'50 Nitreous PU rod

[Geezerman]

Here 'tis.

WIP fotos:

http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/1/clay_gratz/kustoms/50-ford-pickup/

[Terror]

Man,she turned out nice hah.Forgive my stupidity but what is the rapping around the headers for?I see that alot lately on models but not any real cars or did I miss something? lol, I'm not against it just interested is all.Again,nice job on this.Thanks

[george 53]

Geeze, from the size of that Nitrous tank, it LOOKS like this truck could outrun the Great Humoungus from the Mad Max movie!(I saw that cool avatar someone has) Good thing yer garage has plenty of spare engine blocks!!!! Your truck came out GREAT!!!!

[Geezerman]

That's heat wrap. Mostly cosmetic. No particular function that I know of other than to disguise raggedy/rusty exhausts.

You will see it a lot on newer breed of choppers, bobbers. and rat bikes.

[Dr. Cranky]

WOW, buddy, I love it. It's amazing how many great rat rods are out there already and this one is definitely one of them. Love the details throughout and the color accents. Congrats on another job well done.

[cherokeered]

Love it! The header wrap is used to keep the heat in the headers and allows the exhaust speed to remain high. It gives some extra performance. I'd like to know what you used for the wrap though?

Edited July 15, 2010 by cherokeered

[DAYTIME]

great pics with the dio!!

[Dragline]

That Industril sized bottle should outrun the cops.

Nice build. Musta been tough to get that decal to sit on that flat black....

Bob

[John Teresi]

Best rat rod model I have ever seen.......great job.

[W-409]

Nice and very nasty looking Ford! Great job on the weathering and I like making hot rods from 50's and 60's cars! You have done it very nicely, keep it going!

[Geezerman]

Thanks, Everyone.

Heatwrap is made from strips of Band-aid

Grafix on the flat black body were hand painted

[pharr7226]

Another great build Geezerman!

[Scalper]

cool rod. the nascar wheels in the back work pretty good for this rod. very nice

[jedimastergary]

Nice one looks cool great detail on it wish mine were that good

they look bad.

[bigmikevee]

Geezerman,

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this PU, you must have a steady hand to paint those graphics!! Very, very nice PU, looks kinda rat, kinda custom, kinda smoke yer tail at the stoplight. Cool!!

I was also noticing the weathering on your garage, man, that looks sharp, another one of those that makes you look twice, looks real to me. Thanks for posting, always enjoy looking at your work.

Mike

[cherokeered]

Band Aid...Great Idea! I used masking tape but the Band Aid looks much better.

[bsoder]

Sweeet!...great pics. to

[Geezerman]

Band Aid...Great Idea! I used masking tape but the Band Aid looks much better.

Masking tape would definitly cut better

[Chuck Most]

Very Kewel!

[Romell R]

That's heat wrap. Mostly cosmetic. No particular function that I know of other than to disguise raggedy/rusty exhausts.

You will see it a lot on newer breed of choppers, bobbers. and rat bikes.

First let me say you have done an outstanding job on the build.... But i wanted to add that header wrap has a purpose and is not just cosmetic. Its actually used to keep the heat inside the header which makes the exhaust flow faster,and keeps the engine compartment(if you have one) cooler. the faster the exhaust flows the better the engine runs...when I build a 1:1 I always wrap the headers (unless its a show car)

[Greg Cullinan]

I'm glad your back posting your builds,i really enjoy them.

What's it got, a 1000 shot? Lol