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 CONTENTS
Vol 3 / Issue No. 6
FALL 2017
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 EDITORS WORKBENCH I would love to hear from you guys! We
don’t have a fancy forum or blog on our
website, but you can stop by the the Model
Car Builder Facebook page and post pho-
tos of your projects, or send us an email to
HOTCARSmag@att.net.
In closing I would like to send out my
heart felt best wishes to all the people out
there who suffered through the terrible
hurricanes and flooding both in Texas,
Florida and Puerto Rico. I can not imagine
what you are going through. Lynne and I
are praying for you and hoping for a quick
recovery.
Then the tragedy and heart break of Las
Vegas. We hope and pray for all those
families as well. It’s time for our country
to stop the division of souls, and come
together UNITED to rebuild and make our
home stronger and safer then it has ever
been.
What inspires you the most to start sculptures made from brass sheet and
rods. Sitting in amongst his highly stylized
building that next project? A car you saw
sculptures was this beautifully detailed
in a magazine? A car show you attended?
Grand Prix car. When I asked him about
I know when I get back from a model car
it, he said he has started getting into add-
show I have a thousand new ideas in my
ing more and more detail to his art. I told
head! Well, this issue of Model Car Builder
him about Model Car Builder magazine
is all about inspiration. We are going to
and invited him to attend NNL West next
share some of the coolest model cars on
year.
the planet, and hopefully it will inspire you
So once you’re inspired about building
to head to the workbench and build the
something, then you’re going to need
next one!
reference material, right? If you’re building
Once again this summer I got the chance
TROG cars for this year’s NNL West then
to attend Motor Week in Monterey and
I have all the reference material you need
take in a bunch of
in two magazines.
the fantastic events
HOT CARS No. 28
going on all week.
is our special TROG
One of the semi-
coverage issue! TEN
nars I attended was
PAGES of TROG
“Dream Cars of the
coverage from Pis-
Sixtys” and while
mo Beach, Califor-
walking up to the
nia! But Pismo was
hotel, I see Gene
too special to only
Winefield arriving
run ten pages of
in the “Reactor”
coverage, so we pro-
show car! There’s
duced a HOT CARS
not too many cars
Pictorial issue that
I’ll pose with, but
I made an excep- is 58 pages long!
tion for this Sci-Fi You can order these
beauty (OK, I’m a from all the same
nerd)! sources you order
Inside the hotel Model Car Builder
was the “Retro from; MagZter.com,
Auto” show, think Amazon.com, and
big buck swap meet MagCloud.com.
filled with big buck art and automobilia! With summer
There are some high end models and now behind us and winter knocking on
diecast cars for sale, but a brass sculptor the front door, what are you planning on
caught my eye with his highly detailed building during the cold winter months?

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 Steve Hinson’s
Latest Creation is Out of
This World!
W hen Steve Hinson’s “Moon Shot”
project first hit the internet its popularity
spread like mold on green cheese! You
can say his project went “viral!” It even
spawned a “Bubble Top” custom page on
FaceBook.
Steve says he knew right away that this
car was going to be something special.
The project came together easily, it was ABOVE: Steve’s preliminary sketch. The bulbous rear fenders and floating front fenders is really
like the planets were aligned! The more what sets his creation apart from all the other customs out there.
he worked on it, the more he liked it! BELOW: The starting point is a wedge-cut 57 Corvette body and ‘39 Chevy hood.
We all followed along as Steve whittled
and carved, and glued together his far
out creation. When it was done, we all
knew he had hit one over the moon!
I knew I had to share it with the Model
Car Builder readers. I invited Steve to
bring his car over for a photo shoot, with
his construction shots and my final pics
of the car, you can see how “Moon Shot”
got launched!

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LEFT: Most of us use plastic spoons to either
eat pudding or test colors for our model cars.
Steve looked at them and saw a unique pair of
fender skirts. In this picture you can see Steve
test fitting them, and then in the photo below
you can see where he has pinned them in place.
BELOW: A Beatnik Bandit II bubble top and
interior creates the driver’s compartment.
Notice how the cowl on the Corvette has been
changed to match the ‘37 Chevy Hood.

