1957 Ford Squire wagon

[ATHU]

Fantastic looking wagon, superb job!!

[Matt T.]

Too kool! Love that lumber look. Nice job. 

[THEFATTDAWG]

very cool car    

[Bob Ellis]

On 9/6/2021 at 2:46 PM, Classicgas said:

Well done,  one big problem though.  Hood is hinged  on the wrong end. 57-59 Fords had forward opening hoods.

So nicely built that I didn't even see the hood hinges in the back.

[Dave Darby]

Man, that's gorgeous!

[Kromolly]

Wow!  Gorgeous wagon.  Excellent work

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Really sharp

 

[TooOld]

All that wood must have been a real bear to paint but you did an excellent job ! 

[carbuilder1950]

6 hours ago, TooOld said:

All that wood must have been a real bear to paint but you did an excellent job ! 

@TooOld

The taping was the real challenge, for the 2 coats of the lighter color of the light wood trim, before the wood grain was applied by hand.

First wood grain effort. Not sure I'd do it again?. It took days, and one tiny mistake would have ruined it all.

I wouldn't call it skill, as much as dumb luck ?.

[Sledsel]

Fantastic. I love the wood grain.

Obviously based off the old Revell wagon and not the crappy Del Rio.

[carbuilder1950]

1 hour ago, Sledsel said:

Fantastic. I love the wood grain.

Obviously based off the old Revell wagon and not the crappy Del Rio.

@Sledsel Thank you.

Your not the first one to say that about it possible being from the Revell wagon, so I'm sure your re right.

Jimmy Flintstone did a beautiful Job making the body useable, and as having more than a couple of his bodies, I'd say from all the bodies I have purchased from him, this is one of his nicest that I have, but

His 4 door standard wagon is just as nice, if not even nicer. It's still waiting for some love in it's original box. I love resin as well as the plastic kits.

Edited September 10, 2021 by carbuilder1950

[PappyD340]

Beautiful wagon!

[Lowlife ! !]

 

Fantastic looking Wagon, great paint, detail , everything !

I may be mistaken, but the only guy I know that builds wagons this cool also has a thing for hugging trees !

Am I right ?

[Maindrian Pace]

Fantastic looking Squire. Having worked on a number of '57 Fords, there have been many times that I have wished that they had standard forward opening hoods. Access with the reverse hoods can be a real pain, I usually have to remove them and set them aside.

[carbuilder1950]

1 hour ago, Lowlife ! ! said:

 

Fantastic looking Wagon, great paint, detail , everything !

I may be mistaken, but the only guy I know that builds wagons this cool also has a thing for hugging trees !

Am I right ?

@Lowlife ! !

Shhhhh!!

I'm undercover.

That's supposed to be a seekwut ?.

[carrucha]

Cool wagon.  Nice engine detailing.

[slusher]

Beautifully done..

[Tom Kren]

On 9/6/2021 at 10:18 AM, carbuilder1950 said:

This is a Jimmy Flintstone body that was very nice. Very little clean up, and all the chrome fit really nice.

I opened the hood, and gave it some hinges, and used a donor 1957 ford kit to complete it.

Woodgrain was a challenging process, but fun.

Great job!

[Sledsel]

On 9/10/2021 at 7:04 PM, carbuilder1950 said:

@Sledsel Thank you.

Your not the first one to say that about it possible being from the Revell wagon, so I'm sure your re right.

Jimmy Flintstone did a beautiful Job making the body useable, and as having more than a couple of his bodies, I'd say from all the bodies I have purchased from him, this is one of his nicest that I have, but

His 4 door standard wagon is just as nice, if not even nicer. It's still waiting for some love in it's original box. I love resin as well as the plastic kits.

Just by looking at it, the body flaws from the Del Rio (and Custom kit) are not there.

Beautiful build 

 

[Oldcarfan27]

On 9/7/2021 at 12:14 PM, webestang said:

Absolutely amazing build! You "nailed" that woodgrain. 

Nailed- Woodgrain. I get it!!!