Sixties Sam

That is beautiful! Great work on the building and the bike! It all looks so real! Sam

Great looking Deuce! It looks a bit like my Monogram Big Deuce in my avatar. Orange and tan look good on hot rods! Sam

A beauty! Very good work! Sam

Good work! It looks like it just pulled in after a long run. I like how you did the exhaust soot on the trailer. Sam

Very nice! Great engine bay detail work! The color is dead on, too! Good work! Sam

That looks really good! Great colors and details. I like those old COE's! Sam

Great color, great details, great model! Good work! Sam

Excellent build - so clean and smooth! Great detailing, love it! Sam

Very cool campers! The designs are really creative. The two-tone finish is great! Sam

Great work! I like the engine details. It looks good on the trailer. Sam

Wow! That's different! Very well done model. Now that song is stuck in my head, too! Sam

Cool! The green really grabs the eye! Great concept, well done! Sam

Super clean and nice build! That kit is a classic, and still looks good. Nice work! Sam

Great! I like the color. Very well done! Sam

Very good diorama! The cat is a great touch! Wiring in the walls - wow! Great details! Sam

Dan, those lights came with the original kit, so I used them. Sam

My son had a Ford Taurus SHO once. A friend of his had one and after he had moved, he took it to a Ford dealer for some warranty work. The mechanic told him they wouldn't honor the warranty since someone removed the stock engine and had installed an aftermarket Yamaha engine in it.

Very nice Monza! The Vega and Mustang are good looking too. Great work! Sam

Very nice Vette! I like those snap-tite kits. They're quick, and build up into very presentable models. Good job on the build - great color. Sam

That is really nice! Great workmanship! You've captured a piece of history perfectly! Good work! Sam

I finished the truck today. Here some photos. I used masking tape for the tarps (Thanks Tom Geiger for the idea) Farmer Brown is selling some veggies at Dad's Garage on my diorama. I dirtied up the truck a little, since it is to be a farmer's truck and would probably be a bit dirty and worn after years of use. The chrome is naturally faded from the model being 40 years old. Paint is Krylon with a little bit of clear to keep the shine down. I hope you guys like it. It's something different!

I saw this 50 Chevy canopy express truck at an antique machinery show in September and thought it would be nice to make a model of it or something like it. I had a 40 Ford panel truck that I built over 40 years ago sitting on a shelf falling apart, so I decided to use it as a base for my model. I can't find a 40 Ford truck like this on Google, so maybe Ford never made any that year. I found pics of Model A's and 50 Fords,but nothing in between. So maybe this model is a phantom. Anyway, I cut openings in the sides and cut down the rear door to make it a tailgate. I made side rails for the side openings, and a bulkhead between the cab and bed. The veggie crates and racks are made of balsa and coffee stirrers. Veggies are pictures glued into the crates. I plan to display the truck in the parking lot of my 1959 diner and ice cream stand dioramas. I plan to weather it a bit, since in the 1959 setting it would be almost 20 years old. This is a mockup. Almost done! I plan to make the rolled up tarps for the sides and rear from some landscape fabric. Sam

I see a kit I like, I buy it, I build it, then repeat. I don't think I have ever owned more than two unbuilt kits at any one time. I guess I'm different from most of you guys. Sam

Very cool! Great paint and decals. Mean looking engine, too! Good work! Sam

Very nice truck! I like the roll pans and the color. Good looking engine, too. Nice work! Sam