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I'm glad to see you're back on this build. You mentioned the hood fitment, and you may have already set what you're going to do there, but as I recall the 1:1 Chevy hoods had a different alignment between the back edge of the hood and cowl just above the front fender. The kit has the back edge of the hood coming to a point at the corner where the hood, cowl, and fender all meet. I think this may be wrong. On the 1:1 the hood ends in a much straighter up and down line instead of a point. As I recall the hood meets the front door edge and covers the cowl in that area above the fender. If you google the '49 thru '52 Chevrolet you can see in the pictures what I mean. The back edge of the hood follows the door opening from the fender to the top of the cowl. Most would never notice this but I'm one of the fly ### in the pepper guys and have owned a '51 many many years ago.

Poor Edsel, the car and the man. Neither ever got the respect they deserved. I enjoy looking at all of the old styling prototypes that others have shared. While it is remarkable that so many cars from different manufactures have such a great resemblance to one another I think that one reason may have to do with the design staffs. In the past and even in the present we hear about the heads of design moving from one company to another, and I'm sure that has an influence on design, but the designers that are basic staff or say midrange designers move around also and that is never mentioned. Say a designer working with company A is laid off or leaves for a better paying position at company B, would it not be normal for this person to bring some of the styling features with them ?

Looking at the picture of Fat Brian's Monster Truck reminded me of the days when all we had was some Testers Chrome Silver in a bottle. First off nothing bad to say about the Monster Truck because it looks very nice. What I was shown by others to do when painting the chrome trim like drip rails and side moldings and such was to lightly score either side of the edge of the object you are trying to paint. This is only a very light line, only enough to stop the flow of the paint from running out onto the body surface. This worked well all those years ago and I still do this sometimes when painting fine details such as interiors and chassis. I haven't tried it with the Pen, but it would seem to work the same way.

There is a fine line between being cheap and being thrifty. I know many here and elsewhere that are thrifty, but I don't think anyone here is cheap enough to steal .

I would be very cautious how and were in the Marijuana you invest, but I agree the possibilities are great for the medical side for sure. I think that some day the recreational side will be treated much like Alcohol and taxed and users will have to meet the same regulations as Alcohol. I have heard that people generally behave better when High than when Drunk. So that could also be a benefit.

I can see the fun part from a youngsters prospective, but it really is bad form on this one. They have a lot of blow-up slides that you can rent that they might even relate too.

Looks interesting. Standard answer is paint some picnic spoons and see for your self.

Ya you just know the hinges would be worn out by this point. I like what you're doing, but it hurts, I love the '49 thru '51 Fords and have owned a few thru the years.

Very impressive looking build. I like the bed wood, I remember old trucks that got worked to death and that is what the wood slates often looked like. I have even seen where the wood dry rotted all the way thru in places. The finish on the body looks very much like a truck that has spent it's entire life setting in the elements.

Rather than respray the body Red, use some triple 0 steel wool and lightly go over the body. Do a little rust around the holes then spray everything with flat clear. The same with the tires, just spray them with flat clear and from arms length so you get a very rough finish like a well worn tire. You should collapse the suspension on at least one corner. You're going to leave that door hanging open aren't you ?

I'm still trying to learn the in and outs of the Molotow pen. I'm not ready to use it instead of chrome foil and I may never get there. The pen has done wonders for me on small detailing and works better for small trim parts on the interior and dash. I see many other builders here who are doing remarkable trim detailing with it, but it will be like anything else where you just have to work on it and it will come in time.

This has been a problem for years, and I think this is one of the reasons the manufactures started shrink wrapping kits. I remember when they only had a small strip of tape on each side of the kit boxes on the shelf. Any time I found one of these that had been broken into I would verify with the cashier that everything was in there before I would buy the kit. You don't think of these things when you're not the type of person who would do that.

To my mind it's the little details of this nature that really bring a model to life. Again, great looking model .

Now that you mentioned it I do remember the AWD Astro Vans, in fact my brother -in-law has one. That was a much more conventional drive system in that there was now body lift. As I recall he was getting a one or two year old model in the 1990's. The reason I mentioned the NAPCO conversion was that working at a Chevrolet dealership we got a few in in the late '70's.

That would be really hard to get in and out of with or without a hat. A little story on Dan Blocker. In the mid 1960's I worked at a Union 76 station in Blur Jay Ca. This is right next to Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino National Forest. Many Hollywood types would show up to get gas or something done to their cars just like anybody else. In '65 Chevrolet gave Dan a Chevelle 396 SS to drive since they also sponsored the Pondarosa TV series. So Dan pulls up to the pumps to get gas. He opens the door and leans out and supports himself with his left hand on the ground and his right arm comes out and he grabs the roof. Then he slowly climbs out of the car and stands up. He was a very large man to say the least. We were all laughing and Dan's comment was that while he liked the car he said it was more like he wore it than drove it. Besides being one of the nicest guy you could ever meet he had a great sense of humor.

I will be holding your son and your family in prayer.

Hopefully someone takes their camera along.

I have stopped using my dehydrator all together. Used to work fine for drying paint, but I think with age the thermostat went south on it. The last straw for me was when it turned the front seats from an early AMT '57 Chevy kit into lawn chairs.

Looks like a fun build, I like the rear bumper idea.

REALLY ??? In todays politically correct world they pulled this off ??

I like this a lot better than the stock cab. How was the resin cab to work with ? I like the color and the stance.

Many years ago, when this would have been a new car, I had a lady friend that was just sure I should buy her this or a Fiat Spyder. I choose to do neither and got rid of her also.

That is exactly how I remember the Tri-fives looking.

Great looking build. You did a lot of extra paint detailing here and there that goes a long way to capture the look of the real car. Many do not realize that the area under the front bumper as painted Chevrolet's Argent Silver. My 1:1 was Danube Blue with Black Buckets. Thanks for the memories looking at your model.

Very nicely done. This looks like it could be the model for the "box art" for the kit. I also noticed the one picture with Billy's '49 Ford coupe. I always liked that one the best of all his cars.