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Post by Fletch on Mar 16, 2014 23:26:37 GMT -8
I ran across the photo of this '40 Ford Pickup on Facebook a couple of months ago. The fact that the Monogram '40 Ford Pickup is currently on the shelves at most hobby shops that build seemed like a no brainier. Every year at the Portland Classic Model Car Contest I take on some build that has some major body work, this year was no exception. The goal of the build is to chop the top and retain the opening doors, a task that requires a bit more patience and care then a "normal" chop. The doors were taped to the body both inside and out to give the cab some rigidity when the roof was removed. A second cab and door were used to make the chop a bit easier. The area of the chop was marked out with 1/8" tape. After the cuts were made and the pieces reassembled aprox .160" (3-4 scale inches) was removed from the cab height. Hosted on FotkiThe plan is to use the kit supplied flathead with the chrome pieces stripped and repainted, tires, wheels and trim rings from any of the Revell "Rat Rod" kits, AMT '39 Ford Sedan headlights. A couple of months ago at the Winter Rod and Speed show in Albany I picked up a tube of Mr Hobby's Mr White Putty. This is the 1st chance I've had to use it, so far I am very impressed with it. It cures in a short period of time and is ready to wet sand in under 8 hours. It feathers beautifully blending in with little work. This is how I spent the time at the Portland Roadster Show, stay tuned while this shop truck comes to life.
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Post by dogfish7 on Mar 17, 2014 10:53:24 GMT -8
Beautiful truck Dave! Really like your chop work! Just completed a 40 pick up myself.
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Post by garydavis on Mar 21, 2014 13:01:46 GMT -8
Dang.. Dave...a guy could share a build with a guy...specially when they're standing next to each other...LOL Looks great to this point.This is going to be a very cool looking build when you get it finished.
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Post by Fletch on Mar 25, 2014 21:00:37 GMT -8
Dang.. Dave...a guy could share a build with a guy...specially when they're standing next to each other...LOL Looks great to this point.This is going to be a very cool looking build when you get it finished. That would require time to breathe on Sunday at the Roadster Show. You know how insane it gets. As a matter of fact I didn't even get photos of your entries.
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Post by garydavis on Mar 26, 2014 11:19:27 GMT -8
That would require time to breathe on Sunday at the Roadster Show. You know how insane it gets. As a matter of fact I didn't even get photos of your entries. I do HEAR you on that!! Sunday is the last of 4 days for most of you. Waaaay to long for me. One day is perfect...but that's ANOTHER story..eh. At any rate....I'll see you this Saturday at the FEST. Maybe you can bring it to this show for a look see?
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Post by Fletch on Mar 26, 2014 22:28:18 GMT -8
I will bring it along Saturday.
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Post by Fletch on Mar 27, 2014 1:21:29 GMT -8
One of my biggest pet peeves with the Monogram '40 Ford Pickup is the "stake pockets" in the side of the bed. On the real '40 Pickup the stake pockets are located in the corner post of the bed, not the side of the bed as exhibited by the Monogram kit. The "stake pockets" were removed and the resultant holes in the bed sides was filled with pieces of Evergreen Styrene. Once the patches were sanded a layer of Mr Hobby Mr White Putty was applied. Hosted on FotkiNext up, sanding the putty from all the body and frame pieces.
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Post by dogfish7 on Mar 28, 2014 10:00:48 GMT -8
Nice touch Dave!
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Post by garydavis on Mar 28, 2014 12:05:05 GMT -8
You craftsmanship and attention to detail is up to the high building standards that you keep. Looking forward to seeing this build tomorrow Dave...
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Post by Fletch on Mar 28, 2014 20:24:51 GMT -8
Thanks Guys for your kind words, for a kit that's 50ish years old its' held up well, but some of the things require some serious rework it bring it up to today's standards Here's the 1st mock-up of the '40. There's still some work that needs to be done on the front fender assembly as well as the cleaning up the rear fenders. The tires/wheels are from the Tweety II, they are strictly for mock-up purposes as the tires/wheels from Modelhaus have yet to arrive. Obviously the hood doesn't fit anywhere close enough to what is expected from the build so some serious reworking of the hood is going to be required. Hosted on FotkiThat's it for this evening, hope to see you all tomorrow at the Model Car Fest.
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Post by garydavis on Mar 29, 2014 5:18:42 GMT -8
That's really looking good Dave. Those wheels look pretty darn close to the ones that in the picture to me. Looking forward to seeing this today..
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Post by JohnA on Mar 29, 2014 7:29:48 GMT -8
I gotta tell ya...your work just simply inspires me. Thanks
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Post by Fletch on Mar 30, 2014 20:14:17 GMT -8
Thanks guys, that wheels/tires in the mockup pics are from the recent release of the Tweety Pie II, they were slated to go under a '34 Ford Panel Delivery. As a matter of fact the majority of the Tweety Pie II is to go into the '34 Build. The options are finding another Tweety Pie II for the rolling stock or strip the chrome (done today) from the steel wheels that were under it at the show. Hosted on FotkiThe better option is to find another Tweety Pie II, strip the chrome from those wheels paint them the color on the 1:1, add the trim rings and use the kits knock offs.
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Post by dogfish7 on Mar 31, 2014 13:11:33 GMT -8
She's looking great Dave!
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Post by Fletch on Apr 7, 2014 12:42:47 GMT -8
Haven't gotten much done since the Model Fest, it's always fun but takes a lot out of the 3 or 4 of us that produce the show. I picked up the Tamiya Dark Mica Blue for the build. Stripped the chrome from the Tweedy Pie wheels, need to find the eggshell white to repaint them. As I've looked more at the kit vs the 1:1 photo it's obvious that I'm going to have to "clip" the front end to get it to down in the weeds. The likely donor is the Revellogram '37 Ford Coupe/Sedan. The rear will most likely require some kind of modification as well. I think the next move for the rear is to cut out the bed floor make the required mods to the rear of the frame then rebuild the bed later.
Thanks for following.
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