Looking good Jim!
Starting to look like a truck. A few odds and ends, some more weathering, and then it will be time to add the wood back deck:
Make sure you video when you crank it up for the first time (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)Fine looking truck.
OK, except for maybe a bit of weather on the wood, this truck is hereby done…
And next to Mackenzie’s Mercantile:
Thanks for following along!
Erp! Just realized I need to build the front bumper. That won’t take much…
[edited to add the “Erp!”]
Too cool (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)Now I want one (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
that is a really nice truck! and just what combines with the building.
Jim,
Didn’t your kit come with a hood?
Joe: Yeah, there was indeed a hood. Still have it :-). I decided to expose the engine (as Rick Marty did with his truck) because I liked the “falling apart” look and it gives you more to look at…
Slap a blower or alcohol injection on it …make a cut out in the hood for it then put it back on
Wow I had no idea they had drag racing in the late 1920’s! Learn something new every day!
Jim,
I think they even had drag racing with chariots in Roman times! (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
well, this is entertaining:
Drag racing was born in the dry lake beds in the California deserts. In the 1930s as engines got better and drivers got braver, speeds began topping 100mph. But it wasn’t until after World War II that a bunch of kids with cars, hanging out with nowhere in particular to go, turned into something more serious.
Wally Parks was another pioneer of the drag racing world who earned his credit on the dry lake speed trials. In 1937, he founded the Road Runners Club and eventually went on to become the first President of the NHRA. Just north of where the first official drag races were held was where the NHRA held their first event.
Jim Rowson said:
Wow I had no idea they had drag racing in the late 1920’s! Learn something new every day!
They did but I mentioned nothing about drag racing (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Timing
Heck, back then they had to outrun the revenuers, to get the shine to its customers. So of course they had to soup up their rides.
Great work on your truck Jim. It’s clearly a winner
Doc
Jim
one thought if this truck is in regular use then the tops of the timber in the back deck would be fairly smooth from all the stuff being thrown on top of the deck.
Mick
I can’t believe you slapped new tires on this old beast! I think you should sand off the treads and show some are threads … (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Jim, your truck turned out great, now you've got to load it full of merchandise.
Thanks all. Nice set of suggestions. I guess I’m not done yet :-)…