34 ford pickup

[johnyrotten]

Really pleased how this turned out. I tried to build a simple old school hotrod, and keep that old farm truck look to it. 

[ybsluos]

John a most excellent build!  The Frenzel is a nice touch.  -Mark

[johnyrotten]

2 minutes ago, ybsluos said:

John a most excellent build!  The Frenzel is a nice touch.  -Mark

Thanks, I wasn't happy with the kit engine, this is from Iceman collections. 

[1972coronet]

Fantastique ! The background is a nice touch, too - I can just hear Lover of the Bayou playing !

[johnyrotten]

6 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

Fantastique ! The background is a nice touch, too - I can just hear Lover of the Bayou playing !

The background is my front yard, I shot the photos on the back of my truck, believe it or not. Thanks for the compliment. 

[PappyD340]

Great looking hot rod, love the supercharger!

[ChrisR]

Cool!!!

[TonyK]

The model, weathering and photography are all excellent!

[Matt T.]

Neat! Lots of character. Love the stance, patina, engine, everything! 

[espo]

Love the crusty finish on the body and the vintage speed equipment on the Flathead.

[johnyrotten]

55 minutes ago, espo said:

Love the crusty finish on the body and the vintage speed equipment on the Flathead.

Thank you. The history of the frenzel supercharger was why I chose that,  plus who doesn't love old hopped up flatheads

[Zippi]

Now that's a Hot Rod right there John.  Great vesion on this build man.

[johnyrotten]

11 minutes ago, Zippi said:

Now that's a Hot Rod right there John.  Great vesion on this build man.

Thanks Zippi, glad you like it👍. Hopefully I can build "clean" hot rod, I've got a couple others in the stash.

[ncbuckeye67]

That is incredible! The weathering is very realistic.

[johnyrotten]

33 minutes ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

That is incredible! The weathering is very realistic.

Thank you, I used actual rust I scraped off some steel mixed with createx intercoat. 

[ncbuckeye67]

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing.

[NOBLNG]

Excellent work! Your weathering is spot on! 👍

[johnyrotten]

2 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing.

No problem, the it's pretty durable, I used a morter and pestle to grind it bit finer. Use a brush you don't care about. Takes a couple coats.You can also apply the the createx straight and sprinkle it on to build it up.

[johnyrotten]

32 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Excellent work! Your weathering is spot on! 👍

Thank you ,Greg. All the tips and tutorials guys like yourself have posted here have really helped me step up my skills. Much appreciated 👍👍

[ncbuckeye67]

23 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

No problem, the it's pretty durable, I used a morter and pestle to grind it bit finer. Use a brush you don't care about. Takes a couple coats.You can also apply the the createx straight and sprinkle it on to build it up.

Thanks for tip. I'll definitely give it a try. I made some rust by soaking steel wool in vinegar & water. It makes a great rusty "wash". Maybe I should dry out the rust particles, and use your method with it. 

[johnyrotten]

1 hour ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

. I made some rust by soaking steel wool in vinegar & water. It makes a great rusty "wash". Maybe I should dry out the rust particles, and use your method with it. 

I did it on a whim and it worked out. I use a lot of washes and dry brushing in my builds, the scoops and headlights are molotow with a very thin wash, I actually handled the headlights to ruin the luster of the molotow. 

[ncbuckeye67]

Growing up in northern Ohio, I saw my fair share of rust (that's why I'm not a huge fan). I do like the patina, surface rust, and weathered look though. I need to do more builds like this, because it's fairly easy to do a nice shiny paint job (at least I have pretty good luck). The rust and weathering take a lot more patience and effort, in my opinion.

[johnyrotten]

Upstate New York, I'm all too familiar with rust as well. Recreating mother nature has its own challenges, for sure. Perfect paint is something that often run into issues with, I set my personal expectations way too high, and nit pick everything. 

Edited May 15 by johnyrotten

[ncbuckeye67]

Of course, that's what we do (as our own worst critics).