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RIGHT & BELOW: A ‘59 Caddy tailfin
helped fill in the gap on the back of the body.
Steve scratchbuilt the front fenders using ‘39
Chevy fenders and sheet plastic. Seams were
molded in using Milliputt two-part epoxy
putty. The bubble top had to be adapted to
the ‘57 Corvette body using strips of plastic
and putty.

RIGHT: The two main components of the

build, upper body and lower pan and fend-
ers. Plastic sheet was first used to make the
lower pan. The pan was pinned to the body
( green arrows), to keep things aligned
during the construction of the car. Notice
that the interior tub is getting a rear pack-
age tray added to it (red arrow).

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Final mockup and final coat of primer. The
body took many, many hours of block sand-
ing and priming and more block sanding to
get it straight! The final pearl white paint was
inspired by the NASA rockets of the sixties
that put us on the moon.

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ABOVE: The Beatnik Bandit II headlight pod is used as a custom exhaust molding. Self adhesive craft gems used for headlights and taillights.

ABOVE & RIGHT: A scratchbuilt injection

system was constructed using styrene stock
and aluminum tubing. Steve thought the
staggered fuel injection stacks gave it a more
‘60s appeal.

BELOW: Jewelry piece used as a bubble

helmet for a Beatnik Bandit II Rat Fink
Astronaut. Scratchbuilt green cheese moon
base, drywall plaster over tube slices to create
craters, on a craft store wood plaque.

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 WEST COAST
Some old friends return with some gre
T he Goodguys West Coast Nationals
is the “grand daddy” of all the Goodguy
shows and always brings out some amaz-
ing cars! The show brings in over 3,000
cars each year, and spectators from all
over the world! It’s not unusual to talk to
car people from Europe, Japan, and Aus-
tralia. Walking around the fairgrounds
you realize you’ll need two or three days
to take in all the cars & events this show
has to offer!
The one event we love is the model car
show! A small group of volunteers put on
the model show at all FOUR of the Good-
guys shows held at the Alameda County
Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California
each year. The show regularly has a couple
hundred cars on display, but the August
show is usually has twice as many.
Even though Goodguys hands out ABOVE: The Goodguys West Coast Nationals is the Grand Daddy of Goodguys shows. This pre-
plaques, it really is more of an NNL atmo- miere event draws rodders from all over the nation and the world! It’s nice to be able to attend a
sphere. The guys grab chairs and sit and model car show and then walk outside to one of the nation’s best car shows!
talk models, real cars, and life in general.
The crowds of people who flow by the ta-
bles stop and ask questions, try to pick up
models (DON’T TOUCH PLEASE!), and
admire all the beautiful creations.
On both Saturday and Sunday there is a
Revell-sponsored “Make N’ Take” that the
kids love! Both the kids and their parents
sit down to snap together a kit. A lot of
times the kids are rolling them on the
table seconds after snapping on the last
part! Good times.
If you want to take in a fun model car
event and a fantastic car show in one trip,
then make plans right now to attend the
2018 Goodguys West Coast Nationals in
August. We’ll see you there!

ABOVE: The Goodguys West Coast Nationals Model Car Show always draws a big turnout as
the show featured just under 500 models on display! The Goodguys provide the space, volunteer
modelers provide the manpower, and the crowds love seeing the miniature masterpieces!

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Teat NATS 2017
models from the past!
This ‘blast from the past’ belongs to Pryor Passarino II. The
chopped coupe was built many years ago, but still looks
great! Granted, it has been dropped, and the window pillars
are cracked, but we still love the aggressive look of the car!
Speaking of “aggressive,” check out the twin turbocharged
flathead engine driving this beast!

This ‘40 Ford 4 X 4 was built by Henry Finch 33 years

ago. The thing still looks great and took home the “Best
Truck” award. It features homemade suspension, 351
Cleveland, and Testors Metallic Green paint.
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 ABOVE: Jerry Shoger’s wild “T” roadster won “Best
Hot Rod!”

RIGHT: “Best Alternate Scale” went to John Ferromo-

to for his radical pickup!

BELOW: Riley Purcell won the “Best Youth” award

with his Metallic Blue F100 pickup.

RIGHT: Jerry Shoger’s name probably sounds

very familiar to Model Car Builder readers.
Jerry is one of Northern California’s best
builders. His stuff has been featured many
times. His bright red ‘63 Chevy Impala with
the red & white tuck n’ roll interior won “Best
Street Machine!”

