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Post by jondutch46 on Jan 13, 2011 8:36:30 GMT -6
For about the last five or so years, I've been challenging myself to do a "New Years Day" build. I started, the first year, scratchbuilding a bed for my '59 Ford PU... had a resin cab but no bed... took me 13 hours on New Years Day. Decided it was fun and I've been doing it ever since. Even got some of the club guys to do the same. We start anytime we feel like it, and just see how far we can get with a new project. This year, I took advantage of the long wekend and made lots of progress. Started with a resin that came off ebay... what a piece of junk! Warped cowl, flat roof, wrong shape to the rear windows, and the body sides were rounded and bowed out. If it was meant to be a drop on for the Monogram PU, it WASN'T.  First thing I did was research F-1 panels and drew in the shape for the rear windows. You can see how bulbous the thing looks from behind... those fenders should be nearly flat on the sides.  A profile shows the dips in the top... it should have alot more loft.  Here it is, all cut apart and ready to be grafted to the cab from the F-1 kit.  I'll post another instalment in a day or so. |
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Post by problemchild on Jan 13, 2011 16:16:07 GMT -6
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Post by TheMadModeler on Jan 13, 2011 17:22:33 GMT -6
Chop Chop...
BiLL..
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Post by badroadahead on Jan 14, 2011 6:59:09 GMT -6
Cool!
Nothing like precision hacking.....
Dave
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Post by jondutch46 on Jan 14, 2011 8:09:54 GMT -6
Here's the beginning of the reassembly. The first bodyside has been filed flatter and the roof sides have been relieved at the rear corners and along the insides so they can be pulled in tighter for the right shape. I left the PU rear cab wall in place to help locate things to the frame for proper height.  Looks alot better now. The top is actually about the right height... at least along the sides.  Might be a little tough to see but the sides are alot flatter... fenders, too. I removed the character lines in the process but they'll be added back on.  I used the top from an AMT '49 SD to get the proper loft to the top. May not be prefect but its way closer than before. These panel trucks had alot more head room than a sedan delivery. Thin styrene sheet has been added for the character line on the fender. Oh, yeah... that's where this one will ride. I lowered it front and rear simply by moving the axles to the tops of the springs... gives it a nice attitude.  |
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 14, 2011 15:33:56 GMT -6
My god, that's a lot of work you're doing there; I admire your determination!  Keep us posted on this; I'd like to see how it turns out. |
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Post by Dr. Kerry on Jan 14, 2011 22:51:44 GMT -6
Yeah guys, he's got this bad boy painted too. This thing looks sweet!!!!!!!!!
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Post by scurvy on Jan 15, 2011 12:24:45 GMT -6
Love it.
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Post by jondutch46 on Jan 17, 2011 9:42:06 GMT -6
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Post by baddgass on Jan 17, 2011 11:43:00 GMT -6
Man u did a he// of n job. very very nice!!!!!
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Post by badroadahead on Jan 17, 2011 18:35:17 GMT -6
Great job!
It does look more like the real vehicle now.
Dave
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Post by jondutch46 on Jan 20, 2011 8:21:16 GMT -6
Couldn't decide what to do with the rear but, not having the right taillights to go stock, I figured I'd clean things up... built a rear bumper from an old Revell '54 Chevy bumper, some evergreen round and flat sheet, then added the license surround from an AMT '40 Ford nerf bar. Used the taillights from an old Testors '48 Ford. After I had the bumper done, and the lights mounted, I was scrounging the same kit for the dashboard and discovered the license bracket/light was the proper one for the panel and that the turn signals were close enough that I could have used them for pretty convincing stock taillights. Well... maybe if I ever do another one...   |
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Post by snakeplissken81 on Jan 20, 2011 11:04:09 GMT -6
That is one fine grafting job.
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Post by jondutch46 on Jan 25, 2011 11:54:22 GMT -6
Body is now painted in Krylon dark green. The rest is fiddly stuff, like adding tuck 'n' roll inserts to the seats and door panels, fitting the '48 Ford passenger dash and adding trim, lights, etc. I'll post more as things get finished up.   |
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Post by davekapp on Jan 25, 2011 14:00:04 GMT -6
Now your work pays off!
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Post by jondutch46 on Jan 25, 2011 14:15:04 GMT -6
Thanx, Dave... took alot of work to make it look like a mildly modified F-1 but it was all worth it.
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Post by redbaron on Jan 25, 2011 15:54:22 GMT -6
I like it.
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Post by dumpydan on Jan 26, 2011 5:05:10 GMT -6
BRAVO!!!!!
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Post by baddgass on Feb 10, 2011 7:36:18 GMT -6
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Post by jondutch46 on Feb 12, 2011 15:01:56 GMT -6
Most any teacher has heard the excuse "The dog ate my homework". Well... how 'bout "The dog ate my model"? In this case, just the hood. Seems my 90lb. Swiss Mountain Dog got the hood for the panel and made it less than usable. I doubt she grabbed it off the table... more likely, it was a bit too close to the edge and she swiped it with her tail on the way by. We heard her chomping on something, figuring it was one of her rawhide slabs... later discovered this. Fortunately, I have another hood from a junk kit I picked up  |
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Post by Dennis M on Feb 13, 2011 9:22:48 GMT -6
Great job Jon' we have a 1948 f-3 were working on. If you need any model parts we have plenty of them. My son loves building models of the truck. Have a great day. Dennis & Dale
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Post by jondutch46 on Feb 13, 2011 14:35:15 GMT -6
Hey... that F-3 sounds kool... let's see some pics!!!
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