gasser59

Thanks Bill. We had 110 the other day. Not in the teens yet and I'm in no hurry.

Here's a test shot with everything quickly set up on my work space with desk lamp lighting and with my phone. I really need to take this outside for some better shots but its just too darn hot.

Good gawd, those are cool Daniel. Well done.

Here's a couple more pictures of Tim's Mura Bros. Willys pick up. Such a fantastic build and deserves to be here.

I know you call this "Wild Cad" but I'm calling it the "Drool Generator." Love this John. Each progressive build outshines the previous one which just doesn't seem possible. What's next lil' brother?

Have a great day today Art. Tell Chip HI for me.

Wicked. Looks fast just sitting there. Great job Wayne.

Thanks for the comments fellas. Much appreciated. Feels good to be working on something again.

Its been a long time since I posted anything new. Just can't seem to get into much of anything. No ambition, so I thought I'd try something a bit out of the ordinary. A long time ago, I found a ceramic tile at the big orange box center that looked like a well worn drag strip surface. About a week ago, it occurred to me I could drill some holes along the side and make a chain link fence with banners on it similar to the photos I've seen at Lions of yesteryear. Yesterday, I put the finishing touches on the fence and added the self-drawn Lions banner and company/manufacturer logos. I'm working on the grandstand crowd and still have a bit of work to do on that. Here's a few pictures of my progress. Here's a picture of the surface of the tile. Its 24" long x 12" wide. Here's the fence with the logos and banner. Here's a close up of the top of the fence posts. I used a strip of aluminum printing plate and a small straight pin for the top. I also wrapped the top of the post with another thin strip of printing plate. I tried metal screen but once I cut it, it completely fell apart. I went with the softer screen made from some type of nylon, I guess. Once cut to size, I shot it with silver paint. As mentioned above, I'm still working out the details on the grandstand crowd that's spray glued to a thick poster board. I had to do some PhotoShop manipulation on the photo because it showed aisles at an angle which wouldn't work in this situation. I just took the aisles out altogether. I'm thinking I may need to add another crowd print-out to the top of this one. That's part of the details I'm still working on as well as how to make the poster board free-standing. I may still add some wooden light poles between the fence and the grandstand. More to follow. Stay tuned and comments welcome.

Spectacular Art.

Man Art, your skills are really showing on this build. I've seen a number of this Foose truck built all with different takes and so far I've liked every one of them. Keep after it, I'm following this one.

Johnny boy...I've been completely speechless from the first post of your execution. I have to tell you that when I was scrolling down and the first picture of the purple on the underside of the chassis came up, the breath came completely out of my body and I actually choked. So that proves your paint actually choked me up. I have no additional descriptive words to to add that haven't been posted previously. I'm not really a lover of customs but this creative execution of yours is changing my mind. Your execution in all phases of this build are absolutely flawless and beyond comprehension. Love, love this. I bow to your mastery, we are not worthy.

Each one of you guys are a master builder in your own right but to have all three of you building in one thread is completely over the top. I consider each of you a good friend and who else can say they've had all three of you in their house at the same time?

Awesome update Tim. Have you a deadline you've set for yourself on this build?

That is the coolest. Where are these figures from?

My condolences to you my friend. Its one of life's toughest tasks to loose a parent. Let me know if you need anything at all.

Seeing this one mocked up is a real treat. Looking at those headers now, one would never know they are wire insulation. Simply stunning craftsmanship. Looking forward to the finished project.

Me too Mike. Maybe we could crash their party or start one of our own.

Oh this will be great to follow along. Three times the WOW!!

Great googly moogly that is some really nice work there Tim. You'll need to take a tone of pictures of this assembled / mocked up chassis and engine with wheels and tires before covering it all up with paint.

I'm completely flabbergasted. I think I found a descriptive word not used in this thread before. Your tinwork looks great and I'm glad you got the results you were striving for.

Chris, my styrene brother, I couldn't stop staring at this on the table this past Saturday, just taking in all of this awesomeness. I took a bunch of photos for a reference album and this one was the best one. Think I'll frame it. (Insert every positive adjective here.)

Thanks for posting Jonathan. Very well done.

Outstanding. Glad to see your putting the printing plate to good use.

That is truly a work of pure art Donn. Love the color, well actually, I love everything about it.