Jonathan

What a beaut!

That pickup! Swoon ?

Thank you. I wouldn't have expected the interior parts from the Model A to work, but it seems to be fine for this. Thank you, the first time I did this was on a VW Bug and it turned out decent. Tamiya Primer, various Tamiya Acrylics and washes, sealed under Testors lacquer (I guess any brand would work), hairspray, Tamiya acrylic for the color coats, and then a wet paint brush to scrape the paint off and reveal the "rust". With the bug, I did some oil pin washes and then sealed it all under a final coat of Testors Dull Cote. I picked this up from an article in Fine Scale Modeler some years ago. I think we can pick up some good ideas from the military model guys sometimes. Thank you; I hope I can finish it the way I envision it being. I sometimes get distracted and move on to another project before coming back later (years later, sometimes!) Thanks!

The engine in the kit does not match the engine in the movie, but I think I'm just going to go with it and glue the hood shut. Movie car (From Barrett-Jackson): Kit engine, which I think if one were to change the carbs and air cleaners, one could get pretty close:

Thank you, this kit was a little more challenging than I anticipated. Thank you. I feel like I cheated It's mostly Alclad II for the "metals" and Tamiya washes. I'd love to see that. Has anyone ever built one of these and not painted it red? Thank you.

I know this is from 2019, but I love this build. Was just searching for some service truck ideas and found yours. Nice build!

SWEET! They complement each other nicely.

Our local model car club holds an "It's All In The Cards" build-off every year. The idea is that each person draws two cards and they have until the end of the year (or whatever date) to build something that meets the criteria of the two cards. For example, a person might draw "Race Car" / "Paintbrush Only", or "1950's / Shiny", or "Snap Kit" / "Spray Paint Only" ... you get the idea. It's a lot of fun. This year, I drew "1950's" and "Rat Rod". The rule is that nobody can show what they're building until the night the challenge closes. This year, I didn't finish in time (no surprise there!) so I think it's ok to share as the deadline was earlier this month. I decided to limit myself to raiding parts from two kits as much as possible. Most of the parts came from either the AMT / Round2 1955 Cameo or from the Revell 1930 Ford Model A Coupe. Some parts were scrounged from my parts box. The fuel tank was in some parts given me by a club member a while back. Decals are mostly from the Model A kit. Everyone had some really cool ideas - I wish I had grabbed some pictures of the other builds. Anywho, on to what I've done so far .... I set some basic guidelines for myself use only two kits (as much as possible) as noted above use only what I think would have been available prior to 1960 I thinned out some of the lower portions of the cab for rust holes, I nicked up the lower portions of the cab some, and I cut out the roof of the Cameo cab, with the idea of doing a rag top - ala VW Bug. Difficult to see here, but I also cut out the side and back panels of the interior tub and grafted in the "open' parts from the Revell Model A. Aiming for a bare-bones look: After spraying the cab with Tamiya Red Oxide primer, and adding some rust colors randomly using various reds, browns, and blacks; I sealed everything with trust Testors Dull Cote Lacquer (may it RIP). And then ... I sprayed the body with hair spray and ended up with this mess: What in tarnation? Pressing on, because why not, I mixed up some various Tamiya blue / gray colors (Acrylic) and went over the cab with the old Badger 150 airbrush. I used some darker shades near the lower portions of the cab, and lighter shades on the upper portions. I then used water and an old paintbrush to remove some of the color and reveal the "rust" underneath. I followed this with an oil based "dot filter" (I have mixed results with this). Finally, everything was sealed under a final coat of Dull Cote. I was debating on using some "plywood" to mimic covering where the floor might have rusted through. But, when I started working on using the Model A's Buick Nailhead, I discovered that I will have to remove some significant portion of the floorboard to make it fit. (Planning ahead, what's this planning ahead you speak of?) So, I'm not 100% sure on the final treatment for the floor. I did mold in a portion of the Model A floorboard to provide (hopefully) clearance for the Nailhead. But, I like the idea of either a partially wooden floor or just having the back of the engine / transmission exposed. To be determined ... And here is where I stand now. I plan to use the bomber seats from the Model A, and possibly the wheels. The fuel tank on the back is from a club member, and I think was part of an older Ford hot rod; AMT maybe? I removed the "Ford" script that was on each end of the tank. The few decals are from the Model A sheet.

