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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 18:30:07 GMT -5
I signed up here quite a while ago but I honestly forgot all about it. I was excited to find it again. So hello.....again! So here is my arch nemesis! I have a strong love/hate relationship with this pickup. I purchased it in a hobby shop over 10 years ago. It was an opened/half started project that I got for next to nothing. I rushed it home and started almost immediately. Fast forward......Yes, I'm still trying to get it done 10 years later! I was not happy with the detail level of the kit so I'm undoing and redoing everything Monogram did from the factory. This is part of my problem and why it's taking so long. I thought I'd post this up here so I'd be driven enough to finish this darn thing. Please keep me going. I want it done so I can get onto the next long-lasting project.  |
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 18:38:17 GMT -5
So here are a couple of mock-up shots I took probably 5 years ago or more. You can see where I had to add styrene to the firewall to fix the hood to cowl gap. I also (carefully) shaved/smoothed out the trim and the molding that went down the center of the hood. I wanted to save the louvers. Getting the hood to sit right and close up gaps all around was a real chore.   |
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 18:45:12 GMT -5
Here is another couple of old shots. This is sitting on the wheels and tires that it will sit on. If memory serves me correctly, the wheels and tires are from The Modelhaus.   |
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Post by Rob Z on Feb 5, 2011 21:04:49 GMT -5
I'll definately be following this one for all the issues you have I can apply your fixes to my '40 still in the box unstarted... This looks great so far, I really like the wheel tire combo you picked for it...
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Post by draggon on Feb 5, 2011 21:22:14 GMT -5
It looks great so far, I really like the wheel/tire choice, and the rake. I hope you get back to it. I know this is a tough kit. I started one in 1984, chopped it, and then began to find out hard it is to assemble. Good luck!
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 22:55:10 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I hope somebody learns something from this thing. It's been a bit of a booger so far. So today I finally pulled it out and blew the dust off of it and I thought I'd throw up a couple more pics showing where I'm at with this thing. This is the first time I've looked at it in probably at least 3 years.  |
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 22:58:33 GMT -5
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 23:01:27 GMT -5
And here you can see where I took out all of the molded-in wood. I left the last portion until I'm done tweaking everything. I figured it would give it a little bit of strength. It will receive a real wood bed.  |
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 5, 2011 23:05:51 GMT -5
And then....FINALLY....some progress pics I took from today. Feels good to actually get something done on it!! I couldn't find a dropped solid axle that I liked so I decided to put an idependent front suspension from a '57 Chevy under it. I'm building this truck as a traditional rod so I figured '57 Chevy suspension would be kinda cool. Here you can see where I hacked out the original cross member and where I installed the Chevy cross member with A-arms.   |
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Post by draggon on Feb 6, 2011 11:50:54 GMT -5
Nice work so far. It will be interesting to see how that crossmember works out.
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Post by gpugh1976 on Feb 6, 2011 17:33:09 GMT -5
So here is everything primed and ready for paint minus my two front wheels and backing plates which I must have used for another project. I'll order those and the paint this next week. Also, I'll be using a Ross Gibson engine for this one.   |
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Post by olskooldime on Feb 7, 2011 7:37:46 GMT -5
Brother,once you finally get it done,it'll be worth all the headaches! It looks to me that you've got a great start on it,corrected some factory flaws just right so far,keep going!  |
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Post by tooltas on Feb 7, 2011 19:35:14 GMT -5
I did one out of box what an pain in gas tank that kit that is...doors are hard.
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Post by rustybill1960 on Apr 14, 2011 17:46:06 GMT -5
 I really like what You are doing with this kit! Sweet work Man!! I am watching Thank You for sharing Later Russ 
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Post by GOODGUY56 on Apr 14, 2011 19:03:28 GMT -5
gp, I like what you are doing with your 40 pu. It must be the bane of these kits , that , they are multi year projects. I ahve attched a pic of my 40 pu, that I have been toying with for 6+ years. Finally got a paint scheme & color that I think works.. Rick    |
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