Foreign Objects Import Auto Repair- WIP

[QbanFam]

Great work. Keep it up. I will be following.

[Chuck Most]

The shop truck is done- 

For many years, Carl had used a series of Datsun/Nissan pickups for his shop trucks. By 2010, though, his tattered old 720 was showing it's age and he was looking to get something newer. Since opening the shop, Carl had picked up a side business of locating, and sometimes importing, various classic vehicles from Japan, Europe... and on one occasion, Australia. A local man had been looking for a kei truck- such as a Subaru Sambar. Carl found the man his Sambar, but while chatting with the dealer, he'd mentioned a Scion XB that had been converted into a panel truck. Carl had always thought the XB resembled a small Chevy Astro, and thought that maybe a panel conversion would be an eye-catching shop vehicle. The dealer said he'd keep his eyes peeled. 

A few weeks later, the dealer called Carl up and said "It's not a panel, but it might strike your fancy". Upon opening the e-mail attachments, Carl realized he'd just found his new shop truck. The vehicle was a 2005 Scion XB that had been converted, not into a panel truck, but a pickup truck. The dealer told him that it did have a salvage title, and had been built by a car stereo shop in Nevada from a wreck, but the car ran and drove wonderfully and the conversion work looked to be of very good quality. And the price was certainly right. It pretty much looked the way it does now when Carl picked it up- later on he had a local sign shop do the lettering. 

Eventually this will be parked on the diorama... someplace... 

 

[Chuck Most]

Today I whipped up some work benches. On the left is the one from the new AMT accessories set, the other two are Fujimi. I added BMF to the tops, and after the Ford tractor blue paint had dried, the surface was roughed up and dusted with black weathering powder. The main bench was decorated with a metallic Subaru decal from Hobby Design. The clock is a decal from the same AMT accessories pack.

Edited May 6, 2019 by Chuck Most

[Gramps46]

Looking real good.  Paint over the BMF, then scratched, came out very well.

[Chuck Most]

Stuffed a few more details into my cramped little shop...