Guess I could have titled this, "Why I can't yet finish the Marlboro Syclone that I started way back when..." I was gifted this AMT / Round 2 "Christine" by my Brother-in-law for Christmas 2021. I got started on it right away and then got distracted by other projects. So, trying to finish this up now. It's an older kit, so there are some sink marks and flash to address: I removed all of the "chrome" using my (current) favorite - Purple Power, and then cleaned up parts as necessary: I shot Tamiya Dark Blue over some of the parts that are to be "chrome" and Tamiya Gloss Black over others (Tamiya Spray Lacquers). I don't think that blue vs black made any difference in an undercoating: I did try to open the door handles by using some micro drills, tape, and a trusty X-Acto #11: In retrospect, I should have just shaved the handles and used Fireball Modelwork's Chrysler door handles: After more body cleanup, I decided on using Tamiya Bright Red over their Pink Primer: ...and I did something risky. To get the white top as bright as possible (as in, preventing bleed through of the red plastic, etc.), I sprayed the top of the car with Alclad II Chrome when I painted some of the chrome trim. I then overshot this with Tamiya White Primer and then TS-26 Bright White. So far, nothing weird has happened, but I'm not sure I'd recommend this. Nearing completion: A little dirt on the underside, but nothing much: The banana shaped side trim of this kit is well documented; I decided to leave it. In retrospect, I probably should have tinted the wing windows, too: I still have some minor details, such as the license plates; but, I wanted to get a quick outside shot:

Same!

Incredibly beautiful build and photography. Stellar work. All these years later, these cars still look modern to me.

I'd buy one or two of these - I'm in the process of building a couple of the Monogram/Revell S-10 kits now. I love these kits

Awesome and I look forward to seeing your work! I really need to get back to this one.

Got mine yesterday and, at least from a quick glance, I have only some very, very minor warpage on the deck plate. I guess I was fortunate.

Very nice! One of my favorites Have you seen the recently released Hasegawa first generation cars? I have a '85 that is a clone of my first car.

Wow! I really love what you've done here.

Man, that brings back memories. Nice job on an often overlooked kit. My girlfriend in college had a base model, and later one of my friends had a GT. They were fun cars. Back then, I liked to say that they were really Mazdas.

I do like the decals, but not for the Baja. To me, the Baja is a pretty distinct S-10. But... since you've added the flairs, and presumably some (even) meatier tires, those decals may look pretty cool. Where did you source those decals? edit that - I see now I'm of the opinion of builds that - if you like it, then it's perfect.

I'll be looking forward to seeing that! (I really need to get back to my Marlboro Syclone!)

Awesomeness! Going to do the Farmboat, too?

Cool! I was just looking at some of his stuff - really liking the Chevy S-10 parts. George - how does one find your site or listings or however you market products?

I managed to pick up the initial release of the new Hasegawa kit, and the race version - both look great! And I do hope there will be a LHD version shortly. It looks like another version is already being prepared for release - the SA22C "Late Type Turbo GT". I think this was a Japanese and Australia version of the car, but I'm not sure. I own a base model, US spec, 1985 (the "FB") - a clone of my first car really - so I'm looking forward to any releases they do with this mold. Loving the GSL-SE wheels on this next release! Holding my breath for the FB (series 3, later face-lifted version) dashboard and rear marker lights... Here's the Hobby Link Japan link, I'm sure you can find it on some of the other sites, too. https://www.hlj.com/1-24-scale-mazda-savannah-rx-7-sa22c-late-type-turbo-gt-hsghc52

Beautiful work. Late to the party - How does one get a copy of this corrected Mustang body?

I've enjoyed your work on this!

Bah! Of course.