Monogram 40 ford pickup kitbash

[gotnitro?]

Nice fab work going on  !

[DrKerry]

On ‎5‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 9:27 AM, gotnitro? said:

Nice fab work going on  !

Ditto what Jeff said!!!!!

[denis speed shop]

here are some new details
I had to face that my mockups were too fragile
If I had to redo this in the future, I would proceed totally differently
We are still learning, right?

In any case, to strengthen everything together, I had to use a metal rod
it's not that great, I would have liked to avoid it
but I could not paint the whole thing and then realise that it fall appart when putting the wheels on it.

You will notice that I reversed the front crossbar so that it will be used to support the engine block
I still have to add small studs and it should go

I like the final height
I think the look is pleasant

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Edited May 8, 2019 by denis speed shop

[oldnslow]

That stance is killer , love what you're doing with this .

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Lots of great work going on here

[dino246gt]

Woah, that's looking wild and so cool, love that stance and all the scratch building, man I just love this kind of project, thank you for sharing and keep posting, most of all...................have fun!!!

 

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

looking nice cant wait to see more 

[Alfa]

Love it. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Nice work. Keep it up. 

[denis speed shop]

Thanks for the kind words so far guys !

I couldn't find enough free times to work on the 40

only small adjustments to make some room to add an electric fan on the radiator and reduce the trans lenght.

After this I tried to match the 40 and 32 dashes
and I think it’s a match !

 

[denis speed shop]

last evening I worked on the new exhaust system
used i lighter to smoothly bend the tubes
everything is hand made minus the muffler

I think it's going to be ok

 

 

Edited May 21, 2019 by denis speed shop

[denis speed shop]

this is step 2:

revised verion of the setup

not done yet but close to completion

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

looking nice keep up the great work!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Nice, really coming together.

[denis speed shop]

small updates as I think I'm done with heavy mods.
Now it's time to create a air tank (plastic pen section) + compressors (misc parts from an old 50 ford I think)

The electric fan is wired and so will be the second one I planned to put behind the cab.

 

Stay tuned !

 

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

lots of great work keep it up its looking good

[1930fordpickup]

This  is looking better and better. 

[TarheelRick]

Have been following this build closely and really like the work you have put into it.  I have not seen any mention of which engine you are using.  

[LouO]

Wow. This is some scratch building. Very nice!

[denis speed shop]

On 24/07/2019 at 2:20 PM, TarheelRick said:

Have been following this build closely and really like the work you have put into it.  I have not seen any mention of which engine you are using.  

Engine came from the Revell 32 ford 5 window coupe as most of the parts used to complete/replace/upgrade the 40 ford

[TarheelRick]

4 hours ago, denis speed shop said:

Engine came from the Revell 32 ford 5 window coupe as most of the parts used to complete/replace/upgrade the 40 ford

The Revell '32 is a 1/25 scale kit and the Monogram '40 is 1/24 scale.  Did you have any difficulties in fitting the parts?

[denis speed shop]

18 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

The Revell '32 is a 1/25 scale kit and the Monogram '40 is 1/24 scale.  Did you have any difficulties in fitting the parts?

Main difficulties were not based on the scale differences
but because I was nearly modifying everything in a "try and error" mode.

It's part of the game.
This is where the fun is.
 

[TarheelRick]

Thanks for the clarification.

[mrm]

Great work so far. Totally my type of build. So many great ideas on the chassis. The stance is killer.

Can't wait to see this finished. 

[DumpyDan]

Wow this is great work, so many detailed pictures.  Thanks for that, this is an outstanding build gonna keep watching.