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Ahh. I 've had a similar idea for quite some time, but never took on a project to realize it. This will be a build to follow. It looks like it is coming along very well so far. Love the wheel choice too.

This will be a really hard paint job to pull. I don't know if you can find the proper referrence material to replicate it and this is before even involving one's ability to do it. About Janis' looks, she lived at a time when for a performer it was way more important how they sing than how they looked. Unfortunately that concept has been long lost with today's "music stars". Good luck with the paint. I would really love to see you pull it off.

It looks fantastic. I love woodies.

Any pictures from the show?

Awesome truck with great color, but where are the mirrors?

Epic!

Extremely nice clean build. I can definitely second the opinion about this being the best flocking job I have seen.

OK, so I just finished this. I made a frame that supports the floor/body of the hearse. cut some "brackets" that will "bolt" the frame to the body. This is what it will look like from underneath, when everything is together. The black dots will be bolt heads, which I don't have right now, but I am getting tomorrow. off to paint we go….. Thanks for looking

Great work. The wood graining is extremely cool. That's something I never learned how to do. The fuel tank finish blows me away.

Very nice. I like the interior.

Thank you Charlie. I am still working on the floor and the frame that supports it. About the optional paint on Ferraris and other cars like that, it is basically paying to tell the other guy with the same car in red, that your d*** is bigger than his. On the new Porsche 918 I believe the "liquid metal" paint option is closer to $100K. But everything is relative. Considering the 918 is a 2 million, percentage wise its paint option is cheaper than GM's. LOL

Thank you guys. Antonio, this is a nice Benz. I was thinking if that body would fit over the Tamiya chassis and interior. Then I could make a fully detailed one.

Now, THIS will be very interesting. I love wacky projects like this. This will never happen in real life and it makes it all that more enjoyable to see a model like that.

Thank you both guys. Today I did the floor in the back. First I started with laying down some strips to represent the sliders on the bed. Then made some designs from half round stock, which represent the little wheels sunk in hearses floors that "glide" the coffins in. These are going to be foiled together with the outer sliders. The finished floor will have the decoration from the Boothill Express' roof, but only four of them and some chrome hardware, which i haven't figured out yet. That's a pretty big and flat floor, so I thought it would need to be pretty strong (if it were 1:1) so I cut a bunch of small strips and sanded their edges (bottom one on picture)….. …..to make a floor that is "stamped" and reinforced.

Thank you Charlie. I believe that because of the components in it, you can't make less than 8 ounces from the color. So you need 8oz from the base coat and 8oz from the midcoat. I believe my buddy charged me about $70 for the two cans. It is difficult to fork with honestly. I have other Ferrari tri-coats and they are not such a pain. Their Giallo Tristrati is a $60 000 option on their cars. But it has a lot more to do with the "right to exclusivity" than with the paint itself. Here is a Giallo Tristrati California I made.

Here are some pictures. http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/02/ferrari-599-hy-kers-geneva-motor-show-2010/

Thank you Bradley. I love your signature. I decided to keep the headliner simple, but not plain. It will be all plain flat black.

+1 Something new every day. The roof on the Caddy is blinding.

Nice paint. Actually there was a 599 Ferrari painted in very similar color that Ferrari used to introduce their "green" HI-KERS system, which is basically a hybrid. It had no green inside, but it is always nice to spice things up a little.

Donald and Ron, thanks guys. This was supposed to be a simple build just for fun to exercise an idea. But it got a life of his own now. I have been thinking paint for the last three days, but I can't do it, until all the parts that need to be painted are ready. So I started on the hoods. I have made Deuce models in the past where I glued the side hood on and left the top one loose. Or I had the side hoods glued to the top one so they could be taken off together. The last detailed Deuce I made had custom hoods that were all left loose and they just fitted on and held up pretty good. However here the situation is a little different. The hoods need to be on for the model to look right. But then it would be nice to see the engine. So the solution was to hinge the top hood and to make the side hoods detachable. But then I wanted to have everything look really clean with or without the side hoods. So I knew I needed a "frame". 1:1 rods have it too for the same reasons. So I made a piece from 0.80 x 0.80 square rod for the driver side. This also connects the grille to the firewall without the use of the center rod provided in the kit. Keeps things cleaner and stronger. This gives a mounting place for the side hoods and as it sits right on their upper edge, it is almost invisible with the side hood on. It also gives a resting surface for the top hood when the side hood is off, but is also is invisible, as it blends with the top hood. Now, on the other side things get interesting. To make things look even, I made the hinge from the thinnest aluminum hollow rod that I know of, which is 0.50 with brassrod inside that feels like a hair, but it is stiff enough when short. The hinge was then glued to a 0.40 x 0.40 square rod. So when painted both sides of the frame are going to look the same size with only 0.10 difference. When mounted, the hinge is under the plastic rod, which when painted will look like just one piece. When the side hood is on it is absolutely invisible. The cool part is that without the side hood it is also almost invisible, as it blends with the top hood Even when the hood is open without side hood it is still pretty invisible. And it still provides a mounting point for the side hood. To make the hinges as out of site as possible, I had to put them at the very ends on the hood, but the front interferes with the radiator. and the rear with the firewall, so they had to go under weird angles. I don't like visible hinges anyway, but this was just one more reason to do something cool with the hood to hide the hinges. So I made a support brace with some holes in it. I think it will look cool once everything is evened, sanded and painted. Thanks for looking

Thank you guys. Just like with the Alumacoupe, I am waiting to do the clear coats on three models together.

I am sorry I don't have progress shots on this, but I am waiting to clear coat it together with two other models. I try to have as little time around polyurethane as possible.

Thank you guys. William, this is good to know. I had no idea the Koenig Countach was available in 1:24. And fully detailed, non the less. I definitely need to find me one.

Stan , Vince, Thank you both. Today - some of my favorite: Interior work. Everything is kept rather simple. It is a hearse after all. The very dark red is actually automotive interior die by SEM and it looks and feels like leather. The color is NAPA. Everything else is black. However there are parts in gloss, semi-gloss and flat black. Black flocking on the floor and a pair of simple photoetched pedals, which match the center of the steering wheel. The dash is semi-gloss black, the steering column gloss black and the steering wheel flat black. This way everything "separates" under the limited lighting in the finished model. Gauge panel is etched with black faces with red numerals. Steering wheel spokes and dash vents are also etched. I also added an AC control panel under the dash, which is……….black. To spice things up a little, I cut a little piece of 1mm sheet styrene and wrapped it in very thin piece styrene to form a book. I filed roughly its edges to give it a slightly used look. The cover received semi-gloss black and the pages got a mix of gold and white for a fancy-but-used look. A gold cross on the cover and gloss letters made it THE Book. Now the driver can really claim "God is my co-pilot", which I have seen on quite a few bumper stickers. Now I just need to touch up the seats and finish my headliner and I can turn my full attention to finishing the body.