Porscheman Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) The kit was excellent and the building experience was fantastic. My walking has a lot to be desired. I bought this kit off ebay from China for $48.00 including shipping. It was waiting for me when I got home from NNL East. I let it sit for a week before I painted it. I painted it Testors Royal Blue Pearl lacquer with Tamiya Clear Blue top coat. The clear blue really brings out a blue luster that is incredible. The windows were tinted with Tamiya's Smoke and the interior was painted with Tamiya's Flat Wood Plank. All paint was done out of Rattle Cans. I listened to all the problems with the window and tail light bezel's, so the build was a breeze. The tires are from Tamiya's Land Cruiser. I had to take a break on the build for some knee surgery. The kit was down stairs and I thought I was OK to do stairs, I was wrong. The new knee gave out, fell down the stairs, screwed up the new knee and torn both rotators cuffs. I did what any true moderler would do, Cried like heck and then tried to figure out how to get the truck and myself upstairs before my wife got home and figured out what an idiot I am. Took an hour and a half, but I did it. Wife knew right away. 2 PRP's for each shoulders and a lot of work on the new knee and being banned from the basement for a year, isn't too bad . I had enough time to finish the truck. I did misplace the decal sheet though. I hope you enjoy this build more the me, Al BTW I am walking again and am going to my club meeting tomorrow night (no stairs) Edited June 19, 2014 by Porscheman
Trailer Trash Kustomz Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 A truly beautiful build my man! The pain looks as if it may have been worth it!
slusher Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 Beautiful, model and a perfect color choice. I have took some bad falls also Al..
cobraman Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 Hey Al ! Your truck looks good. I hope you are doing better. Be careful those stairs can be tough at times.
MsDano85gt Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 wow man Incredible build, even more incredible story!! makes me want to move away from the townhome i'm in, we have stairs!! If it makes you feel any better I have fallen twice within the last 2 weeks!! 2 weeks ago there was a sudden rain spell from nowhere whilst i was replaceing glass in a dodge Ram Dually I was walking around the side of my van to go get in and drive down the hil to where i moved the truck to and WHOOP down I went very painfull and very muddy! still finished the day out....... then last week I was using a tree for shade, and naturally guess the tree wanted to see a glass technician fall and jutted up one of its roots!! lol down I went bouncing off the side of the little security smart car lookin thing next to where i was working! i felt silly probly far less pain then what you've got Get better, build more models!!
Danno Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 Sorry to hear about the fall, Al. That's bad stuff. But, if it's any consolation, that F350 is beautiful!
Porscheman Posted June 20, 2014 Author Posted June 20, 2014 Thank you everyone for the nice comments. I can't wait to see what Meng has coming next and since I'm banned from stairs for a year, hopefully I won't have to take pain pills to finish the next one. Al
Tom Geiger Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Nice photos Al! I was hoping you'd post some after our phone conversation the other night. I didn't get out to the Jersey Shore meeting tonight, it's a long ride from PA and I'm going back to NJ tomorrow for a family party so enough driving!
Chris White Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 Al your are a true hard core modeler. I world have probably done the same, glad you are healing. Nice truck....painful build was worth it
jinx295 Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 It looks awesome man!! You didn't tell me you took yourself out in the process! You said it was a fun build?
hct728(Bob) Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 Awesome build! You're one heck of a painter and it looks great in blue. I ordered one from China too, a gamble but it came in a couple weeks in good shape too, as the box is very sturdy. Can't wait to clear the table of older projects and get to this one Bob
kilrathy10 Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Wow....Great job on the truck, and at tremendous cost....I hope you do recover and afterwards I hope you wife doesn't kill you.....
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