60 Ford shop truck, tribute to honour Roger Hayes, “Plowboy”

[Steve H]

Hi folks,
As the title says, this is a tribute to honour Roger Hayes. He was my favourite builder on this site, and his passing really shocked me. Plowboy had an amazing eye for colour, detail, and was an extremely talented builder. His builds were often subtle both in colour, and modifications, almost always understated. If you are new(ish) here, do yourself a favour and search some of his work. His WIP’s always had lots of great tidbits, I learned a ton from him, and am a better builder because of him. I miss him here… RIP Roger, we miss you pal.

For my build, I wanted to incorporate a few of Roger’s builds, and meld them together into one.

I started with a 60 Ford P/U, converted it to a shortbox/uni-body, lowered it, tucked the bumpers, opened the grill, tapered the hood, removed the quarter windows, blacked out the trim, and added custom decals. There is a rubber bed liner in the box to protect the paint when hauling parts to the speed shop. 

The interior got bucket seats, a console with cup holders, dash was modified with new gauges and a nav screen, seat belts, arm rests, PE window cranks, and keys in the ignition. paint is Tamiya dull red, Roger’s favourite interior colour. 

Under the hood I added an engine from the Super Stallion Mustang, 3d printed battery, washer fluid jug and wiper motor, brake master cylinder, and some very basic wiring. 

Wheels and tires are from the Foose truck, disc brakes from Pegasus. 
 

Link to the build thread below which has more about the build, but more importantly some links to Roger’s incredible work. 

The first 5 photos are of Plowboy’s work, and my inspiration. I wanted the “look” of his 49 Merc, the subject matter of the 60 Ford P/U, engine from the 62, the uni-body style of the 63 P/U, and wanted to include the colour of the Taurus. (Tailgate letters)

 

The shop truck… colour is pearl white, with one coat of pearl clear, followed by matte clear 

 

As always, thanks for looking, and all comments welcome. A big thank you to all of you that followed along on the WIP, and took the time to comment, and share your stories, and favourite builds of Plowboy’s. Probably my most enjoyable build thread. Really cool to know how many of you/us were inspired by him. His legacy lives on. Also want to mention Chuck Most, and Al Rich (thatz4you)  who both did tribute builds as well. 
 

Cheers, Steve

[Spottedlaurel]

A fitting tribute Steve, you've captured his look and style very nicely.

[johnyrotten]

A fitting tribute indeed. Beautifully done Steve. You matched the style and attitude of the Merc perfectly. 

[Belugawrx]

That came out Great Steve ! It all gels nicely, and I can see the influences from Roger's works in it.

Well done bud

[Zippi]

Super nice looking 60 Ford pickup Steve and a Great tribute build to honour Roger Hayes.

[espo]

Beautiful looking tribute build. Show winning finishes and detailing everywhere you look.  

[ncbuckeye67]

Excellent build!

[JollySipper]

This is such a great build........ You've put into plastic what we've been failing to put into words, how much he will be missed and how he will live on in memory!

 

Edited April 9 by JollySipper

[happy grumpy]

A fitting tribute. Looks awesome and very nicely photographed. Thanks for sharing.

[Phildaupho]

Excellent project that has turned out exceptionally well. I hope you will be entering it in this weekends model show. 

[James2]

Just splendid, a great tribute build for sure......  

[slusher]

A Stunning and impressive build, Steve definitely Rogers style of build!  Roger and I was good friends and I miss him so much…

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[PappyD340]

Awesome build, very well done!

[Maindrian Pace]

What can I say Steve, it's absolutely fantastic, slammed it right outta the park. Everything about this says that Roger built it. As a tribute, it couldn't be more accurate in emulating his style. I think he would be speechless, I know I was.

[Steve H]

On 4/5/2025 at 10:44 PM, Spottedlaurel said:

A fitting tribute Steve, you've captured his look and style very nicely.

Thank you Nigel, nice to hear from you. 

On 4/6/2025 at 3:35 AM, johnyrotten said:

A fitting tribute indeed. Beautifully done Steve. You matched the style and attitude of the Merc perfectly. 

Hi John, first, thank you for all your contributions in the WIP thread. I think I captured the Merc look, and appreciate you feel the same. Hope you will join in my next build when I get going. 

