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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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
Really nice details and the book looks interesting.
Thanks! They're 'kit bashed' from Jordan kits. I took pictures while I built them too.
http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/187_scale_vehicles/
loathar HOLY CRAP! That is just BEAUTIFUL! Love the roadster.
HOLY CRAP! That is just BEAUTIFUL! Love the roadster.
Wait you made those?? . 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.......
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.
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!.................
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.
Wow, Dave! What a great job. Looks just great!
Hal
Superb, Dave.
How did you do the raised lettering on the building?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
NittanyLion That is the best looking road I have ever seen.
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/
Very nice work Dave, wonderful detail. Looks really good.
BRAVO!!
You've certainly captured the "feel" of a junk yard. Great modeling!
Great work there Dave,nice details.
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/