One More 34 Ford PU

[Duntov]

Hi there:

Here is one more 34 Ford Pick-up street rod rendition. I know…â€ANOTHER ONEâ€â€¦.well here goes any way. About this build up:

It uses the 34 Ford pickup as a base. The top is chopped and a scratch built Z style frame is used. The front end is from the Ala Kart kit while the rear end, exhaust headers and head lights are from the AMT double T kit. I scratch built the shocks and used Pegasus wheels, tires and brakes. The engine is from the Revell 41 Willys kit. I minimized the photo etch and billet with just the grille and banjo steering wheel being PE items and the blower pulleys being billet pieces. The gas tank is built up from the two pieces in the AMT Double T kit with a longer tube body and aluminum foil added. The gas cap is also from the T kit. The paint is simple Tamiya Orange sprayed from the can and rubbed out. The pickup bed is scratch built from sheet styrene and the tonneau cover is the kit piece that has been center sectioned and glued back together with a hidden seam. It press fits on the bed using .060 styrene angle to retain it. Overall the truck has 16 total .033 brass pins and tube retainers that allow it to be assembled (or taken apart) as you can see in the photos. The tail gate is the kit piece with some detail painting. The tail lights are simple aluminum tube that has been cut and polished with clear red sprue shaped, polished and pressed in place. The main speedometer is hand lettered on white styrene with an aluminum tube section piece for a rim. It was then filled with Window maker to get a slight concave appearance. Hope you enjoy this as much I did building it…..BTW…..many of you provided ideas and approaches for this….so if you think you see your work here and there you probably do!!!! Thanks…..!!!!!!

Regards

Bill (Duntov)

An overall shot of the main elements just prior to assembly……

A shot of the cab interior and scratch built speedometer

A shot of the base chassis prior to assembly - look closely and you can see the assembly pins on the floor board and rear cross member. When the truck is assembled.....they disappear.

And the rest of the build as it sits today………

[sobpinstriping]

Looks great!

[Jantrix]

Oh yeah, that looks perfect. Great work!

[Bernard Kron]

Beautiful work. Very clean and very creative.

[crazyjim]

Looking real good.

[David G.]

Excellent work, killer stance.

[runsw/scissors]

All I can say is...Kool!

[Ryan S.]

Beautiful truck. What color did you paint it. I like it.

[Duntov]

Beautiful truck. What color did you paint it. I like it.

Hi Ryan:

Thanks...... This is basic Tamiya Orange TS-12 over Tamiya fine gray primer... shot from the rattle can and rubbed out gently with Novus #2 Polish. The orange also works very well for doing Chevrolet orange engine blocks. It is a very close match in that regard.

Regards Bill (Duntov)

[TheCat]

That looks awesome!!! Love it!!

[Dr. Cranky]

Clean and smooth build and paint, and I love that photo etch grill. Excellent job.