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Post by Duane on Jun 8, 2019 0:59:41 GMT -5
Travis, all the work you've done looks great; i'll be watchin !
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Jun 10, 2019 8:01:32 GMT -5
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Jun 12, 2019 8:23:43 GMT -5
A few more details added before I paint the frame: I made some ribbed water hoses (still need to paint them) and I fabbed up a battery box behind the drivers seat. I also added friction shocks to the front and rear. The front ones are from the Revell 37 Pickup and the rear ones are from the Revell 29 pickup.
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Post by lo51merc on Jun 13, 2019 10:19:36 GMT -5
Wow, there's a lot to like in these new pictures! So nice. Gary
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Post by froghawk on Jun 15, 2019 7:15:02 GMT -5
Such intricate work! Love those hoses.
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Post by spex84 on Jun 15, 2019 13:16:27 GMT -5
"Hopefully the ugly welds will not be noticed" Ugly welds are traditional!! There are a couple threads on the HAMB right now that deal with ex-dirt track cars, and wow were those cars ever brutalized, haha. This is looking good! I had forgotten about the '37 kit's friction shocks, thanks for the reminder
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Jun 26, 2019 8:01:33 GMT -5
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34 Jalopy
Jun 26, 2019 9:09:14 GMT -5
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Post by Dennis on Jun 26, 2019 9:09:14 GMT -5
Looking good! I really dig the color choice, especially with the white firewall.
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Post by spex84 on Jun 26, 2019 11:41:15 GMT -5
Color combo looks good! The tea-bag is brilliant, haha.
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Jun 28, 2019 14:39:42 GMT -5
Here are a couple shots of the seat and seatbelt details. I tried to replicate an aircraft style belt to go along with the aircraft seat. I'm not 100% happy with the silvering around the decals, as you can see in the second pic,. O well, ya live and learn.
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Post by spex84 on Jun 28, 2019 15:50:08 GMT -5
Nice seatbelts!! And the seat looks like it has weld beads in the bottom corners, that's a cool detail. The weathered olive/tan color combo actually works well with the blue/yellow of the body. Glad you went with yellow decals, I was going to suggest that Shame about the silvering. I'm not much of a decal pro...maybe the underlying surface needed to be glossier before applying them?
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Jun 28, 2019 15:55:44 GMT -5
Nice seatbelts!! And the seat looks like it has weld beads in the bottom corners, that's a cool detail. The weathered olive/tan color combo actually works well with the blue/yellow of the body. Glad you went with yellow decals, I was going to suggest that Shame about the silvering. I'm not much of a decal pro...maybe the underlying surface needed to be glossier before applying them? Yeah, that's what happened. I usually use Tamiya cans for body painting, but I had a can of Model Master laying around. I didn't fuss over the body paint like I normally do and the decals are a reflection of that. In certain light you can't really see it. I'm not going to worry about it, but learn from it.
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Jul 3, 2019 7:20:13 GMT -5
There's not too much left before this one is ready for the track. I did notice that the 37 truck frame sits pretty high in the front. Not a huge issue for an old jalopy, but in retrospect I should have put a model A front crossmember in there.
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Post by thirdgearspeedshop on Sept 18, 2019 12:43:02 GMT -5
Update: I built some sweet little hot rod headers for this thing but they broke while installing the engine. (my dumb mistake). So since the engine was already in place I opted for these ugly flex headers. I actually like the home-brewed look of the flex tubes, as amateur as they are. They will get a fair amount of weathering after they are done.
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Post by spex84 on Sept 18, 2019 18:52:05 GMT -5
Haha, love the flex tube!! I've seen it on multiple "back in the day" hot rod feature photos, and often thought it would be fun to replicate sometime. They must have rusted horribly...
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