'56 Ford F100

G'day guys...just finished anothery,...A fair bit of work for me, but wrapt in the result.

Bought this semi completed kit at a garage sale for a couple of bucks.
Young guy said he didn't have the patience to build models and was going to chuck it!.
Anyway what was in the box was at least a good starting point for me.
I found the rear window covered in glue. Side windows, tailgate, headlight lens & most
engine parts were missing and the rear mudguards were glued on back to front.
Anyhoo I started by disassembling the model and laying aside useable parts.

Scrounged around in my shed and spare parts boxes and found enough
interesting bits 'n' pieces, Knurled nut, washers, wire, engine, wheels & tyres
etc.etc. to kick start this project.
Started by cutting down the tray & scratch building the rear....

I love plastic CD cases... they're great to work with....


Some "Evergreen" strips, plastic sprue, washers, &  of course CD case & putty

my custom "sprue" exhaust system

Hahaha.. betcha you're all guessing what it's gonna be right?!.....


Well you're all wrong!.. It's a Ford F100 Tow Truck!....( my version anyway)....



And so without further ado... here 'tis














Paint is Tamiya Chrome Yellow with Black guards etc.
Decals were printed onto clear waterslide decal paper....The phone number?(101055),
that's my date of birth!... Anyway enough of this silly ol' farts wafflin'...
    Hope you like the Truck!.

That's one very cool F100 tow truck

very nice build !

Tow Mater's smarter brother?

Good job.

Great save Jerry.You did a good job with the tow rig . The truck is cool !

Sweet!

zenrat wrote:Tow Mater's smarter brother?

Good job.

Good job Jerry

OOOH WOW!!! That is SUPERB !!!
Great bit of thought and custom modeling there Jerry,  love it mate.  

Whatta save, love what you did with it.

Cool build.

Like it ? Love it , very cool unit mate .

That is neat Jerry............a great save on this one.
Nothin' better than an 'El-cheapo' custom. I love it!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys for your great comments!... This was a real "buzz"
for me, and it's true, the model becomes far more special,
when you build it "outside the box" as they say? and by putting your
own spin on it.

l really like were you went with this build great mods
and finish and paint looks great

Excellent work

Absolutely faultless top job.