Modlbldr Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) I just finished this one this morning. It's been another of my on again, off again projects. I have several in the works. This one, however has taken only a few months. By my calculations I should be able to get another project finished by the end of this year. Banner year for me! I really like how the wheels turned out. Added narrow and deep aluminum sleeves that my Buddy, Mike Flynn gave me. Thanks again Mike! Later- Edited November 17, 2015 by Modlbldr
wayne swayze Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Looks very nice. The wheels are quite nice as well! I have one on my "future projects" shelf that I hopefully will get to this winter.
Cardz Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Very nice. Old, new, patina, perfect mix here.
Sixties Sam Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Very nice! I like the weathering and the wheels are very nice. Great work!Sam
bbowser Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Very nice. Old, new, patina, perfect mix here.X2, great model.
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Very nice. Old, new, patina, perfect mix here.I agree. The wheel treatment works well too. At first glance I thought they were whitewalls, but after I saw the underside shot with the wide meats, I went back and actually looked at the wheels, and saw what you'd done. Nice indeed.
horsepower Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Nice, you give me the idea to do like some of the full size builders are doing, paint the sleeves white to look like whitewall tires
Spex84 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Great patina! There's a panel truck similar to this in my home town, albeit with stock wheels and tires. Also has great patina with a clearcoat on top."paint the sleeves white to look like whitewall tires"...In 2002, I started to wonder why no-one had created a billet wheel with a wide rim that could be painted black/white, so that a low-profile tire mounted on the wheels would just look like a vintage bias-ply but offer modern performance and handling. I've never heard of anyone doing such a thing in 1:1, but painting deep sleeves white is getting pretty close!
Spex84 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Whooooa, I just googled "whitewall rims" and somebody finally created them! A company called GI performance.
Modlbldr Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 Thanks for all the nice comments guys. The weathering on this one didn't quite turn out as I had planned but, for my shelf it'll work. I never thought of painting the rims white. That may be something to try on the next one.Later-
DumpyDan Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Well done, I found this a tuff truck to figure out what to do with, I started one like 5 years ago anyway. You have done this a great justices.
Modlbldr Posted November 20, 2015 Author Posted November 20, 2015 Thanks again guys. I enjoyed most of it. Had problems getting the firewall to fit in place. I believe that it is sitting too far back but couldn't get it to move forward for anything.Later-
1930fordpickup Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 This is sweet. I like what you did with the rims.
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