One of my current projects, scratchbuilt fire truck.

lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

One of my current projects, scratchbuilt fire truck.

Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:29 PM

Can't remember the last time I showed any kind of builds so I figured I would put up my current one. I am doing a 1937 open cab fire truck. This is a combination kit bash and scratchbuild. I don't know the exact type truck it is going to be as of yet since I have this bad habit of planning as I go along. The buildlog for it can be found here on my site.

http://www.lizardsworkshop.com/37logpage1.html

Any comments are welcome.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:38 AM

What a brilliant site. The `build log` is facinating and I`m watching and waiting for the `how to` section to get up and running, because I can use all the help that`s going Laugh [(-D]

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3:56 PM

Thanks. Hopefully will have a couple of guides up this weekend some time. Probally be foiling trim , salt weathering and useing wood for simulating wood.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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rockythegoat

Member since
November 2004
From: Central Illinois

Posted by rockythegoat on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:36 PM

lizard: Nice Build! Bow [bow]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:09 AM

nice built indeed !
keep us updated.
BTW how did you put the gold leaf on? looks very good!

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:34 PM

Thanks guys.

Hans- For the goldleafing I tried out one the few things I could come up with. I took the smallest strip styrene that my LHS carried and painted it with Tamiya gold leaf. I then took a pencil and a ruler and as best as I could made the marks where I wanted the lines at. Then just glued the strips onto the body. They are a bit raised , but it should work. I have found out since that there is smaller strip than I used which would have worked great. I think what I used was .010 and they have .005.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:42 PM

Absolutely brilliant, Chris!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:49 PM

ok Chris.
i think the gold leaf looks very very sharp!!!!!!!!!

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Friday, January 14, 2005 4:20 AM

Fascinating Chris. I'll going to follow the build with interest. Thanks for sharing

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Friday, January 14, 2005 7:49 AM

Thanks y'all. Should be finishing up the cab details over the weekend.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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proosen

Member since
December 2002
From: Falun, Sweden

Posted by proosen on Friday, January 14, 2005 12:51 PM

Yeah! Keep our yaws dropped on the floor!
Nice build, looking forward to more updates.

Have a nice weekend!
Niclas

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