34 Hot Rod Pickup

[bill-e-boy]

Looking back at my photos of this stalled build the chop was done way back in August 2018 and the photo spread was over the subsequent 2 years before it got shelved.

The build started with an unpainted partly built AMT 34 PU glue bomb. The build is one I have always wanted to do but was put on the back burner as the 34 PU was not available for quite a few years and at that point I only had the one unbuilt kit so it stayed in the stash. Things changed when Lindberg somehow got a hold of the old AMT moulds. Then along came the glue bomb so my old unbuilt can stay squirreled away for another day. They are low quality kits IMO anyway so it will most probably stay there.

I have just finished my Model A Bange build so I thought it would be a good idea to bring this off the shelf. I did a quick look through the boxes and there are parts from the 34PU, Revell 29 A roadster, a Revell Model a PU and some other bit from the parts box

A quick mock up of where this is at - 

There was so many tires in the boxes, big'n'little, wide whites, narrow slicks. The build note originally has skinny cheater slicks but they got used on another build. So the thought is now wide whites - rears from a Moebius 56 300B and the fronts from the parts box - not sure where they came from

The chassis is the Hi-boy from a Revell 29A Roadster with a massive Z in the rear. Body has a 4" chop and is channeled deeper than the frame rails

Compared to the original clunker

And I found these gems so will definitely be using these too.

Next couple of posts I will put up pix of the build. It will be a good memory jogger as there has been quite a bit of work done to get this far.

Thanks for looking

[NOBLNG]

Looking forward to more Bill !😎 I have a glue bomb that I chopped and it is sitting beside my bench patiently awaiting its turn.

[Bullybeef]

Well that is a fine “restart” Bill. I have a soft spot for those old amt/lindberg 34 trucks. I’ll follow along as you may have some ideas that I can use for a future build. I’m not apologizing for the care package of bench squirrels, chasing them has led to more build fodder for me.

Bil

[bobss396]

I have some old stalled builds like that. One is a Lindberg '34 truck and another is a resin '30 Ford chopped coupe.

I shelved them maybe 15 years ago due to not having enough goodies for them. Now with better parts available, like 3D stuff, I have to dig them out.

[Zippi]

I like where this build is headed Bill.  Love the ole pickups.