Modelbuilder Mark

Looking forward to where you will be taking this one

showing a bit of my gasser ignorance here, but with such a tight tolerance around that rear tire, how does it not rub when that wheel starts to spin and the tire expands?

I do not believe I have ever seem one of those in person. cool!

Very nice indeed! I have liked that body style for as long as I can remember it.

Happy birthday!

Mine arrived today.

Perfect amount of grit and grime for a functional shop. Splendid!

Very nice! Did you use pigment powders to get some of the texture in the rust? And, hard for me to be sure, but it looks like you "dented" it a little in the rust on the left side. very good looking.

Nice clean build, by Dad owned a '49 (in the 50's) and the again from the mid 70's until about 10 years ago when he gave it to my younger brother. I think he is planning on rebuilding it someday.

What a cool project!

looking good!

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the kind comments.

On a roll Tom, that looks great!

Great looking mode, not sure how I missed it.

Very good looking model Tom !

For those that did not follow (albeit not a great one to follow due to slow progress and lack of updates) I present my '32 Ford Pickup. This was inspired by Alexander Brothers' Grasshopper, and was not meant to be a replica. I started with the not so good Lindberg '32, and used bits and pieces from various sources such as a modified suspension from Ala-Kart to include more realistic airbags, Pegasus wheels, 29 Ford bed, Flathead from the 50 Ford pickup, and scratch bits and pieces such as the oil filter and gas tank. This model was picked up and dropped on a concrete floor by my grandson before final assembly so there is a hairline crack in the body/paint on the lower front corner of the driver side, but you almost cannot see it once on the frame. I am just glad that is all that happened because it could have been so much worse. I just finished it up early Sat morning in time for the Modelzona in Phoenix. Sanded off the molded in texture on the roof, Scalefinishes Peterbilt Green. Most all of the chrome is Alclad except the tread-plate in the bed which is foil.

Good looking wheels, cool project so far

Amazing as always.

Great looking slammer

cool, lmk when you post pics

trying to resend pictures

Alrighty then! I am calling this one done. I am going to try and get a few hours sleep before I have to get up for Modelzona, but the headlights and gas tank have to dry/set, then I will give it one more polishing in the morning and take some daylight pictures and head out to the show.

But I am not even talking about photobucket. I am talking about what used to be the "members gallery" here on the forum. There are no images there any longer as well. Here is a screen capture. It looks like the data is supposed to be there for the pics, but nothing.Unless, maybe they have deleted the gallery function. Harry or another Mod would probably know the answer to that one.