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I built this car about a year and a half ago, but it's never been an MCM WIP, or shown in the Under Glass section. A couple of MCM regulars asked me if I had a few more pictures to share, so I thought that a mini WIP would provide them with some added pics and info on the car. So, to begin, I started with Revell's excellent 1:25th 40 Ford kit. The first order of business was to give it a hair cut. I sliced some Tamiya 6mm tape in half to create some ~3mm strips. These were used to remove a consistent scale 3" from the roof pillars. After adding some length back into the roof panel, it looked like the fit was close enough to continue.Notice how the B pillars were removed just below the drip rail in a "T" section. This will allow the pillar to be aligned with the lower pillar in the fore-aft direction. Still no putty yet. At this point the plastic used to lengthen the roof panel was filed down and primed. The roof was then glued in place with some liquid styrene cement. Considering I haven't reached to putty stage yet, the roof was looking pretty good. Still no putty yet. A layer of sheet styrene was added at the C pillar to provide enough material to level the roof panel with the stub on the body.

This one made the trek with me across canada when I moved. Still have a couple things to finish up. Been thinking about weathering it and rusting it out. Custom grill and mexican seat blanket (made out of a napkin I colored) are my fav parts of this gem. more on that at a later date... holes in the rear quarter are for custom exhaust that I haven't finished yet.

Hey guys heres another build and just finished it a few minutes ago.The project started out as a 55 chevy pickup and then I custom made the rest of the build.Its not perfect but what rat rod is right.I was trying to figure out how to lower this panel on the front so decided to put the solid front axle over the leaf springs and not like original it would of been on the under side of the spring.I built up a big block chevy for this build to added some big wheels and disc brakes.I donèt know about you guys but I rarely ever use them big wheels on any build but this 55 was a great project for them.So here are the pics. First stage Body done and in primer Almost done in this pic Now done