1941 Ford Woody - Surf Wagon

[Nitro330]

Another awesome build Donald!  The rivets are a fantastic detail.  I use Top Studio nut/bolt heads a lot and lose several on every build, LOL.  Your lighting is also always soo cool!

[Duddly01]

6 hours ago, bh1701 said:

An excellent model!

Bart

Thank You!

1 hour ago, DJMar said:

Wow, she's an absolute beauty! Subtle and cool. 🍺

Thank You! My back story I told myself was to imagine a young soldier returned how from WWII, but only a little bit hotrodder but mainly a Surfer so he hops up his families Wagon a bit with period correct Flathead performance goodies and hits the surf.

I did put a San Diego decal prominently on the back window as sort of an easter egg, because we go to the Wave Crest Woody show every year down near San Diego. 

[Duddly01]

32 minutes ago, Nitro330 said:

Another awesome build Donald!  The rivets are a fantastic detail.  I use Top Studio nut/bolt heads a lot and lose several on every build, LOL.  Your lighting is also always soo cool!

Thank You! I use a lot of Top Studio rivets. I use 1.2mm type A for door & trunk locks, 0.9mm type C for interior door lock knobs, various sizes of hex rivets for bolts all over, etc. Some great stuff for detailing but hard to get locally, or even in the states.

[STU111]

Just looking at this makes me want to grab a board and hit the waves, despite the fact I have the surfing prowess of a house brick. Seriously though, I always look forward to seeing your builds on the forum and this one is superb. Top notch.👍🏻

[Duddly01]

1 hour ago, STU111 said:

Just looking at this makes me want to grab a board and hit the waves, despite the fact I have the surfing prowess of a house brick. Seriously though, I always look forward to seeing your builds on the forum and this one is superb. Top notch.👍🏻

Thank You! 

[JNordgren42]

Amazing work! My mom had a '41 so they'll always have a special place in my heart.

[Duddly01]

2 hours ago, JNordgren42 said:

Amazing work! My mom had a '41 so they'll always have a special place in my heart.

Thank You! Nice memory to have.

 

[Bugatti Fan]

Ditto what everyone else has said!

[JNordgren42]

19 hours ago, Duddly01 said:

I did put a San Diego decal prominently on the back window as sort of an easter egg, because we go to the Wave Crest Woody show every year down near San Diego. 

Wavecrest is a fantastic show. If you've gone frequently, you probably saw my mom's '41 (it was metallic sky blue with all natural finished ash wood and a dark blue top), as well as my dad's '50 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon (deep candy green with ash and mahogany woodwork, it's a stunner and hard to miss). They were both very involved with the SoCal Woody Club. Back during the 2007 Wavecrest show, one of the club guys paid for me to go up in a biplane ride from Palomar airport to get some aerial shots. That was a blast.

[Duddly01]

38 minutes ago, Bugatti Fan said:

Ditto what everyone else has said!

Thank You!

1 minute ago, JNordgren42 said:

Wavecrest is a fantastic show. If you've gone frequently, you probably saw my mom's '41 (it was metallic sky blue with all natural finished ash wood and a dark blue top), as well as my dad's '50 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon (deep candy green with ash and mahogany woodwork, it's a stunner and hard to miss). They were both very involved with the SoCal Woody Club. Back during the 2007 Wavecrest show, one of the club guys paid for me to go up in a biplane ride from Palomar airport to get some aerial shots. That was a blast.

Very Nice! I may very well be one of those dots down there.

 

[Ragtop Man]

First build I've seen of this, and you knocked it out of the park and on to the beach. 

The real wood "sticks" are fantastic! 

Where did the decals in the windows come from, I loved seeing those in car windows when I was a kid - usually on a family car trip. 

 

[Duddly01]

21 minutes ago, Ragtop Man said:

First build I've seen of this, and you knocked it out of the park and on to the beach. 

The real wood "sticks" are fantastic! 

Where did the decals in the windows come from, I loved seeing those in car windows when I was a kid - usually on a family car trip. 

 

Thank You! There is NO real wood on my 1941 Woody build, though I did use basswood to make the bed stakes on my 1950 Chevy 3100 build. All of the wood on this build is done using oil paints, including the surfboard.

About 1/2 of the decals are from the kit, the other half I made a sheet of decals from doing a search for vintage surfer decals.

[ATHU]

The wood looks absolutely amazing. Fantastic build!!

[Duddly01]

3 hours ago, ATHU said:

The wood looks absolutely amazing. Fantastic build!!

Thank You!

[Lobo2me]

What a beauty. I give it a ten, a hang ten. Very well done. Nice job on adding the "framing bolts" and luv the Greg Knoll stringer. Surfs up...gotta go!

[ChrisR]

Looking great!

[H.A.K]

Love this. Looks great.

 

[Duddly01]

13 hours ago, Lobo2me said:

What a beauty. I give it a ten, a hang ten. Very well done. Nice job on adding the "framing bolts" and luv the Greg Knoll stringer. Surfs up...gotta go!

Thank You! Tiny little rivets, but they do make quite a difference I think.

11 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looking great!

Thank You!

5 hours ago, H.A.K said:

Love this. Looks great.

 

Thank You!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Super-realistic color scheme. Very nice work all around. Great job!

[SpeedShift]

Fantastic build, love it!

[Duddly01]

2 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Super-realistic color scheme. Very nice work all around. Great job!

Thank You! the body color is one that was actually available from ford at the time.

This image was actually taken a few months back at the Santa Barbara Woody show we went to of a 1941 Woody that gave me the inspiration to paint it this color.  

23 minutes ago, SpeedShift said:

Fantastic build, love it!

Thank You!

[slusher]

Beautiful Ford!

[Duddly01]

14 hours ago, slusher said:

Beautiful Ford!

Thank You!

[carrucha]

Sweet woody wagon!  Well built, finished and detailed.  The lights are a nice touch.

[Duddly01]

9 hours ago, carrucha said:

Sweet woody wagon!  Well built, finished and detailed.  The lights are a nice touch.

Thank you!