Ryan S.

Nice. The bazooka behind the driver is a nice touch. Keep outta the way of this guy, on the road!

You've got this going in the right direction. I love all the custom work so far. Keep it up!

This looks to be pretty cool. If anyone tries it let us know how it works out. I'm guessing Cranky opens this thread up thinking he'd find something green and fuzzy for use in the Lab-rat-tory! Lol

No problem. I had built one years ago and I've only got one or two random parts left in the bin. If you need the pipe, its yours. Just let me know. It's not going anywhere!

Yes, amazing. Your body work is fantastic, thank you for chronicling and posting. Are you using any sort of reference material that you are basing the body on or did you just freehand and eyeball it to what you wanted it to look like? It's great either way. That frame is great too, nice work!

Andrew, I just happen to have one exhaust pipe for the Ice-T. Looks to me that it would be the passenger side. If you want it, it's yours. Just PM your address. That's one heck of a find for $20!

Hi Mike, I saw your comment on my deuce and I realized I didn't comment on yours! It turned out great. I dig the color choice and combo. Something different. Your work on the fenders turned out awesome too and great minds think alike with the exhaust through the frame. I'll be honest thought, the wheels don't do it for me on this one but it's still a beautiful car. Good luck!

Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate it!

Nice combo of parts. That's a pretty unique truck! Nice job on the weathering too.

Just a couple more shots with some primer and mocked up to see the profile. It's subtle, but a vast improvement to my eyes. Still needs some more sanding and priming to get 100%, but it's getting there.

Looks really good. Nice smooth paint and I love the color combo.

So one thing that has always bothered me about these mid 50's Ford truck is the way that the front of the hood bulges up. I went back and forth with this idea but today committed to sectioning it to take care of the problem. I've seen all the great body work done here on the forum and I figured that a simple pie-style sectioning of the hood couldn't be all that hard. So here we go! Started by taping a line where I would cut. Highlighted that line with a sharpie... removed the tape and readied for cutting with a razor-saw. Here we have the cut completed and sanded out. I didn't cut all the way back so that the hood still matched up with the cowl. Glued back together with Tenax and CA. No sanding yet, but here is what the profile will look like. Just a slight forward slope. Perfect. Sanded and smoothed... ... and hit with a first coat of Squadron green putty. I'm going to let this dry, sand it smooth and, if it stops raining here today, I'll get a light coat of primer on it to see how it looks. I'll rinse and repeat as necessary until it's all smooth! Thanks for taking a look!

Ok, a little update for now. I took all your suggestions and Stasch's bed Tut and I redid the wood bed. I got some Evergreen I-beam the same width as the birch plywood I was using and cut everything to shape and to fit. Now I've got to stain the wood. When everything is done I'll bmf the rails. Thanks for the suggestions to do this everyone, I think it's going to pay off big time. Thanks for looking.

Pretty cool truck. The weathering is excellent! Nice job.

Hi again everyone. Thanks for all the comments thus far. This baby is wrapped up and can be found under glass : HERE

Hi all, Just barely made the deadline on this one to get it submitted for the Revell contest. I'm really happy with how this came out. What a fun kit to build. Pictures are below, and here is a link to the WIP: WIP Here's a list of what I changed: Parts box seats, engine from '60 Starliner,M.A.D. distributor, parts box air cleaner, Pegasus "hella" wheels, aluminum drive shaft, frame bars and exhaust pipes, scratch built wire radiator support, scratch built air bags and shocks, orange pin stripe done with electrical tape, orange thread for piping on interior. Paint is Model Master Silver Blue over Lacquer Diamond Dust, topped with Testors enamel clear. This is my first '32 and there will definitely be more. Thanks for looking, and comments and critiques are always welcome.

I see. I thought the black smudging was 'weathering' I didn't realize it was from the printer. It works well for the Joe Dirt application though, I guess! Does your printer still work like normal after running the cloth through? I would think doing that a lot could jam the cartridges with fibers, but once in a while not too bad. Kudos to you for trying something new!

I would have never thought that running cloth through a printer would have worked. I'm surprised that the thickness didn't jam it up. That's a pretty cool trick!

These are all fantastic! But I think I'm in love with the Riv. Just a beautiful, beautiful build. The colors are perfect.

That paint is smmmooooooth! Nice job and a cool color combo. Good luck!

Nothing not to like. She did a great job! Hard to believe that was just her second model!

This one will be another knock-out, Doc! Can't wait to see it come together with some color. I really dig Egyptian stuff!

I love just how wicked this thing is turning out. Fantastic build and all the little additions are brilliant! You may have stated earlier but do you have a color scheme picked out?

I really like how this is looking. Great job on the sectioning and I love what you did to the front end and grill. I like the "bumperettes" in your last picture too. I like the look of the longer bed, but I feel like it needs to be sectioned too, to match the new belt-line on the cab. Just my thoughts, keep up the good work!

I had no idea. I edited the post. I never watched the show too much when I was younger. I learned something