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50 Ford pickup, with some "issues"

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  • Member since
    March 2006
Posted by TD4438 on Sunday, November 3, 2013 5:43 PM

What a work of art! A pleasure to view.

mgh
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    May 2011
  • From: Utah County, Utah
Posted by mgh on Saturday, November 2, 2013 9:32 PM
Very nice! Appreciate the info on the techniques you used. I also liked the holes in the hood with the missing r . l will try the vasaline and weathering powders.

Thanks for posting!
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    June 2010
  • From: Australia
Posted by OctaneOrange on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:09 AM

excellent work on the weathering, which is obviously the highlight of this build.  The mini diorama is neat too.

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    April 2013
Posted by minimagneto on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:53 AM

Very cool. I especially like the rotted truck box, the missing 'r', and the rag in the gas spout.  Very cool build.

-Blake in Montreal

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    February 2003
Posted by Jim Barton on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:03 PM

mississippivol

That's too cool! I'm kinda surprised that she isn't swinging the ol' Louisville Slugger, though!

Glenn

 

Or a skillet or rolling pin!

Love the diorama!Yes

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    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:39 PM

That's too cool! I'm kinda surprised that she isn't swinging the ol' Louisville Slugger, though!

Glenn

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Sunday, October 13, 2013 7:59 PM

Looks real.

John

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  • Member since
    February 2011
  • From: St louis
Posted by Raualduke on Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:52 AM

Love the whole thing,but that muffler is incredible.and nobodys evan gonna see it!

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:43 AM

Very nice job. I haven't mastered the rust method yet. You did a great job. Keep up the good work, and keep the pics coming.

Jim Captain

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   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

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  • Member since
    February 2013
  • From: Podunkville, USA
50 Ford pickup, with some "issues"
Posted by rommelkiste on Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:52 AM

One fall Saturday a friend asked me to come by and help him with a "project" he had lined up.  I helped him tow home a rusted and battered Ford Pickup he had purchased and park in his driveway.  When I made the remark that "I am surprised Donna let you buy that", he went silent for a while and then said, "I didn't tell her".  We looked over his prize for a while and then "Donna" his wife came home.  I stayed long enough to see her mood and hear her voice raise when she looked at him and said, "You Paid What"?   Well, the two are still married but my friend no longer has the truck.  That day is what inspired me to build this model.

  The body was damaged and dented followed by a coat of grey primer.  Paint is Floquil Railroad Colors Light Blue.  All weathering was done with a Rust-All kit and Pastels.

 The rusted muffler and exhaust was first damaged and a baffle added then painted flat black.  while wet it was rolled in baking soda and excess removed when dry.  Different shades of pastels were added and then a coat of dull coat.  The grease and oil stains are Vaseline mixed with black pastel dust.

   The chipped paint was done with the "Salt" method and the wood floor in the bed is balsa planks.

Nothing ever fits……..and when it does, its the wrong scale.

To make mistakes is human.  To blame it on someone else shows management potential. 

 

 

 

 

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