Hello guys. I am new on here and this is my very first post.
This is a model I finished a month or so ago and it started as this
Long story short, I have not build a plastic model for over 8 years. I walked in a hobby shop with my kid and saw the GEARZ/Revell online contest. Out of curiosity I checked it online and decided to build something for it, because I had at least 3 '32 Tudors collecting dust in the garage. This is how I just got back into it.
According to the rules it had to be something with pretty much just the parts from the box, but modified. So I decided to modify every single part of the kit. Here is the list:
The frame was cut behind the rear cross member, z-ed on the front and C-notched at the rear. The side grooves were filled for smooth rails. then 1mm was added to its bottom and new groove was made, which did not kick up at the firewall, but continues all the way to the front, parallel to the body/hood line.
The body was made from two sedan bodies (I erased all the pictures from the process by mistake) which were cut at the belt line. So imagine one half being like a Phaeton, with the windshield frame in place. Then from a second body only the rear part of the roof with the "butt" of the model was used. This made the back of the cab of the pick-up being identical to the back of the bed. It took a lot of pie cutting on the roof and hellish filler job, but I like it.
Because the frame was Z-ed and the body just slightly channeled it was a nightmare making all the hoods to fit. The side hoods received the side hood moldings from a '50 F150 and then were cut in the middle and filled with photoetched grille material.
The fuel tank was made from aluminum strut supports with a tear drop profile, that R/C airplane guys use and the bed is bass wood.
The wheels are from the '50 F150, but the rears are in aluminum sleeves.
I don't know what else to put here, but if anyone has any questions, I will be happy to give more info.