On 4/6/2025 at 5:05 AM, Belugawrx said:

That came out Great Steve ! It all gels nicely, and I can see the influences from Roger's works in it.

Well done bud

Thanks Bruce!

On 4/6/2025 at 5:29 AM, Zippi said:

Super nice looking 60 Ford pickup Steve and a Great tribute build to honour Roger Hayes.

Much appreciated Bob. Hoping to start the prostreet build soon…

On 4/6/2025 at 9:12 AM, espo said:

Beautiful looking tribute build. Show winning finishes and detailing everywhere you look.  

Hello David, thanks for the kind words.

On 4/7/2025 at 9:11 AM, ncbuckeye67 said:

Excellent build!

Thanks Jeff!

[Steve H]

On 4/7/2025 at 12:41 PM, JollySipper said:

This is such a great build........ You've put into plastic what we've been failing to put into words, how much he will be missed and how he will live on in memory!

 

Hi TJ, those are very generous words. I will definitely use his builds as inspiration for years to come. It was really cool to hear how many of us have been inspired by him, and shared their stories, and favourite builds on the WIP thread. 
 

 

On 4/7/2025 at 1:14 PM, happy grumpy said:

A fitting tribute. Looks awesome and very nicely photographed. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Mario! I have some catching up to do on your builds. 

On 4/7/2025 at 2:42 PM, Phildaupho said:

Excellent project that has turned out exceptionally well. I hope you will be entering it in this weekends model show. 

Thank you Phil. I’m disappointed I can’t attend tonight’s get together, but you will definitely see me and the truck tomorrow!

On 4/7/2025 at 3:26 PM, James2 said:

Just splendid, a great tribute build for sure......  

Thank you Rooster. 

On 4/8/2025 at 12:09 AM, slusher said:

A Stunning and impressive build, Steve definitely Rogers style of build!  Roger and I was good friends and I miss him so much…

Hi Carl. Thanks for your contributions to the WIP thread. Roger seemed like a really good guy, I wish I had met him in person. You should have a little something arriving in the mail from me soon. 

On 4/8/2025 at 12:44 AM, ChrisR said:

Looks great.

Thanks Chris. 

On 4/8/2025 at 2:08 AM, PappyD340 said:

Awesome build, very well done!

Thanks Larry! 

51 minutes ago, Maindrian Pace said:

What can I say Steve, it's absolutely fantastic, slammed it right outta the park. Everything about this says that Roger built it. As a tribute, it couldn't be more accurate in emulating his style. I think he would be speechless, I know I was.

Wow.. thank you very much for the kind words Mike. I know you were a big fan of his builds, so this means a lot coming from you. Roger and I had similar taste, we also both liked diverse subjects. I don’t build at the level he did, but it was rewarding to do this in his honour, and the WIp

[Steve H]

Just now, Steve H said:

Hi TJ, those are very generous words. I will definitely use his builds as inspiration for years to come. It was really cool to hear how many of us have been inspired by him, and shared their stories, and favourite builds on the WIP thread. 
 

 

Thank you Mario! I have some catching up to do on your builds. 

Thank you Phil. I’m disappointed I can’t attend tonight’s get together, but you will definitely see me and the truck tomorrow!

Thank you Rooster. 

Hi Carl. Thanks for your contributions to the WIP thread. Roger seemed like a really good guy, I wish I had met him in person. You should have a little something arriving in the mail from me soon. 

Thanks Chris. 

Thanks Larry! 

Wow.. thank you very much for the kind words Mike. I know you were a big fan of his builds, so this means a lot coming from you. Roger and I had similar taste, we also both liked diverse subjects. I don’t build at the level he did, but it was rewarding to do this in his honour, and the WIp

Oops…. Let me finish Mike. The WIP thread just… well it “felt” good.

 

 

Thank you all for the very kind comments, I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[Steve H]

We had our local IPMS model show last Saturday. I was lucky enough to bring home a couple of awards for this truck. Gold for best in its class, and best pickup overall. 
 

[slusher]

Congratulations, Steve!

[johnyrotten]

Congratulations Steve.  Absolutely awesome bringing home the gold. Truly a fitting tribute .