Lanny Haas

I just use water just untill it sprays without splatter

Started working on the hinges....this is for the trunk about a 4 thousand wire and I used square copper tube to fit the wire. I used copper tubing for the trunk to slip into thined the doors more to scale, only what will show anyway little trial fit. have to leave room for the paint seems to swing ok... going to let the hinge slide in the tubing on the door, so it will open and close, and I can move the door back and forth so it fits nice this is the paint im using. you can get it a hobby lobby, water base, after thinning, it will spray thru an air brush, it works better with a color base, in this cane a blue base silver base and like real metal flake you have to bury it in clear. I use Future. when its all said and done you need a good week for it all the dry,... only have 20 more days.....sounds like fun. more to come

Thanks for looking. worked a little more. Started thinning the body a little more to scale, and to get the chassis to fit the body lots of resin dust, but chassis fits now. had to do a lot of grinding on both body and chassis to get it all to fit. stll needs some work also fit the firewall and fender wells. coming aroud little by little this is how thick the hood is. thinking of using the kit hood. the body has a shaved hood, but I what the peak down the middle so well see. how it works. have to pancake the kit hod to fit body and while grinding I did were a mask. don't need to ingest resin dust.

Thanks guys. Hey Dan ya never know, should keep building. this thing might go south ,.....

I picked up a Jimmy Flintstone 49 carson top Merc a long while ago and with our club topic being customs a few weeks away I decide this is what I'll bring. Anyway I cut out the doors and the trunk and opened the hood...Im past the point of no return, what was I thinking, the plan is to have everything hinged and workeable! Even going to build a 45 rpm record player for under the dash (and It wont work)...............hummm with an Ipod and some wizardrey.....could have some 50's rock going on in there......Naw....) (had one when I was in high school in the beloved 59 impala).........Sigh.....*wipes a tear* built the chassis pretty much out of the box, will pick out the details with the brush, using Cad hupcaps in the fronts, and no caps in the rear as the skirts will cover them hand painted the white walls, and has the Chrysler 440. using the old AMT 49 Merc kit as my base kit, cut out the front fender wells filed them to fit the resin body . using small 1/2 round I'm going with a white tuck and roll to go with the metal flake blue and silver body color

very impressive, great detail thanks for sharing. learned a few thing s there

That is fantastic, well done. A peice of art...

I have to agree with Dan the more you looked the more you saw, really pops in person. Now (looking around) Psssst, Brad,,, what it does need is the new merc woody wagon hooked to it

Most of the time I drive a company truck, nothing fancy. In my time off I can be seen driving the old hot rod (shop) truck, chopped top and sucide doors and all.

Bill he said in an enclosed carport, Like I used to have...

found a photo of the real truck and trailer on line. trailer is scratch built as a curb side

saw the 1 to 1 truck in a magazine, had to build one. trailer scratch built with sheet plastic. just a curb side. the real one my rendention of it all

Amazed

This is looking great! I would work on the tread on those front tires. dont want it to look like they parked it in the barn with new tires

Female??? Male???? we going to visit the birds and bees?

like the weathering job.

looking good, like the color, I have a few questions, what is the plan for the tail lights as the olds rear fenders are different? and remember the olds has a one peice windsheld. but not a big issue, just remove the dividing bar. wonder if the olds windows will fit the chevy?

John the pressure gauge on the blower. would be a real eye popper if it was fluid filled!!!! Yup!!!!! your thinking about it arnt you!!!!!!!! You da man!

Words just dont come out........Teresi my friend .......there a new "kid" in town. seems to have raised the bar .....going to have to find a lathe

I Have to agree with Harry. if the dash looks this good I can't wait to see the rest of the car!!!

THUNK..... as my jaw hits the floor. turning your own gages......and knobs....I may be the one having the model kits and tool sale!!! Keep it going.......It would be kool to light them up, somehow...

John, your on the right track for the body.....I wound have never thought.......turning a rag top into a hard top...

just checking to see if any new update.

well you got my attention!!! I have to say when you first started I thought what are you thinking. Some projects start, and fizzle out. not this one!.. can't wait to see this one done...thanks for sharing.

going to have to try the salt thing...looking good. I think it woultt work better than the rubber cement