29' Ford

[Mr.Zombie]

Ahoi on Deck!

New here, no idea if you introduce yourselves somwhere around here, or just post, or whatever. So I thought the best introduction would be droping in some pics of my stuff. Been building cars for a while, but everything for myself. Never joined a club, never learned any techniques from others, tinkering for myself all these years. Never got any display possibilities, never showed that stuff to anybody but friends. Take my time, like a year with a build, since I keep real old iron on the streets, work, and have other interests besides building tiny cars. I build when I am in the mood. Inspired and strongly influenced by period correct cars, self cut date for American tin would be 197X, but tending more towards the fifties, for anything else that has four wheels it's 1982. Found this forum a while back, registered today, because why not.

So yup, there you go, 29 Ford from Revell, or at last most of it, scratch doorcards, scratch bed, lowered a bit, reversed whitewalls, steelwheels, zenith on stock intake, some extras, fourbanger, blah blah blah. Rock 'n roll all around. Built after a real car that was built by someone I know.

Enjoy!

Edited May 20, 2010 by Mr.Zombie

[Swany]

Excellent weathering.

[MRCIVICWITHSTYLE]

now thats Hot i love it great work

[sjordan2]

That is really cool. And may I ask...why a Nosferatu avatar? Just curious.

[Harry P.]

That's cool! Beautiful model, great weathering, good overall look... I like it!

[Rick Schmidt]

I like this rod Has a nice used look that is not too over done and "Rat"

As for the white walls I personally don't think they are wrong. That may be the modern tire guy in me tho. Tires I'm familiar with having a white wall only has it on one side so blackwalls out would have the WW in like on here.

[MikeeD]

Back in the fifties and early sixties, no one ran whitewalls on a "low budget" rod like this. You couldn't afford 'em!

And if you did obtain a set, you ran them on the inside because ww's just weren't cool. Mom's station wagon had ww's...not your street rod...

Personally, I think that rod is right on in every respect...I love it! That's the kind of stuff you saw on the street everyday.

[Mr.Zombie]

Well, I am not sure that you saw them like this on the streets back then. Too rusty, I guess they would shot some color, or at last primer it. The real car is more or less under construction, and will eventualy see paint. It was built out of a sedan that had it's back chopped of during the war and a simple bed added, kinda like a stake truck thing. All due to the gasoline rations, you drove a truck, ya got more gasoline. The bed and the back of the cab was fabricated from scratch on the real thing. Owner lives in germany, and those parts are hard to come by, but he is a Yoda welder, so he did it just like that, It actually looks like it looks because there was a 10 month deadline to have it going...

The whitewalls are built on reversed. Aparently a common thing back then, today it's that way because the dude who owns it just likes them blackwalled and wanted to have bias ply firestone all around. Good choice. Although I would build hem on the right way round.

Nosferatu... Yes. Why not?

Edited May 20, 2010 by Mr.Zombie

[Duntov]

Adam:

I saw your other post and I have the same reaction to this build.....I REALLY LIKE IT.....same Four reasons 1) It has a "Theme" 2) it's Realistic 3) It could actually be driven and 4) Flawless craftsmanship....welcome aboard!!!!

Regards

Bill (Duntov)

[vaughn]

COOL>>COOL>>>>COOL !!!! and really like your intoduction......build for yourself !!! COOL N GREAT WORK !!!

[noname]

This really is done well. The weathering is spot on. According to the inside of the doors I wouldn't call this a vintage ride but rather a contemporary rat type thing. anyway. Great build!

[cruz]

Very cool and excellent weathering!!!

[carrucha]

Cool hot rod truck. Very good job weathering.

carrucha

[59 Impala]

This is a great looking truck. The rusting is right on. Not to much and not to little. I like rusted vehicles and this one is in the top group of rusted vehicles to me anyway. Two thumbs up Dan

[Customizer]

Love it!!!! Even the seat looks beat to scale! Awesome work.

Ron.

[speedy5963]

Nice build, I like the inside of the doors!

[Wayne Buck]

That is really cool!

GREAT job!

Dunno how I missed this one.

[Scalper]

I like this one. Nice build and rust work. I like the ww on the inside.

[Mr.Zombie]

Diggin' this one out.

Since you enjoyed the pics of the Bomber, I'd like to show you some pictures that I made of my 29 the same day. They are shot outside, in my yard on a cloudy day, the detail, and contrasts are not as hardcore as on the previous pics made in a studio, and therefore those photographs are more what the model looks like.

Have fun!

[Mr.Zombie]

There is still more...

Please notice the headlining. Maybe my favourite detail on this one:

[modelmike]

Very Nice!!

[Danno]

Most excellent!

And, you're right about the tires ... back in this car's day, if you ended up with whitewalls because that's what you ended up with ... it was a common practice to reverse them because the whitewalls were cool on grampa's car ... or dad's car ... but NOT on your own ride or rod. And, those budgets weren't able to be too picky. Whitewall take-offs were sometimes cheaper than anything else, because the rodders with money were buying the blackwalls and nobody wanted the used whitewalls.

My only tire critique would be to sand the treads and shoulders a bit to make the tires look like take-offs rather than brand newbies. But, that's just me ... this build still looks better than any rat rod I've produced so far (which is zero!).

= Yep, that's approval, Jim.

[Mr.Zombie]

Well, I sanded the tread a tiny bit, but on the real car they are brand spankin' new Cookers. Therefore too much would destroy the look I was goin' for. And there is this thing with tires, no matter how much I sand, they still look like on this pics, so I gave up trying.

[Danno]

Well, I sanded the tread a tiny bit, but on the real car they are brand spankin' new Cookers. Therefore too much would destroy the look I was goin' for. And there is this thing with tires, no matter how much I sand, they still look like on this pics, so I gave up trying.

LOL.

Okay. Hey, the thing to remember is ... it's your model! You got the look you were aiming for ~ ~ ~ and it looks great. The rest of us monday-morning-quarterbacks can get off our duffs and build our own ... our own way.

More power to ya, Adam. I didn't mean to sound critical at all. It looks GREAT!!

= That's pleased approval, Jim.

[Mr.Zombie]

I don't mind critisism, am not offended whatsoever. And here is Sunday evening .