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Oh, yeah, when it comes to rust and great weathering, Ken is about the very best . . . as you can see from his latest project . . .

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Wow, a vintage DONK! :lol:

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Continuing on with the rusting and weathering . . . getting the underneath of the hood to look right . . ..

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I prepped a hole for an antenna, and opened up the gas tank . . .

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You could barely see it in this picture, but the weathering on the chrome is getting better . . .

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The fenders are on . . . and my advice is to get them on there to say you have to strip the chrome off the pins on the back so that they get glued on for good . . .

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I've added a little bit more MIG rust powders here and there to get it more rusty! :lol:

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I didn't like the bed, so I made one from real wood . . .

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All you need for this type of bed is next time you are in at Starbucks, just take a handful of stirring sticks, cut them to size, using your Xacto knife, you score the wood to give it texture, then you stain it with some india ink and alcohol, and using a sponge you paint it here and there . . .

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I guess the owner of this vehicle just took his nail gun and nailed these suckers in . . . some people!!!

:lol::D;)

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Gee, I guess the nails didn't come through on the other side. :lol:

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A little bit of dirt will make this bed look lived in as a finishing touch . . .

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After the bed, I turned my attention to the firewall and the fender wells . . .

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I've always loved this kit's firewall . . . all those details . . .

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Sometimes a build takes a turn for the worse, like the placement and hardware on this visor . . . the fact that it is riding too high . . . and this sucker almost made it into the trashcan . . .

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I am working at resolving the problem . . .

Stay tuned in for more pics . . . and I am keeping my fingers crossed . . . B):blink::o:(

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Pretty good, Harry . . . I'm working on the paint chapter . . . which is why I have not stopped building and taking pics since I came back from vacation . . .

I hope to have the book done by next summer!!!

Book? What book? What's Cranky talking about? B);)

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Speaking of painting, I don't think I've ever taken of my set up, the way I go about the painting of parts, etc . . .

I use a stool from Walmart and piece of board and I usually hold the parts on fancy chopstix with double-sided tape. It's the system that has worked for me all these years . . .

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Here comes some pics of the chassis coming together . . .

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The beauty of working with the airbrush is that you can touch up along the way and change the color in case you make a mistake . . . or if a part looks too new you can tone it down . . .

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I still have to apply an good wash to gunk up the engine some, make it look a bit more oily!

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One of the beauties of working with Floquil and Tamiya acrylics is that a few days after you apply them, the paint itself dries well and smooth . . . and the combination of the salting process bring out the texture . . . and variety of colors . . .

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I applied a general dusting all around the build to help tone down the chrome but also fog a little bit of the glass to make the glass seem original to the vehicle, and of course to hide a couple of mistakes I made with the visor . . . if this had been a shiny build it would have been ruined by the trouble I had with the visor . . .

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I still have quite a bit of detailing left to do on this one . . .

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Everything fits nicely after all of that mocking along the way, no surprises . . .

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I have to connect a few wires, and then this one will be ready for final detailing . . .

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Thanks, Vizio. I really appreciate the kind words . . . I hope to have a few more progress pics up tomorrow . . . thanks for tuning in.

Great i gotta show this thread to my dad. He has a 51' GMC that he's in the progress of restoring. i bet he would love to see this. :(

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