Foose 56 International?

[Kool Kat]

There ya go, gonna be wicked.

[NOBLNG]

Looking good! Nice job on the weathering so far.?

[mchook]

Thanks guys. I built the Foose kit engine & figured it fits so I might as well use it. Painted the aircleaner and valve covers to match the truck, I think it looks ok. I mounted it in the chassis and built a driveshaft. I just have to build the exhaust and the chassis should be done. I worked on the grill too, it was a little rough & the lights didn't look right so I made new ones. 

[Steve H]

Hi Mark!! Haven’t checked in for a bit, this is really looking awesome. Outstanding work as always my friend! The colours are absolutely perfect, engine with splashes of body colour is a nice touch. Of course your world class weathering ties it all together. 
 

Cheers, Steve

[Scott8950]

It looks good, nice job

[mchook]

Thanks guys, I did a little more weathering on the front and every time I look at it, it seemed like it was missing something. I found this old 56 Chevy bumper and it fit the curve of the truck pretty good. I tweaked it here and there and painted it white. I still have to weather it but I think I like it. I'm not sure if it's going on the truck or not, I'd like some opinions from you guys. What do you think, with it or without it?

[Kool Kat]

I like it better without, just looks to heavy. maybe a flat ribbed bumper ?

[AmericanMuscleFan]

It's true that the bumper fits the truck pretty well.  It may be a bit massive but I agree that a bumper would make the front end more complete.  I'm not helping you much but I must say that you did a great job on the body modification and that your weathering work is as usual in a class of its own! ?

[slusher]

Looking great Mark! I like the bumper, many of them was large…

[ewetwo]

Looks awesome. The weathering is great.

[espo]

Were it up to me I would leave the front bumper off all together. The OEM bumper I think was much like a Ford pick up of the time and that might look good with a little bend in it and scratched up. Would a Push Bumper be a consideration? The colors and the body shape looks just like the ones I remember seeing years ago.  

[mchook]

I haven't had much bench time lately, been busy with getting ready for winter and for the last 2 days I helped my friend strip the roof on his lake house and reshingle it. This afternoon is cleanup day, YAAAAAA!?

Thanks for the advice on the bumper everyone. The more I look at the bumper the more I think you guys are right, it's just too big for this truck. I do think it needs something so I'll revisit that later. I did manage to ruin more on the paint job and started building a wrecker boom. I'm not positive I'll be using the wrecker boom or not but I'll build it anyway because I can always put it in something else. If I don't put the boom in I'll be using these decals for the doors.

[Nazz]

Looking good Mark. Love the Rusty's thing!

 

Jerry

[AmericanMuscleFan]

I hate rust on my real car... but it's more than impressive and beautiful on a model car!  Especially when it's done like this!  Impressive!!! ?

[slusher]

international is looking outstanding Mark!

[Zippi]

Looking good Mark.  I personally like bumpers on my trucks.  Just like the looks of them.  Maybe if you removed the vertical pieces it wouldn'nt look so big.  I see those Rusty's decals used here and there.  I still have mine from the AMT 50 Chevy Truck.  

[mchook]

On 11/7/2021 at 1:44 PM, Nazz said:

Looking good Mark. Love the Rusty's thing!

 

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, I'm going with the decals.

 

On 11/7/2021 at 4:37 PM, AmericanMuscleFan said:

I hate rust on my real car... but it's more than impressive and beautiful on a model car!  Especially when it's done like this!  Impressive!!! ?

I hear you Francis, rust on my 1:1s sucks & there is plenty of it here in N.Y. Thank you for the compliments, it's crazy to me that you and all the other amazing builders here think anything I build is impressive.

 

On 11/7/2021 at 11:17 PM, slusher said:

international is looking outstanding Mark!

Thanks Carl, it's getting there.

 

On 11/8/2021 at 7:02 AM, Zippi said:

Looking good Mark.  I personally like bumpers on my trucks.  Just like the looks of them.  Maybe if you removed the vertical pieces it wouldn'nt look so big.  I see those Rusty's decals used here and there.  I still have mine from the AMT 50 Chevy Truck.  

Thanks Bob, I cut down the Foose bumper & it looks pretty good. I was looking for gas station decals & saw those Rusty's ones & figured it would be funny on one of my rusty junkers.

 

[gotnitro?]

Outstanding work love the weathering and the Rusty theme

[mchook]

20 minutes ago, gotnitro? said:

Outstanding work love the weathering and the Rusty theme

Thanks Jeff, now I just have to figure out what to put in the bed for "rust proofing" stuff.?

[mchook]

Well, the decals are on and the wrecker boom is in the parts box. I hacked off the running board brackets because they looked funny with the truck being so low, plus I'm getting lazy and didn't want to build them.? I narrowed the Foose bumper and after I weather it a little that will be done. Now that it will be a regular pickup I had to make a tailgate. I hacked up the resin one and made a simple one to fit, nothing fancy. The letters on the resin one aren't right for the truck but I cut them out and put them on it anyway. Little by little it's getting there, thanks again to everyone for all the interest and comments! 

[Steve H]

On 11/7/2021 at 1:37 PM, AmericanMuscleFan said:

I hate rust on my real car... but it's more than impressive and beautiful on a model car!  Especially when it's done like this!  Impressive!!! ?

I’m in 100% agreement on both counts here. Real rust sucks, but Mark, your rust /weathering is just awesome. My 2 cents on the front bumper, I think it needs something, and I know whatever you decide it will look perfect. Keep up the great work.

Cheers, Steve

[Zippi]

1 hour ago, mchook said:

Well, the decals are on and the wrecker boom is in the parts box. I hacked off the running board brackets because they looked funny with the truck being so low, plus I'm getting lazy and didn't want to build them.? I narrowed the Foose bumper and after I weather it a little that will be done. Now that it will be a regular pickup I had to make a tailgate. I hacked up the resin one and made a simple one to fit, nothing fancy. The letters on the resin one aren't right for the truck but I cut them out and put them on it anyway. Little by little it's getting there, thanks again to everyone for all the interest and comments! 

Haha....looks like your hauling a 100 gal jug of BSI CA in the bed.

[mchook]

On 11/14/2021 at 10:50 AM, Steve H said:

I’m in 100% agreement on both counts here. Real rust sucks, but Mark, your rust /weathering is just awesome. My 2 cents on the front bumper, I think it needs something, and I know whatever you decide it will look perfect. Keep up the great work.

Cheers, Steve

Thanks Steve, I added some bumperettes to it. We'll see if it looks right after some weathering.

 

On 11/14/2021 at 12:09 PM, Zippi said:

Haha....looks like your hauling a 100 gal jug of BSI CA in the bed.

Ya, I got a little carried away with the rust in the bed.?

 

[Zippi]

1 minute ago, mchook said:

Thanks Steve, I added some bumperettes to it. We'll see if it looks right after some weathering.

 

Ya, I got a little carried away with the rust in the bed.?

 

Mark,  I wasn't meaning anything bad about your truck so I hope you didn't read it that way.  Just looks like that bottle of BSI is setting in the bed of the truck.  Looks kinda kewl. 

[mchook]

I finished the tailgate up & added the bumperettes. Still need to paint the bumper and do a little more weathering. If we get a 1/2 way good day again I'll get the interior painted. It was 65 degrees yesterday and when I woke up this morning we had an inch of snow. Tis the season!