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 ABOVE: Tom Purcell’s beautifully detailed Triump ‘bobber’ won the
“Best Motorcycle” award. Check out the turned Plexiglas pegs & grips!

ABOVE: Jerry Shoger’s 1941

Plymouth Woody.

RIGHT: The crowd’s reaction all weekend long to Jeff Norene’s

Volkswagon Trio made it the obvious winner for “People’s Choice!!”
Jeff ’s highly modified die-cast cars are always interesting to check
out, and the fact that he’s a VW fan is obvious! Check out the
beautiful “People’s Choice” plaque that Goodguys hands out (The
“Best of Show” winner receives one as well).

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 Eric Ellerbush’s ‘60 El Camino
is an old SMP kit that has been
modified to look like Mike
Young’s real 1960 Impala.
All the piping on the seats is
actually scale spark plug wire.
Eric scribed the seams a little
so that the spark plug wire
(piping) would sit flatter.
Eric calls his creation “El
Exotica”.
BELOW: The tail lights
featured turned aluminum
housings. To get the pattern on
the aluminum, Eric rolled the
aluminum over a rough file.

LEFT: Eric is well known for his custom paint work. This
beauty features hand pinstripping around those scallops
and flames! Headlights are little plastic eyes that Eric
found in a craft store, and removed the black centers. The
concave shape is perfect for headlights.

Eric took home “Best Paint” with this wild blue ‘78 Chevy
Impala lowrider!
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 LEFT:“Cool Custom” went to Tom Purcell for
his bubble top custom.

BELOW LEFT: Tom also won “Best Drag” for

his multi-hinged Gremlin Funny Car!

BELOW: Jerry
Shoger took home
the “Best Street Rod”
award. The green ‘36
Ford features a hi-po
flathead with three
Strombergs!

RIGHT: The “Make

N’ Take” is popular
with the kids, the
kids, parents, and the
crowd too!

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 SPECIAL LOOK;
LARRY HENLEY’S
MODEL CARS
Larry Henley is one of those model car
champions from the past that you won-
der “where the heck did he go?” Turns
out Larry took some time off modeling to
raise his grandkids. But now that they’re
older Larry has time to build again and
plans to get back into his model build-
ing. When he walked into the Goodguys
West Coast Nationals model car show
the we knew that the judging just became
harder!
But out of all of Larry’s models, one
stood out more than the others. His 1958
Bug Eye Sprite showed some amazingly
clean detail and fabrication work! The
Gunze Sangyo 1:24 Scale 1958 Austin
Healey Sprite Mk.1 “Bugeye” kit had the
doors and trunk lid cut open and hinged
(doors have powerful earth magnets to
keep them closed). Most of the kit was
thrown in the spare parts box. The only
original parts of the kit are the body,
windshield, and windshield frame. That
means a lot of spare parts and a lot of
scratchbuilding went into this mini mas-
terpiece! It was awarded “Best of Show”.
Next up is my personal favorite, the
Mustang concept car (far left). When you
look at this thing you see Ferrari from
one angle, Corvette from another angle,
and Mustang from yet another angle! Go
power is a Ford 428 (fully detailed), and
the outer surface is Candy Blue over a
silver base. Then check out all the speak-
ers and subwoofers in the back. An all
around fun car with great styling!

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 N ext up is his Revell 1932 Ford Coupe (pre-
vious page). Besides opening and hinging the
doors and trunk lid (and even the cowl vent!),
he chopped the top and gave the body a candy
gold paint job with tribal flames.
The modular Ford V8 features a B&M-style
blower and two Holley carbs. Homemade lake
pipes exit the gases.
You might have seen the most whimsical
build Larry brought, before in other magazines.
It’s kind of a redneck’s dream lawnmower, or
something you might see Tim Allen mowing
his lawn with! The tractor is based on a cast
metal tractor, so this thing is kind of heavy!
Then the small block Chevy is cast pewter
piece, so that just adds to it as well. The nose
of the tractor tilts forward to access the fully
detailed V8! This thing is fully plumbed and
detailed (just like all of Larry’s builds). Notice
things like the dashboard is fully wired, the mo-
tor’s coil is fully wired, and if you’re not mowing
the lawn fast enough, hit the nitrous button!
“The mower” is powered by the motor out
of a Datsun 510! And, of course, it has just as
much detail going for it as the tractor motor!
Larry says he has returned to building once
again. I, for one, can’t wait to see what he comes
up with next!

