34 Ford Pickup

by dufasdave Fri 12 Jun 2009, 3:52 pm

Well its finished at last. Didn't turn out too bad I thought. There isn't much of the original Lindberg kit in this pickup. Example

Chopped (3mm) and channelled (6mm) cab (Lindberg part)
Chopped 3 mm from 32 Ford grill shell and made grill insert from sheet steel gauze
modified chassis to suit Chrysler engine gearbox and diff. Also front suspension from 32 Ford highboy kit and Subaru rack and pinion steering
scratchbuilt tray with wooden inserts
new seat made from cadillac buckets
Wheels from Ford F1
Alloy pulleys courtesy of Shoey
Scratchbuilt radiator
Scratchbuilt exhaust, made from alloy tubing
Scratchbuilt shocks from paper clips and alloy tubing

Enjoy the photos and the workshop photos have been updated as well.

A shot of the chassis before final assembly

by dv8v8 Fri 12 Jun 2009, 3:57 pm

by TuffXR Fri 12 Jun 2009, 4:53 pm

Now thats kool. Nice color combo to.

by stevegt738 Fri 12 Jun 2009, 5:47 pm

by Bryce Fri 12 Jun 2009, 5:50 pm

Sweet - that's a cool lookin' hot rod pick up! twothumbsup

by OZBUILDER Fri 12 Jun 2009, 6:15 pm

Thats a bitchin ride.

by Tony Fri 12 Jun 2009, 7:17 pm

Cheers Tony

by HAMMOSZED Fri 12 Jun 2009, 7:33 pm

awesome scratch building, excellent job

by Andy Sat 13 Jun 2009, 10:21 am

Top job, thats a killer ride.. love it

by NosNut Sat 13 Jun 2009, 10:42 am

All the added details, yet simple & clean
with no bling ...
Top job !!

by HAMMOSZED Sat 13 Jun 2009, 2:36 pm

whats the secret to seamless chop tops, any i have done always sink and show under the paint doh

by dufasdave Sat 13 Jun 2009, 6:59 pm

All I did when I cut the roof was to cut it as neat as I could so that there was very few gaps when it came time to glue it back onto the lower cab section. Another trick is too sand an unwanted piece of cast resin and make a pile of resin sandings. Fill the gap where the cut was made and fill it with sandings. Glue in with super glue. Not only will it not shrink but makes the joint nice and strong as well. By doing this I used very little filler where I had cut the roof and the grill surround. I must thank Shoey for this little trick. The nature of the hobby, we learn off each other.