I thought I would start the show this week with something I been fartin around with . It's a Buddy L traveling zoo truck. For those that don't know , its sheetmetal. My brother got it on e-bay, and soon as it came in , I tin snipped the roof down. He got mad and got another one, which is in the pics. So far, I chopped it , did the front end out of 20 ga. sheetmetal. Everything is tacked for now. I also brang the sides of the boddy in to match the cab. The rockers on the cab had to be rolled to match too. I'm working on the back now. I got a design I like and I'm going to get it done before I change my mind! Got some wooden tires that are this scale and look like bias-plys that I'm going to use. I will search Lowes etc. for hubcaps etc. The sheetmetal work looks nasty in the pics , but really is turning out nice. Enjoy .Heres the front.
And heres the back treatment. The fender extensions are 1/4 in. thick pieces and the exhaust portals are out of some thick tubing rounded on the ends. I'll get some more done later. Also some scribbles I made while I was doing it. Plans call for some metalflake on the outside eventually. Hell, you can't afford a 58-60 ford AMT SMP 1/25 th scale, so to me this was the next best thing.
Well after 15 years looking i found the Kenz and Leslie 777 car. This seems to be verry rare as this is only the second one that i ha ve ever seen. Are there any more out there?? To display it i had to put it on a hauler,i had this one laying around. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 Ford Coupe 1929 Ford Roadster Die Cast by the thousands.
Too cool. A friend of mine who ran a body shop did some killer 50's/60's Tonka mods like this. He used engines and wheels/tires from the 1/16 scale Muscle machines. After he passed away they were auctioned off. I never got any pics. Tracy
Yea , I forgot about those muscle machine cars, might be a good parts source, Thanks. Nice stuff so far, keep it coming!
Well, my son built his first model today. Boy am I proud! And this is what I got accomplished. I'm thinking Sweet Nadine......
Here's my 1/8 scale attempt at my engine compartment (Monogram Big Deuce) and my 1/1 scale Deuce driver. Sorta close.
Here's a 1/8 scratch built rail I did a while back. Shouda put a hemi in it but theres always next time.
well i dont have much progress other than that i took 3rd place with one of my models at a contest today. i finally got the '40 all in primer, and i just need to do a bit more bodywork then i can paint it.
Those pics are from the KKIM meeeting in Davenport Iowa on saturday. Thats Kerry Ingrams project. The fall meet is the primer/project show and the spring time is for all the other ones. LOL I will post my pics. Those from the Hobby Heaven site must be from Marty.
Here are some pics from last saturdays KKIM meeting/show. KKIM-Kustom Kemps In Miniture. Had a great time with the guys. I drove my old truck down and found a bunch of old tin on the way home. Here are some pics...
Those both would belong to Marty Neyrinck. He has a lot of cool stuff. Here is one of my favorites that I didn't post yet. Built by Randfink.
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