Surf Rod

[Jantrix]

After some of the "on the workbench thread bashing" that went on recently I figured I'd wait until I'd gone a little further than just opening the celophane.

This is going to be a nice clean flat black rod with a rack for the boards and still have a usable bed. It's the Monogram 40 pick-up with the bed from the Revell 50 F-1.

The engine is a y-block from the AMT 57 Ford. Critiques welcome.

Edited October 23, 2010 by Jantrix

[oldscool]

I love the blanket!:)But don't you now have a 1/24 cab with a 1/25 bed? It looks good in the pics anyway.

oldscool

[george 53]

So far so good. But I gotta agree, that blanket is REALLY cool! Where'd ya get it? or didja make it???

[Jantrix]

George, I made the blanket with a cloth lint-free wipe that you might find in a machine shop. It was colored with fabric markers (good ones). The lint free wipes are not real easy to find, I grabbed a few from work. And yes, my scales are all screwy now, but it all works.

[Corvette.Jeff]

I to like the mexican blanket.

wait.....I have one on the backseat of my 1:1, does that make it a ratrod?

Im really likin the look so far.

[Railfreak78]

I like the way this one is going. Cool project and surfs up dude

[Jantrix]

More work done on my 40 Surf Rod. I've changed the title from "surf rat" because there won't be anything the least bit ratty about this pick-up.

Cab and hood get the flat black tomorrow. I've glued the doors into the cab shell and added diamond plate to the bed to make it look more ffunctional for a surf rod than a wood bed that would get beat up and damaged from sand, salt and water. Critiques welcome as usual.

[brett]

Whats to critique? looking good so far