Li'l Woody - Customized '48 Ford Woody

[JulieG]

Li'l Woody

I built this custom from a '48 Ford Woody kit. I'm proud to say that it received an award at the KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular this last year. ;D

I chopped the top to get rid of the boxed profile.
To modernize it, I made custom slotted wheel covers from sheet polystyrene, frenched in the headlights, and dropped it down and made a sled out of it.

The paint is candy apple red over gold inca. Wood panels are decals that were included with the kit.

The rails for the cargo rack are from a Tijuana Taxi kit. The rack deck, I cut and stained from balsa wood strips.

The surfboards are made from cake toppers with custom pinstriped decals.









Thanks for looking!

[TooOld]

Very cool ! Great color and I love the slotted rear fenders !
The surf boards are cake toppers ? What ? Where ? Can you share this great tip with us ?

[badroadahead]

Nice work!

Great color and the slotted fenders are sweet.

The surf boards are really nice. Please give us more info.

Dave

[JulieG]

Thanks for the kudos guys!
I was hoping everyone would like the slotted wheel covers. This is something I plan to put on alot of my builds in the future. A kinda of signature design if you will. ;D
Jerry found the surf boards for me on Amazon. Do a search for surf board cake toppers.

[ira]

[glow=red,2,300]GREAT CHOP JULIE!!![/glow]

[Mysterion]

Very cool Julie. I just finished one of these myself, it's a great kit.

How's Jerry doing?

[JulieG]

Thanks guys!
Mysterion~ I remember the one you built for the SMU contest.
Really cool & well deserving of the award!

[hobbybobby]

I am pleasantly surprised, Julie, you've built a beautiful model! ;D ;D



Also I want to know, what are these things, these, cake toppers?

And how do you do surfboards from these?

[JulieG]

Feb 23, 2013 15:41:33 GMT -6 hobbybobby said:

I am pleasantly surprised, Julie, you've built a beautiful model! ;D ;D



Also I want to know, what are these things, these, cake toppers?

And how do you do surfboards from these?

Thanks Bobby! I posted about the surfboards in the tips & tricks thread.