'50 Chev work horse

[Helix]

Inspired by Bryan_m's '50 Chev, it made me post mine up!

I built this a few years ago and it was my first attempt at weathering a kit.

Cheers and thanks for looking.

Ray.

[rmvw guy]

Nice job on the weathering and love all the stuff in the bed! Thanks for sharing with us Ray.

[Badluck 13]

Looks great,like how you did the paint wear...

[Helix]

Thanks Ron and Mike !

Mike, it was trial and error as I built the thing! I used a wire brush to get the worn paint look, dry brushed some brown and silver to get the worn panels and a bit of surface rust look.

The engine was blackwashed with a bit of dry brushing here and there!

I read a few articles on dry brushing which helped, the rest was an experiment

[gray07]

Nice truck, my father in law drives a red one that looks like an old work horse

[Assa9]

Excellent job

[Helix]

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated

[mopar68]

Don't remember this one Ray, must've missed it. Very nice as always, me likes it

Sweet detailing too

[Danno]

Nice.

[Helix]

Thanks Zac, Danno

[Shardik]

I LIKE it! This is what trucks are for. You did a great job depicting the care worn character of a work-horse.

I noticed, in the last photo, that the crane is absent; is it removeable or was this taken prior to completion?

Oh, by the way, I'll be borrowing some inspiration here for my own "work horse".

[Helix]

Cheers Shardik, thanks for your comments mate

Yep the last pic was before all the stuff went in the back

I have a '99 Sliverado that I want to do the same thing, like a run around parts getter

Your most welcome to use the inspiration

[mnwildpunk]

Hey you made a model of the old truck I used to drive around on my uncle's land

[Foxer]

That's a really good lucking work truck. Was the hoist beam copied from a 1:1? At first I thought the shape wrong, but with the hydraulic support it's perfect! I'm a structural engineer, so forgive me.

[Helix]

Hey you made a model of the old truck I used to drive around on my uncle's land

Haha how cool is that, thought there would be something like the one I built over there !

[Helix]

That's a really good lucking work truck. Was the hoist beam copied from a 1:1? At first I thought the shape wrong, but with the hydraulic support it's perfect! I'm a structural engineer, so forgive me.

Ah cheers Mike, the hoist came from the 'Fujimi' garage and tools set, I drilled a hole in the bed so it could swivel

Sorry for the late response to your querie

[Edward Gore]

Nicely weathered truck. I esp like the way you handled the engine

[Chuck Most]

Looks great, in a not-so-great sort of way, if you know what I mean. And I mean you nailed the look of a workin' truck perfectly.