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Davetown Salvage Company

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Posted by DaveInTheHat on Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:25 PM

 Thanks!

The dog "Fred" is beside the drivers side back wheel of the crane truck.

 

There's also 2 cats, a squirl, a fox and 12 birdhouses.

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:09 PM

 Dave,

Nothing short of incredible! If it looks that good in pictures I can only imagine how good it must look on your layout. I will say it would look a lot better on my layout but we both know that ain't never gonna happen........lol Very very nice work, your a real craftsmen. But you forgot one detail I didn't see any junkyard dogs.......lol

Just my 2 cents worth, I spent the rest on trains. If you choked a Smurf what color would he turn?
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Posted by 3cflvi on Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:40 AM

Dave,

 

Really nice details and the book looks interesting.

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Posted by DaveInTheHat on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 1:10 PM

 Thanks! They're 'kit bashed' from Jordan kits. I took pictures while I built them too.

http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/187_scale_vehicles/

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Posted by BerkshireSteam on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 1:00 PM

loathar

HOLY CRAP! That is just BEAUTIFUL!Bow Love the roadster.

Wait you made those?? Shock. Holy crap indeed!. But I saw no roadster there loathar. Just a very gorgeous Rat Rod from looks like an old Ford Tudor and a street rod, likes like an old Ford or Chevy, either way early 30's. Now my deal is I love them old school builds but even in my early 50's theme is too new for items like those. I mean they were definetly around, but still automotive customizing was still in it's infancy so true hot rods were rare. Now that rat rod would fit in no problems. You should throw in a nice truck, mid 50's Ford, '56 would be a good year. NO chopped top, lowered a bit in the front, some fat tires on the rear, oak bed floor with chrome center strips, frenched headligh....wait, this isn't real. Now what were we talking about? Oh yeah. Chrome grill, 15 inch chrome smoothies, a 302 with a 5-speed.......

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Posted by loathar on Monday, April 6, 2009 11:23 PM

HOLY CRAP! That is just BEAUTIFUL!Bow Love the roadster.

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Posted by DaveInTheHat on Monday, April 6, 2009 10:40 PM

 Chopping the top was difficult, but they sure are fun to build. I guess this is as close to a hot rod as I'll be owning for a while too.

 

I chopped a coupe too. Here's me standing behind it. A little PhotoShop fun.

 

My pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/

My videos & slideshows: http://www.youtube.com/user/daveinthehat/videos

My book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/411321

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Posted by BerkshireSteam on Monday, April 6, 2009 6:56 PM

Um, can I have the old school rat rod from the first pic? No no, I don't mean that actual model, I mean the real life thing. Ok fiiiiiiiine, I'll suffice with the model. I love hot rods but I'm starting out in 50's, a little to early yet for the ultra shiny paint jobs and big wheels and huge tires, but that thing would look, I mean it does look just gorgeous. Basically (insert childish temper here) I want one! I want one! I want one! I want one! I want one!.................

 

Wink

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Posted by DaveInTheHat on Monday, April 6, 2009 11:12 AM

To make the letters on the front of the building. I printed them out on paper, then, glued the paper to styrene and cut them out with an xacto knife. I glued small blocks of plastic on the back of the letters to make them stand off the building a little.

 

My pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/

My videos & slideshows: http://www.youtube.com/user/daveinthehat/videos

My book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/411321

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Posted by donhalshanks on Monday, April 6, 2009 10:04 AM

Wow, Dave!  What a great job.  Looks just great!

Hal

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, April 6, 2009 9:53 AM

Superb, Dave.

How did you do the raised lettering on the building?

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by burke19 on Monday, April 6, 2009 9:27 AM
Thanks for posting the link to your road method. I second nittanylion, that is BY FAR the best looking road I've seen. I was planning on just using the walther's street system for my roads, but now I'm definitely going to try your method. The rest of the scene is impressive as well. Thanks!
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Posted by DaveInTheHat on Saturday, April 4, 2009 9:13 PM

NittanyLion

 That is the best looking road I have ever seen.

 

 

Thanks. I had a lot of trouble with roads. Nothing I tried looked right. I experimented a lot. Here's what I came up with: http://journals.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/how-i-make-roads/

My pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/

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Posted by NittanyLion on Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:53 PM

 That is the best looking road I have ever seen.

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Posted by JCasey on Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:39 PM

 Very nice work Dave, wonderful detail.  Looks really good.

"Anyone who goes to bed the same day they got up is a quitter." Anonymous
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Posted by reklein on Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:23 PM

BRAVO!!Bow

In Lewiston Idaho,where they filmed Breakheart pass.
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Posted by markpierce on Saturday, April 4, 2009 12:53 PM

You've certainly captured the "feel" of a junk yard.  Great modeling!

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Posted by Ibeamlicker on Saturday, April 4, 2009 11:35 AM

Great work there Dave,nice details.

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Posted by DaveInTheHat on Saturday, April 4, 2009 10:47 AM

 

My pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/

My videos & slideshows: http://www.youtube.com/user/daveinthehat/videos

My book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/411321

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Davetown Salvage Company
Posted by DaveInTheHat on Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:27 PM











I took some detail shots. There's a total of 312 pictures from start to finish on my Fotki page: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/davetown-salvage-company/

My pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/

My videos & slideshows: http://www.youtube.com/user/daveinthehat/videos

My book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/411321

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