1950 Chevy Pick Up Custom

[Frankiebe]

Hello All

This project has been going on for over 2 years. Wow time sure flies. There were other projects in between that always seemed to push this aside. We made significant progress since the last post many moons ago. Recently I thought I was about ready for paint and now these little repair jobs are popping up. On the chopped top the two back posts cracked, (the ones I didn't reinforce :-( also another crack showed up on the rear bed panel fixed that today. The paint I was thinking of was Candy Apple Red, its going to be my own custom mix. Tests I have done had satisfactory results. Here are a few pictures to check out the progress.

Edited November 5, 2009 by Frankiebe

[Jantrix]

This definitely has the look of a traditional hot rod. I say, wood w/brass. the brass would look better with the candy apple.

[diymirage]

i want to vote but i would have to know how much chrome will be on the body

IMHO woodgrain with chrome will be the way to go UNLESS there is hardly any chrome on the body

then go with body coloured framing

but i think a nice cherry wood stain and chrome will look awesoem with candy apple red

(to give you an idea, here is the bed on my VW pickup with a maple stain)

[Frankiebe]

i want to vote but i would have to know how much chrome will be on the body

IMHO woodgrain with chrome will be the way to go UNLESS there is hardly any chrome on the body

then go with body coloured framing

but i think a nice cherry wood stain and chrome will look awesoem with candy apple red

(to give you an idea, here is the bed on my VW pickup with a maple stain)

Eelco

You have a very interesting piece there. Thanks for the input, my piece was planned on the front grill to be chrome, with wheels and headlights, not sure what I am doing with the window frames. Also I saw a build with the center moulding on the hood shaved off, as of right now I still have mine on. If I left that on it would probably be chrome.

Frank B

[Frankiebe]

Hello All

This project has been going on for over 2 years. Wow time sure flies. There were other projects in between that always seemed to push this aside. We made significant progress since the last post many moons ago. Recently I thought I was about ready for paint and now these little repair jobs are popping up. On the chopped top the two back posts cracked, (the ones I didn't reinforce :-( also another crack showed up on the rear bed panel fixed that today. The paint I was thinking of was Candy Apple Red, its going to be my own custom mix. Tests I have done had satisfactory results. Here are a few pictures to check out the progress.

I failed to tell what was done to this project. First was a chopped top experiment on a box less kit just to see if I could do it. That came out good, and it went from there. Next was the hood, I took a pie cut out to lower the nose. The next idea was to French the headlights, tried a couple things and nothing looked right. Chuck Nickter from our club suggested a brim of a hat over the top, something like a 57 Chevy. I said ok, that sounds good, I had an old body I could cut up, so off came the headlights. Now what do I do with the rest of the body? The pick up box looked small for the cab, so what if I used the rear quarters from the 57. With a little work I was able to fit that up to the back of the cab. I also added a flat sheet to make a triangular character line going from the wheel well to the rear of the quarter. Now for the running boards, lets use the originals with a little smoothing and some additional material to make everything even. I added some material to the bottom of the doors to make those go strait down to running board. And that's where we stand today, lets see what the future brings. This whole project went by the seat of my pants, when I started I never envisioned it would look like this.

Frank B

[MikeMc]

An Oak bed with polished stainless steel strips would be sharp and easy to model.

I built a bed for my '34 on this forum with wood and styrene I beams.

The MM metalizer is easy to use and buff for a nice shine.

try here....

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...ost&p=81800

Edited September 14, 2009 by MikeMc

[Frankiebe]

An Oak bed with polished stainless steel strips would be sharp and easy to model.

I built a bed for my '34 on this forum with wood and styrene I beams.

The MM metalizer is easy to use and buff for a nice shine.

try here....

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...ost&p=81800

Hey Mike

Thanks for the tip. I got a sheet of 1/32 basswood cut it into strips and stained it so it looks like oak. The chrome strips are going to be Evergreen I beam shapes, sprayed with Alclad Chrome. This will be my first experience with Alclad. Should be interesting, with more experiments.

I decided to go with HOC Candy Apple red. The past experiments were close but a little too much trouble to get the color I was looking for.

[Lownslow]

see through floor

[Frankiebe]

Merry Christmas to everyone,

Well here is teh lasted update on the marathon build. The past year I have working on making some molds for the scratch built parts I have made for this truck. So far I have done the hood, engine, rear axle, and some parts for other club members. I have attached some photos of the progress so far, I hope to finish this sometime soon.