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 F irst, let’s get the disclaimer out of the way; I’m not a weather-
ing expert! But I wanted to do this issue’s “Box Stock” build a little
differently. This Suburban is totally box stock! I broke some of the
glass, and I melted the front license plate to give it a “bent” effect,
but besides these two things, it’s just as it came in the box.
The faded paint is actually pretty simple to achieve. Here are the
basic steps: 1) First coat is red (rust) primer, 2) Gray primer, 3)
body color, 4) apply decals, 5) light coat of dullcoat over decals.
Now wet sand the body with 2400 sandpaper. The sanding is the
tricky part. You want to sand down through the layers to achieve
the look here, but don’t sand so far you hit the white plastic.
Strangely enough, when I looked online for reference photos for
this truck, most of the hot rodded Suburbans kept their origi-
nal patina. So I studied those pictures to see where rust is most
ABOVE: The “aging magic” includes a Rustall kit, Tamiya “Smoke”, a
common, and what high spots should be sanded through to the
rusty brown Craftsmart acrylic paint, and good old Testors Dullcote
red (a.k.a. rust) primer. The best thing to keep in mind is that
spray paint.
nothing on a “weathered” car has to be perfect. Got some dust in
BELOW: Sanding through the layers of paint can be tricky. If you sand
the paint? Hey, don’t worry about it! That aspect of the build made
through the to the white plastic you should touch it up, (red arrow).
it kind of fun to do the weathering.
If you have never done weathering before, I highly recommend
the Rustall ( http://www.rustall.com ) kit. Just follow the simple
directions and you’ll be amazed at the results. Long time mod-
elers already know the benefits of Testors Dullcoat, and if you’ve
been reading Model Car Builder for a while then you know I’m a
big fan of Tamiya’s “Smoke” (X-19). With these tools in hand you
should be able to weather just about anything.
A few words about the kit. Revell does it again! It’s a great kit that
has a wealth of detail and goes together easily. A great example of
this are the side and back windows that snapped into place! I ran
a little glue on them just as back up. A nice kit that was a joy to
build.

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ABOVE: The kit’s decals were applied to the paint, allowed to dry ABOVE: Don’t forget to screw up the paint under the gas tank door.
overnight, then given a light coat of Dullcoat. Then they were sanded Drips, wipes, rust, is all fair game here! You can also see the layers of
through in spots. paint in this shot where I sanded through.

ABOVE: The 283 has lots of nice detail on the top of the motor. There’s a nice distributor with a vacuum advance, separate coil, carb, air cleaner,
breather tube, and an alternator with a mounting bracket (gotta love it when they add the alternator bracket)! The motor was assembled and
then given a wash of Tamiya smoke, and the Rust-All black, then a coat of Dullcoat.

ABOVE: The chassis started out fairly clean. A coat of red primer and then yellow overspray. The frame was painted semi-gloss black. But then
I started using a the brown acrylic paint and drybrushing the chassis and frame. I ended up putting layers of the brown, the smoke, and the
rustall wash. It’s up to one’s personal taste as to how messed up you want the chassis to be.

ABOVE: The interior weathering is very over the top! But I knew it was going to be hard to see through the dirty windows. Think of it as “stage
make-up” that you want the people in the back row will be able to see! Model Car Builder 27
ABOVE: The fender emblems are separate chrome pieces with decals. ABOVE RIGHT: The rear window decals were placed on the inside surface
to make them look like faded decals. (not really, I blew it and mounted them on the wrong side!). Love the Grand Canyon bumper sticker!

ABOVE: The chrome was lightly scuffed with 3600 grit cloth to knock ABOVE: The engine compartment got the same weathering that the
down the shine. The grille & lettering got a black wash. chassis received earlier.

ABOVE: The #1 bottle in the Rustall kit has rust suspended in a clearcoat. That wash creates the spotted rust effect seen on the front and rear
bumpers and the head light surrounds. Compare these to the harsh brush strokes I applied to the bumpers.

