Jairus

With a cup of hot French roast in one hand and a cold beer in the other, I challenge the night with Mark Lindsey* spinning classic rock records on the radio. The Rolling Chassis Lots more work but the basic structure is here finally. Still need to build a suitable cross member, shock mounts, brakes lines…. Blah, blah, blah. Stance with the body looks good but glue not dry enough to add too much weight at the moment. Front axle is anybodys guess but I think it is from AMT 1941 Woody. Wheels and tires are Monogram L'il coffin. Rear Axle is Galaxie 1948 Chev. * Mark Lindsey, former lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders, is currently a DJ with 106.7 KhiTS and broadcasts from his studio/restaurant: Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe, in Portland's trendy Hollywood District at 42nd and NE Sandy Blvd., 7pm to 11pm every Saturday night!

Bill, I have been stopped more than once by the grill, the trunk trim and the dash for my build of a Sunliner Convertible. The side trim is hard enough but doable. You tackled the trunk trim with the right attitude.... lots of freaking work but I believe you GOT IT! At least as good as can be done by hand. Any chance you could resin cast that piece.....? Yeah, I thought not. Beautiful work, now are you going to steal the dash from that Danbury model too? (Blasphemy)

Update Found a set of wheels and tires. Working on filling the void cast into the top of the rear axle. Got all the parts together but nothing yet to show. Front axle has been drilled for kingpins and I am taking pictures but I only work on it in the evening. The days are for WORK! Sunday however, I completely take off so I should make good progress tomorrow. Hopefully have a rolling frame to show this evening.

Magic!

OH GREAT!!!! GREGG!!!!!!!!

V, I did the frame “Z†toward the front axle because I wanted to lower the motor... you'll just have to wait and see Next step is getting the front and rear suspension together and the stance of the frame correct. But right now I got to get back to work. As for posting pictures of my workbench, I normally wouldn't do this but since this is the second time you asked... This is my studio! It's not as big as I would like but works for me at this time. The rest of the house is kept as "model car" free as possible so it can be a normal home for the kids. However there are lots more piles of ###### being stored in the Garage and a nice collection of vintage kits in my bedroom. The model bench... The drawing board... The computer... More ###### and 8-tracks... One of the clocks is set for Western Australia time where a friend of mine lives. The surfboard...

Practra paints are Lacquer. They will stick but will craze the surface unless you first coat the plastic with a good primer. "Plasticote" is what I use and to answer your question, yes they will stick!

Ok here is the next mockup. I bet you are getting tired of this but.... this is how I design my cars. Every change made, I put it all together to see how everything looks in-order to check rake, stance and proportion. Stance and proportion are EVERYTHING weather you are designing a Toyota or a Rat!!! I check and re-check constantly and .... sometimes, if I don't like what I see... it goes into the box, never to be finished. The one thing I notice with these pic's is that the windshield frame really needs to be chopped! Maybe tomorrow...

"Z-ing" a frame is the process of 'stepping' the front or rear portion of the frame so that the suspension mounting areas are moved up from the stock location, which lowers the vehicle relative to frame rail height. Instead of having frame rails that run straight back horizontally, they now step up in front and/or in back to place the suspension components higher than before. This illustration is a crude example. The cutting at an angle allows plenty of welding area and with most "Z-ing", the "boxing" of the frame rails is normal. The frame before: And the frame after: Any questions? Ryan, the wheels are not going into this build as I was using them just for the mockup. I have no idea where they came from but I have a little baggy full of them from various kits like the Roth "Road Agent" and AMT's '33 Willys "Yellow Fever", etc.

Patience young padiwan... I am working as I type. I had a change of heart on the use of a Caddy powerplant (I think) and finally found the perfect set of wheels and tires to use for this project. Unfortunately I had to work late, as you guessed, and then.... eat as I no longer have someone to cook for me that took too long as usual. Just going to have to wait my friend because as I said... "do not hold your breath"!

Oven cleaner works faster and will not harm the plastic! But, do NOT breath the fumes. I spray the object while holding my breath... put it into a coffee ground can and snap the lid tight. Then wash your hands with soap and water. Very caustic stuff but it works!

Now THAT is funny ;)

Kooollll! Real wood is good and pine is fine! Who are you? Can you please post your name in the signature box found in the My Controls section of this board. Thanks and welcome to MCM forums. Know you will fit in well here. J

Please read the forum rules! Thanks.

I THINK HE'S GOT IT! Well done V, well done!

Dennis, I was thinking about a Duval windshield but with the stock windshield posts removed the body is unrecognizable as a '53 Ford Pickup. So the stock windshield went back on. However I liked your idea about the grill and cut this from a stock Edsel (what the heck am I going to do with three Edsel kits anyway?). I like the tacked together look and lack of body work just like a kid from the mid 50's may have put together using parts and pieces from the local wrecking yard. Headlights might go in the grill space on either side of the central vertical grill shell. Of course it will get lower when I finalize the rear suspension and "Z" the front rails.

Excellent! So... how come you have not shot it from the same angle as the illustration? Interesting.... Beautiful weathering and detailing V!

Jair, as in air. rus as in .... ah , russ! Two syllables and no waiting.

I am liking the look! Very nice and I will probably be staying up for the final result since I am like 3 or 4 hours later... you know?

This build is really beautiful Harry! The pictures look soooo close to the real thing is is hard not to accept them as 1:1. P.S. I like the shackles.

Steve, the paint is beautiful just like your daughter. I know she will love the build simply because her daddy built if special for HER! take care my friend, Jairus

Alright Ken, I will consider it. Got that stupid Edsel that I "dip painted" a few issues ago.... I am trying to strip the paint off and maybe use that. Wish I had the photoetch grille set... but maybe something will come to me. James had some good ideas too regarding vacuum forming over the '32 grill shell, but we shall have to see what fate brings in the way of inspiration.

Really makes the model look more real! I gotta try that with my very next project....

I don't have a lot of free time to build anymore... but that said, I took an hour lunch and cut a new windshield frame and added a '29 Model A pickup bed to mix. The donor '59 Caddy motor is in place (barely hanging there) but a grill design continues to elude me for some reason. The '32 Frame came from a prior unfinished Revell Highboy project which I had lengthened 1/4" for a Ferrari Daytona motor. The frame fits this projects needs perfectly but needs some-sort of frame stiffening for the heavier '53 cab. Next up: Rear axle and then "Z" the front rails to get the stance set. Stay tuned to this same bat time and same bat channel....

Thanks guys. I will probably be finishing up this build on this here thread and eventually move it to the "On the Workbench" section once progress is being made. Virgil, the only time the original was shown in public was at a Puyallup, WA NNL sometime in 1997 or '98. After that it was all over the country. Billy, Jimmy is like that. But in his defense, my name is not that easy to spell much less pronounce. When I meet some of you guys for the first time, it seems the ice breaker generally starts out with: How to you pronounce "Jairus"? Not to mention seeing it spelled a bunch of different ways right here on this forum! At any rate, if any of you want one of these bodies, email Jimmy at: flintstonestudios@wi.rr.com Or simply click on the logo below to be taken to Jimmy's web site.