Pat Minarick Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Number two for 2020. All brush painted , Built out of box, if I ever build this kit again I'll only use the body . Didn't really care for this kit.
Lunajammer Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Great looking model. Love the wood. Can't hardly go wrong with these old woodies.
espo Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Your weathering technique is very realistic looking. I'm a shinny builder, but I appreciate those who can put a finish like this on a build. You mentioned you didn't like the kit except for the body. I'm wanting to build a '41 in the near future and would appreciate knowing what you found about the kit that you didn't like.
Pat Minarick Posted March 2, 2020 Author Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, espo said: Your weathering technique is very realistic looking. I'm a shinny builder, but I appreciate those who can put a finish like this on a build. You mentioned you didn't like the kit except for the body. I'm wanting to build a '41 in the near future and would appreciate knowing what you found about the kit that you didn't like. Thank David.. It's not really that bad of a kit , I built it out of box . The interior panels and glass seam real think when everything it together.. The suspension is not the greatest, I lowered the front end over an eighth inch , the most I could without swapping parts . The radius rods are right next to the tires, they would not be able to steer . The rear suspension is made to let the exhaust fit. I think the fuel injection looks funny. And I don't think the firewall and inner fenders will fit without adding to them or moving the floor up, I built the Revell 48 Woody , it goes together slot better. Edited March 2, 2020 by Pat Minarick
Pat Minarick Posted March 2, 2020 Author Posted March 2, 2020 16 hours ago, Lunajammer said: Great looking model. Love the wood. Can't hardly go wrong with these old woodies. Thanks Mike .
Pat Minarick Posted March 2, 2020 Author Posted March 2, 2020 3 hours ago, PappyD340 said: Nice! Thanks Larry .
espo Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Pat Minarick said: Thank David.. It's not really that bad of a kit , I built it out of box . The interior panels and glass seam real think when everything it together.. The suspension is not the greatest, I lowered the front end over an eighth inch , the most I could without swapping parts . The radius rods are right next to the tires, they would not be able to steer . The rear suspension is made to let the exhaust fit. I think the fuel injection looks funny. And I don't think the firewall and inner fenders will fit without adding to them or moving the floor up, I built the Revell 48 Woody , it goes together slot better. I have to agree with you on the '48 Woody. All of the '48s are great kits. The '41 Fords both 1:1 and the kits seem to have the nose going up hill toward the front. Thanks for the info, it doen't sound like anything that would keep me from building it.
Pat Minarick Posted March 2, 2020 Author Posted March 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, espo said: I have to agree with you on the '48 Woody. All of the '48s are great kits. The '41 Fords both 1:1 and the kits seem to have the nose going up hill toward the front. Thanks for the info, it doen't sound like anything that would keep me from building it. With some work it would be pretty nice . I built it out of box for a group build. I forgot about the hood , I took a lot off the front of the hood to get rid of that.
espo Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Pat Minarick said: With some work it would be pretty nice . I built it out of box for a group build. I forgot about the hood , I took a lot off the front of the hood to get rid of that. I've been thinking that I would have to Pancake cut the hood to get it down. I built a '48 Coupe a couple of years ago and wanted to lower the front end. I scratch built a dropped front axel and sunk the center spring mount in the frame. I should have split the wishbones since the front part of the frame is sitting on the wishbones. It's just plastic and it looks cool.
bbowser Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Great finish on both the metal and wood. Very convincing.
Pat Minarick Posted March 3, 2020 Author Posted March 3, 2020 2 hours ago, espo said: I've been thinking that I would have to Pancake cut the hood to get it down. I built a '48 Coupe a couple of years ago and wanted to lower the front end. I scratch built a dropped front axel and sunk the center spring mount in the frame. I should have split the wishbones since the front part of the frame is sitting on the wishbones. It's just plastic and it looks cool. I didn't want to put much time into this one , just removed off the bottom of the hood. I sunk and ground the spring real thin , would have used the axle from the Beer Wagon or Garbage Truck if it wasn't box stock . I put one under the 48 I built , it works great.
Pat Minarick Posted March 3, 2020 Author Posted March 3, 2020 23 minutes ago, bbowser said: Great finish on both the metal and wood. Very convincing. Thank you.
Pat Minarick Posted March 4, 2020 Author Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 8:59 PM, RAMBENNA said: looks really cool nice job Thank you.
Pat Minarick Posted March 13, 2020 Author Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 12:42 AM, slusher said: Fantastic weathering and wood treatment!! Thanks Carl.
Pat Minarick Posted March 13, 2020 Author Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 4:48 PM, carrucha said: Cool woody. Nice work replicating the wood work. Thank you.
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