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Almost got one truck finished for Derby City Shootout on Saturday. I still have some minor things to finish such as bumpers, mirrors, and tail lights. I ran out of time on the red truck. I am going to finish it for another show August 15th.

Here's another update on my builds. I have a contest next weekend some I am really gonna have to get after it and finish these up. I decided to LS swap the blue truck. I decided to give the LS a classic look with the script valve covers. I'll just relocate the coil packs to the firewall. The beds are going back in paint tonight.

Wow, the truck turned out great!

Awesome job on the camper top. The weathering looks really good also. This thing would look so sweet laying frame.

Steven Zimmerman made both sets of wheels. He sells them on Facebook.

Finally got back on these trucks. Had a big set back, got my beds assembled and realized I forgot to spray the hair spray under the body color. So the beds are coming back apart and in the stripper to be repainted. Whats everyones thoughts on the roof rack? I tried out some door lettering last night and I am very pleased with it. Shelby City is the old part of my town that doesnt really exist anymore. I thought it fit the idea of an old speed shop so the name stuck. I've had a big obsession with old motorcycles here lately so that's where I came up with the idea.

The truck looks great!

Should have some pictures by the end of the weekend. Haven't worked on them for a while but I am back at it.

Looking great!

Here are the cabs after the method I have been describing. After getting them out of paint and letting them dry for a day or two the first thing I usually do is scuff the paint with some sand paper. I usually go over the whole body and sand heavier on the areas where I want rust to show through. The reason for that is because the paint is to thick for the water to penetrate. That's why it works best with an air brush cause you have a lot more control than your typical spray can. Once you apply water to the paint it will start to bubble as the hairspray dissolves. Then I just use a stiff brush to chip away the paint. Its a pretty simple process and I like look I can achieve with it. I still need to add a wash and some weathering powders to the cabs but that will come later. On the red truck I will try and get some better pictures of the body. My phones camera just doesn't show the true color of the red. Here's the interior for the blue truck. The pinstriping has kinda been a signature thing for me on my last few trucks so I figured I would do it again. On the shifter I built it to resemble my shifter in my 1:1. I carved out a boot and surfboard from square stock. The surfboard is supposed to be like a landshark lager beer tap.

I used aerosol. I'll have some more pictures tomorrow since I have access to a computer. My home computer is broke currently. I about have the interiors finished. I got the cabs mostly weathered so you guys can see the results of this method.

I'll get my official entry posted later today but I finally decided on building the 77 gmc plow truck. My plans are to convert everything to 2wd and engine swap. It'll probably receive a turbo ls1.

Any updates on this?

Here is my painting process, I actually seen this method in scale auto mag. Its meant to be done with an air brush but I don't have one so I am making it work with what I have. First I primer my body as I would with any typical paint job. After I apply tamiya hull red as a rusty base in any area I see that I might add rust. Next I apply testors flat rust. I dont just brush it on like I do the tamiya hull red. I kinda dry brush it so its not a full solid coat. After those two layer you can add in any other color you see fit. As you can see on one of mine I decided to add a little white. Its not pictured but after you are done with that I spray a couple layers of hairspray. The reason for this is because after you spray your body color you can apply water to the area you want the other colors to show through and it will dissolve the hair spray. That allows you to chip the paint so the other colors show through with a more natural look. Once I get my body color sprayed I will take some more pictures to show the process a little better.

Well when I started these trucks they were intended to be some what of a curbside. Thats why the suspension is so simple. However I decided to put engines in them so now to keep the simple suspension I am trying to disguise it as a more realistic suspension. This is mainly for judging purposes as shows. From what I've learned it seems the judges don't look for exact accuracy just as long as the parts are there and it looks somewhat right. Also for anyone wondering, the wheels are from Steven Zimmerman. Some of the nicest wheels out there in my opinion. My inner fenders will hide the tubing attaching the wheel to the frame. So when finished everything will appear correct.

Nice Blair, just as sick as always! I'll have some more pictures up tomorrow.

Thanks for the replies. I looked around and had no luck. Those large scale ones are neat I was just seeing if there was anything out there for a dio I have planned. I may just try and scratch build a frame and tank. A complete bike would be nice but it ought to be enough to get by.

I'm working on two 1950 chevy pickups. I built one a couple years ago and had a lot of success at shows with my last one so I figured I would build a few more. I'm going with the rusty patina finish on both of these. These pictures are a couple weeks old. I actually started painting these yesterday. I'll have more pictures soon and a little tutorial on how I achieve my rusty finish.

I have to say your idea using the caddy is pretty good.

Does anyone make 1/25 pre 1915 motorcycles?

I just thought you had bent it anyways until you said you cut it. Looks really good. I like what you did with the bags. Pretty good idea, it looks like a deflated bag.

When you tried to bend the styrene was it square tubing or square stock? I know the tubing wont hold its form but I've heated and bent the square stock and had pretty good luck. I've seen a few guys on facebook do it too.

Thats a good looking 60 you built. On that 58/59 does that say Hales Speed Shop? I can barely see it but if so they build some pretty nice stuff. They built a green 69 c10 that I really like.

I love seeing your builds. You always have some cool patina rides.

I love patina trucks. Looks like you got a pretty good start.