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Thank you for the information, I'll have to try it. By the way I like your '50 Ford in your icon. Thank you for the additional information. I'll print my 40% off coupon and go check it out. I'm so cheep.

Thank you for the info. I'll have to see just how hard it is to get her. I remember your Taxi build. this ever get finished ?

Your description of the changes are what I sort of thought they would be. Most Promos I've seen aren't this elaborately detailed. I think your additions definitely make the appearance of this truck.

The "Shenanigans" reference, at least in the family I grew up in was a term that came from my Grandmother. The term wasn't implying that you were doing anything completely wrong, but you might be up to some sort of mischief, another very old term. Anyway you mentioned some ideas for the rear including a roll pan. Look no further than the '49 Ford kit and it may even be in this one also, I just don't remember if it was included in the convertible kit. The roll pan in these kits would completely eliminate the rear bumper since that is the main reason for such an item. This has provisions for the rear license plate and it flows perfectly to the rear quarter panels. This will leave you with a completely blank trunk lid. A pinstriping decal may in order based on the era styling, or a cartoon type picture, think of a WWII Bomber Nose Art type thing. It was pretty common for some to name their cars or reference a piece of music they liked. Many just left it blank so there're many options there. Since your smoothing the appearance of the body you might consider removing the trunk lid hinges. The '49 & '50 Fords had the exposed hinges which were eliminated on the '51 models. This was another popular body mod. that was often used since you could go to the junk yard and get the parts off of a wrecked '51 or even the whole trunk lid and the parts that would be mounted under the area behind the rear window.

I used to have a couple of his air brushed sweat shirts that he'd sell at car shows in SoCal way back when.

Sorry to here of his passing. Man that clip really brings back memories. I guess non of us are getting out of here alive.

My wife has a real thing about not getting Flu shots or any others for that matter. She just started in a new office a couple of weeks age and one of the other ladies had a really bad Cold but kept working. So now everyone else in the office is sick with a nasty Cold and some think the Flu. I haven't had any Flu shots that I can even remember and only got sick once about 10 years ago with the Flu. I just take a couple of extra vitamin C's every morning and stay clear of anyone coughing and sneezing.

Massive display and such a wide verity of subjects. Thank you so much for sharing your photos.

This looks great. I'm not familiar with this Promo so i'm not sure what all you have added, but I like the toll box and the running boards. With the notched tail gate it looks like it's set up to tow a 5th wheel trailer. Very manly looking pick up.

Great looking build. Just the right amount of distressing on the paint and body. I don't often see this kit built with this option and I think that's to bad since it really lends it's self to be built this way. Some think the Boom is to thick and clunky. Look at pictures of the 1:1 setups used in the mid to late '30's and that's kind of how they were then. The figure and its attire add to the overall look also.

The headers along with several other parts were in the initial 3in1 AMT '66 Impala SS kit also. They are a copy of what GM provided to the NASCAR teams starting with the '63 Impala "Mystery Motor" race cars. They were cast iron as I understand.

What brand of color shifting paint did you use ?

"Shinny Red Super Stock Dodge" Your build is look'n good. I like your colors for the interior and the engine and chassis detail is great.

"Shenanigans" ? This remark brought a smile to my face remembering all of the times in my misspent youth being asked what type of "Shenanigans" I had been up to. As for the front bumper mounting area, that isn't pretty but it was the way Ford did it at the time and part of the function was to force incoming air toward the radiator. In some cases I have used the styling option from the '49 Ford kit. This was designed to eliminate the center hump in the grill and the hood. This was a popular custom touch of the time on 1:1 cars. The lower part was designed to eliminate the front bumper but with a little modification you can still use the front bumper if desired. One of the kits I think offered a grill option of a floating bar ala '50's Plymouth style. Of course one of the more popular ideas was either a '54 Pontiac or a Chevrolet grill bar. What are you considering for the rear trunk and bumper portion ?

Sorry I didn't stop to think of those who aren't as blessed with a real store that can provide for their needs. In this I'm truly fortunate to have a great Hobby Shop a short drive away as well as a Hobby Lobby and a Michel's store. Yes I'm spoiled.

I have been fighting "Builders Block" for a time. The last two builds get about 3/4 done and I seem to lose interest. This morning I started digging thru the stash for parts for something I've wanted to do for some time. I'm starting with the Revell '50 Olds kit as a bases. I'm going to build a fairly close version of a '50 Oldsmobile California Highway Patrol car. I have an old decal set from Chimneyville Hobbies for the main CHP door decals. I also robbed some Decals and Radio Equipment and Lights from the '57 Ford Wagon and the Mustang coupe issued a couple of years ago. Been looking on line most of the morning for pictures of the real cars used by the CHP from that era. This weekend I'm going to start this, after impending snow blower and shoveling duties and of course the victories Chefs game on Sunday afternoon.

I like the look of the fender flairs. Was this part of the kit or is it something you added ? I would like to get a set.

This is a great example of why I prefer shopping at "Brick and Mortar" stores. This is not an isolated internet sales problem.

I think the problem you have mentioned with the decals has to do with applying them over a dark colored paint. In the past I have either applied a second set of white decals but have found that the best results can be had with painting the stripes instead. The paint would actually be thinner than two sets of decals. Your build still looks great and I like your color choices.

That's how I've built most of my models for years. As for your decal issue that is the way I would do it. Now I'm sure there will be others with variations in this idea. This shouldn't be very difficult to do when apply the foil. Like so many others I will foil one section of the trim at a time. I would foil the fender and stop at the door and end the foil application. Then do the same on the door and then the rear quarter panel. The gape between body panels are not foiled and with a light application of darkened body color around the door opening it looks more realistic. This is also an easier way to apply foil than trying to do the entire side of the body and uses less foil.

Great looking Ranchero. You mentioned this kit getting slammed here. I think the only major issue would be the duel gas caps, one in each rear quarter panel. A minor error on the part of Trumpeter but very easily corrected. Your paint work looks very nice and clean along with the trim.

Very cleanly built with great looking paint work as well as the interior.

The paint treatment on the roof looks great. I like watching the intricate masking and different colors used.

Looks like you already have the engine going together well. You had mentioned your concern with acracy, perhaps a Google search would help with some images of the 1:1 car. I built a model of the teams 510 car they raced early on and found several images on Google that helped. Another thing to remember is your building a model of a car built for competition and by nature some of the features and configurations change from one venue to the next so who is to say what you build is dead on accurate. I look forward to seeing your build.

From your overhead picture I can really see the difference in the width of the windshield area and the convertible top. I never realized it was this great of a difference. The one I built was with the chopped hardtop and I don't remember having any problems in this area. The same photo shows how the rear edge of the hood doesn't align well with the cowl edge. This has always been a minor and often overlooked issue with both the '49 and the '50 kits. The simple correction, or at least what I have done, is to shape the rear edge of the hood between the center line and the passenger side of the body. Now that you have modified the cowl area this might not even matter anymore. I like how you redid your headlights also.