with Buick grill Sectioned and filled Wagon Rod

I think the term Resto-Mod is perfect to describe my 1948 Ford Woody. On the surface it is completely stock except for its stance but underneath it is any thing but. The Woody sits on the great Art Morrison chassis from the AMT Wagon Rod which features an independent A-arm front suspension, rack and pinion steering, disc brakes, a Ford 9-inch rear end and air bags all around. The wheels, tires, hubcaps and rings are from the Revell ’32 5-W The engine is a Corvette C-5 LS-1 attached to a 5-speed manual. The ignition covers were modified with Evergreen siding to sort of look like finned flatheads. The engine compartment has new sides, the firewall was recessed and electric fans were added to the radiator. The interior has bucket seats and hung pedals. The “wood” headliner was opened up to expose the white above. The wood paneling was made from cigar box dividers. Link to construction information while On The Workbench

Tough is definitely the way to describe this awesome Deuce. Very well conceived and built.

My kind of custom. Looks wonderful. Will you be entering it in the Desert Classic Virtual Model Car Contest?

Great to see your recent progress. Looking fantastic.

Thanks everyone. Your comments are much appreciated. I am going to my bench now to stick it together.

I decided to see how the "woody" parts of the body would fit with the "steel" part of the body and discovered I had to do some trimming here and there. So far I am very pleased with how it has come together but getting it all together it might be a challenge. I have become a big fan of Shoe-Goo for such jobs. I want to get this completely finished up soon so I can enter it in the Desert Classic Virtual Model Car Contest of which I am very impressed with how organized it is. Going to prepare a couple of entries later today.

Up dated April 21 - I used a technique of painting plastic to look like wood on the ’32 Ford Woody I built last year and was pleased with the results so decided to try the same with the ’48 Woody. The plastic Woody parts were first painted light yellow. The “wood” around the windows was brush painted with Light Yellow Testors enamel while the body was sprayed with Model Master Daytona Yellow lacquer. All the “wood” parts were then dry brushed with Testors light brown enamel in an attempt to give some grain affect to the “wood”. The previous time I employed this technique I used Tamiya clear yellow acrylic for the final coats but all I found on my paint rack was orange clear so went with that. The “wood” around the windows was brush painted with the orange while the headliner and body were airbrushed. It took some time for me to adjust to the results that are so different than the ‘32 Woody. The brush painted pieces look more like wood than those airbrushed which are definitely way more orange than I would have liked and the grain affect has virtually disappeared. Anyways it is what is and I think the Woody will be rather eye catching when fully completed. Thin wood sheets that separate the two levels of cigars in their boxes are being used for the exterior wood panels with the other side being the interior side panels. I am not sure where it came from but I had some incrdebibly thin wood veneer or paper printed on both sides to represent wood grain. I used that material for the trim on the interior side panels. Both sides of the wood were given multiple coats of polyurethane clear. I trimmed the door handles off the plastic interior side panels and reinstalled them on the wood panels. I really like how the headliner looks after opening up the spaces between the wood slats to expose the white behind Now that the wood parts are completed I can move onto final assembley