FINISHED!!! My Sons Xmas Challenge-Woodys, Vetteboat & Mustang Trailer

[Nosferatu]

This was previously in the WIP area.

My son gave me 3 gluebombs for Xmas that he got off of Ebay and challenged me to build a model out of all three. They were a 1929 Ford Woodys a 1960 Corvette and a 1975 Mustang. The Mustang was in the worst condition.

I didn’t have the heart to cut up the Woodys so I made it into the tow car with a surfing theme. The Corvette I am making into a speed boat and the Mustang I am making in to the trailer.

The Woodys didn’t come with doors so I left them out. I added wheels, tires and an engine from the parts box. I had some old mahogany veneer so I incorporated it into the side panels and grained the light wood frames. I hand made the anchor which took two hours) and chromed it then placed it in the spare tire holder on the fender. The surf boards are both scratched built. I wanted a different look for the interior so I hand painted the seats in a Zebra pattern.

The Vette will be the speed boat. I narrowed it about 1/4 “ and added the rear fin. I also scratch built  the points on the front and the pontoons. Then I cut off the windshield and filled in the wheel wells. I reformed and added a hood from a 1967 Vette. For the interior I used parts of the seating from the Predicta, the dash from a ’55 Porsche and scratch built the rest.

The Stang has been a challenge. It was covered in heavy hand painted black on top of a couple other colors and also heavily glued. I cut off the roof and cut off the sides. I added an inner wall to the sides and used the bottom curved piece of rear chassis from the Garbage Truck for the front end. I had to widen the body in order to fit the Vetteboat in. I also hinged the rear for the tailgate. I needed to keep the indentation on the side panel to show it is from a Mustang, but also extended it to insert some of the mahogany wood veneer, I added old fenders and scratch built running boards to bring it together with the Woodys. I then built the frame and inside spot for the boat to sit. the taillights were so glued and melted that I had to scratch build some.

My apologies for the dust on the models in the pics. I cleaned them several times but with the low humidity and the Arizona dust it still shows.

I have invested about 106 hours in this project.

Woodys – 29

Vetteboat – 38

Mustang Trailer - 39

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

Dave

Woodys:

Mustang Trailer:

 

Vetteboat:

 

All together:

[ea0863]

Fantastic creativity, and a great way to repurpose so old models! I hope your son was duly impressed  

[oldscool]

Looks like George Barris ate some magic mushrooms ?

[charger74]

Thats just so cool ????

[PappyD340]

Pretty cool!

[Joe Lange]

Super job David!   However, I'd hate to be the one who has to 'drive' the Vette up on the trailer.  That's a TIGHT fit!

[FLHCAHZ]

Those came out great!

[David G.]

What a cool way to throw them all together!

I especially like the Safari style Woody.

David G.

[Nosferatu]

14 hours ago, ea0863 said:

Fantastic creativity, and a great way to repurpose so old models! I hope your son was duly impressed  

My son was very impressed! He is working on next Xmas' challenge.

[Nosferatu]

Thanks to all for your kind comments!

Dave

[spencer1984]

Cool rig, that looks great!

[conchan]

Cool! Great job.

 

[Oldcarfan27]

That's the way to do it.

Take three junk heaps and make one good scene.

That's "repurposing" in it's purest sense!

I'd say, the Challenge was not only met, but exceeded!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Kool! Really dig the Mustang II trailer. Great idea!

[slusher]

Awesome combination of customs!