34 Ford pickup

[outlaw035]

hi eve1...just finished my first attempt of chopping the top and opening the doors....the paint is...nail polish...broadway burgundy frost...the engine is a big block chevy wired with aluminum valve covers...the interior has leather seats...photo etched gagues and steering wheel the door panels and back wall are done in black parper with white stripes...real wood pickup bed comments welcome....

Edited May 12, 2009 by outlaw035

[randx0]

nice job I like the color and the wooden bed .

[george 53]

I like it! The suicide doors are a nice touch! Colors nice too, easy on the eyes. All in all, a pretyy nice build!

[roadhawg]

Nice work! When you say "leather seats", do you mean REAL leather?

[Smart-Resins]

Nice job for your first try. ery impresive! I can see where you had difficulties with the chop. My recomendations, is to make sure you use a good liquid cememnt first. If you are and you are still having problems, I little wire glued inside the post with a epoxy or super glue can go a long ways from helping to keep it from breaking loose over and over. I know that can be very frustrating!! I should know, LOL. Othwise, I love the color, the way you placed the grill shell. Everything. Beautiful build all in all! Kudos to you. Jody

[outlaw035]

roadhawg...yes real leather seats....they are unreal...bought 2 sets from a modeler at the NSRA streetrod and model show in tampa last yr.....

Jody...had a real problem with the chop picked the wrong kit to open the doors and chop...i tried most every kinda glue i have to hold the front section on but as u can see in my really grt8 photo it didnt work...(###### new camera...lol)...i wish i new of the wire inside the post i thought about trying to drill the posts but was afaird i might get them off center anyway thanks for ur coments and as a 4 footer it looks pretty good....neal

[Raul_Perez]

...i wish i new of the wire inside the post i thought about trying to drill the posts but was afaird i might get them off center anyway thanks for ur coments and as a 4 footer it looks pretty good....neal

Neal,

What I found that works really well with small features like windshield posts and small frames is to glue the parts together with liquid glue, then come in with a small, round router tool on my Dremel on the back-side of the joint and cut a small channel that's a little wider than diameter of wire I'm going to use. I typically make these channels 1/4" to 1/2" long, depending on how much strength I need. I then superglue a clean piece of brass into the channel and sand off any excess glue once it dries.

If you look at the photo below, you can see the brass wire on the inside of the front windshield opening on the passenger side. In this example, I didn't put wires in the "B" pillars because the roof was strong enough from doing it to the "A" pillars and the large "C" pillars carry most of the load from handling the model.

Later,

Raul

[outlaw035]

thanks raul...next time i will try the wire....N

[speedy5963]

Nice Job...I use Weld-On 3 and 4 along with some strip styrene plastic on the backside for supports. The weld on works really well though as it will actually melt the plastics together to some degree.

[GOTH KUSTOMS]

Great job for a first attempt at chopping, very impressive work, when I chop I don't use brass rod but I do use piano wire, cut short it is very, very stiff but we all use diffrent things, great job....

Edited May 16, 2009 by unforgiven