Latest project destined for PennCon.

So this wasn’t even on my radar for Carlisle. Went to Hobby lobby to get some paint and saw it was 40% off. Well hell, let’s see what we got. Picked this truck & trailer up and thought, I could make this work. I already had my orange Thunderbolt race car and thought this would make a nice little setup.

So I dove in with both feet. Trailer was relatively simple. Added some spare tires that match what’s on the car and chained them to the tire rack. The truck had several options and lots of extra parts. The kit came with either a flathead V8 or a Desoto Fire Ball hemi. Not happy with the engine options, I added my own. I found a 390FE that I didn’t have a home for. Took a little massaging to get it in, but it’s in there.

All of the extra detail bits in the bed we kindly supplied by Scott. I think it really adds to the realism of what the weekend warrior needs to go to the track. I did some weathering, but asked for advice from the master. Learned a few techniques and applied them. Panel lines the cab, beat the bed up and added more to the ramps. I’m really happy with how this turned out.

Thanks again to Scott for the detail pieces and the critiques to make it better. Fingers crossed it does well at Carlisle.

Jeff