'50 Ford Lo-Ridin' Pick'em Up Truck

[curt raitz]

Inspiration from the '40 Ford pick up featured on cover of the August Street Rodder magazine

Didn't want to trash the only '40 Ford pick up kit i had.

Had plenty of old '50 Ford Pick up bodies laying around

chopped the top 4 scale inches

motor, rear end, air cleaners, wheels and front tires are from parts box

narrowed and shortened the bed

rear tires from amt Custom & Competition Racemaster Dragster Slicks

front and rear Buick finned brakes

decal from Steve A.

scratch built:

chassis, fuel cell, front suspension, rear suspension, tractor nose, exhaust system and driveshaft

Paint is Model Master's Afrika Mustard (2 parts) - Olive Drab (1part) decanted/air-brushed and covered with Model Master's Ultra Gloss Clearcoat

check out the build at: http://public.fotki.com/crtr8z/50-ford-lo-rider/50-ford-lo-rider-13.html#media

thanx for lookin'...

Edited July 29, 2013 by curt raitz

[codie27]

Very cool. Nice detailing

[slusher]

Very cool and sharp build.Great detail also.. What color paint is that?

[Ridge Rider]

Nice build, I like the headers and the whole exhaust system.

[ChrisR]

Great model!

[PappyD340]

Very NICE Curt, this one is spot on, great looking hot rod, nice color, detail, stance this one has it all!!

[cobraman]

Love it !

[Dr. Cranky]

Wonderful build. Congrats.

[hjracing]

Wow, wondeful build! The level of details as the finish itsefl are amaizing.

What paint do you use in this super cool build?

[curt raitz]

Wow, wondeful build! The level of details as the finish itsefl are amaizing.

What paint do you use in this super cool build?

Oh yeah...the paint

After decantering, I air brushed 2 parts Model Master's Afrika Mustard to 1 part Model Master's Olive Drab, then covered with Model Master's Ultra Gloss Clearcoat

[hjracing]

Thanks!

[Danno]

Neat!

[Jantrix]

Very nice. I build a '50 very similar to that a couple years ago. Looks great.

[Chris White]

Nice original build, that grill Is cool

[bbowser]

That is very neat! Love the tractor nose.

[crazyrichard]

very cool , i love the details and the tractor grille looks sweet !!

[mackd]

very goog work.

[realgone58]

Awesome! Scratchbuilt parts are fantastic!

[bpletcher55]

very cool like it ,I can tell alot of time went into that truck and parts,

[Silver Foxx]

Very cool looking build , I like this a lot.

[curt raitz]

Very cool looking build , I like this a lot.

thanx for all the positive feedback...enjoyed building this one, so I started on another one - an early Ford roadster pick up powered by a 354 "caddy"

[Ford guy]

Great build, love the tractor grill and the paint!

[outlaw035]

very KQQL pick'um up truck...