ABOVE: The glass was broken with a small ball peen hammer, then ABOVE: Windshield was masked to create the wiper area. Cut half
“shattered” webbing was created with a hobby knife. circles twice as wide as the wiper. Once masked, spray with Dullcoat.
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FOOSE TWO!
One of the great things about the new Foose
pickup truck from Revell is that the kit goes to-
gether pretty easy, leaving you time to add more
details. Unfortunately, the weathering job I did
on this issue’s Suburban build took longer then I
thought it would, so I haven’t gotten very far on
my “Foose Two”project. I had planned on hav- ABOVE: The “Foose” tailgate panel was scribed out using the rear edge
ing the completed truck in the photo above, but of a hobby knife.
time waits for no one. I’ll just go over what little
I have gotten done and we’ll have the completed
truck in the next issue.
The basic idea behind this build is to turn up
the detail on the basic kit. So we’ll throw a hand
full of aftermarket parts at it, along with some
basic detailing to create a model anyone would
be proud to sit on a display table.
The theme of the truck will be black & chrome
with red highlights. Black body, red interior, and
red here and there. Most of the suspension will
ABOVE: The step plate behind the tailgate means we have to cut two
be chrome and black. This won’t be a contest pieces of sheet plastic. One large piece for the outer surface, and slight-
winning car, but it will be a head turner. ly smaller piece for the inside.
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ABOVE: With the two pieces sandwiched together you now have a ABOVE: I had this sheet of Archer Fine Transfers (http://www.archer-
smooth tailgate. Which is nice if you’re doing a modern truck, but I transfers.com) that are actually resin cast louvers on decal paper. So I
thought it looked kind of boring. louvered the tailgate and the hood.

ABOVE: The kits single carb is boreing as well. The chal-

lenge was to adapt a small block Chevy cross ram fuel
injected manifold (3D Printed from Shapeways) to the big
block Ford manifold. I cut the center out of the Ford man-
ifold and glued in the runners from the Chevy manifold. If
your picky, the Ford manifold runners and Chevy manifold
runners don’t match up. But, I’m not building this car for
national competition, I’m building it for me!
ABOVE RIGHT: The 3D printed kit comes with velocity stacks. But since this is going to be a
street truck, I thought they should have air cleaners, or at least, screens. MFH makes 1/20th
scale “Air Funnel mesh” (Part # P-909) for all the 1/20th scale Grand Prix model cars out there.
I ordered a set hoping they would fit 1/24th scale motors, big surprise, they fit the 3D printed
velocity stacks just fine!
INSERT: I tried three different finishes on the velocity stacks, (L to R) aluminum, semi-gloss black, and the Molotow Liquid Chrome pen. The
3D surface is rough, if I had the time and patience I would sand them smooth, but I didn’t have the time. The other alternative would be to
scratch build them by ether turning them on a lathe out of aluminum, or flaring aluminum tubing. Again, I didn’t have the time.
LEFT: The fuel logs that run along the top of the motor and feed the
fuel injectors are made from Evergreen plastic rod. I cut them to the
right length, drilled out the ends, and used cast metal 90 degree A/N
fittings. The A/N fittings had the hose end drilled out to accept the
black hose we’ll be using. The plastic rod will be painted in chrome,
and all the fittings on the car will be painted semi-gloss black.
LEFT: The fuel logs in
place, and I’m starting to
install the velocity stacks
with the screens glued on
with 5-minute epoxy.
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ABOVE: A Parts by Parks prewired distributor kit with black wire (Part # 1004) will handle 90 percent of our ignition details. the kit comes
with the prewired distributor, a short piece of wire insulation (to make spark plug boots), and a turned aluminum coil. Use the insulated wire to
make a coil boot in order to glue the coil wire to the coil. Paint the top of the distributor, and the top of the coil semi-gloss black. I’ll dig into the
photo-etch spare parts box for some wire looms to keep things straight and clean.
D R I L L I N G F O R D E TA I L S . . .

ABOVE: We drilled the four spark plug holes on each head to accept ABOVE: The front engine cover has all the accessories molded to it.
the Parts By Parks spark plug wire. The hole in the oil pan where the On the driver’s side we want to drill two holes in the power steering
front axle rod passes through it was filled with Evergreen plastic rod. pump (red arrows), and one in the back of the alternator (green
arrow).

