The iconic Orange Crate

[Truckdriver]

Well after 50 years of trying to complete this model, I have finally completed an Orange Crate model. Back in 1973 my father bought me this kit to keep me busy on our vacation in L.A. California. He asked me what I wanted, and this kit was it. So he purchased this along with a tube of glue. After multiple attempts and 3 other kits, I've finally succeeded at completion of my 'Holy Grail' kit.

Its not perfect by no means, but everything works.

Thanks for looking.

[Craig Irwin]

Looks like you won!

[bondo bill]

sharp build

[Force]

Njce
It's a hard kit to build.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Zippi]

That orange looks so good on this build.  Nice job.  Looks Great.

[PappyD340]

Super nice build, well done!

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

I remember when the kit came out in the 60's.

Beautiful box art. Looked beyond my abilities. 

Congrats.

[Joe Nunes]

Looks good!  Always thought the car had the right "attitude". 

Joe

[Dragline]

Revell's toughest kit by far.

You did a wonderful job and it is meticulous in its construction. I would be proud to display such a nodel.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Awesome build.

Purchased the kit this past year and have it in the stash for another run...maybe 45 years since I first destroyed it?

[Bills72sj]

I like what you have done with it.

[iBorg]

Looks great.

 

[Tortuga Kustomz]

Very cool project

[Straightliner59]

Excellent job on a difficult kit. Congratulations!

[Richard Bartrop]

You did a great job on a challenging kit.

[Dan Hay]

You did a fantastic job because that’s not an easy kit to build! I have one that I parted out to other projects because it was difficult.

[Bainford]

Just beautiful, David. Such nice, clean work on such a challenging kit. Excellent!

 

[Truckdriver]

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments on this milestone build for me. One of the most important things I noticed on my previous attempts was the rear ride height was too wide and high. So I narrowed the rear end and lowered the rear spring so it would look more realistic. Also I custom mixed the orange paint to look closer to the box art.

Again thank you for looking!

[gseeds]

Such a cool model , yours looks great ! 

[Smitty]

Persistence has certainly paid off for you on this one. You’ve done an excellent job on it. All the various finishes are working very well. I have this one in my stash as well and I hope it turns out as nice as yours. Especially that gorgeous orange paint job!

[Speedpro]

Very nice! Super clean work.

[restoman]

Very very nice!

I don't know if I'll ever get to building mine, but I hope it turns out somewhere close to the level of work you've done here.

[thatz4u]

well done..

[carrucha]

Looks good.  Congratulations on finally finishing it.