Art Laski

Hi Rickard, this is some great modeling. I missed it originally somehow, but got all caught up today and it's a fantastic build. Nice job!

And that's the difference, Chris, between this model and so many others. When most of us would have called it done, you continue to add amazing details. Glad to see your list of final items shrinking!

Hi Phil, thank you for looking! Did you skip your event the last couple of years? I thought that you started the same time as this one.

Good stuff, Clay! All you guys are doing great.

Thanks, Peter! Good to hear from you. I haven't been on YouTube in a while, so I need to get back out there and see what you've been up to. Seth, we missed you, for sure. Please come next year! Yeah, Dave, we had some good builds. Fraternizing with the hot rod community, and showing them what we can do was fun too.

John was an asset to the show, to be sure! Thanks for looking. -Art

Hi Bruce, yes, it's PPG Omni Urethane 2 part, with reducer. Thanks for the comment! Hey Chris! Thanks for checking it out. Always appreciate the comments!

Thanks, Ray!

Thanks, man.

Thank you, Mike!

The third edition of the Model Car Event at the LA Roadster Show is now complete, and remains one of the funnest shows on the Southern California model car scene. For the first time this year, a Foose Build off class was added, with the only allowed entries being those built from the Revell Foose kits of which the subjects are the cars designed by noted car builder and television personality Chip Foose. This was fully sanctioned by Foose Design, and the winner was chosen by Chip Foose himself! Chip was incredibly supportive of our event, and not only picked the Foose class winner, but also filled in to pick the Best Paint and Best Roadster awards! The legendary Gene Winfield was going to be our Best Paint judge for the second year in a row on his 91st birthday, but he got delayed getting to the show. Thankfully, Gene did show up, just shortly after our awards ceremony. Not too late, however, to see the incredible diorama display model master John Teresi built of Gene’s iconic auto shop, as well as John’s brand new replica build of the Wild Cad painted by Winfield. Gene was ecstatic with the display. Mike Herman from H&H Flatheads chose our best Engine winner for the second straight year, and we were very honored to have him do that. Tamiya generously supported the Top Five, along with our Best Paint and Best Engine Awards. Pro Tech donated a prize package for the Best Roadster class, and Foose Design, of course, added prizes for the Best Foose. This show is definitely a showcase event for the model car scene, with thousands of people flowing through the vendor building during the weekend. The public also chose the Tamiya Top Five award winners by people’s choice voting, with almost 400 votes this weekend! Should we be invited back for a fourth edition, make plans early to be there. It’s an event you don’t want to miss, and we need all the support we can get to keep getting invited back! Congratulations to the award winners! Tamiya Top Five Ken Cornett – ’50 Olds Woody Emilio Gutierrez – Foose Cadillac Andy Blake- 1913 Mercer Runabout John Teresi- Wild Cad Willie Ramirez, Jr.- Foose Cadillac Best Engine John Teresi – Barry Setzer Dragster Best Paint Emilio Gutierrez- Foose Cadillac Best Roadster Ken Cornett- Little Big T Best Foose Foose FD-100 Pickup - John Teresi Bunch Brothers Award Ken Cornett- The Invader Pictures here: LA Roadster Show Pictures

The LA Roadster Show was a two day show, and Friday was pretty quiet, so I thought I would use some of that time to finish the build. I didn't quite make it. I still have to correct the fit issues with the cab and add the door handles and gas cap. I'd also like to re-shoot the Alclad on the grill and bumpers, and get the final decals on.

Thanks for all the comments, guys. As hard as I tried, I could not quite get it finished for the show. But I did get it mocked up enough to have something presentable, so I put it on the table anyway. Chip Foose was at the show and judged the Foose entries, and even though mine was not eligible, he liked what I had done and we talked about it for a little bit. He liked the color and wheel selection, which made my day. Before the show, I got the wheels painted and the chassis mostly put together, including some modifications to the rear shocks, adding some real springs.

Appreciate that, Steve!

Thanks, John. It's going to be close!

Thanks! It's House of Color Black Cherry with some additional black added by Coast Airbrush over a House of Kolor Black Basecoat. Omni Urethane clear over that.

Thanks, Brad! A couple of more shots of the engine with the decals on.

Made some progress on the engine. Also finished up the bed.

Thanks, Tim. I'm liking your build as well!

Don, I used the Molotow marker ink in a an airbrush. Ironically, my airbrush was malfunctioning and I messed up the finish doing some heat staining. In the interest of time, and the longer drying time of the Molotow, I decided to go with the ceramic coating look instead on the headers. I'm ok with that, because the Molotow almost has too much of a kit chrome look, which I am not a fan of too much.

Thanks, Brad!

Hi Tim, I saw this posting pictures of my build of the same kit. I really like your take on it! Nice, quality work, too. -Art

I made some filler caps for the valve covers, which mimics some of the reference photos of the original truck. The breather is a Pro Tech piece, which I carry on my website. I got the body painted, and I'm very pleased with the color. It's a Dark/Black Cherry metallic over a black base, so in low light, it looks gloss black, but when light hits it, you see the red metallic. Here's with the flash, where you can see the metallic pop through. And lastly for this post, some fo the engine pieces are painted.

I got these superb wheels from Ron Olsen's Shapeways site. He does some great work. These wheels. I found out later, were designed for the 1/12 scale Foose Camaro, and Ron just scaled them down to 1/25, but they were not fitted to any particular tire. So they ended up being a little too small in front, and fit strangely in the rear. You could pop them on the wheel, but the the tire would fit in side the rim and then crown the tire. So I altered them to make them the same dimensions as the kit wheels, with the same type of retention, where the wheels fit over the rim and has some ribs to keep it in place. I added styrene to the middle of the rim on the front, then added the ribs. On the Rear, I filled in the rim with styrene, then turned down the entire diameter on the lathe, then added the ribs. They now fit exactly like the kit wheels. This is the kit wheel on the left, the original 3D wheel on the right, and the latered wheel in the middle. Here you can see the fit of the modified wheel on the left, and what it looked like trying to fit the rear kit tire on the unmodified wheel on the right. Front and rear, corrected.

I appreciate you guys looking! I decided to get rid of the metal axles, especially the front one that goes through the oil pan. I also removed the rear axle locater that are on the frame. I might regret that later! I filled in these cutouts, but forgot to take pictures of that.