ABOVE: On the passengers side, the air condition pump needs two ABOVE: The oil pan was drilled, and a machined aluminum bolt will
holes drilled in it (yellow arrows). be glued in to simulate a drain bolt. Notice that the valve covers have
been covered in carbon fiber decals. But don’t glue them down until
after you’ve glued the intake manifold down.

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Chris Moore NNL Ea
W ith five plaques under his belt,
Chris Moore of Hinsdale, New Hamp-
shire has become the Theme Class
King at the NNL East. Chris has won
a People’s Choice Award for his theme
class entries five times over the past 12
years, including three in a row in 2015,
2016 and 2017. Here we take a look at
the five winning models and see what
it takes to earn these plaques.
Chris’s job requires that he work
most weekends, so he is limited to
how many model car events he can
get to each year. The NNL East is
the only show that he knows that
he can get to for sure, so he likes to
plan ahead and be prepared when
he gets there. He saves all his money
from the brake jobs he does on the side so

he can add to his collection of resin and he

has worked it out with his boss to be able
to take some of his vacation time during
the week before each year’s NNL East. That
week off gives Chris time to spend some
solid bench time to focus on his Theme
Class entry and get it ready for the show. All
that preparation allows Chris to create the
maximum impact and make sure that his
models stand out on the tables.

1948 Chevy Ambulance

March 25, 2006
Theme - “I Could’ve Had A V-8”
This model is based on the Galaxie Ltd. Sedan
Delivery combined with a Jimmy Flintstone
resin hearse body. The rear windows were
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opened up and tunnel lights were added to the
roof. The paint color is Ivory from Krylon. The
frosted logos in the rear windows were scribed
by hand using a #11 blade. The interior and
chassis were lengthened and the engine com-
partment is plumbed and wired.

1967 Kaiser Jeep M715

April 16, 2011
Theme - “It’s A Jeep Thing”

This model began life as the Jeep Honcho

pickup from Revell. Chris scratchbuilt the bed,
fender flares, grille guard, windshield frame
and top bows. The top was created from paper
towel and white glue. Under the hood is a
detailed Chevy big block. The paint is a custom
mix made with Testors enamel. The tires are af-
termarket and the wheel centers were made
from the Monogram 1/32 scale M-8 Grey-
hound tank wheels and some plastic tubing.
Chris was able to take all the measurements
from a 1:1 truck in nearby Keene, NH.

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1953 Hudson Service Car
April 18, 2015
Theme - “And Then You Die”
Professional Cars

Starting with the Moebius 1953

Hornet kit, Chris grafted the front
half of the kit body to the rear 3/4 of
the Jimmy Flintstone Hudson Wagon
body. The side wreaths and speed line
side trim were made from Evergreen
stock. The chassis and interior were
lengthened to match the body. Un-
der the hood is wired and plumbed.
House Of Kolor black and clear were
used for the finish.

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1971 Ford F350 Welding Truck
April 16, 2016
Theme - Moebius Ford Pickup Kits

The Moebius 1971 Ford F100 pickup

body was matched up with a Mod-
elhaus utility body, wheels and tires.
Model Car Garage supplied the pho-
toetched F350 badges. Chris scratch-
built the welder and added tanks from
his parts box. The paint is 1971 Ford
Bahama Blue from SEM automotive
paint with various weathering washes
and sprays.

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1966 Chevy C50 Junkyard Truck
April 22, 2017
Theme - “In God We Rust”

This model is based on a truck that

Chris used in his youth when he and
a friend earned money by collecting
junk cars and hauling them to the
scrap yard. Modelhaus supplied the
cab, wheels and tires. An AMT Ford
Louisville frame was modified and
a scratchbuilt bed, winch, lift piston
and controls were added. The hold-
down chain and binders are a fully
functioning photoetched kit from
Kit Form Services. The engine came
from is a Revell Chevelle 396 and
was modified to represent a 366 truck
engine. The transmission was scratch-
built. The paint is custom-mixed
Testors enamel. The truck is complete-
ly wired and plumbed, including the
hydraulic lines. The junk cars are a
Lindberg 1953 Ford Victoria and an

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 AMT 1951 Chevy con-
vertible. Both the truck
and cars were weath-
ered with finely ground
rust along with various
washes and sprays.

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com
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#32 - April 21,
2018
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